Protection for a sports shoe, particularly for a golf shoe

Abstract

A protection for a sports shoe, particularly for a golf shoe, comprising a sheath that can be applied to a tip of the shoe and is provided with removable retention elements to prevent disengagement from the shoe.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A protection for a sports shoe, particularly for a golf shoe, comprising a sheath that can be applied to a tip of the shoe and is provided with removable retention elements to prevent disengagement from the shoe.  
     
     
         2 . The protection according to  claim 1 , wherein said sheath is open in a downward region and has an upper portion and a perimetric portion, which is connected to said upper portion and is substantially perpendicular thereto.  
     
     
         3 . The protection according to  claim 1 , wherein said sheath is made of elastically flexible synthetic material.  
     
     
         4 . The protection according to  claim 3 , wherein said synthetic material is substantially transparent.  
     
     
         5 . The protection according to  claim 2 , wherein said retention means comprise at least one band made of elastically extendible material and having two ends which are inserted and fixed in respective lateral openings provided in said perimetric portion, said band being suitable to lock said sheath on the shoe by engaging under the sole.  
     
     
         6 . The protection according to  claim 5 , wherein said band has a substantially rectangular flattened transverse cross-section and has said ends inserted in said openings from the outside inward, folded back and locked by respective rivets that pass through said sheath and are located below said openings.  
     
     
         7 . The protection according to  claim 6 , wherein said ends form, inside said perimetric portion, respective flaps that are suitable to adhere to the outer surface of the shoe, preventing by friction relative movements between said sheath and the shoe.  
     
     
         8 . The protection according to  claim 5 , wherein one of said ends continues with a portion whose end is rigidly coupled to a seat that is arranged in an intermediate position between said openings.  
     
     
         9 . The protection according to  claim 2 , wherein said retention means comprise at least two hooks, which are associated with said perimetric portion and are suitable to lock said sheath onto the shoe, engaging under the sole.  
     
     
         10 . The protection according to  claim 9 , wherein said hooks are constituted by a rigid lamina that has a substantially right-angled fold and in that said lamina adheres, above said fold, in its upper part, to the surface of said perimetric portion, is free in its lower part, and is suitable to engage under the sole of said shoe below said fold.  
     
     
         11 . The protection according to  claim 1 , wherein said sheath is made of a rubber material.  
     
     
         12 . The protection according to  claim 2 , wherein said perimetric portion continues with a lower portion, said removable retention means being constituted by a plurality of circular holes in which studs provided in the sole of the shoe are meant to engage.