Heel protector

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a heel protector including a body member made of a flexible fabric material for being worn on the feet and an inner pad member coupled to an inside of the body member for accommodation to an area where a heel is located when the heel protector is worn. Both distal ends of a longitudinal direction of the inner pad member are coupled to the body member, and two areas of the inner pad member accommodated to both lateral sections of the heel are coupled to the body member, such that the inner pad member can relatively slide in relation to the body member when the heel protector is worn. Friction generated on the heels while walking can be subdued by the inner pad member to thereby prevent formation of calluses or blisters, and manufacturing process can be simplified to reduce the manufacturing cost.

1 . A heel protector comprising: 
 a body member made of a flexible fabric material for being worn on the feet; and    an inner pad member coupled to an inside of the body member for accommodation to an area where a heel is located when the heel protector is worn,    wherein both distal ends of longitudinal direction of the inner pad member are coupled to the body member, and two areas of the inner pad member accommodated to both lateral sections of the heel are coupled to the body member, such that the inner pad member can relatively slide in relation to the body member when the heel protector is worn.    
   
   
       2 . The heel protector as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the body member has a cylindrically bent shape.  
   
   
       3 . The heel protector as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the inner pad member has a substantially oblong shape, and each of the two areas coupled to the body member is a portion of a lateral distal end of the inner pad member.  
   
   
       4 . The heel protector as defined in  claim 3 , wherein the inner pad member is cut in the shape of a “V” at both longitudinal central portions of edges thereof.  
   
   
       5 . The heel protector as defined in  claim 1 , wherein the body member is provided with an elastic band at at least one of upper and lower distal ends thereof.