Wet suit
AssigneeOcean Pacific Sunwear, Ltd.
InventorsJames E. Jenks, Jr., Howard A. Barmazel
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Abstract
A one-piece wet suit comprises a continuous body portion having a neck opening, arm openings and leg openings, the suit being formed from panels of a first, insulative material and panels of a second material having higher elasticity than the first material. The second material extends around at least part of the neck opening to allow the suit to be pulled on or taken off over the body of a wearer via the neck opening.
Claims16
A wet suit comprising:
- a continuous body portion having a neck opening, arm openings and leg openings;
- the body portion being formed from panels of a first, insulative material having a first degree of elasticity and panels of a second material having a second degree of elasticity higher than that of said first material, the panels each comprising a predetermined part of the body portion of the suit, adjacent panels of the suit having adjacent edges of mating shape and being permanently secured together along their adjacent edges;
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- panels of the second material extending around at least part of the neck opening and comprising means for allowing the suit to be pulled on via the neck opening.
An article of clothing, comprising:
- panels of material each shaped to conform to the shape of respective parts of the article;
- securing means for securing each adjacent pair of panels together;
- at least some of said securing means between adjacent panels comprising flat lock stitching formed at least partially from threads of fluffed fiber, the fluffed fiber portions of the stitching having substantially no gaps between adjacent stitches at least on the outer surface of the article of clothing.
A seam for securing adjacent edges of two panels of material together in an article of clothing, comprising:
- a series of parallel rows of straight stitches of a first thread extending through the underlying panel material;
- a transverse, serpentine cross stitch on each face of the seam linking the stitches in adjacent rows, the cross stitch on at least one face comprising a doubled thread of fluffed fiber.
A seam for securing adjacent edges of two panels of material together in an article of clothing, comprising:
- a series of parallel rows of straight stitches extending through the underlying panel material;
- a transverse, serpentine cross-stitch on each face of the seam linking the stitches in adjacent rows;
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- the parallel and serpentine stitches being formed from four threads of non-fluffed fiber and three threads of fluffed fiber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.