Wellington boot with heel retaining clip

摘要

A heel clip for a boot having a grip 4 around the boot heel and base, a pair of opposed fingers 2a, 2b extending forward from the web to extend along the base of the heel towards the boot toe end, and a pair of opposed fingers 3a, 3b extending upwards from the web to extend up the leg portion of the boot. The upwardly pointing fingers 3a, 3b are biased towards each other and are resiliently deformable to constrict the leg portion of the boot to grip the ankle of the user. The heel cap prevents the heel slipping from the boot. Also disclosed is a wellington boot comprising the heel clip (figure 5), reducing lifting of the heel from the wellington boot. The clip may be permanently fixed to the boot, and the boot may have a sole such that the clip extends in the plane between the boot base and the sole portion. Also disclosed is a wellington boot having a separately formed sole, the sole including a layer of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) material or expanded thermoplastic urethane.