Footwear with Removable Upper Sleeve
The invention is directed to a piece of footwear with a removable upper sleeve. The footwear comprises a boot shell, a skirt, and an upper sleeve. The skirt is attached to the upper rim of the boot shell at its lower edge and has a connection means attached along its upper edge. The upper sleeve has a corresponding connection means along its lower edge which is configured to connect to the connection means along the upper edge of the skirt. In one embodiment the upper sleeve is reversible with different patterns or visual elements on each side of the sleeve.
This invention relates to footwear that incorporates a removable upper sleeve. The footwear comprises a boot shell, a skirt, and the removable upper sleeve. The sleeve may be reversible and incorporate different designs or visual elements on either side.
BACKGROUNDIt is known to provide footwear with aesthetic elements on the upper portion of the footwear. However, this can lead to a person needing to have a number of different pieces of footwear to accommodate a number of different fashions or outfits. One option is to provide footwear with replaceable portions with different colours or patterns.
The Applicant has invented a piece of footwear which can use a standard boot shell with an attached skirt to provide for attachment of a removable upper sleeve to the footwear. The sleeve can be reversible with different colors or patterns on either side of the sleeve.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIn one embodiment, the invention provides footwear with a removable upper sleeve. The footwear comprises: a boot shell with an upper shell rim, a skirt with a lower skirt edge and a straight upper skirt edge; and an upper sleeve with a straight lower edge. The skirt is attached to the upper shell rim along the lower skirt edge and is attached to a lower connection means along the straight upper skirt edge. The upper sleeve is attached to an upper connection means along the straight lower sleeve edge. The lower and upper connection means are configured to connect to one another.
In drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the invention:
As used herein, the term “footwear” includes boots and shoes. Non-limiting examples include rubber boots, hiking boots, hiking shoes, winter boots, winter shoes, and other boots and shoes that are capable of providing a connection surface for a removable upper sleeve.
The present invention is directed to a piece of footwear with a removable upper sleeve. As depicted in
In a preferred embodiment the footwear is a winter boot. As depicted in
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The offset of the lower connection location (4) is provided by a customized skirt (8) as depicted in
While the foregoing describes most preferred embodiments of the subject invention, a person skilled in the art will appreciate that variations of such embodiments will be feasible and still be within the scope of the teachings herein. Thus, the substitution of different materials for those specifically indicated may be expected to occur to such person, and variations in shapes and configurations of the different components involved may be made while sustaining the functions of components actually shown herein, such all being within the intended scope of the present invention.
Claims
1. Footwear comprising:
- a boot shell with an upper shell rim;
- a skirt with a lower skirt edge and a straight upper skirt edge; and
- an upper sleeve with a straight lower sleeve edge;
- wherein the skirt is attached to the upper shell rim along the lower skirt edge and is attached to a lower connection means along the straight upper skirt edge; the upper sleeve is attached to an upper connection means along the straight lower sleeve edge; and the lower and upper connection means are configured to connect to one another.
2. The footwear of claim 1, wherein the footwear is selected from the group consisting of a rubber boot, hiking boot, hiking shoe, winter boot, and winter shoe.
3. The footwear of claim 2, wherein the footwear is a winter boot.
4. The footwear of claim 3, wherein the boot shell is configured to fit an insulated boot liner.
5. The footwear of claim 4, wherein the upper sleeve is configured to extend up a user's leg beyond the top of the insulated boot liner.
6. The footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper skirt edge is positioned above the upper shell rim at a distance to prevent the lower connection means from rubbing against the ankle of a user.
7. The footwear of claim 1, wherein the skirt is attached to the upper shell rim by stitching, adhesives, snaps, buttons, material welding, or locking mechanisms.
8. The footwear of claim 7, wherein the skirt is attached to the upper shell rim by stitching.
9. The footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper and lower connection means are selected form the group consisting of a zipper, Velcro™, hook and loop fasteners, snaps, buttons, slide lock means, or bindings.
10. The footwear of claim 9, wherein the upper and lower connection means are a zipper.
11. The footwear of claim 1, wherein the upper sleeve further comprises a drawstring and toggle proximate an upper edge of the upper sleeve.
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 28, 2019
Publication Date: Aug 1, 2019
Inventors: Mason Kashtin Gabriel Levesque (Kingston), Luc Levesque (Fort Francis), Brale Riley Braxton Joseph Levesque (Kingston)
Application Number: 16/259,092