Patent ID: 8850620

Claim:
A method for shortening an appearance of a pant leg of a pair of pants that is worn over a leg of a person using a pant leg length shortening device, comprised of the steps of: (a) placing the pant leg over the leg of the person; (b) placing the pant leg length shortening device over a lower portion of the pant leg, wherein the pant leg length shortening device includes an elastic material that has a predetermined longitudinal length when said elastic material is disposed in a quiescent non-extended state, and wherein when the pant leg length shortening device is disposed over said lower portion of the pant leg said elastic material is disposed in an extended state, and wherein an effective longitudinal length of said elastic material is greater in said extended state than in said quiescent state, and wherein when said elastic material is disposed in said extended state, said elastic material exerts a force upon the pant leg that urges the pant leg into contact with the leg of the person sufficient to retain the pant leg at a desired position along a longitudinal length of the leg of the person; (c) urging the pant leg and the pant leg length shortening device upward along said longitudinal length of the leg a predetermined amount, wherein said predetermined amount is sufficient to provide a bulge in the pant leg; and (d) grasping a circumference of said bulge and urging said bulge in a downward direction over the pant leg length shortening device a sufficient amount to cover the pant leg length shortening device to prevent viewing of the pant leg length shortening device and over said lower portion of the pant leg.