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US 6,175,965 B1Granted
Protector for trouser legs
OwnerJesse Schoberginventor
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Abstract
A leg protector for trousers comprises a strip of rubber material forming a loop that projects downwardly below the bottom edge of the leg opening in the trouser leg. Stitching attaches the rubber protector in such a manner that a finished hem is formed. Also disclosed is a method of forming a leg protector for trousers while simultaneously forming the finished hem.
Claims5
A protector for a trouser leg, comprising:
- trouser leg having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a finished hem bordering a leg opening, said hem comprising a bottom edge margin of said trouser leg having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said bottom edge margin doubled back inwardly so that said interior surface lies against the inner surface of said trouser leg and said exterior surface faces said leg opening;
- a protector for said finished hem comprising a strip of rubber material having a length substantially greater than its width and its width greater than its thickness, said protector extending along the entire circumference of said leg opening to form a loop, said protector including an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper edge, and a lower edge, wherein said upper edge is disposed within said leg opening adjacent said finished hem so that the outer surface of said protector lies against the exterior surface of said finished hem, and wherein said lower edge projects below said finished hem;
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- fastening means for fastening said protector to the exterior surface of the bottom edge margin of said finished hem, said fastening means comprising first stitching passing through said protector, said bottom edge margin and said trouser leg so as to be visible on the outer surface of said leg portion, and second stitching spaced downwardly from said first stitching and passing through only said protector and said bottom edge margin so as to not be visible on the outer surface of said leg portion.
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A method of forming a protector for the bottom of a trouser leg, comprising the steps of:
- providing a trouser leg having an inner surface, an outer surface, an unfinished bottom edge defining a leg opening, and a bottom edge margin extending upwardly from said unfinished bottom edge;
- providing a protector for the unfinished bottom edge of said trouser leg, said protector comprising a strip of rubber material forming a loop having a length substantially greater than is width and its width greater than its thickness, said protector including an inner surface, an outer surface, an upper edge and a lower edge;
- positioning said protector such that the outer surface of said protector lies against the outer surface of the bottom edge margin of said trouser leg and the lower edge faces upwardly and the upper edge faces downwardly;
- stitching said protector to said bottom edge margin of said trouser leg at a location spaced from the lower edge of said protector and the unfinished bottom edge of said trouser leg;
- folding said bottom edge margin inwardly into said leg opening until the inner surface of said bottom edge margin engages the inner surface of said trouser leg so that the unfinished bottom edge of said trouser leg and the upper edge of said protector both face upwardly and the lower edge of said protector faces downwardly;
- fastening said bottom edge margin to said trouser leg to form a finished hem by stitching said protector to the bottom edge margin of said trouser leg and said bottom edge margin to said trouser leg at a location closely adjacent to the upper edge of said protector and the unfinished bottom edge of said trouser leg.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.