Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Shoe attachment
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-15
2001-02-06
Patterson, M. D. (Department: 3728)
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Shoe attachment
C036S001000, C036S132000, C012S12800F
Reexamination Certificate
active
06182382
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot and more particularly pertains to a new boot leg opening cover attachment for attachment to a pair of boots to cover the upper leg openings of the boots to prevent precipitation and debris from entering the boots.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot is known in the prior art. More specifically, attachments for covering, the upper leg opening of a boot heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 2,719,997; 3,128,565; 4,788,996; 5,313,719; 5,005,623; and 5,251,386.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new boot leg opening cover attachment. The inventive device includes a pair of cover members each having upper and lower faces and a lower perimeter edge. Each of the cover members is designed for position over a boot leg opening of an associated boot to cover the respective boot leg opening. A clip connects the lower perimeter side edges of the cover members together. The clip is designed for attachment to adjacent portions of the boots to attach the cover members to the boots.
In these respects, the boot leg opening cover attachment according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of attachment to a pair of boots to cover the upper leg openings of the boots to prevent precipitation and debris from entering the boots.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new boot leg opening cover attachment construction wherein the same can be utilized for attachment to a pair of boots to cover the upper leg openings of the boots to prevent precipitation and debris from entering the boots.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new boot leg opening cover attachment which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pair of cover members each having upper and lower faces and a lower perimeter edge. Each of the cover members is designed for position over a boot leg opening of an associated boot to cover the respective boot leg opening. A clip connects the lower perimeter side edges of the cover members together. The clip is designed for attachment to adjacent portions of the boots to attach the cover members to the boots.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new boot leg opening cover attachment which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art attachments for covering the upper leg opening of a boot, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new boot leg opening, cover attachment which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such boot leg opening cover attachment economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment for attachment to a pair of boots to cover the upper leg openings of the boots to prevent precipitation and debris from entering the boots.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new boot leg opening, cover attachment which includes a pair of over members each having upper and lower faces and a lower perimeter edge. Each of the cover members is designed for position over a boot leg opening of an associated boot to cover the respective boot leg opening. A clip connects the lower perimeter side edges of the cover members together. The clip is designed for attachment to adjacent portions of the boots to attach the cover members to the boots.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new boot leg opening cover attachment that is designed for use with rubber boots also known a galoshes and Wellingtons to keep the interior of the boots dry even when left outside during precipitation such as rain, sleet and snow.
These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are point
Patterson M. D.
Stashick Anthony
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