# US 5,347,659 A · Camouflage garment

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- Number: US 5,347,659 A
- Document ID: US5347659A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/058,139
- Filed: 1993-05-10
- Granted: 1994-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 1993-05-10
- Inventors: Edward J. Tibljas
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5347659A

## CPC

- F41H 3/02: {Flexible, e.g. fabric} covers, e.g. screens, nets {characterised by their material or structure}(making thereof, see the relevant classes, e.g. D04)
- A41D 13/00: Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches (helmets A42B3/00; clothing affording protection against chemical agents or for use at high altitudes A62B17/00; life-saving garments for use at sea, diving suits B63C; bulletproof or armoured clothing F41H; clothing affording protection against radiation G21F3/02)
- A42B 1/04: Soft caps; Hoods
- A41D 2200/20: Hoods
- Y10S 428/919: Camouflaged article
- F41H: ARMOUR; ARMOURED TURRETS; ARMOURED OR ARMED VEHICLES; MEANS OF ATTACK OR DEFENCE, e.g. CAMOUFLAGE, IN GENERAL
- A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
- A42B: HATS; HEAD COVERINGS (headbands A41D20/00; head-scarves A41D23/00)
- Y10S: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS

## Abstract

A garment arranged to enclose an individual includes a torso, leg portions, and sleeves, having a base web, with the base web including a matrix of loop members pivotally mounted in adjacency relative to one another coextensively over the garment. The garment base web, as well as the loop members, are formed of a camouflage material arranged to minimize reflection of light relative to the garment structure. Cooperative hood and glove members are provided for use with the organization.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camouflage garment, comprising,
a torso portion, having a neck opening and a plurality of leg members extending from the torso portion, and
a plurality of arm member sleeves extending from the torso portion, and
a fastener strip extending from the neck opening along the torso portion medially of the leg members, and
the torso portion, the arm member sleeves, and the leg members are formed of a continuous base web, having a camouflage pattern coextensive therewithin, and
the base web further including a matrix of closed loop members, each of the loop members arranged in adjacency relative to one another and are coextensive with the base web, and
each of the loop members includes facing web segments of flexible construction, wherein each of the web segments include a securement web portion, and each securement web portion is fixedly secured to the base web, and the web segments are flexibly and pivotally mounted to the web portions, and the web segments are joined together at a fold line, wherein the fold line is spaced above the base web and is arranged in a substantially parallel relationship thereto, and the securement web portions and the web segments are each formed of a flexible material having a further camouflage pattern thereon consistent with the base web.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A garment as set forth in claim 1 including glove members, wherein each glove member includes a wrist portion formed of a elastomeric tubular configuration, and a hand web, the hand web includes finger sockets arranged for selective securement to the hand web, and a thumb socket, each of the finger sockets are joined together at their base portions, wherein the base portions and the finger sockets each include a second cylindrical coupling, and the hand web includes a first cylindrical coupling relative to each of the finger sockets, wherein the second cylindrical couplings are complementarily and frictionally received within the first cylindrical coupling, and a first tether line mounted to the hand web and to the finger sockets preventing loss of the finger sockets upon separation relative to the hand web, and a second tether line, with the second tether line joined to the hand web and to the thumb socket.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

A garment as set forth in claim 2 including a hood member, the hood member including a neck tube, the neck tube having an elastomeric opening web at a perimeter of the neck tube, and the hood member including a matrix of said loop members coextensive with the exterior surface of the hood member, and a facial opening directed through the hood member, the facial opening including a further surrounding elastomeric web.