Flexible shoe pocket

Claim 2

A flexible pocket for attachment to a shoe having a tongue, the pocket having means formed within a body portion of the pocket for mounting said pocket on the shoe and for preventing the displacement of said pocket when installed on said shoe overlying the tongue, comprising: a pocket body portion having a top cover member and a rear cover member, the top cover member being attached to the rear cover member around three sides of said top and rear cover members to define a pocket therebetween adapted to carry money, keys or the like, the flexible pocket further including a top flap portion which is foldable around a transverse fold line of said pocket and which closes said pocket, the top flap portion being an integral extension of said pocket rear cover member, said pocket including means for closing said pocket by securing said pocket top flap member to said top cover member in a closed position, said pocket closing means being releasable upon application of digital forces to said pocket top flap member, said pocket body portion further including means for mounting said pocket on an instep portion of the shoe and above said tongue of the shoe in a manner where the pocket does not displace itself, said mounting means including a first pair of pocket openings adapted to receive the passage of two shoelace ends therethrough, the first pair of openings being disposed along a first edge of said pocket body portion, said first pair of openings passing completely through said top and rear cover members, a second pair of pocket openings also adapted to receive the passage of two shoelace ends therethrough, the second pair of openings disposed on said pocket body portion in general alignment with said first pair of openings, said second pair of openings passing through said rear cover member, said second pair of openings passing through said rear cover member and not passing through said top cover member, and a third, enlarged opening adapted to receive the passage of said two shoelace ends therethrough, the third opening being disposed in said pocket body portion rear cover member proximate to and in alignment with said pair of second openings, said pocket third opening passing through said back cover member, said third opening being sized to receive the passage of two shoelace ends therethrough simultaneously, whereby said third opening permits two shoelace ends of said shoe to exit said pocket and pass underneath said pocket so as to permit said two shoelace ends to be threaded into shoe eyelets disposed above said pocket so that said two shoelace ends can be tied together above said pocket, said first, second and third openings including eyelet members having smooth interior rim portions.

Claim 3

The flexible pocket of claim 1, wherein said pocket is formed from a single, elongated sheet of a durable fabric, the single elongated sheet being folded upon itself along a second and third transverse fold line of said pocket.

Claim 4

The flexible pocket of claim 1, wherein said pocket is formed from a durable fabric, the durable fabric having a wear-resistant coating applied to one side of said durable fabric such that the wear-resistant coating forms an inner surface of said pocket.

Claim 5

The flexible pocket of claim 1, wherein said pocket closing means includes two opposing strips of hook and loop fastening material disposed on an inner surface of said pocket flap portion and an outer surface of said pocket top cover portion.

Claim 6

The flexible pocket of claim 1, wherein said pocket is formed from a durable fabric and the durable fabric has a distinctive fluorescent coloration.

Claim 7

The flexible pocket of claim 1, wherein said pocket is formed from a durable fabric and the durable fabric has an earth-tone coloration.

Claim 8

An improved accessory pocket for a shoe having an elongated tongue portion which extends longitudinally between two shoe side flaps, the shoe side flaps each having a row of shoe eyelets extending along an edge of the side flap, the shoe having a shoelace with two opposing ends extending through the shoe eyelets in a crosswise fashion, the accessory pocket comprising: a pocket body portion formed from a generally elongated, single sheet of material, a first portion of said sheet being folded upon an underlying portion of itself around a first transverse fold line of said product, said first portion and the underlying portion of said sheet being attached together at three sides to define a pocket having an open mouth portion, said first portion defining a cover portion of said accessory pocket, part of said underlying portion defining a back portion of said accessory pocket, said underlying portion further including an extension portion folded upon itself around a second transverse fold line to define a pocket top flap of said accessory pocket, the pocket top flap being foldable around a third transverse fold line of said accessory pocket, an inner surface of said pocket top flap which opposes an outer surface of said pocket cover portion, means for releasably securing said pocket top flap to said cover portion, said accessory pocket including means for mounting said accessory pocket to an instep portion of said shoe wherein said accessory pocket threadedly engages said shoelace and is disposed above said shoelace in an overlying relationship therewith, mounting means including first and second pairs of eyelets, the first pair of eyelets being disposed along a lower edge of said pocket body portion, said first pair of eyelets passing completely through said pocket cover and back portions, each eyelet of said first pair of eyelets being adapted to allow the passage of a shoelace opposing end therethrough such that said shoelace opposing ends can be threaded through said shoe eyelets underneath said accessory pocket, the second pair of eyelets being disposed in said pocket back portion above said first pair of eyelets and in general alignment therewith, said second pair of eyelets passing through said pocket back portion and not said pocket cover portion, each eyelet of said second pair of eyelets also being adapted to allow the passage of a shoelace opposing end therethrough, thereby defining an entrance passage in said pocket back portion to allow the user of said accessory shoe pocket to thread said shoelace opposing ends into said pocket, the accessory pocket mounting means further including a third, enlarged eyelet in said pocket back portion, the third eyelet being disposed in said pocket back portion generally between said second pair of eyelets, said third eyelet being adapted to allow the passage of said shoelace two opposing ends therethrough, thereby defining an exit passage in said pocket back portion which permits the user of said accessory shoe pocket to thread said shoe opposing ends out of and underneath said pocket and into further engagement with said shoe eyelets, thereby permitting said accessory shoe pocket to be worn on said shoe beneath a knot tied in said shoelace ends, each of said first and second pairs of eyelets and said third, enlarged eyelet including an interior, generally smooth rim portion, said third eyelet being laterally aligned with said second pair of eyelets to permit the exiting passage of said shoelace opposing ends from said pocket and tied together above said pocket without said pocket displacing on said shoe.

