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EP0356586A2
EP0356586A2 EP88308073A EP88308073A EP0356586A2 EP 0356586 A2 EP0356586 A2 EP 0356586A2 EP 88308073 A EP88308073 A EP 88308073A EP 88308073 A EP88308073 A EP 88308073A EP 0356586 A2 EP0356586 A2 EP 0356586A2
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gaiter
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D17/00—Gaiters; Spats
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B23/00—Uppers; Boot legs; Stiffeners; Other single parts of footwear
    • A43B23/02—Uppers; Boot legs
    • A43B23/06—Waterproof legs

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  • This invention relates to a sturdy shoe (which term is used herein generically, and includes a boot), and a gaiter attached thereto, arranged to inhibit entry of water into the boot or shoe if worn across wet and swampy ground, or through shallow creeks and rivers or in heavy rain.
  • Gaiters of various types have been used heretofore but as far as is known to the applicant, all have failed to successfully repel water from entry into a shoe or down the leg of a user when crossing shallow creeks or in very wet swampy ground. All gaiters known to the applicant are separate from their shoes and have the effect of shedding only some of the water. More sophisticated ones are specially designed for use with specific brands of shoes but they are still separate entities and have only been partially successful in inhibiting entry of water.
  • the main object of this invention is to provide an improved gaiter which will be very much more effective in reducing the amount of water which will enter a boot or shoe under adverse conditions of use.
  • a shoe has a gaiter permanently fixed to it so that a water-tight compartment can be formed by the gaiter in conjunction with its boot or shoe. It is characterised, inter alia, in that the two items, shoe and gaiter, which are normally separate entities, are joined to form a single article of water­ proof footwear.
  • This article performs with the full range of functional characteristics of a shoe yet has the added property of being able to inhibit entry of water from the wearer's leg or otherwise entering his shoe, more effectively than any gaiter at present known to the applicant.
  • the waterproof join inhibits entry of water into the gaiter from underneath at the lower end of the gaiter.
  • the invention consists of a shoe and gaiter, said gaiter having a lower end and an upper end, a waterproof join between the gaiter lower end and the outer surface of the footwear, and circumscribing the footwear above its sole, said gaiter comprising a vertically extending gusset, and fastener means which, when fastened, close the gusset to a tubular shape, and closure means at the upper end of the gaiter movable to constrict or release the periphery of the gaiter upper end.
  • the gusset has the function of preventing water which passes the gaiter's opening from entering the gaiter around the leg and running into the boot or shoe of a user while at the same time permitting all the operations necessary to the proper function of any boot or shoe.
  • the effect of the gusset is to increase the circumference when the gaiter is undone and rolled down, so that the gusset allows
  • the gusset allows the gaiter to assume a comfortable close-fitting shape of neat appearance around the leg and at the same time assists in keeping the gaiter in an upright position on the wearer's leg.
  • the gusset makes possible an easy-to-­manipulate, flush fitting and neat looking fold-down into a "self-housing" when the gaiter is not in use.
  • a boot 10 and gaiter 11 are joined by a join, illustrated as a layer of waterproof cement 12 which circumscribes the boot.
  • the join includes stitching, the stitching holes are filled with a cement to render the stitching waterproof.
  • the boot is provided with a pair of spaced lacing flaps 13 extending up from the instep portion, and an external tongue 14 cemented to the lower ends of the flaps bridges the gap between them to inhibit inflow of water at that locality.
  • the cement layer 12 separates one set of lace retaining D-rings 16 from a lower set of D-rings 17, the lower set being contiguous with the upper surface of the external tongue 14.
  • An upper boot lace 18 is retained by the upper set of D-rings 16 and a lower boot lace 19 is retained by the lower D-rings 17.
  • the upper end of the gaiter is provided with a hem 21 which forms a tubular sleeve surrounding the upper end, and this tubular sleeve contains a pull cord 22 which is capable of constricting the upper end of the gaiter, or releasing it.
  • the pull cord 22 is releasably engaged by a retainer 23 of a type already well known and in common use.
