Waterproof relief outlet in breathable wader
AssigneeFowl Play Clothing and Accessories, L.L.C.
InventorMichael P. Quinn
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Abstract
A waterproof relief outlet in a breathable chest wader consisting of a zipper having a zipper portion capable of movement from a closed position to an open position, wherein the zipper prevents water from entering the interior of the chest wader when the zipper portion is in said closed position. The wearer of the breathable chest wader thereby has means for relieving himself without having to substantially remove the waders and/or any undergarments. Further, this is accomplished in a highly simplified manner, wherein the wearer need only to grab a tab coupled to a slide fastener of the zipper portion in order to move the zipper portion from the closed position to the open position.
Claims20
A waterproof relief outlet in a breathable chest wader comprising:
- a vertical slit cut into a front portion of the breathable chest wader at a position in the vicinity of a wader crotch;
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- a non-corrosive zipper having a non-corrosive zipper portion coupled to and surrounded by a waterproof outer cloth portion, which is coupled to an interior breathable shell surface of the breathable chest wader around said vertical slit such that said non-corrosive zipper portion is exposed externally through said vertical slit, said non-corrosive zipper portion being moveable between a closed position and an open position;
- wherein said non-corrosive zipper portion is internally exposed to a wearer's undergarments when in said closed position and wherein said non-corrosive zipper portion prevents water from entering the interior of the breathable chest wader through said non-corrosive zipper portion to a wearer's underclothing when said non-corrosive zipper portion is in said closed position.
A method for making a breathable chest wader having a relief outlet, the method comprising:
- forming a vertical slit in a chest wader;
- coupling a waterproof, non-corrosive zipper having a cloth portion and a zipper portion to the breathable chest wader such that said zipper portion is exposed through said vertical slit and is exposed to an interior breathable shell surface of the chest wader, said zipper portion being capable of moving between an open position and a closed position, wherein said closed position prevents leakage of water to the interior of the chest wader and to a wearer's underclothing through said zipper portion;
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- sealing said cloth portion of said waterproof, non-corrosive zipper to said interior breathable shell surface of the chest wader to prevent leakage of water from the exterior of the chest wader to the interior of the chest wader between said cloth portion and said interior breathable shell surface in said closed position.
A waterproof relief outlet in a chest wader comprising:
- a vertical slit cut in a front portion of the chest wader at a position in the vicinity of a wader crotch;
- a non-corrosive zipper coupled to and surrounded by an outer cloth portion, wherein said outer cloth portion is coupled to an interior breathable shell surface of the chest wader around said vertical slit such that said non-corrosive zipper is exposed to the exterior through said vertical slit, wherein said non-corrosive zipper portion is capable of movement from a closed position to an open position, wherein said non-corrosive zipper is in communication with a wearer's undergarments when in said closed position and wherein said non-corrosive zipper portion prevents water from entering the interior of the chest wader when said non-corrosive zipper portion is in said closed position;
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- a flap coupled to an exterior portion of the chest wader, said flap substantially covering said non-corrosive zipper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.