US 6,041,436 AGranted

Versatile costume system

OwnerWarren J. Keeninventor

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Abstract

A versatile costume system is provided including a body suit with a plurality of fasteners mounted thereon. Also included is a plurality of unique masks each adapted to be worn by a user. A plurality of resilient decorative plates are equipped with fasteners that are adapted to be removably attached to those of the body suit. It should be noted that the decorative plates each match one of the masks.

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Dependent claims

A versatile costume system comprising, in combination:

a flexible elastic body suit including a main body section having a front face, a rear face, and a top neck opening, the body suit further including a pair of short sleeve arm portions and a pair of full length leg portions each with openings for passing limbs of a user when worn;
said front face of the main body section of the body suit having a plurality of horizontally oriented planar rectangular pile fasteners each having a length equal to a width of the main body section and including an upper pile fastener stitchedly mounted adjacent to the neck opening between the arm portions and a pair of lower pile fasteners each with a width less than that of the upper pile fastener and positioned adjacent to the leg portions of the body suit;
said rear face of the main body section of the body suit having a horizontally oriented planar rectangular pile fastener stitchedly mounted thereon and having a length equal to a width of the main body section wherein the pile fastener of the rear face of the main body section is positioned level with the upper pile fastener of the front face of the main body section;
said arm portions of the body suit each having a vertically oriented pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a side surface of the arm portion and extending between a top end of the arm portion to a midpoint thereof;
said leg portions of the body suit each having a vertically oriented upper pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a side surface of the leg portion and extending between a top end of the leg portion to a midpoint thereof, each of said leg portions of the body suit further including a vertically oriented lower pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a front surface of the leg portion and extending between the midpoint of the leg portion to a bottom end thereof;
a pair of gloves each having a top surface with a pile fastener mounted thereon;
a plurality of unique face masks each adapted to worn by a user;
a plurality of resilient breast plates each having a unique decorative front surface and a pair of pile fasteners on a rear surface thereof for removably coupling with the upper pile fastener and an uppermost one of the lower pile fasteners of the front face of the main body section of the body suit;
a plurality of resilient midriff plates each having a unique decorative front surface and a pile fastener on a rear surface thereof for removably coupling with a bottommost one of the lower pile fasteners of the front face of the main body section of the body suit;
a plurality of resilient back plates each having a unique decorative rear surface and a pile fastener on a front surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fastener of the rear face of the main body section of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate thigh plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the upper pile fasteners of the leg portions of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate shin plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the lower pile fasteners of the leg portions of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate arm plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fasteners of the arm portions of the body suit;
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at least two pair of resilient hand plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fasteners of the gloves.

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Abstract

A versatile costume system comprising, in combination:

a flexible elastic body suit including a main body section having a front face, a rear face, and a top neck opening, the body suit further including a pair of short sleeve arm portions and a pair of full length leg portions each with openings for passing limbs of a user when worn;
said front face of the main body section of the body suit having a plurality of horizontally oriented planar rectangular pile fasteners each having a length equal to a width of the main body section and including an upper pile fastener stitchedly mounted adjacent to the neck opening between the arm portions and a pair of lower pile fasteners each with a width less than that of the upper pile fastener and positioned adjacent to the leg portions of the body suit;
said rear face of the main body section of the body suit having a horizontally oriented planar rectangular pile fastener stitchedly mounted thereon and having a length equal to a width of the main body section wherein the pile fastener of the rear face of the main body section is positioned level with the upper pile fastener of the front face of the main body section;
said arm portions of the body suit each having a vertically oriented pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a side surface of the arm portion and extending between a top end of the arm portion to a midpoint thereof;
said leg portions of the body suit each having a vertically oriented upper pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a side surface of the leg portion and extending between a top end of the leg portion to a midpoint thereof, each of said leg portions of the body suit further including a vertically oriented lower pile fastener stitchedly mounted to a front surface of the leg portion and extending between the midpoint of the leg portion to a bottom end thereof;
a pair of gloves each having a top surface with a pile fastener mounted thereon;
a plurality of unique face masks each adapted to worn by a user;
a plurality of resilient breast plates each having a unique decorative front surface and a pair of pile fasteners on a rear surface thereof for removably coupling with the upper pile fastener and an uppermost one of the lower pile fasteners of the front face of the main body section of the body suit;
a plurality of resilient midriff plates each having a unique decorative front surface and a pile fastener on a rear surface thereof for removably coupling with a bottommost one of the lower pile fasteners of the front face of the main body section of the body suit;
a plurality of resilient back plates each having a unique decorative rear surface and a pile fastener on a front surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fastener of the rear face of the main body section of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate thigh plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the upper pile fasteners of the leg portions of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate shin plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the lower pile fasteners of the leg portions of the body suit;
at least two pair of resilient arcuate arm plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fasteners of the arm portions of the body suit;
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at least two pair of resilient hand plates each having a unique decorative outer surface and a pile fastener on an inner surface thereof for removably coupling with the pile fasteners of the gloves.

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