US 11,717,040 B2
Footgear barrier and foot covering incorporating a footgear barrier
Jeffrey D. Craig, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Circle C Enterprises LLC, Aurora, CO (US)
Filed by Jeffrey D. Craig, Aurora, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/497,234.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/191,896, filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0369740 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 17/00 (2013.01) 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A footgear barrier, comprising:
a heel portion comprising a heel notch configured to surround an Achilles tendon of a user;
a bridge portion opposite the heel portion and configured to lie over the talus bone of the user when the heel notch surrounds the Achilles tendon of the user;
a first sidewall disposed between the heel portion and the bridge portion;
a second sidewall, opposite the first sidewall, disposed between the heel portion and the bridge portion, the first and second sidewalls having a substantially concave shape; and
an opening through the footgear barrier that is defined by the heel portion, bridge portion, first sidewall and second sidewall, and that is configured to receive the user's foot through the opening; and
the heel notch comprises a gap that is contiguous with the footgear opening and wherein the gap is narrower than the heel notch width.