CA1077711A - Curling overshoe - Google Patents
Curling overshoeInfo
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- CA1077711A CA1077711A CA313,840A CA313840A CA1077711A CA 1077711 A CA1077711 A CA 1077711A CA 313840 A CA313840 A CA 313840A CA 1077711 A CA1077711 A CA 1077711A
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- Prior art keywords
- sole
- overshoe
- curling
- footwear
- rearward
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A43—FOOTWEAR
- A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
- A43B5/00—Footwear for sporting purposes
- A43B5/18—Attachable overshoes for sporting purposes
Abstract
A B S T R A C T
The overshoe is intended to be worn over the footwear of a participant of the game of curling and may take the form of either a slider or a gripper. The overshoe is composed of an upper which contacts the for-ward portion of the footwear and a sole which has two or more longitudinal cuts. The cuts separate the sole into two or more segments and the segments are biased into a side by side relationship by means of an elastic band which is connected to and extends transversely across the upper surface of the sole. By means of the elastic band, the rearward end of the sole is free to increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes.
The overshoe is intended to be worn over the footwear of a participant of the game of curling and may take the form of either a slider or a gripper. The overshoe is composed of an upper which contacts the for-ward portion of the footwear and a sole which has two or more longitudinal cuts. The cuts separate the sole into two or more segments and the segments are biased into a side by side relationship by means of an elastic band which is connected to and extends transversely across the upper surface of the sole. By means of the elastic band, the rearward end of the sole is free to increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes.
Description
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BACKGROUND OF T~IE INVENTION
This invention relates to an overshoe adapted to be worn over the footwear of a participant of the game of curling. More particularly the inven-tion relates to a curling overshoe adapted to be worn over footwear of a variety of shapes and sizes.
In the game of curling, common use is made of overshoes which fit over shoes, galoshes or other footwear. These overshoes may take the form of so-called sliders which are provided with soles having lower surfaces cf relatively low coefficient of friction. Alternatively curling overshoes may take the form of so-called grippers the soles of which having lower surfaces of relatively high coefricient of fric-tion.
Sliders are intended to facilitate sliding along the curling rink during the delivery of a curling stone and at the same time, to assist the participant to slide in a straight line while delivering the stone. Grippers by contrast do not slide readily on ice and are intended to stabilize the participant while standing or walking on a curling rink.
Conventional overshoes for curling consist of a sole and an upper but lack a heel. The sole is wornberea-ththe front portion of the wearer's footwear while the upper extends upwardly beside the toe portion 27 and the two front side portions of the footwear. The 77~
overshoe is held in position by means of a strap which is connected to the upper and which extends around the upper heel portion of the footwear.
As with conventional overshoes such as rubbers or galoshes, the shape of a conventional curling overshoe is related to size of the shoe or other footwear over which the overshoe fits. The conventional overshoe can be worn over footwear of a very limited range of sizes. Thus a participant who doe~ not always wear the same shoes or overshoes when he is curling must usually have separate pairs of curling overshoes for each pair of shoes or overshoes that he wears when curling.
SUMMARY 0~ THE INVEN'[ION
The principal objec-t of the present invention is -to provide an overshoe for curling having adjustment means for permitting the overshoe to be worn over foot-wear of a wide variety of sizes.
Another object Gf the invention is to provide a curling overshoe which adjusts automatically to the size of the footwear over which it is worn without the need for manual adjustment.
A further object of the invention is to provide an overshoe which may be readily placed for use over footwear and which is simple and relatively inexpensive of manufacture.
These and other objects may be accomplished by a curling overshoe which comprises: a sole having forward and rearward ends and having at least two ' .
longitudinally extending segrnents which are separable in the region of the rearward end; first resilient means for biasing the longitudinal segments -toward each o-ther to a side-by-side relationship whereby the sole at i-ts rearward end is free to seleC-tively increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes; an upper affixed to the sole and adapted to contact the forward portion of the foot-~ear; and means for removably securing the overshoe on the footwear.
DESCRIPTION OF TH:E DR~WINGS
The invention is explained with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment~of the curling overshoe of the invention. In the drawing:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the curling overshoe of the invention;
Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the sole of the overshoe illustrated in Figure l;
Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the curling overshoe of the invention.
