Wader having removable insulation

Abstract

A wader includes a wader leg and a leg insulator. The leg insulator is placed in contact with the wader leg and provides thermal insulation for a user's leg when the user is wearing the wader. However, the leg insulator can be easily and conveniently removed from the wader leg while the user's leg is positioned within the wader leg. Therefore, it is not necessary for the user to remove the wader in order to reduce the amount of thermal insulation provided to his or her leg.

Now, therefore, the following is claimed:  
     
         1 . A wader, comprising: 
 a wader leg; and    a leg insulator in contact with said wader leg, said leg insulator capable of being removed from said wader leg while a user's leg is positioned within said wader leg.    
     
     
         2 . The wader of  claim 1 , wherein said leg insulator is detachably coupled to said wader leg.  
     
     
         3 . The wader of  claim 1 , wherein said leg insulator substantially encircles the user's leg.  
     
     
         4 . The wader of  claim 1 , wherein said leg insulator has a first end and a second end, said first end juxtaposed with said second end.  
     
     
         5 . The wader of  claim 4 , wherein said first end is separated from said second end by a gap.  
     
     
         6 . An improved wader, said wader comprising a wader leg for receiving a user's leg, the improvement comprising: 
 a leg insulator positioned within said wader leg, said leg insulator capable of being removed from the wader leg while the user's leg is positioned within said wader leg.    
     
     
         7 . The wader of  claim 6 , wherein said leg insulator is detachably coupled to said wader leg.  
     
     
         8 . A wader, comprising: 
 means for receiving a user's leg and for isolating the user's from water as the user wades through said water; and    means for insulating the user's leg as the user wades through said water, said insulating means positioned within said isolating means and capable of being removed from said isolating means while the user is wearing said isolating means.    
     
     
         9 . The wader of  claim 8 , further comprising a means for detachably coupling said insulating means to said isolating means.  
     
     
         10 . The wader of  claim 8 , wherein said insulating means substantially encircles a leg of the user.  
     
     
         11 . A method, comprising the steps of: 
 providing a wader, said wader having a wader leg;    inserting a leg insulator into said wader leg;    inserting a user's leg into said wader leg;    positioning said leg insulator such that said leg insulator thermally insulates the user's leg when the user's leg is inserted into said wader leg; and    removing said leg insulator from said wader leg while the user's leg is inserted into said wader leg.    
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising the step of: 
 detachably coupling said leg insulator to said wader leg.    
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said leg insulator has a first end and a second end, and wherein the method further comprises the step of: 
 juxtaposing said first end with said second end.    
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein said positioning step includes the step of: 
 substantially encircling the user's leg with said leg insulator.    
     
     
         15 . A method, comprising the steps of: 
 providing a wader, said wader having a wader leg;    contacting said wader with a leg insulator;    inserting a user's leg into said wader leg;    positioning said leg insulator such that said leg insulator thermally insulates the user's leg when the user's leg is inserted into said wader leg; and    removing said leg insulator from said wader leg while the user's leg is inserted into said wader leg.    
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , further comprising the step of: 
 detachably coupling said leg insulator to said wader leg.    
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said contacting step includes the step of: 
 engaging said leg insulator to an inner portion of said wader leg.    
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein said positioning step includes the step of: 
 substantially encircling the user's leg with said leg insulator.