Flexible elastic woven band material device for a persons boots and pants
The primary function of the Bootstrap invention is to provide a flexible elastic woven band material that has a high heat resistant that connects to the bottom of the person's boots to their pants. The invention also provides a means to reduce the thermal heat from traveling between the person's pants by eliminating the separation distance between the pants and the boots. The invention is simple to install and provides a high degree of flexibility to insure that it maintains operation while connected to the person's boots and pants. The invention is either wrapped around the outside of the bottom of the person's boot or the inside the person's boot like a stirrup. The invention has multiple applications for people such as, firefighter bunker pants, commercial and military situations where the boots and pants need to be a close as possible during heat related and other situations.
This invention is a flexible elastic woven polyester band material device that is attached to a person's boot and pant while reducing the separation distance during bending, sitting or walking situations. The device is intended to be installed under the boot or in the boot as a stirrup and attaches to both sides of the pants. The invention uses a flexible elastic woven based elastic material with D-type metal hook device at each end of the main flexible elastic woven band material that allows a strap hook to attach to the bottoms of the pants. The invention supports a metal stud or a metal snap at each end of the Bootstrap. The invention is intended to provide a variable amount of pressure between the bottom of the boot or inside the boot and attach to the pants to minimize their separation while a person is bending or walking. The invention is intended for both right and left boots and right and left pants. The invention prevents the boots and pants from separating apart during normal operations of motion such as bending and walking. The invention is intended to help reduce the thermal heat problems when boots and pants become separated and thereby help to prevent the heat to penetrate between the boots and pants. The invention has multiple applications for people, military, and commercial usage.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThere are situations where a person's pants and their boots tend to separate while bending over or kneeling while fighting a fire. Most people find this situation awkward and uncomfortable based on situation where there is intense heat that could travel up the person's legs because the boots and pants are separated. When this occurs, the person's has to readjust their pants to try to close the gap between the bottom of the pants and the boots to reduce the problem of the heat.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a more stable and constant amount of tension between the person's pants and their boots during all situations. This is achieved by placing the bootstrap device under the person's boots and clipping a small flexible snap connector to each of the D-Type connectors on each side of the person's pants. The invention also provides a special flexible device that is made of a stretchable elastic woven band of polyester type material with each D-Type hook at each end and is attached to both sides of each person's pants. The D-Type hook allows each bootstrap to connect to a snap hook device that has a flexible material and a hook loop located on each of the person's pants. The invention supports multiple applications such as people, military and commercial applications where a person's boots and pant legs require minimum separation between each other.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe bootstrap invention is a complete self contained device that provides the proper amount of tension from the bottom of each person's boot to their pant legs.
The invention uses a flexible polyester material and has a high resistance to heat. The invention is safer than traditional situations where a person's pants and boots become separated during critical situations were high heat is present and could travel between the person's boots and pants causing pain and discomfort. The invention requires two bootstraps one for each boot and is easy to install and remove. The invention supports D-Type metal hardware, a stud or a socket snap to attach to the person's pant legs. A device that supports a foot stirrup application for inside the person's boot and also provides a means to attach to the person's pants.
- 10. Bootstrap flexible elastic woven band
- 20. Bootstrap left D-Type metal hook assembly
- 30. Left D-Type metal hook assembly attached to the main bootstrap
- 40. Bootstrap right D-Type metal hook assembly
- 50. Right D-Type metal hook assembly attached to the main bootstrap
- 60. Box and cross stitch for the flexible elastic woven band
- 70. Socket Snap for the bootstrap
- 80. Stud Snap for the bootstrap
- 90. Bootstrap with product logo
- 110. Typical person's right boot.
- 120. Typical bottom view of a person's left boot
- 200. Typical person's right pant leg
- 230. Typical person's left pant leg
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The Bootstrap 10 wraps around each person's boot 110 and 120. The bootstrap 10 connects to each D-type connector 20 and 40.
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Claims
1. A system for keeping pants and boots close together, system comprising:
- A person whose pant leg having a hook at the bottom edge of the pant including the top edge of the attachment;
- A person who's pants and pant leg bottom, the person pants includes a second hook at the bottom edge of the pant including the top edge of the attachment;
- A flexible elastic woven band material device having a first end and second end, the first end including a fastener clip or d-hook attached to said pants, the band including a second fastener clip or d-hook attached to said pants.
- Wherein at least both of the ends of said flexible elastic woven band are looped around the bottom of the person's boot and provide variable strength and durability to prevent separation between the pants and boot
2. The system of claim 1 further including a way to fit around the flexible elastic woven band material and attached to the pants when not in use.
3. The system of claim 1 to include a way to release the flexible elastic band material from the pants and the boot.
4. The system of claim 1 where the first attachment means included a snap, stud of D-type hook attachment and a means to loop the band under the boot and attach to the second attachment
5. The system of claim 1 where the second attachment means included a snap, stud of D-type hook attachment and a means to loop the band under the persons boot and attach to the second attachment
6. The system of claim 1 where the first and second attachment for the said flexible elastic woven band includes a box and cross stitch pattern for safety and added strength.
7. The system of claim 1 where the first attachment means included a snap, stud of D-type hook attachment and a means to loop the band inside the boot like a stirrup inside the boot and attach to the second attachment.
8. The system of claim 1 to include a high temperature flexible elastic band material from the person's pants and the boot.
9. The system of claim 1 to include a flexible sleeve elastic band outer shell coving the main elastic band to protect the main elastic band from chafing or other damage.
Type: Application
Filed: May 20, 2016
Publication Date: Mar 30, 2017
Inventors: Bruce Michael Bina (Plainfield, IL), Kenneth J. Lee (Highland, IN), Thomas Hansen (St. John, IN)
Application Number: 15/161,022