WO2007144907A1

WO2007144907A1 - Protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg

Info

Publication number: WO2007144907A1
Application number: PCT/IT2006/000444
Authority: WO
Inventors: Alessio Nardelli
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-06-13
Filing date: 2006-06-13
Publication date: 2007-12-21
Anticipated expiration: 2008-12-13

Abstract

A protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg (100) and the like, comprising first support means (1), removably fastenable to the trouser (100), that can be positioned substantially at the bottom (120) of the trouser leg (100); and second retaining means (2) for retaining the trouser (100), supported by the first support means (1), removably fastenable to a shoe (200) worn on by a wearer under the trouser leg (100); wherein the configuration is such that the second means (2) for retaining the trouser (100) cooperates with the trouser bottom (120) in the sense of preventing the edge of the trouser (100) from positioning between the sole (210) of the shoe (200) and the ground (300) during the wearer's walking.

Description

PROTECTION DEVICE FOR THE BOTTOM OF A TROUSER LEG

DESCRIPTION

The present invention refers to a protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg and the like, in particular for retaining the bottom edge - commonly called hem - of said leg above the level of a walking surface. A device according to the present invention finds ideal employ in the field of the manufacturing of accessories for the textile industry and of innovative solutions for the field of fashion, in particular for fashion complements aimed at young consumers, typically more receptive to new trends.

In fact, to date the use of trousers, often short-waist ones, having leg length and width greater than in conventional designs has become widespread.

In these cases, a commonly occurring phenomenon is that by which a wearer of such trousers, while walking, treads on a variable portion of the trousers bottom.

In fact, said end portion at some stages of the walking motion gets caught between the sole of a shoe worn on under the corresponding trouser leg and the ground trodden.

Thus, trousers get dirty and wear out quickly at the regions exposed to wear with the ground and the shoe; the ensuing damage can easily spread, through the tissue weave and fibers or the inner structure of the manufacturing material, to portions above the edge. There ensues a frazzling and a wear of the worn-on article of clothing, even more enhanced in the event of rain or snow, when water can seep through and cooperate with the mechanical friction to reduce the life of the article itself.

In addition, such a wear necessarily entails a frequent replacing of the trousers to be worn on and an as frequent cleaning thereof, which as it is well-known enhances the wearing out of the articles of clothing.

In the current state of the art, protection devices are used in the form of stiffening reinforcements, circumferentially applied at the edge of a trouser leg or rather at the trouser region intended, in a worn-on configuration, to be substantially positioned above the heel. There are also proposed on the market accessories to be applied or coupled substantially to the sole footwear and integrating tangs or inserts for engaging the bottom hem of the leg of the trousers so that the edge does not position itself between footwear sole and ground during the walking motion.

Protection devices in the form of reinforcements of the end circumference of the trousers do not constitute systems solving the described problem, as they actually do not prevent trousers from getting pinched between the sole of footwear worn on under the corresponding trouser leg and the ground trodden.

In fact, such reinforcements merely limit the damages caused by said phenomenon. Moreover, trouser-located stiffeners, though intending to limit the fabric folding that would occur with the edge getting under a wearer's shoes, do not however prove effective at preventing the dragging of the end hem of the trouser, which anyhow causes wearing out.

On the other hand, shoe-applied accessories usually adopt shoe-coupling systems that are unreliable, scarcely practical and effective, mainly because subject to shifting and entailed detachment off the shoe.

Therefore, one of the most cumbersome drawbacks to be found in this case is the loss of the accessory, which thereby ceases to perform its protective function.

Moreover, such accessories, as variably rigid bodies substantially detached from the trouser structure and substantially not integrated thereto, if not insofar as having engagement portions and tangs apt to catch the trousers edge, do not foster a natural hanging mode of the trousers onto the instep of the underlying shoe and/or onto the rear portion of the shoe at the heel.

Besides a less than perfect wearability of the article of clothing and a reduced comfort due to the overabundance, at the height of application of the accessories, of folds (creases) and bulging of the engaged trouser portion, there ensues a displeasing aesthetic effect.

