Dry suit
AssigneeMusto & Hyde Accessories Ltd.
InventorsFranklyn K. Musto, Hugh E. Bourn, John Buchanan, Duncan A. Kay
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Abstract
In a two piece dry suit having sealing bands (5,13) for producing a rolled seal between the two pieces (1,10) at the waist of the suit, an integral flap (6) is provided at the bottom of the suit jacket (1) and is adapted to overlie the rolled seal (14) to secure the seal in the rolled condition.
Claims5
A two-piece dry suit comprising top and bottom suit pieces having respective sealing bands for producing a rolled seal between said suit pieces at the waist of the suit, and a part securely fastened to one of said pieces at a position to one side of the rolled seal, said part being adapted to overlie and extend around said rolled seal so as to terminate between said rolled seal and the other of said pieces, and including means to hold said part in firm engagement with said other piece, whereby said part retains the seal securely in the rolled condition without any additional securing device being applied to the suit.
A two-piece dry suit comprising top and bottom suit pieces having respective sealing bands for producing a rolled seal between said suit pieces at the waist of the suit, the sealing band of the top piece of the suit being attached to the inside of said top piece at a position spaced from the bottom edge of said top piece whereby to define an integral welt band, said welt band forming a flap adapted to overlie and surround the rolled seal so as to terminate between the rolled seal and the bottom piece of the suit, and said welt band having an elasticated lower edge seam to hold said flap against the bottom piece of the suit, said flap and said seam constituting sole means provided to retain the seal securely in the rolled condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.