Combination garment with detachable torso and leg enclosing components
OwnerJeanne E. Libitinventor
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Abstract
A combination garment constructed of stretch material including a torso portion to snugly engage and enclose the lower torso of a wearer and at least a portion of the thighs or upper leg portions of a wearer and a pair of leg portions engaging and enclosing the remainder of the legs of a wearer. Coacting connecting structures are provided on the upper end of the leg portions and the lower ends of the portions of the torso portion that engages and encloses the thighs or upper leg portions of a wearer for attaching and detaching the leg portions in relation to the torso portion.
Claims6
A shorts type garment constructed of fabric material enclosing the lower torso region of a wearer and including depending legs covering upper end portions of the legs of a wearer to a point adjacent the knees, a leg covering member covering each of the legs of a wearer below the legs of the garment and coacting fasteners on lower ends of the legs of the garment and upper ends of the leg covering members detachably connecting the lower ends of the legs of the garment and the upper ends of the leg covering members, said shorts type garment being constructed of stretch material snugly engaging the anatomical surfaces enclosed by the garment, said leg covering members being constructed of fabric material covering the anatomical surfaces enclosed by said leg covering members, said coacting fasteners including areas of hook and loop pile fastener material oriented peripherally of the lower end of each leg of the garment and the upper end of each leg enclosing member, the areas of fastener material on the leg enclosing member being on the interior surface thereof and the areas of fastener material on the leg of the garment being on the exterior surface thereof, the exterior surface of each of said depending legs including an inner fabric cuff and an outer fabric cuff mounted thereon, a reverse bend of fabric joining said cuffs along a top edge thereof, said areas of fastener material on the leg being secured to the external surface of the inner cuff and concealed by the outer cuff, said inner and outer cuffs having bottom edges that are unconnected to provide a downwardly facing circumferential opening to enable the upper end of the leg enclosing member to be received between the inner cuff and outer cuff for engagement of the areas of fastener material on the interior surface of the leg enclosing member with the areas of fastener material on the external surface of the inner cuff.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.