Collapsible free standing stocking
OwnerRichard Anthony St. Angeloinventor
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Abstract
A collapsible free standing stocking is disclosed. This invention removes the danger from a stocking that hangs over a flame (of any kind). It also eliminates the danger of being pulled off from a mount having heavy weighted holder and crushing a child head, a person's foot or injuring a pet. It eliminates the need of nailing, screwing or attaching hooks into mantels. The collapsible stocking includes a footpad that is received in a foot portion of the stocking. A weighted sock is dimensioned to be received within the foot portion and carries a malleable weighted material, which may be a granular or pelletized material. A plurality of sleeves and a corresponding plurality of rods support an upper sleeve portion of the stocking body in an upright orientation.
Claims6
A collapsible free standing stocking, comprising:
- a stocking comprising an upper sleeve portion having a length, a foot portion, and a top opening to an interior cavity extending through the upper sleeve portion and the foot portion;
- a weighted sock in the foot portion that is filled with a granular or pelleted material and formable to the interior cavity inside the foot portion;
- a footpad in the foot portion along a base thereof;
- a plurality of sleeves disposed in a spaced apart relation about a circumferential dimension of the upper sleeve portion, each of the sleeves having a closure at the top end thereof;
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- a plurality of removable rods, each rod comprising a plurality of interconnecting segments and each rod located in one of the sleeves and extending substantially the length of the upper sleeve portion;
- wherein each closure is operable to retain one of the plurality of rods within each of the plurality of sleeves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.