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US 6,381,756 B1Granted
Gaiter-sock combination
OwnerLane F. Smithinventor
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Abstract
A combination of a gaiter member (24) attached (26) to a sock member (22) in various embodiments creates a gaiter-sock combination, which simply and efficiently provides barrier protection to a lower body extremity. The gaiter portion (24) may protect a sock portion (22), or the inside of a boot or shoe (32), or various combinations of them, from debris, insects, arachnids, thorns, burrs, and the like.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising:
- a stocking member for protecting a foot of a user;
- a gaiter member securable to the stocking member for protecting the stocking member;
- a securement member connecting the gaiter member to the stocking member;
- the stocking member, being formed of a first material, selected to provide ventilation for a foot of a user;
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- the gaiter member, extending upward from the securement member toward the user and downward from the securement member toward a supporting surface there below and being formed of a second material, different from the first material, selected to provide shielding of the stocking.
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A method for protection of a lower leg of a user, the method comprising:
- providing a stocking member to protect a foot of a user formed of a first material, selected to provide ventilation for the foot;
- providing a gaiter member having a top collar, a bottom collar, and a barrier portion therebetween formed of a second material, different from the first material, selected to protect and shield the stocking member;
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- securing the gaiter member to the stocking member at a securement region so that a portion of the gaiter extends upward from the securement region toward the user and downward from the securement region to a supporting surface there below.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.