US1938361A

US1938361A - Mud guard for shoe heels

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Publication number: US1938361A
Application number: US515772A
Authority: US
Inventors: Richard C Vogt
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1931-02-14
Filing date: 1931-02-14
Publication date: 1933-12-05
Anticipated expiration: 1950-12-05

Description

Dec. 5, 1933. C VOGT 1,938,361

MUD GUARD FOR SHOE HEELS Filed Feb. 14, 1931 3m entor jZicizardCW Patented Dec. 5 1933 PATENT OFFICE MUD GUARD FOR SHOE HEELS Richard C. Vogt, West New York, N. J.

Application February 14, 1931.

5 Claims.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a satisfactory combination of an overshoe of open back, heelless form, and a mud guard carried by the overshoe and formed to embrace the shoe heel, protect the back of the shoe and stocking from mud splashes and also assist in holding the overshoe on the shoe.

Other objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

In the drawing, Fig. 1 is a side view partly in section of the combined overshoe and heel mud guard applied to a ladies high heel shoe, the shoe being indicated by dot and dash lines; and

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The heel mud guard is shown in combination with a ladies rubber overshoe of sandal form shaped to cover the toe portion only of the shoe, leaving the back portion of the shoe enclosing the heel of the wearer exposed. The upper l of said jovershoe has its rear edges meeting the sole of the overshoe at a point materially in advance of the high heel of the shoe S indicated by dot and dash lines. An ankle strap 2 is formed with the upper. The sole 3 of the overshoe has a flexible extension 4 to reach rearward along the under surface or" the sole of the shoe S to the heel of the shoe and downward in front of the heel. Said extension may be formed integrally with the sole of the overshoe, of rubber or rubber composition. At its rear end the extension carries the mud guard 5.

The mud guard is preferably made of rather soft, elastic rubber or rubber composition and it may be formed integrally with the sole extension 4 or afixed thereto. It comprises an elastic sleeve 6 and a mud guard flange 7. The sleeve is of material depth and at the side and back it tapers downward both inside and outside. Its front is formed by a straight elastic web 8 materially thinner and more easily stretchable than the remainder of the sleeve and merges into the sole extension 4. The flange '7 of the mud guard is integrally formed on the upper end of the sleeve and extends materially rearward from it and laterally outward to a less degree from the opposite sides of the sleeve. The upper surface of the flange inclines outward and downward at opposite sides of the sleeve and at the rear it curves slightly downward and outward from the sleeve. The under surface of the flange is curved and concave, as indicated at 9. From its outer edge inward the sleeve is gradually thickened from its lower end upward and has its outer surface curved to merge with the under surface of the flange.

The sole extension 4 is freely flexible independ- Serial No. 515,772

ently of the upper of the overshoe and permits the overshoe to be placed on the shoe by first putting on the body of the overshoe and then forcing the mud guard on the heel. The aperture of the mud guard is normally smaller than the heel so that the guard must be expanded to apply it. When applied the guard grips the heel and, through the sole extension, assists in holding on the overshoe. If the strap 2 should slip down the overshoe will be held on by the mud guard. The overshoe is readily removable by grasping the strong flange oi the mud guard to first pull ofi the guard, and then removing the body of the overshoe.

The flange of the mud guard effectually protects the back of the shoe and the stocking from mud splashes and the deep sleeve covers and protects the heel below the flange. The mud guard is also designed to present a neat, smart appearance.

What I claim is:

1. In combination, a heelless overshoe having an upper open at the back and with its rear edges meeting the sole at a point in advance of the position of the shoe heel, the sole of the overshoe having an extension reaching rearward from said meeting point and flexible independently of the upper; and a mud guard carried by said sole extension at the rear end thereof and formed to embrace the shoe heel and shaped to form a rearwardly and laterally projecting mud guard flange extending aroimd the back and sides of the shoe heel.

2. In combination, a heelless overshoe having an upper open at the back and with its rear edges meeting the sole at a point in advance of the position of the shoe heel, the sole of the overshoe having an extension reaching rearward from said meeting point and flexible independently of the upper; and a mud guard carried by said sole extension at the rear end thereof and comprising an elastic sleeve of material depth fittable around the shoe heel and having a rearwardly and laterally projecting mud guard flange extending around the back and sides thereof.

3. An overshoe comprising a heelless body to cover the toe portion of the shoe and open at the back to leave the back portion of the shoe upper enclosing the heel of the wearer exposed, and a mud guard carried by the overshoe body and fiexibly joined thereto and comprising an elastic socket-like part to embrace and frictionally grip the heel of the shoe and assist in holding on the body of the overshoe and shaped to form a mud guard flange below said exposed back portion of the shoe upper and disposed to project rearwardly and laterally away from the shoe at the back and sides of the mud guard.

4. An overshoe comprising a heelless body formed to cover the toe portion of the shoe and open at the back to leave the back portion of the shoe upper enclosing the heel of the wearer exposed, and a mud guard carried by the overshoe and forming an extension integral with the sole of the overshoe and comprising an elastic socketlike part to embrace and frictionally grip the heel of the shoe and assist in holding on the body of the overshoe and shaped to form a mud guard flange below said exposed back portion of the shoe and disposed to project rearwardly and laterally away from the shoe at the back and sides of the mud guard.

5. An overshoe comprising a heelless body to cover the toe portion of the shoe and open at the back to leave the back portion of the shoe upper enclosing the heel of the wearer exposed, and a mud guard carried by the overshoe body and flexibly jointed thereto and comprising an elastic sleeve to embrace and frictionally grip the heel of the shoe and assist in holding on the body of the overshoe and having at the top of said sleeve a mud guard flange disposed to project rearward away from the shoe.

RICHARD C. VOGT.