Like reference characters refer to like parts . throughout the description of the drawing.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
With reference to Figures 1 to 39 the illustrated 29 curling overshoe is indicated generally by the numeral 10 and is adapted to be worn over an 77:~
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article of footwear ~no-t illustrated) such as a shoe, rubber or galosh. The curling overshoe comprises a sole 12, an upper 14 and a band or strap 16. The sole 12 consists of a lower, ice-contacting layer 18 and an upper footwear-contacting layer 20. Ihe upper layer may be composed o-f leather or plastic while the lower layer may be composed of material which has a low coefficient of friction and which provides little resistance to sliding on ice where the o~ershoe is used as a slider. Alternatively the lower layer may have a high coefficient of friction where the overshoe is used as a gripper.
In accordance with the invention, the upper and lower layers of sole 12 are cu-t into segments 22a, b, c by elonga-ted incisions 24_,24_.
Each incision commences at the rearward end 26 of the sole, extends longitudinally and terminates short of the forward end 28 thereof. The number of incisions 24 can vary from one to three or more but two inci-sions are preferred.
First resilient means in the form of an elastic band 30 is attached to the upper layer of the sole adjacent its rearward end 26. The band extends -trans-versely of the sole and interconnects -the various segments 22. The band serves tc bias -the segments toward each other to a close side-by-side relationship as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The band rnust 28 however permit the segments to separate readily from ~7'7~
one another so that footwear of a variety of widths can be accommodated in the space between the two side walls 14a,14b of the upper.
The material of the sole must be sufficiently resilient or flexib]e to permi-t free and unhindered movement of the segments away from and toward each other. The choice of material will also depend on whether the overshoe is used as a slider or a gripper.
Material identified by the trademark Teflon is a particularly suitable material for the lower layer where the overshoe is used as a slider.
The upper 14 is of a conventional form such as illustrated in Canadian Patent No. 674708 to Alexander and Canadian Patent No. 969758 to Thompson.
The upper grips the toe portion of the wearer's footwear and may be affixed to the upper layer 20 of the so]e in any convenient manner well known in the shoe-making art. The upper may be composed of any suitable material but is preferably composed of plastic as is the upper layer 20 of the sole and is molded to the upper layer as a single unit.
Strap 16 extends rearwardly of upper 14 and its two ends are connec-ted -to the upper in any convenient manner. The band is composed of elastic material and is adapted to grip the upward portion of 26 the heel of the wearer's foo-twear.
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With reference to }igure 4, the il].ustrated overc,hoe :indicated ~n~ercl]ly 30 comprise~; 1 sole 3?
which is dlsposed beneath the forward portion of root~lear, a hee~ 34 which ls disposeti b~rleath the heel.
of footwear, an upper 36 and a band or strap 38. The sole, upper and strap are of the same cons-truction as like-named cornponents of the overshoe illus-trated in ~igures 1 to 3.
The heel 34 is composed of lower and upper layers in the same way as is sole 12 and is provided wi.th a rear upper 40 of the same constr~ction as upper 14. Like sole 12 the heel is provided with i~
el.ongated incisi.ons 42_, 42b. Incisions 42 commence at the forward end 44 of the heel,extend rearwardly ancl terminate short of the rearward end 46 of the heel.
Second resilient means, 48, such as an elastic band biases the segments of heel 34 toward each other in the same way as does band 30. Third resilient means 50, such as two elastic bandsl interconnect the heel and sole but permit them to separate from one another to accornmodate footwear of a variety of different sizes.
It will be understood of course that modif-ications can be made in the preferred ernbodi.ments o:f the invention described and illustrated herein without departing from the scope and purview of the following 27 claims.
BACKGROUND OF T~IE INVENTION
This invention relates to an overshoe adapted to be worn over the footwear of a participant of the game of curling. More particularly the inven-tion relates to a curling overshoe adapted to be worn over footwear of a variety of shapes and sizes.
In the game of curling, common use is made of overshoes which fit over shoes, galoshes or other footwear. These overshoes may take the form of so-called sliders which are provided with soles having lower surfaces cf relatively low coefficient of friction. Alternatively curling overshoes may take the form of so-called grippers the soles of which having lower surfaces of relatively high coefricient of fric-tion.
Sliders are intended to facilitate sliding along the curling rink during the delivery of a curling stone and at the same time, to assist the participant to slide in a straight line while delivering the stone. Grippers by contrast do not slide readily on ice and are intended to stabilize the participant while standing or walking on a curling rink.
Conventional overshoes for curling consist of a sole and an upper but lack a heel. The sole is wornberea-ththe front portion of the wearer's footwear while the upper extends upwardly beside the toe portion 27 and the two front side portions of the footwear. The 77~
overshoe is held in position by means of a strap which is connected to the upper and which extends around the upper heel portion of the footwear.