To date, there is no protection device for the edge of trousers with a leg longer and wider than conventional and alike articles of clothing, capable of effectively preventing the end hem of the leg of such an article to be stepped on or dragged to the ground during a wearer's walking motion, concomitantly preserving a natural wearability of the article and the natural softness of the clothing fabric or material.

Hence, object of the present invention is to solve said problems by proposing a protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg and the like, as defined in claim 1. Additional features of the device according to the present invention are defined in the dependent claims thereof.

The protection device according to the present invention is proposed to the reference market of accessories for textile industry, ensuring the solution to the abovementioned problems, thereby arresting the hanging of the end hem of a trouser leg so as to prevent the treading thereon or, equally effectively, the dragging thereof to the ground during a wearer's walking motion, jointly ensuring a natural wearability of the article. Thus, the life of the article worn on is remarkably lengthened, and its features are preserved.

The protection device according to the present invention allows also an adjustment of the level of abutment of a trouser onto a shoe, allowing to choose among configurations in which the end hem of the leg is more or less dropped.

Other advantages, features and the operation modes of the present invention will be made apparent from the following description of a plurality of preferred embodiments, given by way of example and not for limitative purposes.

Reference will be made to the drawings of the attached figures, wherein: - figure 1 is an overall perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of the protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to the present invention, apt to illustrate the component parts thereof and their mutual positions with respect to a footwear worn on under said trouser; figure 2 is a perspective view of the component parts of the protection device of figure 1; figure 3 is an overall perspective view of the protection device of figure 1, when in an operative configuration of joint application to a footwear and a trouser; figure 4 is a perspective view of a detail of an elongated retaining element for the bottom of a trouser comprised in the protection device according to the present invention, highlighting a variant of means for the removable fastening to a shoe; figures 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D are perspective views apt to depict four respective variant embodiments of the elongated retaining element for the bottom of a trouser as introduced in the detail of figure 4; figure 6 is a perspective view of a footwear to which it is applied the elongated retaining element depicted in figure 5C; figure 7 is an overall perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention, when in an operative configuration of joint application to a footwear and to a trouser; figure 8 is a perspective view of a footwear to which it is applied the protection device of figure 7; figures 9 A, 9B and 10 are perspective views apt to illustrate three respective embodiments of the elongated element for retaining the bottom of a trouser introduced in figure 7; figure 11 is a perspective view of a footwear to which it is applied a protection device comprising an elongated retaining element as introduced in figure 10; figure 12 is a perspective view apt to depict an additional optional element of the protection device according to the present invention; figure 13 is a perspective view apt to illustrate the footwear of figure 11 to which it has been applied also the optional element of figure 12; figure 14 is a perspective view of a central element of the protection device according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, said central element being apt to couple a related elongated retaining element; figure 15 is a perspective view apt to illustrate a footwear to which there has been applied the protection device according to the third embodiment introduced in figure 14; - figure 16 is an overall perspective view of a fourth preferred embodiment of the protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to the present invention, apt to illustrate the component parts thereof and their mutual positions with respect to a footwear worn on under said trouser; figure 17 is an overall perspective view of a fifth preferred embodiment of the protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to the present invention, apt to illustrate the component parts thereof; figure 18 is an overall perspective view of a sixth preferred embodiment of the protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to the present invention, apt to illustrate the component parts thereof; - figure 19 is an overall perspective view of a seventh preferred embodiment of the protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to the present invention, apt to illustrate the component parts thereof; figure 20 is a perspective view apt to highlight an alternative on-trouser wearing mode of the protection device according to the present invention; - figure 21 is a plan view apt to depict an optional gaiter associable to an elongated retaining element, comprised in the protection device according to the present invention, as reproduced in figure 1. figure 22 is a perspective view apt to depict a further respective variant embodiment of the elongated retaining element for the bottom of a trouser; - figure 23 is an overall perspective view of a variant of said first preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention, when in an operative configuration of joint application to a footwear and to a trouser by use of the elongated retaining element of figure 22; figure 24 is a perspective view apt to depict a further respective variant embodiment of the elongated retaining element for the bottom of a trouser; figure 25 is an overall perspective view of a variant of said .second preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention, when in an operative configuration of joint application to a footwear and a trouser by the employ of the elongated retaining element of figure 24; and figure 26 is a perspective view of a footwear to which it is applied the protection device according to a further variant of said second preferred embodiment. To describe the present invention, hereinafter reference will be made to the above- indicated figures.