Claim 9

An improved accessory pocket for a shoe having an elongated tongue portion which extends longitudinally between two shoe side flaps, the shoe side flaps each having a row of shoe eyelets extending along an edge of the side flap, the shoe having a shoelace with two opposing ends extending through the shoe eyelets in a crosswise fashion, the accessory pocket comprising: a pocket body portion formed from a generally elongated, single sheet of material, a first portion of said sheet being folded upon an underlying portion of itself around a first transverse fold line of said product, said first portion and the underlying portion of said sheet being attached together at three sides to define a pocket having an open mouth portion, said first portion defining a cover portion of said accessory pocket, part of said underlying portion defining a back portion of said accessory pocket, said underlying portion further including an extension portion folded upon itself around a second transverse fold line to define a pocket top flap of said accessory pocket, the pocket top flap being foldable around a third transverse fold line of said accessory pocket, an inner surface of said pocket top flap which opposes an outer surface of said pocket cover portion, means for releasably securing said pocket top flap to said cover portion, said accessory pocket including means for mounting said accessory pocket to an instep portion of said shoe wherein said accessory pocket threadedly engages said shoelace and is disposed above said shoelace in an overlying relationship therewith, mounting means including first and second pairs of eyelets, the first pair of eyelets being disposed along a lower edge of said pocket body portion, said first pair of eyelets passing completely through said pocket cover and back portions, each eyelet of said first pair of eyelets being adapted to allow the passage of a shoelace opposing end therethrough such that said shoelace opposing ends can be threaded through said shoe eyelets underneath said accessory pocket, the second pair of eyelets being disposed in said pocket back portion above said first pair of eyelets and in general alignment therewith, said second pair of eyelets passing through said pocket back portion and not said pocket cover portion, each eyelet of said second pair of eyelets also being adapted to allow the passage of a shoelace opposing end therethrough, thereby defining an entrance passage in said pocket back portion to allow the user of said accessory shoe pocket to thread said shoelace opposing ends into said pocket, the accessory pocket mounting means further including a third, enlarged eyelet in said pocket back portion, the third eyelet being disposed in said pocket back portion generally between said second pair of eyelets, said third eyelet being adapted to allow the passage of said shoelace two opposing ends therethrough, thereby defining an exit passage in said pocket back portion which permits the user of said accessory shoe pocket to thread said shoe opposing ends out of and underneath said pocket and into further engagement with said shoe eyelets, thereby permitting said accessory shoe pocket to be worn on said shoe beneath a knot tied in said shoelace ends, each of said first and second pairs of eyelets and said third, enlarged eyelet including an interior, generally smooth rim portion, said third eyelet being laterally aligned with said second pair of eyelets to permit the exiting passage of said shoelace opposing ends from said pocket and tied together above said pocket without said pocket displacing on said shoe.

Claim 10

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 7, wherein said shoe pocket single sheet of material is a durable fabric.

Claim 11

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 8, wherein said durable fabric has a wear-resistant coating applied to interior surfaces of said pocket.

Claim 12

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 8, wherein said durable fabric has a distinctive coloration.

Claim 13

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 10, wherein said durable fabric distinctive coloration is a fluorescent coloration.

Claim 14

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 9, wherein said durable fabric distinctive coloration is an earth-tone coloration.

Claim 15

The accessory shoe pocket of claim 6, wherein each of said first and second pairs of eyelets and said third, enlarged eyelet include an interior, generally smooth rim portion.