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(11) EP 0 507 302 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.10.1992 Bulletin 1992/41

(21) Application number: 92105698.2

(22) Date of filing: 02.04.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A43B 3/16
(84) Designated Contracting States:
BE DE ES FR GB IT NL SE

(30) Priority: 05.04.1991 US 680964

(71) Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION
Neenah Wisconsin 54957-0349 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hix, Henry M.
    Loganville, Georgia 30249 (US)
  • Roeder, Robert J.
    Roswell, Georgia 30075 (US)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Expandable heel shoe cover


    (57) The present invention is directed to a shoe cover having a generally tube-like shape with an expandable heel portion to allow the shoe cover to better conform to the foot and ankle regions of the wearer despite the simple design of the invention. The expandable heel portion is created by forming a plurality of folds across the width of the section of the material which forms the bottom portion of the shoe cover. The folds are made in the general area of the shoe cover where the heel of the wearer would be positioned. Upon donning of the shoe cover, the heel portion expands as the folds unfold, thereby changing the generally tubular shape of the shoe cover into a shape which more easily conforms to the human anatomy.






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