A protection device for the bottom 120 of a trouser leg 100 and the like according to the present invention comprises first support means 1, removably fastenable to the trouser 100; and second retaining means 2 for retaining the trouser 100, removably fastenable to a shoe 200 worn on by a wearer under the trouser leg 100 and supported by said first support means 1.

The first support means 1 can be positioned substantially at the bottom 120 of the trouser leg 100, preferably near the rear region of said leg that, at worn-on trouser, abuts onto the heel zone of the shoe 200. The configuration is such that the second means 2 for retaining the trouser 100 cooperates with the bottom 120 of the trouser 100, in the sense of restraining the hanging of said trouser bottom and of preventing the edge of the trouser from positioning itself between the sole 210 of the shoe 200 and the ground 300 during the walk of the abovementioned wearer. With regard to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first support means is obtained by a first elongated median support element I₅ positioned substantially astride of the bottom of the trouser leg 120 and the shoe 200.

The removable fastening to the bottom of the trouser 100 of the first elongated support element 1 may be carried out by the use of a Velcro® system, depicted in figure 2, in which the male or female insert 5'is fastened, e.g. by sewing, directly to the trouser and apt to couple to the corresponding insert 5, female or male, respectively, onto the elongated element 1.

The removable fastening of the first elongated support element 1 to the bottom of the trouser 100 may also be carried out by use of an adhesive. Alternatively, said means for the removable fastening to the bottom 120 of the trouser 100 may be, by way of example, a button-slot system; or a press stud system. The function of the second means for retaining the trouser may substantially be performed by a second elongated retaining element 2 for retaining the bottom 120 of the trouser 100, apt to be fastened to the shoe 200. In the case at issue, the second elongated retaining element 2, when in an operative configuration, extends along at least one portion of the shoe 200, fastening thereto preferably at least two spots thereof, at a first and a second end A,B, at a height such as to limit, in cooperation with the first elongated support element 1, the level of abutment of the bottom 120 of the trouser leg 100 on the shoe 200, with particular reference to the heel portion of the shoe.

As it may be inferred from the attached figures 1 to 18, the second elongated retaining element for the bottom 120 of the trouser 100 may substantially be a string 2, apt to be threaded into a through slot 30, 30', integrated by the first elongated median support element 1 or hung thereto.

The ends A,B of the string 2 are fastenable to the side or onto the front of the shoe 200. As it may be found in figures I₅ 5 A and 5B, the means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200 may provide openings 6, e.g. annular, obtained at the respective ends A₅B of the retaining element 2 itself.

Said annular openings 6 are apt to allow the passage of laces 201 for fastening to the shoe 200.

For this purpose, there may be exploited the lacing strings pre-existing on the shoe, commonly called "laces".

In fact, there could be contrived an elongated retaining element 2 having a length such that the annular openings 6 obtained thereon arrive at the laces 201 of the shoe 200, so that said laces 201, threaded into the annular openings 6 and held in the usual manner, determine the removable fastening to the shoe 200, as illustrated in figure 3. A variant of said first preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention provides means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200, comprising pinching members 6'" at the respective ends A₅B of the retaining element 2, suitable for the gripping of end portions of the shoe 200.

The function of pinching members may e.g. be performed by clips 6'" of the type conventionally employed for suspenders.

Such end portions of the shoe 200 may be, e.g., the center tongue thereof, at the shoe lacing and/or closing zone; or the end edges of the vamp, at the shoe lacing and/or closing zone.

A second preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention provides for a substantially different solution for the making of the means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200.

