Multiple size polyethylene shoe shaping counter

Claim 1

A MULTIPLE SIZE SHOE COUNTER FOR PROVIDING AND RETAINING THE SHAPE OF THE QUARTER PORTION OF THE SHOE COMPRISING A UNITARY MEMBER MADE OF A SOLID, FLEXIBLE SHAPE RETAINING MATERIAL AND BEING GENERALLY U-SHAPED WITH THE TWO SIDES OF THE MEMBER DIVERGING OUTWARDLY FROM THEIR CONNECTED PORTIONS TO THEIR FREE ENDS, SAID MEMBER HAVING AN UPRIGHT SIDE WALL EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY FROM END TO END AND ALSO AN INTURNED SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND HORIZONTAL HEEL SEAT FLANGE FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE LOWER END OF THE UPRIGHT SIDE WALL, SAID SIDE WALL HAVING A VERTICALLY CONCAVE INNER SURFACE AND A VERTICALLY CONVEX OUTER SURFACE AND TAPERING IN THICKNESS TOWARDS THE UPPER EDGE THEREOF AND SAID FLANGE BEING FORMED WITH A PLURALITY OF V-SHAPED NOTCHES EXTENDING FROM THE EDGE THEREOF TOWARDS SAID UPRIGHT SIDE WALL AND TERMINATING IN ROUNDED APERTURES ADJACENT BUT SPACED FROM SAID UPRIGHT WALL WHEREBY THE FREE ENDS OF SAID MEMBER MAY BE DRAWN INWARDLY TO FIT SHOES OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND SAID HEEL SEAT FLANGE WILL REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY FLAT AND HORIZONTAL AND THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID SIDE WALL WILL BE CONTRACTED INWARDLY FROM END TO END.