GARMENT CUFF ATTACHMENT
A removable pant leg cuff attachment, the removable pant leg cuff attachment including a flexible sleeve having an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface includes an insert material proximate the upper end of the flexible sleeve, the insert material configured to contact an inside surface of the pant leg, the lower end of the flexible sleeve configured to be folded upwards over the lower end of the pant leg to form a pant cuff.
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The present disclosure generally relates to garments and more specifically to a garment attachment accessory having a portion that is positioned inside of a pants leg and another portion that can be folded over the end of the pants leg to provide the appearance of a pants cuff.
BACKGROUNDPants can be worn with or without cuffs. It has become fashionable to cuff ones' pants legs in order to show the material on the interior of the pants leg, which may, at times, be different from the design and/color of the pants. For example, pants can be made with a particular color or design on the outer surface while the interior of the pants have a different color or design. In this way, the lower portion of the pants can be folded upward to form a cuff, the cuff showing the design and color of the interior surface of the pants, which may differ from the design and/or color of the outer surface of the pants.
However, these types of cuffs have their inherent drawbacks. For example, there is no interchangeability, thus limiting wardrobe possibilities. In other words, once you buy the pants, the cuffs will always be the same color and design. Another drawback is that showing certain types of cuffs using the manner described above can be expensive, uncomfortable and/or cumbersome. For example, flannel cuffs are stylish but it can be expensive to line the interior of pants legs with flannel, not to mention bulky and too warm to wear indoors or in certain climates.
There have been attempts to solve the above-mentioned problems, by providing “extensions” which affix to the pants leg or garment. However, these have proven inadequate. Most “add on” cuffs require attachment mechanisms either to the pants legs, the cuffs, or often, both. These mechanisms require the user to physically alter their garments by fastening the cuffs to the pants, which often proves to be unsightly, uncomfortable, expensive, and time-consuming to affix. An effective alternative is required.
SUMMARYIn one aspect of the present disclosure, a removable pant leg cuff attachment is provided. The removable pant leg cuff attachment includes a flexible sleeve having an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface includes an insert material proximate the upper end of the flexible sleeve, the insert material configured to contact an inside surface of the pant leg, the lower end of the flexible sleeve configured to be folded upwards over the lower end of the pant leg to form a pant cuff.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, a removable pant leg cuff attachment is provided. The removable pant leg cuff attachment includes a flexible sleeve having an upper end, a lower end, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The inner surface includes an insert material proximate the upper end of the flexible sleeve, the insert material formed as part of the inner surface and configured to contact an inside surface of the pant leg, the lower end of the flexible sleeve configured to be folded upwards over the lower end of the pant leg to form a pant cuff.
In yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a method of forming a cuff on a pant leg is provided. The method includes sliding a flexible sleeve over a user's foot such that an insert material is exposed, covering the flexible sleeve with the pant leg such that the insert material of the flexible sleeve contacts an interior surface of the pant leg, and folding the portion of the flexible sleeve over an exterior surface of the bottom of the pants leg to form an initial pant cuff.
The garment cuff attachment of the present disclosure provides a cuff attachment that a user can insert into their jeans or pants as a fashion accessory that is cost-effective and won't alter the fit or design of the pants. The cuff attachment can come in a variety of colors and designs thereby giving the user a multitude of cuff variations that can be paired with the user's jeans or pants, or to match other accessories such as scarves, shirts, jacket liners, etc. As will be discussed in greater detail below and shown in the drawing figures, the lower portion of the cuff attachment can be folded upwards over the bottom of the patent, revealing a cuff design and forming a cuff. The upper portion of the cuff attachment “grasps” the interior of the user's pant leg thereby preventing the cuff attachment from inadvertently separating from the pant leg. In addition, the upper portion of the cuff attachment can be rigid or semi-rigid thereby providing a stiffer, more rigid structural design to prevent the cuff attachment from being dislodged from its desired position underneath the user's pant leg.
The cuff attachment of the present disclosure as described herein is not limited for use only on a pant leg, but may also be applied to other garments, for example, a shirt sleeve to form a shirt sleeve cuff. Thus, although the description here pertains to the formation of a cuff attachment for a pant or jean leg, the present disclosure is not limited to only pants but can be applied to other suitable garments.
The cuff attachment of the present disclosure provides an exchangeable pant cuff without the need to alter the pant leg, or attach the cuff to the pant leg with clips or an attachment mechanism which may be unsightly and/or uncomfortable for the user. Finally, the cuff extension of the present disclosure can be inserted, used, removed and exchanged for another cuff with a different color and/or pattern in just a manner of seconds. The result is a simple, inexpensive and easy way for a user to wear their existing pants/jeans with a wide variety of different cuffs thus creating a multitude of various pant/cuff combinations.
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Cuff attachment 10 can be made of any pliant material, such as, for example, cloth. The cuff attachment 10 is also not limited to particular dimensions. For instance, the dimensions can vary depending on a variety of factors including the design, circumference and/or material of pant leg that the cuff attachment 10 is to be affixed to. For example, in one non-limiting embodiment (shown in
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Insert material 16 can be made of various materials and of varying dimensions. In one embodiment, insert material 16 is comprised of polyester and extends down from the top of the interior surface 14 of cuff attachment 10 between approximately 2 and 4 inches. As described in further detail below and shown in
In another embodiment, instead of providing a separate insert material that is secured to interior surface 14, at least a portion of the material that comprises interior surface 14 can be treated or otherwise altered to make it stiffer or to provide a better “grip” to the inside surface of pant leg 18. For example, the upper portion of interior surface 14 can be treated with polymer or other chemical or material to provide a rougher and/or more rigid surface, thus, essentially providing an “insert material” but one that is formed from the material of interior surface 14. As with the insert material 16 described above, this treated material would be more rigid and/or provide a friction or static surface that would enable it to “grasp” the interior of pant leg 18, thus preventing cuff attachment 10 from being inadvertently dislodged. The treatment or material that is to be applied to the portion of interior surface 14 to form the “insert material” can be selected from a wide variety of treatments or materials in order to provide the desired effect of securing cuff attachment 10 within the interior of pant leg 18. The present disclosure is not limited to a particular type of treatment or material to achieve this effect.