Specifically, such removable fastening means comprises inserts 6' of tear-off material, arranged at the respective ends A,B of the second elongated retaining element 2, apt to tearably couple to respective and mirror engagement regions 7' integral to the shoe 200, according to a male/female module.

The tear-off material to which reference is made may be the commercially known Velcro®. In figures 9A and 9B there are reported by way of example two variant embodiments of the retaining element 2, contrived to operate according to the abovementioned tear-off mode.

Thus, the second elongated retaining element 2 defines an annular portion closing onto the shoe 200, as can be found in figure 8. A variant of said second preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention provides means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200, comprising pairs of inserts 6',6" of tear-off type according to a male-female module.

Each of the pair of inserts is arranged at a respective end A₅B of the second elongated retaining element 2 and it comprises in particular a first male insert 6' and a second female insert 6", applied on substantially opposite sides of a single end of said respective ends A₅B.

The inserts 6', 6" are apt to cooperate with a tear-off closure system 54 of the shoe 200, tearably coupling therewith, so that the second elongated retaining element 2 be fastened to the shoe 200 when the latter is closed by a wearer.

As it may be inferred from figure 25, when the ends A₅B of the second elongated retaining element 2 are positioned between the male portion and the female portion of a Velcro® closure system 54 of a shoe 20O₅ so that said first male insert 6' interfaces to said female portion and said second female insert 6 "interfaces to said male portion, the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200 is attained.

A further variant of the second preferred embodiment introduced above provides for the permanent fastening, e.g. by sewing, of a first end A of the second elongated retaining element 2 to a first side of the vamp of the shoe 200. However, a second end B opposite to said first end A is made removably fastenable to a second side of the vamp of the shoe 200 thanks to a system comprising pairs of inserts 6', 6" of male/female type, preferably of tear-off material, applied adjacent at said end B and to an arresting through element 8 integral to the shoe 200. The arresting through element 8 is apt to allow the threading of said second end B, by interposing, in the threading configuration, substantially between the insert 6' and the insert 6" adjacent thereto. Thus, it is allowed the closure of the end B, by loop-joining the insert 6' onto the respective insert 6"about said arresting through element 8, as depicted in figure 26.

In figures 5C and 6 it is illustrated a variant embodiment of the means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200, intermediate between the designs contrived for said first and second embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention.

In this case, the means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element 2 comprises, onto the same side of the retaining element 2, pairs of inserts 6\6" of male/female type, preferably of tear-off material. Each pair of inserts 6\6" is arranged at an end portion A₅B of the retaining element, so that each of the end portions of the retaining element may be closed again, by loop-joining of the insert 6' on the respective insert 6", about a lace 201 of the shoe 200.

With regard to the second preferred embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention, there may be introduced a further variant embodiment of the means for the removable fastening of the second elongated retaining element 2 to the shoe 200, providing inserts 6',6", preferably of tear-off material, arranged at a respective end A,B of the second elongated retaining element 2, respectively on opposite sides of said second elongated retaining element. This further variant embodiment is illustrated in figure 10, whereas in figures 11 and 13 there are depicted two shoes to which it is applied, in an operative configuration, the elongated retaining element 2 modified as specified above.

In this case, the inserts 6\6" are apt to mutually couple, according to a male- female module, so that the elongated retaining element 2 defines a loop fully closed on itself.

The length of the elongated element 2 will be designed so that the loop thus obtained has a diameter such as to be arrested by the instep 202 of the shoe 200.

As depicted in figures 13 and 15, there may be introduced an optional additional element of the protection device according to the present invention, such as a central element 50,50', wearable on frontally to the shoe 200 at the instep 202.

In this case, the elongated retaining element 2 is apt to close loop-like on said central element 50,50'.

More precisely, in the case illustrated in figure 13 the elongated retaining element

2 closes into a slot integrated by the central element 50; whereas, in the case illustrated in figure 14 the central element 50' is equipped, on two opposite sides thereof, with means for the quick reversible coupling of the second elongated retaining element 2, and it forms an integral portion of said closed loop. The central element 50 may be made fastenable to the shoe 200, e.g., by a Velcro®-type tear-off system, so as to cooperate to the support of the second elongated element 2.

