Metatarsal guard and protective footwear embodying same

摘要

Protective footwear includes a metatarsal guard for providing protection of the metatarsal region of the wearer. The guard, which internal of the footwear, of integral nonrigid assembly having mutually overlying multiple layers each extending both longitudinally and transversely in overlying relation to the metatarsal region of the wearer. Each layer is nonrigid and flexible. Different materials make up the different layers to within the footwear both energy absorbing and force dissipating capability for absorbing and dissipating impact forces throughout the multiple layers in order to protect the metatarsal region of the wearer from impact forces and from being cut by sharp objects.