  • a forwardly facing portion 25 of the gaiter 11 is provided with a gusset 26 which is formed by two spaced folded flaps 27 of the gaiter material, the folded flaps being cemented together and so cemented to the boot by the cement 12 as to inhibit entry of water. (Stitching and sealing of needle holes can alternatively be used.)
  • the folded flaps can be folded and retained contiguous with one another by means of stud-type fasteners 28, whereupon the gusset 26 takes a tubular form as best seen in Fig. 1. This is the condition under which the gaiter is normally worn. However when the stud-type fasteners 28 are released as best seen in Fig. 2, the effective diameter of the gaiter is greatly increased.
  • the gaiter 11 to be rolled down into a roll 30 as shown in Fig. 4, whereupon the upper boot lace 18 can be manipulated. It also enables a wearer to quickly and easily release his gaiter when it is not required. However when the gaiter is in the wearing position as shown in Fig. 1, the existence of the gaiter causes at least three thicknesses of the gaiter material to overlie the shin portion of the wearer.
  • the gaiter material used in this embodiment comprises a laminate of micro-porous polytetrafluoroethylene sheet sandwiched between two sheets of woven material.
  • Such a product is available from W.L. Gore & Associates (U.K.) Ltd. of Scotland under the Registered Trade Mark GORE-TEX.
  • the microporous PTFE sheet or membrane discriminates between water in droplet form and water in vapour form, allowing water vapour to pass through but inhibiting flow of liquid water. This is a useful characteristic for the comfort of a wearer, and renders the gaiter sub­stantially waterproof.
  • the layer of cement 12 is also a waterproof layer which inhibits flow of water into the boot, and if required any apertures which exist in the stud-type fasteners 28 can be closed with a mastic or resinous material. However as will be seen from the drawings, penetration of water through the stud-type fasteners will not allow water to enter the boot, such entry being inhibited by the material of the gusset at 26.
  • the tongue shown is an external tongue 14. In some instances however an internal tongue can also be used with the boot.
  • This invention is applicable to those boots and other types of shoes which by virtue of their use (in snow, mud, swamp, bog or other wet terrain) could reasonably be expected to be used with gaiters.
  • boots and shoes fall into two categories: boots and shoes with tongues and associated fastener means, and boots and shoes without tongues.
  • the boots and shoes of the first category i.e. with tongues
  • the boots and shoes of the first category can be sub-classified into two types, those whose tongues cross the flexion zone of the said boot or shoe and those whose tongues do not cross the flexion zone.
  • gusset which is situated in a central vertical plane lies most naturally at the front above the tongue. It is however possible to position it at the rear or on the sides if it is wished to protect the gaiter fastener from abrasion and tearing in rough terrain.
  • the gusset may lie either at the front or again be located on the side or at the heel, to enable access to the boot or shoe fastener and the manipulation of that fastener.
  • the waterproof attachment join which goes across the outer surface of said boot or shoe circumscribing it above the sole, encircles the boot or shoe fastener in the same manner that it encircled the tongue on boots and shoes whose tongues do not cross their flexion zones.
  • a Scarpa Trionic Mirage walking boot (manufactured by Calzaturifico Scarpa Vialetiziano, Italy) is a boot with a tongue which crosses the flexion zone, and was mounted with a gaiter in the manner described for this type of boot. The boot was tested for 12 hours a day for five weeks in Kenya's Cradle Mountain - Lake St. Clair National Park - an area notorious for its mud bogs, swamps, water-flooded tracks, numerous creek crossings and snowfalls, and the results were outstanding.
  • any material which is impermeable to water e.g. a coated nylon
  • any material which is impermeable to water works as well as anything else provided that the boot or shoe is a leather one.

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EP1917873A3 (de) * 2004-01-30 2008-05-21 Salomon S.A. Schuhwerk, dessen Schaft mindestens ein geklebtes Teil umfasst
EP2710910A1 (de) * 2012-09-19 2014-03-26 David Webb Stiefel

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CA869238A (en) * 1969-02-19 1971-04-27 Shnuriwsky Michael Sleeved boot
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CA1139554A (en) * 1982-06-04 1983-01-18 Carlaw Limited Winter boot
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EP1917873A3 (de) * 2004-01-30 2008-05-21 Salomon S.A. Schuhwerk, dessen Schaft mindestens ein geklebtes Teil umfasst
EP2710910A1 (de) * 2012-09-19 2014-03-26 David Webb Stiefel

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