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In one embodiment, insert material 16 is of a different color than interior surface 14, thus giving the user a guide which allows the user to lower their pant leg 18 so that it completely covers the insert material 16 while leaving the lower interior surface 14 exposed and extending below the pant leg 18. Thus, depending upon the dimensions, i.e., height, of insert material 16, the amount of interior surface 14 that will extend down below the pant leg 18 will vary. At this point, the user can also vary the amount of material that extends below pant leg 18 depending upon how much cuff they would like to be shown. Again, once in place, there does not have to necessarily be any portion of the material of cuff attachment 10 extending down below the bottom 20 of pant leg 18 to form the cuff.
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Further, in one embodiment, insert material 16 can be made of a material that is rigid or semi-rigid. The rigidity of insert material 16 helps secure cuff attachment 10 in place beneath the user's pant leg 18. The rigidity of insert material 16 prevents it from collapsing, being dislodged or otherwise falling out of the pant leg and forms a tighter more “snug” fit when cuff attachment 10 has been slid up over the user's lower leg. Thus, it is the rigidity or semi-rigidity of the insert material 16 and/or the friction between the insert material 16 and the interior of the pant leg 18 that serves to maintain the cuff attachment 10 in place.
Although the initial cuff 24 created by cuff attachment 10 as shown in
Many different embodiments have been disclosed herein, in connection with the above description and the drawings. It will be understood that it would be unduly repetitious and obfuscating to literally describe and illustrate every combination and subcombination of these embodiments. Accordingly, all embodiments can be combined in any way and/or combination, and the present specification, including the drawings, shall be construed to constitute a complete written description of all combinations and subcombinations of the embodiments described herein, and of the manner and process of making and using them, and shall support claims to any such combination or subcombination.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the embodiments described herein are not limited to what has been particularly shown and described herein above. In addition, unless mention was made above to the contrary, it should be noted that all of the accompanying drawings are not to scale. A variety of modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teachings.
Claims
1. A removable pant leg cuff attachment comprising:
- a flexible sleeve comprising: an upper end; a lower end; an outer surface; and an inner surface, the inner surface exposed and configured to secure the flexible sleeve beneath the pant leg, the lower end of the flexible sleeve configured to be folded upwards over the lower end of the pant leg to form a pant cuff.
2. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 16, wherein the insert material is sewn into the inner surface of the flexible sleeve.
3. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 16, wherein the insert material is comprised of polyester.
4. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 16, wherein the insert material is comprised of a semi-rigid or rigid material.
5. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 1, wherein the removable pant leg cuff attachment comprises a color that is different from a color of the pant leg.
6. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 1, wherein the removable pant leg cuff attachment comprises a design that is different from a design of the pant leg.
7. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 16, wherein the insert material is formed by treating at least a portion of the flexible sleeve.
8. A removable pant leg cuff attachment comprising:
- a flexible sleeve comprising: an upper end; a lower end; an outer surface; and an inner surface, the inner surface comprising an insert material proximate the upper end of the flexible sleeve, the insert material formed as part of the inner surface and configured to contact an inside surface of the pant leg, the lower end of the flexible sleeve configured to be folded upwards over the lower end of the pant leg to form a pant cuff.
9. A method of forming a cuff on a pant leg, the method comprising:
- sliding a flexible sleeve over a user's foot, the flexible sleeve having an exposed surface configured to secure the flexible sleeve beneath the pant leg;
- covering the flexible sleeve with the pant leg such that the exposed surface of the flexible sleeve contacts an interior surface of the pant leg; and
- folding a portion of the flexible sleeve over an exterior surface of the bottom of the pants leg to form an initial pant cuff.
10. The method of claim 17, wherein the insert material is comprised of polyester.
11. The method of claim 17, wherein the insert material is comprised of a semi-rigid or rigid material.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein the removable pants leg cuff attachment comprises a color that is different from the color of the pant leg.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the removable pants leg cuff attachment comprises a design that is different from the design of the pant leg.
14. The method of claim 9, further comprising folding the initial pant cuff over an exterior surface of the pants leg to form a final pant cuff.
15. The method of claim 17, wherein the insert material is formed as part of the inner surface by selecting a treatment from a plurality of treatments to apply to the inner surface of the flexible sleeve.
16. The removable pant leg cuff attachment of claim 1, wherein the inner surface further comprises an insert material proximate the upper end of the flexible sleeve, and wherein the insert material is exposed and configured to contact an inside surface of the pant leg.
17. The method of claim 9, wherein the exposed surface of the flexible sleeve comprises an insert material, the insert material contacting the interior surface of the pant leg thus securing the flexible sleeve beneath the pant leg.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 11, 2018
Publication Date: Jun 11, 2020
Applicant: (Bozeman, MT)
Inventor: Mary Hardin (Bozeman, MT)
Application Number: 16/216,546