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US 6,457,260 B1Granted
Footwear with attachable covering
OwnerThomas E. Roelofsinventor
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Abstract
This invention pertains to enclosed footwear in combination with a leg covering or body covering that is storable within a compartment that is integral with an exterior of the enclosed footwear. The leg covering can be either a gaiter or a pants leg portion, and the body covering can be either a sack portion or a suit portion.
Claims46
Footwear comprising:
- a foot portion to receive a foot and ankle of a wearer;
- a lower leg portion extending from said foot portion to receive a lower leg of the wearer;
- a collar portion at an upper extremity of said lower leg portion;
- a compartment beneath said collar portion and on one of said foot portion and said lower leg portion, said compartment defining a passage that opens to an exterior relative to said foot portion when said compartment is on said foot portion such that said compartment is accessible from the exterior relative to said foot portion, and said compartment defining a passage that opens to an exterior relative to said lower leg portion when said compartment is on said lower leg portion such that said compartment is accessible from the exterior relative to said lower leg portion;
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- a leg covering or body covering that is interconnected with one of said lower leg portion and said foot portion such that when said compartment is on said lower leg portion and said leg covering or body covering is interconnected with said lower leg portion said leg covering or body covering is storable within said compartment and retrievable from said compartment via said passage, and when said compartment is on said foot portion and said leg covering or body covering is interconnected with said foot portion said leg covering or said body covering is storable within said compartment and retrievable from said compartment via said passage.
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Footwear comprising:
- a foot portion to receive a foot of a wearer, with said foot portion including a heel portion to receive a heel of the foot of the wearer, a toe portion to receive toes of the foot of the wearer, a mid foot portion to receive a mid portion of the foot of the wearer, and a collar portion at an upper extremity of said heel portion;
- a compartment beneath said collar portion and on one of said toe portion, said heel portion and said mid foot portion, said compartment defining a passage that opens to an exterior relative to said heel portion when said compartment is on said heel portion such that said compartment is accessible from the exterior relative to said heel portion, said compartment defining a passage that opens to an exterior relative to said toe portion when said compartment is on said toe portion such that said compartment is accessible from the exterior relative to said toe portion, and said compartment defining a passage that opens to an exterior relative to said mid foot portion when said compartment is on said mid foot portion such that said compartment is accessible from the exterior relative to said mid foot portion;
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- a leg covering that is interconnected with one of said heel portion, said toe portion and said mid foot portion such that when said compartment is on said heel portion and said leg covering is interconnected with said heel portion said leg covering is storable within said compartment and retrievable from said compartment via said passage, when said compartment is on said toe portion and said leg covering is interconnected with said toe portion said leg covering is storable within said compartment and retrievable from said compartment via said passage, and when said compartment is on said mid foot portion and said leg covering is interconnected with said mid foot portion said leg covering is storable within said compartment and retrievable from said compartment via said passage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.