Women's shoe cover
Three separate models for retaining a women's shoe cover for high heeled and/or fashion shoe apparel and other footwear of various shapes and sizes within an expanding shoe cover, to protect, cover, encase, and improve shoe apparels longevity from environmental weather conditions is disclosed. All three models are manufactured with an elastic rubber-like material which is pliable for shoe cover elasticity, while utilizing a compliant material allowing for multiple colors and translucence. The three separate models vary, while having a sole, a toe portion, an upper portion with an inside portion, and exterior portions adjoined with the heel portion for one continuous integral unit.
This invention relates to covering women's shoe apparel fashionably. By expanding three separate models of shoe covers that protects, covers, as well as improves the shoe apparels longevity from year-round inclement weather conditions. More specifically, the invention relates to an expanding shoe cover that securely covers various shapes and sizes of shoe apparel while stylistically protecting the wearer's feet and footwear.
The most compelling purpose of this invention is to protect the high replacement cost of women's shoe apparel by fashionably covering and tightly encasing women's footwear from environmental and inclement weather, thus increasing the longevity and cleanliness of women's shoe apparel. Due to the high cost of replacing fashion and casual footwear, three separate yet distinctly stylish designs were created because of weather and footwear style variations.
Women throughout the United States and internationally have been literally ignored in regards to their footwear protection, thus creating the basis for this invention. Women purchase 48.8% of all total footwear sold annually within the United States. They therefore represent the largest demographic of footwear sales, and subsequently spend the highest gross amount of money than any other demographic within the footwear industry.
Statistically, over eighty percent of American women own at least one pair of high heeled shoes. The non-business or professional women who own these shoes do so mostly out of necessity as opposed to comfort. However, irregardless of their reason, women purchase this style of footwear because of formal occasions that arise from their everyday lives such as weddings, holiday events, religious, funerals, graduations, or just to look nice when dining out and so on. But when the weather becomes a challenge, be it from rain, sleet or snow, many of the aforementioned occasions cannot be postponed because of uncooperative weather conditions. Therefore, what are women supposed to do to protect their footwear from environmental weather conditions when confronted with this dilemma?
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA method for functionally covering and tightly encasing the footwear for various shapes, sizes, and seasons is provided. In models one, two and three were all manufactured with an elastic rubber-like material that is pliable for shoe cover elasticity, and utilizing a compliant material that allows for multiple colors and translucence. Although the three separate models vary, they have a sole, a toe portion, an upper portion with an inside portion, and exterior portions adjoined with the heel portion for one continuous integral unit.
The invention of the three separate shoe cover models can functionally secure and safely encase footwear of various shapes and sizes. To where all footwear placed securely within shoe cover models one, two and three shall not slip out of or loosen from all three previously mentioned shoe covers unless specifically taken off by the wearer.
A novel method of three separate, yet distinct models of functionally covering and encasing various shapes and sizes of women's shoe apparel is provided.
Due to the three separate women's shoe cover models which represent an assortment of covering different shapes, styles and sizes of shoe apparel, such as high-heel fashioned footwear, or athletic-tennis shoes, sandals, boots, bare feet and socks encased within the aforementioned footwear, which vary dramatically due to the distinction of the separate models herein. The present invention of models one, two, and three, which provide a tight, snug fit that are safely secured and functional when the footwear is correctly placed within the shoe cover. Moreover, models one, two, and three are manufactured with silicone rubber compound that allows for superior elasticity.
The distinctions of all three models will be compared solely with one another, as there were no known comparisons discovered. Therefore, set forth below are the detailed descriptions, followed by the attachment drawings.
Claims
1-14. (canceled)
15. A method of model one for retaining women's high heeled and/or high fashioned shoe apparel of various shapes and sizes within an expanding shoe cover, beginning with none or a small transformation with the capacity of substantial expansion within the shoe cover itself, comprising of;
- a front sole, a toe portion, an upper front portion with an instep interior and exterior side portions, with an elastic-like strap adjoining the ankle and heel portions together for one continuous integral unit;
- having an elastic rubber-like material that is extremely pliable for shoe cover elasticity while utilizing the compliant material, allowing for multiple colors and translucence in warm weather environments.
16. A method of model one of claim 15, wherein said shoe cover having one solitary shape for fitting purposes for the left and right feet of the wearer's footwear when inserted into shoe cover, therefore, both sides of said shoe cover have identical shapes and are known as uni-shaped.
17. A method of model one wherein said shoe cover allows for linear slip-on access for footwear inserted into said shoe cover.
