Weather-resistant wearing apparel

Claim 1

A DETACHABLY ENGAGED SKI BOOT AND SKI PANT COMBINATION COMPRISING FIRST ZIPPER MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ATTACHED AT OR NEAR THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID BOOT SUCH THAT THE MIDPOINT OF SAID FIRST ZIPPER MEANS IS GENERALLY ALIGNED WITH THE CENTER OF THE BACK OF SAID BOOT, SECOND COMPLEMENTARY ZIPPER MEANS CIRCUMFERENTIALLY ATTACHED INSIDE THE LEG OF SAID PANT SUCH THAT THE MIDPOINT OF SAID SECOND ZIPPER MEANS IS GENERALLY IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE BACKCENTER OF SAID LEG OF SAID PANT AND IS SPACED APART FROM AND ABOVE THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF, SAID FIRST AND SECOND ZIPPER MEANS BEING DETACHABLY ENGAGED TO EACH OTHER, SAID PANT LEG HAVING MATERIAL WITH LATERAL STRETCH IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT-CENTER PORTION OF THE LOWER EDGE THEREOF, SAID UPPER EDGE OF SAID BOOT AND SAID FIRST ZIPPER MEANS BEING OVERLAPPED BY SAID LOWER EDGE OF SAID PANT AND WHEREIN SAID PANT LEG HAS, IN ADDITION, AN ELONGATED POCKET PORTION LATERALLY DISPOSED NEAR THE BOTTOM FRONT EDGE OF SAID PANT, SAID POCKET PORTION HAVING DISPOSED THEREIN AN ELONGATED SEMI-RIGID MATERIAL ADAPTED TO IMPART SHAPE AND RIGIDITY TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID PANT LEG.