Compound Athletic Stocking

Abstract

A compound stocking has a principle portion having a closed toe end and an upper, open end, formed to cover an athlete's foot and ankle, and an outer, movable portion, in part elastic, having an open end and joined at an opposite end to the principle inner portion along a join line around the athlete's leg above the ankle. With the outer portion drawn up and the athlete's foot in an athletic shoe having spikes on a front sole area, and with the shoe laced up along a lacing region, the outer portion is outside and above an upper edge of the shoe, and wherein with the outer portion then pulled down over the heel and mid portions of the athletic shoe, the upper edge of the shoe and the lacing region are covered, but the spikes are not.

1 . A compound stocking comprising:
 a principle portion having a closed toe end and an upper, open end, formed to cover an athlete's foot and ankle from toes to a position on the athlete's leg above the ankle; and   an outer, movable portion, at least in part elastic, having an open end and joined at an opposite end to the principle inner portion along a join line following substantially a circumference of the athlete's leg at a position above the athlete's ankle;   wherein, with the outer portion drawn up and the athlete's foot placed in an athletic shoe having spikes on a front sole area, and with the shoe laced up along a lacing region, the outer portion is outside and above an upper edge of the shoe, and wherein with the outer portion then pulled down over the heel and mid portions of the athletic shoe, the upper edge of the shoe is covered around the athlete's foot, as is the lacing region, but the spikes on the front sole area are not covered, thus blocking sand from entering the shoe around the lacing region or the upper edge of the shoe, and leaving the spikes unaffected.   
     
     
         2 . The compound stocking of  claim 1  wherein the join line is accomplished by stitching. 
     
     
         3 . The compound stocking of  claim 1  further comprising a first elastic band at the upper open end of the principle portion, provided to hold the compound stocking securely to the athlete's leg. 
     
     
         4 . The compound stocking of  claim 1  further comprising a second elastic band at the open end of the outer, movable portion, provided to secure the open end of the outer movable portion around the athletic shoe over the lacing region. 
     
     
         5 . A method for keeping sand out of an athletic shoe, comprising steps of:
 covering an athlete's foot with a principle portion of a compound stocking, having a closed toe end and an upper, open end, covering the athlete's foot and ankle from toes to a position on the athlete's leg above the ankle, the compound stocking having an outer, movable portion, at least in part elastic, having an open end and joined at an opposite end to the principle inner portion along a join line following substantially a circumference of the athlete's leg at a position above the athlete's ankle, the movable outer portion pulled up to a position above the join line;   placing the athlete's foot with the compound stocking in place in a low profile athletic shoe having a spike region on a front portion of a sole of the shoe, and lacing up the shoe along a lacing region, the outer, movable portion at this step above upper edges of the shoe; and   pulling the outer, movable portion down over the athletic shoe, covering the upper edges of the shoe, mid-portions of the shoe and the lacing region, such that in use sand is prevented from entering the shoe, but the spike region is unaffected.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5  wherein the join line is accomplished by stitching. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 5  further comprising securing the inner, principle portion to an athlete's leg by a first elastic band at the upper open end of the principle portion. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 5  further comprising securing the outer, movable portion to the shoe by a second elastic band at the open end of the outer, movable portion.