Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots or shoes and detachable leg covers
Patent
1999-01-27
2000-11-21
Kavanaugh, Ted
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots or shoes and detachable leg covers
36129, 36114, 36 54, A43B 300, A43B 506
Patent
active
061485446
ABSTRACT:
A gaiter of flexible, substantially water-proof material, attached to the vamp portion and heel collar of a shoe upper. Preferably, the gaiter is a permanent, integral part of the shoe, due to a continuous stitching of the gaiter to the heel collar and eyelet stay along the vamp region of the upper. In a particular implementation, the gaiter has an elongated tongue portion extending along and underlying the tongue slot in the vamp region, and attached to the eyelet stays of the slot. A substantially tubular riser portion of the gaiter is integral with the tongue portion and is attached to and extends upwardly from the heel collar, to an open end. Conventional means, such as shoe laces, engage the eyelet stays directly or indirectly, for tightening the vamp over the wearer's instep. With the invention, however, the tongue of the shoe is constituted by the extension of the gaiter and therefore no water or debris can enter the forepart of the shoe through the vamp region.
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Keen Martin W.
Siriano Gary M.
Kavanaugh Ted
Spalding Sports Worldwide Inc.
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