Camera Hot Shoe Cover

I see that Nikon camera hot shoe has small plates curving up to the front side to help clip things better. Standard hot shoe cover has side lips along the cover from rear to front and I think if the hot shoe cover stays for long, the lips will weaken the hot shoe clips.

That's why I make a short lips (5 mm), so that they do not press the clips on hot shoe. Simple, no fancy, but it does its job that is covering the pins beneath.