Hosiery having a protective sleeve for preventing debris-intrusion
OwnerMark A. Pisanoinventor
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Abstract
The present invention discloses debris-resistant or intrusion-resistant hosiery, particularly a sock. The sock generally includes a flexible main sleeve member with an opening at one end thereof, a hollow body portion, and a resilient gripping member substantially surrounding the opening and adapted to attach the sock to the user. The sock includes a flexible, protective sleeve member coupled to the hollow body portion with the protective sleeve member including an opening at one end and elastic attaching members surrounding the opening and adapted to secure the protective sleeve member to footwear or the like. The footwear protecting sock of the present invention has particular applications for construction boots, snow boots and casts.
Claims6
Protective hosiery comprising:
- a flexible main sleeve member having a hollow body portion, a first main sleeve member opening at a first end thereof, a second main sleeve member opening at a second end thereof, a first main sleeve member attachment means substantially surrounding said first main sleeve member opening, and a second main sleeve member attachment means substantially surrounding said second end;
- a first flexible, protective sleeve member coupled to said hollow body portion of said main sleeve member, said first protective sleeve member having a first protective sleeve member opening at a first end thereof and a first protective sleeve member attachment means substantially surrounding said first protective sleeve member opening;
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- a second protective sleeve member coupled to said hollow body portion of said main sleeve member, said second protective sleeve member having a second protective sleeve member opening at a first end thereof and a second protective sleeve member attachment means substantially surrounding said second protective sleeve member opening.
A method of installing an intrusion-resistant cast for setting a limb, said method comprising the steps of:
- a) inserting the limb into protective hosiery, said protective hosiery including a flexible main sleeve member having a hollow body portion, a main sleeve member opening at a first end thereof, and a main sleeve attachment means substantially surrounding said main sleeve member opening, and at least one flexible, protective sleeve member coupled to said hollow body portion of said main sleeve member, said protective sleeve member having a protective sleeve member opening at a first end thereof and a protective sleeve attachment means substantially surrounding said protective sleeve member opening;
- b) securing said main sleeve member to the limb with said main sleeve attachment means;
- c) installing a hardened cast member over said hollow body portion;
- d) overlapping one end of said cast member with said flexible, protective sleeve member;
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- e) securing said protective sleeve member to said cast member with said protective sleeve attachment means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.