US 7,461,468 B2
Boot and liner combination
William L. Grilliot, Dayton, Ohio (US); and Mary I. Grilliot, Dayton, Ohio (US)
Assigned to Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C., Dayton, Ohio (US)
Filed on Nov. 10, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/985,764.
Prior Publication US 2006/0096122 A1, May 11, 2006
Int. Cl. A43B 17/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 36—10  [36/43; 36/80; 36/58.6; 36/88] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A combination comprising a pull-on boot and a liner, which has a leg-covering portion and a foot-covering portion, wherein the combination is manipulatable into a ready-to-don condition, in which the pull-on boot is placed onto a horizontal surface so as to open upwardly and the foot-covering portion is fitted into the pull-on boot, whereupon the liner is pulled downwardly, over the pull-on boot, toward the horizontal surface and exposes an inside surface of the liner that faces a wearer when donned, and wherein the liner has a pull-on loop, which is attached to the inside surface of the liner and is exposed in the ready-to-don condition so as to be manually graspable when the combination has been manipulated into the ready-to-don condition.