Patent ID: 7272862

Claim:
A method of protecting a pant cuff comprising the steps of: providing a clip member including a central section and a first leg and a second leg each being attached to and extending away from said central section such that said clip member is generally U-shaped, each of said first and second legs having an inner surface facing each other and an outer surface facing away from each other, said first and second legs being biased toward each other by said central member, each of said inner surfaces of said first and second legs have a plurality of gripping members integrally attached thereto, each of said gripping members comprises downwardly extending teeth, said teeth being positioned in vertically aligned rows of teeth, said rows including at least three rows of teeth being positioned on each of said first and second legs, each of said first and second legs has an upper edge, said second leg having a plurality of slits therein extending from said central member through said upper edge of said second leg; positioning said clip member on a pant cuff such that said cuff is adjacent to and extends along said central member and such that said first leg is positioned outside of a pant leg of the pant cuff.