Patent ID: 7467424

Claim:
A method of binding a trouser leg of a user close to the leg of a user, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing a springable strip in the shape of a volute coil, the strip having a first end, a second end, a top edge, and a bottom edge, said top and bottom edges being parallel volute coils extending lengthwise between said first and second ends, the strip also having a front surface on the exterior side of the coil, and a rear surface on the interior side of the coil, b. pulling said first end away from body of the coil, placing the rear side of the coil on the trouser leg near the ankle of a user with the coil close to perpendicular to the leg, unwinding the volute coil and simultaneously wrapping the coil in a helical manner around the leg toward the calf, wherein said coil provides radial binding force along a width significantly greater than the width of the volute coil, whereby said trouser leg is securely bound over a large area of said leg of user.