A further embodiment of the protection device according to the present invention provides for second means 2 for retaining the trouser 100 to the shoe 200, comprising a restraining body 40, e.g. ball-shaped, apt to couple to a restraining seat 41 integral to the shoe 200.

As it may be seen in figure 16, the restraining body 40 remains connected to the first support means 1 by a preferably flexible connecting appendage 42. Thus, the bottom hem of the trouser is anchored to the shoe thanks to the restraining body 40, and the hanging of the former is limited.

An additional embodiment, illustrated in figure 17, provides a first elongated support element 1 modified in the structure substantially equivalently to the central element 50 depicted in figure 12; and second string-shaped retaining means 2. In particular, it is evident from figure 17 how the function of elongated retaining element is performed by a string 2 that is threaded through tooth-type gripping projections 48 to the shoe vamp.

Then, the ends of the string are e.g. fastened to restraining seats 40 secured to the shoe 200. In order to be compatible to such an embodiment, the first elongated support element 1 may integrate a bifurcated-type slot 31 for the threading of the string 2, as substantially visible in figure 12, so that the slot does not interfere with the gripping projections 48 at the heel portion of the shoe 200.

Further embodiments provide for a plurality of first support means 1, hanging from the shoe 200, apt to couple to the trouser at plural respective spots.

Said plurality of first support means 1 of the trouser may be connected, by respective connecting appendages 42, to respective second means 2 for retaining the trouser 100 to the shoe 200, as depicted in figure 18, said second retaining means 2 being, e.g., substantially a Velcro®-type tear-off system applicable to the shoe 200. Alternatively, said first support means 1, hanging from the shoe 200, may be hung to respective and preferably elastic strings.

As it may be inferred from figure 19, each of said strings is apt to couple in a restrained manner to a respective restraining seat 41 integral to the shoe 200.

The restraining seat 41 may, e.g., be shaped substantially like a rigid tubular duct, partially open to house therein a corresponding portion of a respective string.

Thus, the bottom hem of the trouser is advantageously anchored to the shoe at a plurality of spots. For a greater adaptability to various designs of trousers, wearable on different occasions and having variable widths and lengths of the bottom 120 of the legs, may be integrated to the protection device according to the present invention means 9,9\9" for adjusting the length of the second elongated retaining element 2. Thus, an almost universal compatibility is attained even when paired to different footwear designs, according to the broadest range of viable combinations.

The first support means 1 may be substantially internal to the trouser leg 100; or substantially external to the trouser leg 100, as depicted in figure 20.

In figure 21, by way of example, it is reported a variant of the elongated element 2 for retaining the bottom 120 of a trouser 100, integrating a gaiter 70 for covering the instep 202 of a shoe 200.

The present invention has hereto been described according to a preferred embodiment thereof, given by way of example and without limitative purposes.

It is understood that other embodiments may be envisaged, all to be construed as falling within the protective scope thereof, as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg (100) and the like, comprising:

- first support means (1), removably fastenable to said trouser (100), that can be positioned substantially at said bottom (120) of said trouser leg (100);

- second retaining means (2) for retaining the trouser (100), supported by said first support means (1), removably fastenable to a shoe (200) worn on by a wearer under said trouser leg (100); wherein the configuration is such that said second means (2) for retaining the trouser (100) cooperates with said trouser bottom (120) in the sense of preventing the edge of said trouser (100) from positioning between the sole (210) of said shoe (200) and the ground (300) during the walk of said wearer.

2. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 1, wherein - said first support means is substantially a first elongated median support element (1), positioned substantially astride of said bottom (120) of said trouser leg and said shoe (200), having means (5,5') for the removable fastening to said trouser bottom (120); and - said second means for retaining the trouser is substantially a second elongated retaining element (2) for said trouser bottom (120), having means for the removable fastening to said shoe (6,6',6",6'"_?8), wherein said second elongated retaining element (2), when in an operative configuration, extends along at least one portion of said shoe (200), fastening to said shoe (200) at a first and a second end (A₃B) at a height such as to limit, in cooperation with said first elongated support element (1), the level of abutment of the bottom (120) of said trouser leg (100) on said shoe (200).

3. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg (100) according to claim 2, wherein said second elongated retaining element of said bottom (120) of a trouser is a lace (2) apt to be threaded into a through slot (30) integrated by said first elongated median support element (1).

4. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element to said shoe comprises annular openings (6) obtained at the respective ends (A₅B) of said retaining element, apt to allow the passage of laces (201) for the fastening to said shoe (200).

5. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 4, wherein said second elongated retaining element (2) for the fastening to said shoe (200) has a length such that said annular openings (6) arrive at the laces (201) of said shoe (200) so that said laces (201), threaded into said annular openings (6), determine said removable fastening to said shoe (200).

6. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said removable fastening means for the fastening of said second elongated retaining element (2) to said shoe (200) comprises pinching members (6'") at the respective ends (A₅B) of said retaining element (2), suitable for the gripping of end portions of said shoe (200).

7. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 or 3, wherein said means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element (2) to said shoe comprises inserts (6'), arranged at the respective ends (A₅B) of said second elongated retaining element (2), apt to tearably couple to respective and mirror engagement regions (7') integral to said shoe (200), according to a male/female module, said second elongated retaining element (2) thus defining an annular portion closing onto the shoe (200).

8. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2, 3 or 6, wherein said means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element (2) to said shoe (200) comprises pairs of inserts (6\6") arranged at a respective end (A₅B) of said second elongated retaining element (2), each of said pairs comprising a first male insert (6') and a second female insert (6") applied on substantially opposite sides of said second elongated element (2), wherein said inserts {6\6") are apt to tearably couple to a tear-off closing system (54) of said shoe (200), so that said second elongated retaining element (2) be fastened to said shoe (200) when the latter is closed.

9. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 or 3, wherein said means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element (2) to said shoe (200) comprises a male insert (6') and a female insert (6"), arranged (applied) at a respective end (A,B) of said second elongated retaining element (2) and respectively on opposite sides of said second elongated retaining element (2), apt to mutually and tearably couple so that said second elongated retaining element (2) defines a loop fully closed on itself with a diameter such as to be arrested by the instep (202) of said shoe (200).

10. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 or 3, wherein said means for the removable fastening of said second elongated retaining element (2) to said shoe (200) comprises, onto the same side of said retaining element, pairs of inserts (6\6"), each pair being arranged at an end portion (A₅B) of said retaining element, so that each of the end portions of said retaining element may be closed again about a lace (201) of said shoe by joining the insert 6' to the insert 6".

11. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 or 3, wherein said second elongated element (2) is apt to close loop- like on a central element (50,50'), wearable on frontally to said shoe (200).

12. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 11, wherein said central element (50') is equipped with means for the quick reversible coupling of said second elongated element (2).

13. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 11 or 12, wherein said central element (50,50') is fastenable to said shoe (200) so as to cooperate to the support of said second elongated element (2).

14. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 13, wherein said second elongated retaining element (2) of said trouser bottom (120) integrates a gaiter (70) for covering the instep (202) of said shoe.

15. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to claim 1, wherein said second means (2) for retaining the trouser comprises a restraining body (40) apt to couple to a restraining seat (41) integral to said shoe (200), said restraining body (40) being connected to said first support means (1) by a connecting appendage (42).

16. The protection device for the bottom of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 15, wherein said means for the removable fastening to said trouser bottom is a Velcro® system.

17. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 15, wherein said means for the removable fastening to said trouser bottom is a button-slot system.

18. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 15, wherein said means for the removable fastening to said trouser bottom is a press stud system.

19. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 18, wherein said second elongated retaining element (2) integrates means (9,9',9") for adjusting the length.

20. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 19, wherein said first support means (1) is substantially internal to the leg of said trouser (100).

21. The protection device for the bottom (120) of a trouser leg according to one of the claims 2 to 19, wherein said first support means (1) is substantially external to the leg of said trouser (100).