Shoe Cover

Abstract

A shoe cover for protecting a user's footwear. The shoe cover includes a body that resembles a shoe and that is configured to partially enclose a shoe therein. The shoe cover includes a toe portion, a heel portion, an ankle opening, and a sole covering. A zipper is provided on the upper portion of the shoe cover for securement around the shoe cover in position over the shoe. The sole covering encloses the toe portion of the shoe and a sole opening includes the heel portion of the shoe. The heel portion further includes an elastic band therearound for securement to the lower portion of the user's shoe.

I claim: 
     
         1 ) A shoe cover, comprising:
 a body having a toe portion, a heel portion, and a sole covering, defining an interior volume sized to receive a shoe therein;   a zipper disposed on an upper portion of the body, the zipper configured to selectively provide access to the interior volume via an ankle opening;   the ankle opening disposed on the body adjacent to the heel portion;   wherein the sole covering extends across opposing sides of the body at a lower end of the body, wherein the sole covering is configured to rest flush with a sole of the shoe and disposed on the toe portion of the body;   wherein the sole covering and the zipper are configured to cooperatively join the shoe cover to the shoe;   a sole opening defined by a terminal end of the sole covering and the lower end of the body, wherein the sole opening is dimensioned to receive a heel of a shoe therethrough and disposed at the heel portion of the body.   
     
     
         2 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the body is composed of a waterproof material. 
     
     
         3 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole covering is composed of a rubber material. 
     
     
         4 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1  wherein the body comprises indicia thereon. 
     
     
         5 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole opening comprises an elastic band therearound. 
     
     
         6 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the zipper is disposed at a perimeter of the ankle opening and extends towards the toe portion along a center line. 
     
     
         7 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the zipper comprises at least fifty percent of the body as measured along the center line from the perimeter of the ankle opening to the distal end of the toe portion. 
     
     
         8 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the edge of the sole covering extends past a midpoint between a distalmost region of the heel portion and the toe portion respectively. 
     
     
         9 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole covering is planar. 
     
     
         10 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole covering has treads on a lower surface. 
     
     
         11 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole covering comprises a uniform thickness. 
     
     
         12 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole covering is flush with a sole of the received shoe. 
     
     
         13 ) The shoe cover of  claim 1 , wherein the sole opening is entirely void of objects extending thereover.