Patent ID: 6651257
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A41B,A41D

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a stocking member for protecting a foot of a user; a gaiter member securable to the stocking; a securement member connecting the gaiter member to the stocking member; the stocking member, being formed of a first material, selected to provide ventilation for a foot of a user; and the gaiter member, being formed of a second material different from the first material, selected to provide shielding of the stocking, the gaiter member overlapping a substantial portion of the stocking member, and having an axial cross section with a permanently closed perimeter, the cross section of the portion of the gaiter member having a closed perimeter having at least one of a substantially constant value and a value varying at a substantially constant rate, axially along the length of the gaiter.