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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Applicant:
Charles E. Covatch, Martinsburg, PA (US);
Inventor:
Charles E. Covatch, Martinsburg, PA (US);
Assignee:
Columbia Insurance Company, Omaha, NE (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 3/24 (2006.01); A43B 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a shoe for providing enhanced comfort and protection to a user's foot having a sole with a top surface, an upper placed above the top surface, an optional arch made of a single unit of malleable material and placed between the top surface and upper, and an optional metatarsal guard made of a single unit of malleable material and placed between the top surface and upper. A bootie having a bottom is removably attached to the top surface by a securing mechanism placed between the top surface and bottom of bootie. The invention also includes a method for making the shoe.