Patent · US Expired

Plastic blousing block

US4028741A · kind A · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMay 4, 1976
Grant dateJun 14, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 4, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA41D1/06
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A split plastic tubular annulus about five inches in length and six inches in diameter which is manufactured to be spring biased to cause interlocking terminal edges to interengage but being of a springy resiliency allowing the annulus to be sprung apart manually and thus fitted around a soldier's leg above a boot worn on the foot thereof and beneath a pantsleg thereabove, following which the pantsleg is drawn downward over the annulus and tucked inside said boot whereupon, when the boot is laced over the pantsleg, the annulus gravitates into the pantsleg, blocking out the latter at the level of the top of the boot.

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