18. A method of model one of claim 15, wherein said compliant material increases the elasticity of said shoe cover, thereby allowing the shoe cover to stretch simultaneously in a horizontal and vertical direction, thus creating an elongated shape and style.
19. A method of model one of claim 18, wherein said compliant material vastly increases the pliability of said shoe cover, thus allowing the shoe cover to conform to the original shape of inserted footwear.
20. A method of model one wherein said shoe cover varies in overall thickness with the front sole at ⅛ inch, with instep-interior at 1/16 inch, while exterior outer top and side surface at 1/16 inch, concluding with the back and side heel strap at 1/16 inch.
21. A method of model one wherein sole bottom contains four arrow-shaped protruding gripped attachment, spaced evenly ½ inch apart, while protruding 1/16 inch downward to the surface of the ground for an anti-slipping device.
22. A method of model two for retaining women's high heeled and/or fashion footwear of various shapes and sizes within an expanding shoe cover, beginning with none or a small transformation with the capacity of substantial expansion within the shoe cover itself, comprising of;
- a sole, a toe portion, an upper portion with an inside and exterior side portions, with a non-metallic side-slide zipper at the instep area, located near the inside portion of shoe cover along the ankle area, with an open perforated hole beneath the heel bottom of sole portion with the top of the cover in the ankle area running upward approximately 2 inches above the ankle bone, thus allowing for one continuous integral unit;
- having an elastic rubber-like material that is extremely pliable for shoe cover elasticity while utilizing this compliant material and allowing for multiple colors and translucence in cold weather environments.
23. A method of model two of claim 22, having entryway for shoe apparel through side-slide zipper, located at the inside portions of said shoe covers at inside ankle area.
24. A method of model two of claim 22, wherein said shoe cover having extremely pliable compliant material.
25. A method of model two of claim 24, wherein said compliant material increases the elasticity of said shoe cover, thereby allowing the shoe cover to stretch simultaneously in a horizontal and vertical direction, thus creating an elongated shape and style.
26. A method of model two of claim 25, wherein said compliant material vastly increases the pliability of said shoe cover, thus allowing the shoe cover to conform to the original shape of inserted shoe apparel.
27. A method of model two wherein said shoe cover having an open perforated hole directly beneath the heel bottom of the sole differing in sizes.
28. A method of model two wherein said shoe cover varies in overall thickness with the sole portion at ⅛ inch, the exterior and side portions at ⅛ inch, the non-metallic slide zipper 3½ inches long—⅛ thick—¼ inch wide, with upper heel and ankle area ⅛ inch thick at 1½ inches above ankle bone, with perforated hole dimensions varying in different sizes.
29. A method of model two wherein sole bottom contains four arrow-shaped protruding gripped attachment evenly spaced ½ inch apart, while protruding 1/16 inch downward to the surface of the ground for an anti-slipping device.
30. A method of model three for retaining women's casual low-heeled or no-heeled shoe apparel for year-round footwear of various shapes and sizes within an expanding shoe cover, beginning with none or a small transformation with the capacity of substantial expansion within the shoe cover itself, comprising of;
- a sole, a toe portion, an upper top and outer portions, with a non-metallic zipper located on top of the outer surface portion, an inside portion with a heel portion, thus allowing for one continuous integral unit;
- having an elastic rubber-like material that is extremely pliable for shoe cover elasticity while utilizing the compliant material allowing for multiple colors and translucence in year-round weather environments.
31. A method of model three of claim 30, having an entry way for shoe apparel from the top of the shoe cover through non-metallic slide zipper located from behind the toe portion up through the tongue portion.
32. A method of model three of claim 30, wherein said shoe cover having extremely pliable compliant material.
33. A method of model three of claim 32, wherein said complaint material increases the elasticity of shoe cover, thereby allowing the shoe cover to stretch simultaneously in a horizontal and vertical direction, thus creating an elongated shape and style.
34. A method of model three of claim 32, wherein said compliant material vastly increases the pliability of the shoe cover, thus allowing said shoe cover to conform to the original shape of inserted shoe apparel.
35. A method of model three wherein said shoe cover varies in overall thickness and length with the sole portion being ¼ inch, with exterior top and side portions at 3/16 inch, the non-metallic slide zipper being 4 inches long, ⅛ inch thick, ¼ inch side, with heel portion being 3/16 inches thick.
36. A method of model three wherein sole bottom contains eight arrow-shaped protruding gripped attachment evenly spaced ½ inch apart, while protruding 1/16 inch downward to the surface of the ground for an anti-slipping device.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 26, 2008
Publication Date: May 6, 2010
Inventor: Thomas Joseph Sansone (Verona, WI)
Application Number: 12/284,993