Pants cuff supports

Abstract

This invention provides pant cuff supports with a mount on the user's leg or shoe, supporting a receiver through a connector. The receiver holds lower pant cuffs off the ground without disturbing a desired baggy pants look.

1 . A pant cuff support comprising: 
 a pant bottom cuff receiver to functionally receive a bottom cuff of a pant leg and comprising an inner horizontal segment and a outer vertical segment; and,    a mount associated with the receiver in a configuration adapted to mount the receiver at about the exterior of a shoe;    wherein a pant cuff is supported in the receiver when the pant leg and shoe are worn by a user with the support mounted to the shoe, thereby preventing the cuff from extending down beyond the receiver.    
   
   
       2 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver comprises a channel defined by the vertical segment, the horizontal segment and an inner vertical segment; the channel having a U-shaped cross section with the opening directed up when mounted to the shoe.  
   
   
       3 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to hold the pant cuff substantially by the force of gravity or configured to hold the pant cuff without a clamping force.  
   
   
       4 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver is configured to hold the pant cuff at least in part with a clamping force.  
   
   
       5 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver outer vertical segment is configured to visibly present a display surface when worn by the user.  
   
   
       6 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the receiver is releasably or adjustably associated with the mount.  
   
   
       7 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the mount is selected from the group comprising: a spur mount, a rivet, a stitch of thread, a pin, a stirrup mount, a clip, a strap, a belt, a garter, a filament, hook and loop fabric, a snap, a wedge, and an insert.  
   
   
       8 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises a strap running up from the receiver, to a position between a foot of the user and an inside surface of the shoe, and down to another receiver outside the shoe.  
   
   
       9 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the mount comprises a metal, fabric or plastic plate shaped to fit between the heel of the user wearing the shoe and a heel section inner surface of a shoe upper.  
   
   
       10 . The support of  claim 1 , wherein the mount is fixedly mounted to the exterior of the shoe.  
   
   
       11 . A pant cuff support comprising: 
 a C-shaped mount comprising a forward opening, a left section, a back section and a right section; and,    one or more cuff receivers attached to the mount and comprising a channel with the upper channel opening oriented substantially perpendicular to a plane described by the left side and right side of the mount or comprising a spring loaded clip;    wherein the support can be worn by a person with the C-shaped mount at a heel section of a shoe upper with the mount opening facing forward and with the receiver channel opening or clip opening directed up.    
   
   
       12 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein one pant bottom receiver is attached to the back section of the mount.  
   
   
       13 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein a first pant bottom receiver is attached to the left section of the mount and a second receiver is attached to the right section of the mount.  
   
   
       14 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein the receiver channel provides a clamping force across the upper opening.  
   
   
       15 . The support of  claim 11 , further comprising a strap, plate or filament extending across the forward opening from the left section to the right section of the mount.  
   
   
       16 . A method of supporting the bottom hem of a pant leg, the method comprising: 
 providing a support device comprising a mounting strap connected to a receiver clamp through a connector strap;    mounting the mounting strap around the leg of a person wearing pants;    clamping the clamp to the pants at the bottom of a pant leg;    whereby the pant leg is supported by an upward force through the connecting strap to support the pant leg, thus preventing the pant leg from touching the ground when the person walks.    
   
   
       17 . A cuff support comprising: 
 a mount adapted to mount at the foot or lower leg of a user wearing pants with excess pant length;    a receiver connected to the mount and configured to functionally support a cuff of the pants at a point below the mount;    wherein said supporting comprises application of upward directed forces.    
   
   
       18 . The support of  claim 17 , wherein the receiver supports the cuff at a point less than 1 inch off a surface, when the mount and receiver are worn by a standing user.  
   
   
       19 . The support of  claim 17 , wherein the receiver includes an opening directed up.  
   
   
       20 . The support of  claim 19 , wherein the receiver is connected to the mount through a connector attached to the receiver closer to the opening than the bottom of the receiver, as viewed with the support in use.  
   
   
       21 . A pant cuff support shoe comprising: 
 a shoe comprising a shoe upper or shoe sole; and,    a pant bottom cuff receiver mounted in a position on the exterior of the shoe upper or sole, and configured to functionally receive a bottom cuff of a pant leg;    wherein the cuff is supported by the receiver when the pant leg and shoe are worn by a user, thereby preventing the cuff from extending down beyond the receiver.    
   
   
       22 . The support shoe of  claim 21 , wherein the receiver is a upward open channel structure comprising an inner horizontal segment and a outer vertical segment.  
   
   
       23 . The support shoe of  claim 21 , wherein the receiver comprises a clamping structure.  
   
   
       24 . The support shoe of  claim 21 , wherein the receiver is mounted to the outer surface of a shoe heel or to a shoe sole.  
   
   
       25 . The support shoe of  claim 21 , wherein the receiver interacts with complimentary features on the cuff, the features are selected from the group consisting of: snaps, zippers, hook and loop, magnetic features, button and hole, and buckles.