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US 2019/0246723 A1Published application
Barrier panel for selective coupling between jacket and trousers
OwnerMilton D. Reimerinventor
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Abstract
A barrier panel is coupled between a jacket and a pair of trousers which provides a moisture resistant barrier therebetween about a full circumference of the torso of the user. The barrier panel cam be joined to both the jacket and trousers by zippers extending about a full circumference thereof, together with an end zipper joining the ends of the panel along the full width thereof to provide a complete barrier between the trousers and jacket. Alternatively, the barrier panel can be stitched to the trousers and received within a pocket formed by a cover panel on the trousers when not in use. The barrier panel has an elastic member spanning the full width and height of the panel and a moisture resistant membrane fully spanning one side of the elastic member.
Claims17
A garment set comprising:
- a water resistant jacket including (i) a torso portion for covering a torso of a user in which the torso portion has a bottom edge and a closure mechanism operatively connected between two opposing front edges spanning a full height of the torso portion for movement between open and closed positions of the jacket, and (ii) a first upper zipper portion on an inner surface of the torso portion at a location spaced above the bottom edge and spanning in a circumferential direction about the torso portion between the opposing front edges;
- water resistant trousers including (i) a main body for covering the legs of the user, and (ii) a waist opening in the main body receiving a waist of the user therethrough;
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- a barrier panel which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which is adapted to be selectively coupled between the water resistant jacket and the water resistant trousers, the barrier panel including (i) a pair of opposing upper and lower edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the barrier panel between two end edges at longitudinally opposed ends of the barrier panel, the lower edge being joined to the trousers, (ii) a second upper zipper portion extending along the upper edge between the opposing end edges, the second upper zipper portion being adapted to be selectively joined with the first upper zipper portion along the length thereof, (iii) a pair of end zipper portions extending along the end edges respectively, the end zipper portions being adapted to selectively join with one another;
- the barrier panel comprising an elastic member spanning in a lateral direction across a full width between the upper and lower edges and spanning in the longitudinal direction across a full length between the opposing end edges such that the barrier panel is fully resilient in both the lateral direction and the longitudinal direction across the full width and the full length thereof.
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A garment set comprising:
- a water resistant jacket including (i) a torso portion for covering a torso of a user in which the torso portion has a bottom edge and a closure mechanism operatively connected between two opposing front edges spanning a full height of the torso portion for movement between open and closed positions of the jacket, and (ii) a first upper zipper portion on an inner surface of the torso portion at a location spaced above the bottom edge and spanning in a circumferential direction about the torso portion between the opposing front edges;
- water resistant trousers including (i) a main body for covering the legs of the user, (ii) a waist opening in the main body receiving a waist of the user therethrough, and (iii) a first lower zipper portion on the main body to extend in a circumferential direction about the waist opening;
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- a barrier panel which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which is adapted to be selectively coupled between the water resistant jacket and the water resistant trousers, the barrier panel including (i) a pair of opposing upper and lower edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the barrier panel between two end edges at longitudinally opposed ends of the barrier panel, (ii) a second upper zipper portion extending along the upper edge between the opposing end edges, the second upper zipper portion being adapted to be selectively joined with the first upper zipper portion along the length thereof, (iii) a second lower zipper portion extending along the lower edge between the opposing end edges, the second lower zipper portion being adapted to be selectively joined with the first lower zipper portion along the length thereof, and (iv) a pair of end zipper portions extending along the end edges respectively, the end zipper portions being adapted to selectively join with one another.
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A garment set comprising:
- a water resistant jacket including (i) a torso portion for covering a torso of a user in which the torso portion has a bottom edge and a closure mechanism operatively connected between two opposing front edges spanning a full height of the torso portion for movement between open and closed positions of the jacket, and (ii) a first upper zipper portion on an inner surface of the torso portion at a location spaced above the bottom edge and spanning in a circumferential direction about the torso portion between the opposing front edges;
- water resistant trousers including (i) a main body for covering the legs of the user, and (ii) a waist opening in the main body receiving a waist of the user therethrough;
- a barrier panel which is elongate in a longitudinal direction and which is adapted to be selectively coupled between the water resistant jacket and the water resistant trousers, the barrier panel including (i) a pair of opposing upper and lower edges extending in the longitudinal direction of the barrier panel between two end edges at longitudinally opposed ends of the barrier panel, the lower edge being joined to the trousers, (ii) a second upper zipper portion extending along the upper edge between the opposing end edges, the second upper zipper portion being adapted to be selectively joined with the first upper zipper portion along the length thereof, (iii) a pair of end zipper portions extending along the end edges respectively, the end zipper portions being adapted to selectively join with one another;
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- a cover panel joined externally to the trousers along an inner edge of the cover panel to define a pocket extending circumferentially about the waist opening in the trousers;
- the lower edge of the barrier panel being joined externally on the trousers within the pocket defined by the cover panel such that the barrier panel can be concealed within the pocket defined by the cover panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.