As with conventional overshoes such as rubbers or galoshes, the shape of a conventional curling overshoe is related to size of the shoe or other footwear over which the overshoe fits. The conventional overshoe can be worn over footwear of a very limited range of sizes. Thus a participant who doe~ not always wear the same shoes or overshoes when he is curling must usually have separate pairs of curling overshoes for each pair of shoes or overshoes that he wears when curling.
SUMMARY 0~ THE INVEN'[ION
The principal objec-t of the present invention is -to provide an overshoe for curling having adjustment means for permitting the overshoe to be worn over foot-wear of a wide variety of sizes.
Another object Gf the invention is to provide a curling overshoe which adjusts automatically to the size of the footwear over which it is worn without the need for manual adjustment.
A further object of the invention is to provide an overshoe which may be readily placed for use over footwear and which is simple and relatively inexpensive of manufacture.
These and other objects may be accomplished by a curling overshoe which comprises: a sole having forward and rearward ends and having at least two ' .
longitudinally extending segrnents which are separable in the region of the rearward end; first resilient means for biasing the longitudinal segments -toward each o-ther to a side-by-side relationship whereby the sole at i-ts rearward end is free to seleC-tively increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes; an upper affixed to the sole and adapted to contact the forward portion of the foot-~ear; and means for removably securing the overshoe on the footwear.
DESCRIPTION OF TH:E DR~WINGS
The invention is explained with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate a preferred embodiment~of the curling overshoe of the invention. In the drawing:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the curling overshoe of the invention;
Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the sole of the overshoe illustrated in Figure l;
Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2; and Figure 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the curling overshoe of the invention.
Like reference characters refer to like parts . throughout the description of the drawing.
DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
With reference to Figures 1 to 39 the illustrated 29 curling overshoe is indicated generally by the numeral 10 and is adapted to be worn over an 77:~
., ~
article of footwear ~no-t illustrated) such as a shoe, rubber or galosh. The curling overshoe comprises a sole 12, an upper 14 and a band or strap 16. The sole 12 consists of a lower, ice-contacting layer 18 and an upper footwear-contacting layer 20. Ihe upper layer may be composed o-f leather or plastic while the lower layer may be composed of material which has a low coefficient of friction and which provides little resistance to sliding on ice where the o~ershoe is used as a slider. Alternatively the lower layer may have a high coefficient of friction where the overshoe is used as a gripper.
In accordance with the invention, the upper and lower layers of sole 12 are cu-t into segments 22a, b, c by elonga-ted incisions 24_,24_.
Each incision commences at the rearward end 26 of the sole, extends longitudinally and terminates short of the forward end 28 thereof. The number of incisions 24 can vary from one to three or more but two inci-sions are preferred.
First resilient means in the form of an elastic band 30 is attached to the upper layer of the sole adjacent its rearward end 26. The band extends -trans-versely of the sole and interconnects -the various segments 22. The band serves tc bias -the segments toward each other to a close side-by-side relationship as illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. The band rnust 28 however permit the segments to separate readily from ~7'7~
one another so that footwear of a variety of widths can be accommodated in the space between the two side walls 14a,14b of the upper.
The material of the sole must be sufficiently resilient or flexib]e to permi-t free and unhindered movement of the segments away from and toward each other. The choice of material will also depend on whether the overshoe is used as a slider or a gripper.
Material identified by the trademark Teflon is a particularly suitable material for the lower layer where the overshoe is used as a slider.
The upper 14 is of a conventional form such as illustrated in Canadian Patent No. 674708 to Alexander and Canadian Patent No. 969758 to Thompson.
The upper grips the toe portion of the wearer's footwear and may be affixed to the upper layer 20 of the so]e in any convenient manner well known in the shoe-making art. The upper may be composed of any suitable material but is preferably composed of plastic as is the upper layer 20 of the sole and is molded to the upper layer as a single unit.
Strap 16 extends rearwardly of upper 14 and its two ends are connec-ted -to the upper in any convenient manner. The band is composed of elastic material and is adapted to grip the upward portion of 26 the heel of the wearer's foo-twear.
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With reference to }igure 4, the il].ustrated overc,hoe :indicated ~n~ercl]ly 30 comprise~; 1 sole 3?
which is dlsposed beneath the forward portion of root~lear, a hee~ 34 which ls disposeti b~rleath the heel.
of footwear, an upper 36 and a band or strap 38. The sole, upper and strap are of the same cons-truction as like-named cornponents of the overshoe illus-trated in ~igures 1 to 3.
