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US 7,461,468 B2Granted
Boot and liner combination
AssigneeMorning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
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AssigneeMorning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
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As worn with a pull-on boot, a pair of pants has an outer shell and a liner, which has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion. In a ready-to-don condition, the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly, the foot-covering portion is fitted into the pull-on boot. and the outer shell is fitted over the pull-on boot, whereupon the pair of pants is pulled downwardly, over the pull-on boot, toward the horizontal surface. The foot-covering portion of the liner may be detachably attached to and within the boot, as by hook-and-loop attaching means, when the combination has been manipulated to the ready-to-don position. The liner has a pair of pull-on loops, each of which is attached to and within the liner so as to be manually graspable when the combination has been manipulated into the ready-to-don condition.
A combination comprising a pull-on boot and a liner, which has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion, wherein the combination is manipulatable into a ready-to-don condition, in which the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly and the foot-covering portion is fitted into the pull-on boot, whereupon the liner is pulled downwardly, over the pull-on boot, toward the horizontal surface and exposes an inside surface of the liner that faces a wearer when donned, and wherein the liner has a pull-on loop, which is attached to the inside surface of the liner and is exposed in the ready-to-don condition so as to be manually graspable when the combination has been manipulated into the ready-to-don condition.
A combination comprising a boot and a pair of pants, wherein the pair of pants has an outer shell and a liner, wherein the liner has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion, wherein the combination is manipulatable into a ready-to-don condition, in which the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly, the foot-covering portion is fitted into the pull-on boot, and the outer shell is fitted over the pull-on boot, whereupon the pair of pants is pulled downwardly, over the pull-on boot, toward the horizontal surface and exposes an inside surface of the liner that faces a wearer when donned, and wherein the liner has a pull-on loop, which is attached to the inside surface of the liner to be completely overlaid by the liner when donned and is exposed in the ready-to-don condition so as to be manually graspable when the combination has been manipulated into the ready-to-don condition.
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