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US 2004/0199975 A1Published application
Water protective over garment
OwnerTerrance Kehrli, Paul E. Ottinventors
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Abstract
The present invention provides for a conveniently stored disposable water protective over garment. The over garments are produced from a thermoplastic tube by a repeating series of seals, perforations and cuts. The over garments include over coats and over pants and a multiple of over garments are stored in a single container. Typically, the over garments are provided in a roll where a first garment is connected to a second, the second to a third and so on. Alternatively, the over garments can be separated prior to packaging so that they can be removed from the container individually without the need for tearing a connecting perforation.
Claims21
A water protective over coat, said over coat comprising:
- a tube having a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing outer edges and a skirt length extending from the top edge to the bottom edge;
- a pair of opposing shoulder seals extending inward at the top edge of the tube, said opposing shoulders seals separated by a first distance between their innermost ends;
- a pair of inner arm seals extending substantially from the bottom of the tube toward a respective shoulder seal, said inner arm seals being substantially parallel to the tube length, and wherein each of said pair of inner arm seals and an adjacent outer edge of said tube forms a sleeve;
- a pair of rib seals, each rib seal being inwardly adjacent to a corresponding inner arm seal and extending substantially the same length and being substantially parallel to said corresponding inner arm seal;
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- a pair of perforation means each of which extends upward between one of said pair of arm seals and one of said pair of rib seals.
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A plurality of water protective over coats, said plurality of over coats comprising:
- a plastic tube having a plurality of segments, wherein each of said segments includes a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing side edges and a skirt length extending from the top edge to the bottom edge, and wherein said segments are linearly arranged with respect to their lengths, and wherein each segment further includes:
- a pair of opposing shoulder seals extending inward at the top edge, said opposing shoulders seals separated by a first distance between their innermost ends;
- a pair of inner arm seals extending substantially from the bottom edge toward a respective shoulder seal, said inner arm seals being substantially parallel to the segment length, and wherein each of said pair of inner arm seals and an adjacent outer edge of said segment forms a sleeve;
- a pair of rib seals, each rib seal being inwardly adjacent to a corresponding arm seal and extending substantially the same length and being substantially parallel to said corresponding arm seal;
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- a pair of perforations means of which extends upward between one of said pair of arm seals and one of said pair of rib seals.
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A method of producing at least one water protective over coat, said method comprising:
- extruding a flattened thermoplastic tube having a length, at least one bottom and at least one top;
- cross sealing at least one pair of linearly spaced opposing shoulders at the at least one top;
- sealing at least one pair of inner arm seals, said at least one pair of inner arm seals extending substantially from said at least one bottom of said flattened tube;
- sealing at least one pair of rib seals, each of said at least one pair of rib seals being inwardly adjacent to a corresponding inner arm seal and extending substantially the same length and being substantially parallel to said corresponding inner arm seal;
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- applying at least one pair of perforation means wherein one of each of said at least one pair of perforation means extends upward between one of said at least one pair of inner arm seals and one of said at least one pair of rib seals.
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Water protective over pants comprising:
- a tube having a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing outer edges and a skirt length extending from the top edge to the bottom edge;
- a pair of inner seals extending substantially from the bottom of the tube toward the top edge, wherein each of said pair of inner seals and an outer edge forms a pant leg;
- a hem formed adjacent to the top edge of the tube, said hem further including at least one opening;
- a drawstring housed within said hem and extending through said at least one opening;
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- perforation means extending upwards between said pair of inner seals, such that each of said pant legs can be angularly displaced with respect to the other when said perforation means is broken.
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A plurality of water protective over parts comprising:
- a plastic tube having a plurality of segments, wherein each of said segments includes a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing side edges and a skirt length extending from the top edge to the bottom edge, and wherein said segments are linearly arranged with respect to their lengths, and wherein each segment further includes:
- a pair of inner seals extending substantially from the bottom of the tube toward the top edge, wherein each of said pair of inner seals and an outer edge forms a pant leg;
- a hem formed adjacent to the top edge of the tube, said hem further including at least one opening;
- a drawstring housed within said hem and extending through said at least one opening;
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- perforation means extending upwards between said pair of inner seals, such that each of said pant legs can be angularly displaced with respect to the other when said perforation means is broken.
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A plurality of sleeveless water protective over coats, said plurality of over coats comprising:
- a plastic tube having a plurality of segments, wherein each of said segments includes a top edge, a bottom edge, opposing side edges and a skirt length extending from the top edge to the bottom edge, and wherein said segments are linearly arranged with respect to their lengths, and wherein each segment further includes:
- a pair of opposing shoulder seals extending inward at the top edge, said opposing shoulders seals separated by a first distance between their innermost ends;
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- a pair of arm perforations each being substantially perpendicular and adjacent to an outer edge of a corresponding shoulder seal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.