The heel 34 is composed of lower and upper layers in the same way as is sole 12 and is provided wi.th a rear upper 40 of the same constr~ction as upper 14. Like sole 12 the heel is provided with i~
el.ongated incisi.ons 42_, 42b. Incisions 42 commence at the forward end 44 of the heel,extend rearwardly ancl terminate short of the rearward end 46 of the heel.
Second resilient means, 48, such as an elastic band biases the segments of heel 34 toward each other in the same way as does band 30. Third resilient means 50, such as two elastic bandsl interconnect the heel and sole but permit them to separate from one another to accornmodate footwear of a variety of different sizes.
It will be understood of course that modif-ications can be made in the preferred ernbodi.ments o:f the invention described and illustrated herein without departing from the scope and purview of the following 27 claims.
Claims (7)
1. A curling overshoe for use over the footwear worn by a participant of the game of curling comprising:
a sole having forward and rearward ends and having at least two longitudinally extending segments which are separable in the region of said rearward end; first resilient means for biasing the longitudinal segments toward each other to a side-by-side relationship whereby the sole at its rearward end is free to selectively increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes; an upper affixed to said sole and adapted to contact the forward portion of the footwear; and attachment means for removably secur-ing the overshoe on the footwear.
a sole having forward and rearward ends and having at least two longitudinally extending segments which are separable in the region of said rearward end; first resilient means for biasing the longitudinal segments toward each other to a side-by-side relationship whereby the sole at its rearward end is free to selectively increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes; an upper affixed to said sole and adapted to contact the forward portion of the footwear; and attachment means for removably secur-ing the overshoe on the footwear.
2. A curling overshoe for use over the footwear worn by a participant of the game of curling com-prising: a sole having forward and rearward ends and having at least two longitudinally extending segments which are separable in the region of said rearward end, said sole being composed of plastic and having a lower surface of relatively low coefficient of friction; resilient means for biasing the longitudinal segments toward each other to a side-by-side relationship whereby the sole at its rearward end is free to selectively increase and decrease in width to fit over footwear of a variety of different sizes;
a plastic upper molded to said sole as a single unit;
and attachment means for removably securing the overshoe on the footwear.
a plastic upper molded to said sole as a single unit;
and attachment means for removably securing the overshoe on the footwear.
3. The curling overshoe as claimed in Claim 1 further including a heel having forward and rearward ends and having at least two longitudinally extending segments which are separable in the region of said forward end; second resilient means for biasing the heel segments toward each other to a side by side relationship; and third resilient means for interconnecting the sole and the heel.
4. The curling overshoe as claimed in Claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein each said segment is separated from an adjacent said segment by an incision which is formed in said sole and which commences at the rearward end of said sole, extends longitudinally thereof and terminates short of the forward end thereof.
5. The curling overshoe as claimed in Claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein said first resilient means is in the form of a flexible elastic band which is connected to and extends transversely of said sole adjacent its rearward end.
6. The curling overshoe as claimed in Claim 3 further including an upper affixed to said heel and adapted to contact the rearward portion of the footwear.
7. The curling overshoe as claimed in Claim 3 wherein said first and second resilient means are in the form of flexible elastic bands which are connected to and extend transversely of said sole and heel adjacent their rearward and forward ends respect-ively.
Priority Applications (1)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA313,840A CA1077711A (en) | 1978-10-20 | 1978-10-20 | Curling overshoe |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| CA313,840A CA1077711A (en) | 1978-10-20 | 1978-10-20 | Curling overshoe |
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| CA1077711A true CA1077711A (en) | 1980-05-20 |
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Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5956868A (en) * | 1997-07-23 | 1999-09-28 | Ballet Makers, Inc. | Dance shoe with elastic midsection |
| US7690132B2 (en) | 2006-10-17 | 2010-04-06 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance shoe |
| US7926203B2 (en) | 2006-10-17 | 2011-04-19 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance footwear |
| US7966747B2 (en) | 2004-10-08 | 2011-06-28 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance footwear |
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1978
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Cited By (4)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US5956868A (en) * | 1997-07-23 | 1999-09-28 | Ballet Makers, Inc. | Dance shoe with elastic midsection |
| US7966747B2 (en) | 2004-10-08 | 2011-06-28 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance footwear |
| US7690132B2 (en) | 2006-10-17 | 2010-04-06 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance shoe |
| US7926203B2 (en) | 2006-10-17 | 2011-04-19 | Pointe Noir Pty Ltd. | Dance footwear |
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