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US 9,427,028 B1Granted
Foot hosiery system featuring toenails
OwnerBarbara Martininventor
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Abstract
A hosiery system for giving the appearance of well-groomed feet featuring a pair of stockings at least ankle-high wherein toenails are disposed on the stockings and are positioned to align with and lay atop the user's own toenails. Elastic surrounds the opening of the stockings and the elastic is concealed by a piece of jewelry such as an anklet.
Claims1
A hosiery system (100) for giving an appearance of well-groomed feet, said hosiery system (100) consisting of:
- (a) a pair of stockings (110), each stocking (110) adapted to respectively cover one of a user's feet, each stocking has a toe end (111) and an ankle end (112), wherein a hole (118) is disposed in each ankle end (112) of each stocking (110) to allow a user to insert a respective foot into the stocking (110);
- (b) an elastic member (130) disposed in each stocking (110), wherein each elastic member (130) respectively surrounds each hole (118) in each ankle end (112) of each stocking (110), each elastic member (130) is configured to help to secure the respective stocking (110) on the user's foot;
- (c) a jewelry ring (140) disposed in each stocking (110), wherein each jewelry ring (140) respectively surrounds at least a portion of each elastic member (130);
- (d) a slit (120) disposed in each toe end (111) of each stocking (110), each slit (120) positioned near an inner side (113) of each stocking (110), each slit (120) functions to partition a portion of each toe end (111) of each stocking (110) and is configured to accommodate a user's big toe;
- (e) a string (180) disposed on each stocking (110), wherein each string (180) is disposed on a surface of the portion of each toe end (111) of each stocking (110) that is configured to accommodate the user's big toe, each string (180) configured to wrap around the respective big toe of the user's feet;
- (f) a first artificial toenail (150) removably disposed on a top surface (115) of each stocking (110) at each toe end (111) of each stocking (110) on a first side of each slit (120), and four additional artificial toenails (150) disposed on the top surface (115) of each stocking (110) at each toe end (111) of each stocking (110) on a second side of each slit (120), the artificial toenails are positioned to respectively align with respective ones of the user's toenails when the stockings (110) are worn;
- wherein a first half attachment means (170a) is disposed on the top surface (115) of each stocking (110) and a second half attachment means (170b) is disposed on a bottom surface of each of the five artificial toenails (150), wherein the first half attachment means (170a) and the second half attachment means (170b) are adapted to temporarily engage each other, wherein the first half attachment means (170a) and the second half attachment means (170b) are mateable hook-and-loop fasteners;
- wherein each stocking (110) is configured to provide an enhanced appearance to a respective one of the user's feet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.