| 摘要 |
This invention relates to a foot guard. More specifically, the invention relates to a foot guard with a lace guarding member that protects the laces attaching the foot guard to wearer's shoe from being severed or burnt, thereby preventing the foot guard from falling off the shoe and exposing the wearer's feet to injury. The foot guard includes: a protective plate member being sized and shaped to cover and protect that portion of a shoe housing the metatarsal region of a wearer's foot, the protective plate member defining a plurality of lacing apertures through which the lace of the shoe is threadable for the purposes of releasably securing the protective plate member to the shoe; and a lace cover member for covering the lacing apertures and the lace securing the protective plate member to the shoe; such that, in use, the lace is sandwiched between the protective plate member and the lace cover member thereby protecting the lace from being severed and/or burnt, so as to prevent the foot guard from falling off the shoe and exposing the wearer's shoe and/or foot to damage and/or injury respectively. |
