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US 7,395,553 B2Granted
Wetsuit
AssigneePatagonia, Inc.
InventorTetsuya O'Hara
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Abstract
A wetsuit includes an outer layer and an inner layer. The inner layer is attached to the outer layer and includes a plurality of fibers having wool and being configured in a plurality of clusters. The inner layer also includes a plurality of interconnected channels. At least a portion of each channel is defined by a space between adjacent clusters. The wetsuit also includes an opening that is disposed on a rear side of the wetsuit. The wetsuit additionally includes at least one fastener that is connected to the opening to open and close the opening.
Claims20
A wetsuit comprising:
- an outer layer;
- and
- an inner layer attached to the outer layer, the inner layer comprising a plurality of closely spaced looped fibers disposed on a layer of fabric and configured in a plurality of spaced apart clusters to define a plurality of interconnected channels between the clusters;
- wherein a portion of each channel is defined by a first channel wall comprising looped fibers at an edge of a cluster, a second channel wall opposed to the first channel wall, the second channel wall comprising looped fibers at an edge of an adjacent cluster, and a channel bottom defined by the layer of fabric;
- and
- wherein each channel is wider than a space between adjacent looped fibers in each cluster.
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A wetsuit comprising:
- an outer layer;
- and
- an inner layer comprising:
- a first layer having an outer side and an inner side, the outer side of the first layer being attached to the outer layer;
- and
- looped fibers including wool, the looped fibers arranged on the first layer in a visible grid pattern defined by a plurality of interconnected channels between clusters of the looped fibers.
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A wetsuit comprising:
- an outer layer;
- an inner layer attached to the outer layer, the inner layer comprising a plurality of looped fibers comprising wool and configured in a plurality of spaced apart clusters arranged in a rectangular array to define a rectangular grid of interconnected channels between the plurality of clusters;
- an opening disposed on a rear side;
- and
- at least one fastener connected to the opening to open and close the opening.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.