Dog shoe

摘要

A dog shoe has a durable molded sole, a flexible fabric upper, elastic members that urge opposed edges of the shoe upper together to snuggly retain the shoe over the dog's paw, and a adjustable strap that employs a hook-and-loop fastener to retain a circumferential back section of the upper snuggly around the dog's lower leg.

主权项

1. A dog shoe comprising:
a sole; an upper attached to the sole, the upper including a body having a front section and a back section, the front section being adapted to extend upward from the sole and overlie a front portion of a dog's paw, the back section being adapted to extend from the front portion about the rear of the dog's paw and extend upward from the sole and surround the dog's lower leg just above the paw and the back section having an elasticity associated therewith to expand and contract about the rear of the dog's paw, the front section having opposed left and right edges, the back section having sidewalls with facing edges that are extensions of the opposed edges of the front section to form an opening for the dog's paw; eyelets in the front section arranged along the opposed left and right edges in multiple pairs; an elastic lace looped back and forth through the eyelets, the lace having first and second ends permanently secured to an interior surface of the sidewalls proximate to a respective eyelet proximate the opening on the left and right edges such that separation of the left and right edges to insert the dog's paw into the shoe will result in more separation proximate the ends of the left and right edges proximate the secured ends of the shoe so that the elastic lace urges the opposed edges of the front section together such that the elastic lace and the elasticity of the back section cooperate together to contract to and expand from the secured ends of the elastic lace; and a closure strap having a first end permanently secured to a first one of said sidewalls, and a second end releasably secured to a second one of said sidewalls proximate the upper portion thereof and above the secured end of the elastic lace, the closure strap making an adjustable attachment at its releasably secured end to permit adjustment of the circumference of the back section to achieve an appropriately snug fit around the dog's lower leg above the secured ends of the elastic lace, which is a releasable configuration to allow the dog's paw to be inserted and removed without the need to tighten or loosen any structure.