Patent References 253402 3012343 3027660 3087260 3820254 Karate foot protector Karate protective equipment Patent #: 4361912 InventorApplicationNo. 06/395489 filed on 07/06/1982US Classes:36/106, Lacking particular shoe part (e.g., without upper)36/114, Athletic shoe or attachment therefor36/7.2HeellessExaminersPrimary: Lawson, Patrick D.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesA43B 5/00 (20060101)A43B 5/18 (20060101) A43B 5/16 (20060101) AbstractA releasably attachable insulative covering for a skate shoe and comprising a covering panel adapted to envelop the skate shoe and fabricate it from thermally insulative material. The panel includes a toe covering portion, a heel covering portion, and an in-step covering portion therebetween, with flexible fastening means for releasably attaching the covering panel to the skate shoe. The flexible fastening means includes a plurality of mating interconnecting pairs of hooks and loops, and are mounted on the covering panel with one such mating pair being secured generally vertically along the rear portion of the panel to form a heel closure, and with another such mating pair being secured as cross-strap tab fasteners for coupling generally transversely across the undersurface of the arch portion of the skate shoe. | |