Kelli A Dochter

US Patent:

20100132226, Jun 3, 2010

Filed:

Dec 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/325861

Inventors:

Kelli Dochter - Trinidad CO, US

International Classification:

A43B 23/00

US Classification:

36136

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a fashion accessory, in particular an attachable cuff for a boot. The attachable cuff for a boot comprises a cuff; a cuff attachment means affixed to said cuff; and a boot attachment means affixed to a boot; wherein the cuff attachment means and the boot attachment means mate with each other and removably attach the cuff to the boot. Preferably, the cuff attachment means is affixed to an interior surface of the cuff; and the boot attachment means is affixed to an interior surface of the boot. Alternatively, the boot attachment means is affixed to an exterior surface of the boot. The cuff attachment means and the boot attachment means are selected from a group consisting of hook and loop tape, buttons and buttonholes, snaps, zippers, hooks and eyes, tongue and groove closures, and the like. In an alternative embodiment, the attachable cuff for a boot comprises a cuff and a cuff attachment means affixed to said cuff; wherein the cuff attachment means removably attaches the cuff to the boot or to a leg of a user. In this alternative embodiment, the cuff is fashioned like a garter.