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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2008
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 7/32 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Footwear for protecting a wearer's foot includes an upper an upper that defines an opening for receiving a wearer's foot and an outsole attached to the upper, the upper further including a vamp having a proximal and a distal region, an elastic instep guard positioned on an instep portion of the upper to protect a metatarsal region of the foot, the elastic instep guard extending from the distal region to the proximal region of the vamp which is attached to the toe portion of the steel toe. The instep guard has a plurality of hollow passages.