Curved Toe Cap Safety Boot

Abstract

A curved toe cap safety boot for comfortably protecting all five toes includes a boot having a toe, a heel, a top, a bottom, an instep side, an outstep side, and a foot cavity extending between the toe, the heel, the top, the bottom, the instep side, and the outstep side. The top has an ankle aperture extending through to the foot cavity. A layered sole is disposed on the bottom of the boot. A toe cap disposed within the toe of the boot has a front portion, a medial portion, and a lateral portion. The medial portion extends a first length from the front portion to cover a hallux of a wearer. The lateral portion extends a second length from the front portion to cover a fifth phalange of the wearer. The first length is less than the second length.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A curved toe cap safety boot comprising:
 a boot having a toe, a heel, a top, a bottom, an instep side, an outstep side, and a foot cavity extending between the toe, the heel, the top, the bottom, the instep side, and the outstep side, the top having an ankle aperture extending through to the foot cavity;   a layered sole disposed on the bottom of the boot;   a toe cap having a front portion, a medial portion, and a lateral portion, the toe cap being disposed within the toe of the boot, the medial portion extending a first length from the front portion, wherein said first length is configured to cover a hallux of a wearer, the lateral portion extending a second length from the front portion, wherein said second length is configured to cover a fifth phalange of the wearer, the first length being less than the second length.   
     
     
         2 . The curved toe cap safety boot of  claim 1  further comprising a cap liner, said cap liner being removably disposed on an interior surface of the toe cap, the cap liner continuously extending from the front portion to beyond a rear edge of the toe cap and from the medial portion to the lateral portion of the toe cap. 
     
     
         3 . The curved toe cap safety boot of  claim 2 , wherein the layered sole comprises an insole, a midsole, and an outsole, each of the insole and the midsole having a thick portion adjacent the heel of the boot and a tapered portion extending from the thick portion to the toe of the boot. 
     
     
         4 . The curved toe cap safety boot of  claim 3 , wherein the outsole has a plurality of protrusions, each of the plurality of protrusions being X-shaped, wherein the plurality of protrusions is configured to provide longitudinal and lateral traction. 
     
     
         5 . The curved toe cap safety boot of  claim 2  further comprising an ankle cushion, said ankle cushion being continuously disposed on a perimeter of the ankle aperture of the boot. 
     
     
         6 . A curved toe cap safety boot comprising:
 a boot having a toe, a heel, a top, a bottom, an instep side, an outstep side, and a foot cavity extending between the toe, the heel, the top, the bottom, the instep side, and the outstep side, the top having an ankle aperture extending through to the foot cavity;   a toe cap having a front portion, a medial portion, and a lateral portion, the toe cap being disposed within the toe of the boot, the medial portion extending a first length from the front portion, wherein said first length is configured to cover a hallux of a wearer, the lateral portion extending a second length from the front portion, wherein said second length is configured to cover a fifth phalange of the wearer, the first length being less than the second length;   a cap liner, said cap liner being removably disposed on an interior surface of the toe cap, the cap liner continuously extending from the front portion to beyond a rear edge of the toe cap and from the medial portion to the lateral portion of the toe cap;   a layered sole, said layered sole being disposed on the bottom of the boot, the layered sole comprising an insole, a midsole, and an outsole, each of the insole and the midsole having a thick portion adjacent the heel of the boot and a tapered portion extending from the thick portion to the toe of the boot, the outsole having a plurality of protrusions, each of the plurality of protrusions being X-shaped, wherein the plurality of protrusions is configured to provide longitudinal and lateral traction; and   an ankle cushion, said ankle cushion being continuously disposed on a perimeter of the ankle aperture of the boot.