Swimwear with buoyant neck support and body panels
AssigneeG.B.L. Australia Pty. Limited
InventorsEugen Grunstein, Anthony Charles Grunstein
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Abstract
A swimwear garment made of ultra-violet resistant material encloses the body of a child when fastened-up, and has a back zip (3), sleeves (2A), leg openings and a neck opening (4). The garment incorporates buoyant panels (8) at its back and a front panel (11) which are formed with crease lines (9, 10, 14, 16) enabling them to conform closely to the child's chest without obstructing its movement during swimming. A flexible soft neck roll (6) of closed-cell, buoyant, foamed plastics material encircles the child's neck and holds the chin above water.
Claims12
A swimming costume suitable to be worn by a child learning to swim, the swimming costume including:
- a fabric garment for covering the child's body while having openings for the child's arms, legs and neck;
- a buoyant neck roll providing buoyancy at the child's neck;
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- buoyant plastics panels of flattened flexible from provided interiorly of the garment at positions at which normal body movements of the child are not obstructed, the panels being spaced around the child's chest and upper back region and providing the costume with a relatively smooth external appearance;
- and wherein the panels are formed with crease lines at predetermined locations to facilitate flexing of the panels along predetermined lines so as to accommodate normal chest and back movements of the child occurring while swimming in water or playing on dry land, areas of the panels between the crease lines being uniformly thicker than elsewhere to maximize buoyancy of the panels in zones where substantial flexing of the panels is not required by said normal chest and back movements of the child.
A swimming costume for covering a child's body while having openings for the child's arms legs and neck, the costume including:
- a buoyant neck roll providing buoyancy at the child's neck;
- buoyant plastics panels of flattened flexible from provided within the thickness of the costume at positions at which normal body movements of the child are not obstructed, the panels being spaced around the child's chest and upper back region and providing the costume with a relatively smooth external appearance;
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- means formed in the panels to facilitate flexing of the panels along predetermined lines so as to accommodate normal chest and back movements of the child occurring while swimming in water or playing on dry land,
- and wherein the swimming costume is provided with two back panels each having crease lines which cross one another, and a chest panel having oppositely-curved crease lines extending from side-to-side and a central back crease line following the direction of the wearer's spine and flanked by two lateral crease lines spaced from the central crease line, each of the lateral crease lines crossing one of the curved crease lines and terminating on the other curved crease line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.