Diving dry suit having zippered front compression flaps

A dry suit comprising:

• a dry suit body comprising a torso portion, right and left leg portions, and right and left arm portions, and the dry suit body having an access opening, the access opening is closable by a dry zipper, the dry zipper extending across a back, over each shoulder and down a top front panel of the torso portion of the dry suit body on opposite sides of a neck opening,
• the dry suit body having excess dry suit material in a vicinity of armpits of the dry suit body to increase a size of the access opening and facilitate entry and exit by a wearer, and when the wearer is wearing the dry suit and the dry zipper is closed, at least a portion of the torso portion of the dry suit body, adjacent the armpits of the wearer, is oversized;
• a jacket portion comprising right and left torso panel portions, the right and the left torso panel portions extending from a shoulder area and terminating above the right and left leg portions of the dry suit body;
• the left torso panel portion being attached longitudinally along an exterior left side of the torso portion of the dry suit body by a first waterproof seam and the first waterproof seam extending from an area of a left shoulder to an area of a waist of the torso portion of the dry suit body;
• the right torso panel portion being attached longitudinally along an exterior right side of the torso portion of the dry suit body by a second waterproof seam and the second waterproof seam extending from an area of a right shoulder to an area of the waist of the torso portion of the dry suit body;
• a first fastener permanently secured along an entire length of an edge of the left torso panel portion and a mating second fastener permanently secured along an entire length of an edge of the right torso panel portion;
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• during use, the right and the left torso panel portions being fastened together, by mating first and second fasteners, so that the right torso panel portion and the left torso panel portion join one another at a front midpoint of the torso portion of the dry suit body and overlap at least a portion of the dry zipper and at least a front of the torso portion of the dry suit body, and as the right and the left torso panel portions join one another at the front midpoint of the torso portion of the dry suit body, the right and the left torso panel portions compress and pull the excess dry suit material away from the armpits of the wearer so that the dry suit body is sized to fit the wearer.