Toe protection cap and footgear comprising toe protection cap

Abstract

A toe cap for shoes comprises an arcuate peripheral wall capable of covering a front part and two side parts of the toe cap, a top wall and a bottom wall capable of covering top and bottom parts, respectively, of the toe cap and being connected to the arcuate peripheral wall. The wall defines a rear opening for a user's toes to be accommodated in a space defined by said walls, and the top wall comprises a rearside edge having the shape of a letter “S”. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

1 . A toe cap for shoes, wherein the toe cap comprises an arcuate peripheral wall capable of covering a front part and two side parts of the toe cap, a top wall and a bottom wall capable of covering top and bottom parts, respectively, of the toe cap and being connected to the arcuate peripheral wall, said walls defining a rear opening for a user's toes to be accommodated in a space defined by said walls, and wherein the top wall comprises a rearside edge having the shape of a letter “S”. 
     
     
         2 . The toe cap of  claim 1 , wherein said top wall comprises holes regularly or irregularly distributed throughout its surface. 
     
     
         3 . The toe cap of  claim 2 , wherein at least some holes in the surface of the top wall are surrounded by a fillets to strengthen the toe cap. 
     
     
         4 . The toe cap of  claim 3 , wherein the fillets form hexagons around the holes, said hexagons forming a honeycomb structure at the top wall surface of the toe cap. 
     
     
         5 . The toe cap of  claim 3 , wherein the top wall surface comprises additional fillets extending from one point or hole radially over the entire surface of the top wall, thereby additionally strengthening the toe cap structure. 
     
     
         6 . The toe cap of  claim 1 , wherein the peripheral wall comprises strengthening fillets on its side directed to an inner space. 
     
     
         7 . The toe cap of  claim 1 , wherein the bottom wall is formed of a first fillet extending along a connection of the bottom wall to the peripheral wall, continuing at a rearside edge into a second fillet having a shape of a letter “S” and extending in parallel to a corresponding edge of the top wall, said first and second filets being bridged by at least one further strengthening fillet. 
     
     
         8 . The toe cap of  claim 7 , wherein said bottom wall fillets are provided with strengthening fillets over their entire surface. 
     
     
         9 . The toe cap of  claim 8 , wherein said bottom wall fillets are provided with honeycomb structure fillets. 
     
     
         10 . The toe cap of  claim 1 , wherein the toe cap is made of at least one material selected from plastics, reinforced plastics, metals and metals alloys. 
     
     
         11 . The toe cap of  claim 10 , wherein the toe cap is made of at least one of steel and fiber-reinforced polyamide. 
     
     
         12 . The toe cap of  claim 1 , wherein the toe cap is made as one upper half cap and one lower half cap and connected to the toe cap before further use. 
     
     
         13 . A toe cap for shoes, wherein the toe cap comprises an arcuate peripheral wall capable of making up a front part and two side parts of the toe cap, a top wall and a bottom wall capable of making up top and bottom parts, respectively, of the toe cap and being connected to the arcuate peripheral wall, rear edges of said walls defining a rear opening for a user's toes to be accommodated in a space defined by said walls, wherein at least the top wall comprises holes regularly or irregularly distributed throughout its surface, each hole being surrounded by fillets strengthening the toe cap, and wherein said fillets at least in said top wall are present as a closed network structure comprising said holes as void spaces between the fillets. 
     
     
         14 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein at least the top wall comprises holes regularly distributed throughout its surface, said holes representing void spaces between a closed network structure of fillets formed at least at the top wall of the toe cap. 
     
     
         15 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the top wall comprises holes regularly distributed throughout its surface, said holes representing void spaces between a closed network structure of fillets formed at the top wall of the toe cap; or wherein the top wall and the arcuate peripheral wall capable of making up a front part and two side parts of the toe cap comprise holes regularly distributed throughout their surfaces, said holes representing void spaces between a closed network structure of fillets formed at the top wall and at the arcuate peripheral wall of the toe cap. 
     
     
         16 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein a closed network structure of fillets forms hexagons around each void space. 
     
     
         17 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the top wall comprise a rearside edge having a shape of a letter “S”. 
     
     
         18 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein at least the top wall surface has additional fillets extending from one point at a rearside edge radially across the entire surface of at least the top wall, thereby additionally strengthening the toe cap structure. 
     
     
         19 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the toe cap further comprises additional fillets along upper and lower peripheral edges connecting the top and bottom walls to the arcuate peripheral wall. 
     
     
         20 . The toe cap of  claim 19 , wherein the additional fillets comprise grooves running within, and in parallel to, the additional fillets. 
     
     
         21 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the bottom wall comprises a rim extending from, and being connected to, the arcuate peripheral wall along its front and two side parts in a substantially perpendicular arrangement. 
     
     
         22 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the toe cap is made of at least one material selected from plastics, reinforced plastics, metals and alloys of metals. 
     
     
         23 . The toe cap of  claim 13 , wherein the toe cap is made as one upper half cap and one lower half cap and connected to the toe cap before further use. 
     
     
         24 . A toe cap ( 1 ) for shoes or boots or footgear, wherein the toe cap comprises an arcuate peripheral wall capable of making up a front part and two side parts of the toe cap, a top wall and a optionally a bottom wall capable of making up top and (optionally) bottom parts, respectively, of the toe cap and being connected to the arcuate peripheral wall, rear edges of said walls defining a rear opening for a user's toes to be accommodated in a space defined by said walls, wherein at least the top wall comprises at least three longitudinal fillets extending from a tip of the toe cap radially to its rear edge, and at least one transverse fillet extending substantially in a form of a segment of a circle around the tip of the toe cap, and/or the arcuate peripheral wall comprises at its side parts alternating vertical and inclined fillets connecting upper and lower edges of the arcuate peripheral wall, said fillets leaving between them regular or irregular holes or voids distributed at least throughout toe cap top wall and arcuate peripheral side wall surfaces, and wherein the fillets strengthen the toe cap along its lines of stabilizing force. 
     
     
         25 . The toe cap of  claim 24 , wherein the top wall comprises a rearside edge having a shape of a letter “S”. 
     
     
         26 . The toe cap of  claim 24 , wherein only the top wall is made of at least three longitudinal fillets extending from the tip of the toe cap radially to its rear edge. 
     
     
         27 . The toe cap of  claim 24 , wherein the toe cap is made of at least one material selected from plastics, reinforced plastics, metals and alloys of metals. 
     
     
         28 . A footgear or shoe comprising the toe cap of  claim 1 . 
     
     
         29 . The footgear or shoe of  claim 28 , wherein the footgear or shoe is a safety shoe, a protective shoe, an occupation shoe, or a sports shoe.