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EP2348904B1
EP2348904B1 EP09785544A EP09785544A EP2348904B1 EP 2348904 B1 EP2348904 B1 EP 2348904B1 EP 09785544 A EP09785544 A EP 09785544A EP 09785544 A EP09785544 A EP 09785544A EP 2348904 B1 EP2348904 B1 EP 2348904B1
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arm
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John Bickel
Tuerena William
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Esizip Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/012—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches for aquatic activities, e.g. with buoyancy aids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63C—LAUNCHING, HAULING-OUT, OR DRY-DOCKING OF VESSELS; LIFE-SAVING IN WATER; EQUIPMENT FOR DWELLING OR WORKING UNDER WATER; MEANS FOR SALVAGING OR SEARCHING FOR UNDERWATER OBJECTS
    • B63C11/00—Equipment for dwelling or working underwater; Means for searching for underwater objects
    • B63C11/02—Divers' equipment
    • B63C11/04—Resilient suits
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/12—Surgeons' or patients' gowns or dresses
    • A41D13/129—Donning facilities, e.g. characterized by the opening
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2400/00—Functions or special features of garments
    • A41D2400/44—Donning facilities

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  • This invention relates to a garment.
  • Skin-tight garments such as wetsuits are notoriously difficult to put on, and pose particular difficulties for those who are inflexible and / or have physical disability.
  • US 3,771,169 discloses a shirt or jacket and pants for use as a diver's wet suit, which is provided with a system of zippers to allow the garment to be comfortably worn out of the water.
  • FR 2863456 discloses aerodynamic sportwear, including pants.
  • the pants have a zipper that opens up the lower leg to facilitate boot shoes, and another zipper is also provided on the upper leg.
  • a skin-tight garment according to the appended claim 1.
  • Embodiments of the first aspect are provided according to the appended claims 2 to 8.
  • the skin-tight garment is in the form of a wet suit having a body portion; arms portions and an arm zip extending from the distal end of an arm portion and terminating at a neck area of the body portion.
  • the arm zip(s) may extend along the outer profile of an arm portion.
  • Such a garment may further comprise leg portions and a leg zip extending from the hip area of the body portion to the end of a leg portion. Ideally, there are two such leg zips, one for each leg portion. Furthermore, when worn, the leg zip(s) may extend from a hip area along the outer profile of a leg portion.
  • leg zips further enables a skin-tight wetsuit to be more readily put on and taken off.
  • a garment of the above type may have arm portions extending to the wrist and / or leg portions extending to the ankle, or be a "shorty", i.e. have arm portions extending only part way along the arm and / or leg portions extending only part way along the leg.
  • a skin-tight garment in the form of a wet suits according to the appended claim 9.
  • Embodiments of the second aspect are provided according to the appended claims 10 to 15.
  • the garment has a body portion; arm portions; and at least one pair of arm zips wherein the or each pair of arm zips extends along an arm portion in respective opposite directions from an elbow region of that arm portion.
  • each arm zip may extend from the elbow to the neck area of the body portion and the other arm zip may extend from the elbow to the distal end of the arm portion.
  • each arm zip for an arm portion may extend along the outer profile of that arm portion.
  • the inventor has realised that provision of such pairs of arm zips for an arm portion enables a skin-tight wetsuit to be more readily put on and taken off.
  • each leg zip may extend along the outer profile of a leg portion.
  • leg zips for a leg portion further enables a skin-tight wetsuit to be more readily put on and taken off.
  • a wet suit 10 having a body portion 11, arm portions 12, 12' extending to the wrist 14, 14' and leg portions 15, 15' extending to the ankle 17, 17'.
  • arm zips 13, 13' which when closed extend from the neck area of the body portion 11 to the end of respective arm portions.
  • the arm zips 13, 13' are permanently retained at the end of an arm portion 12, 12' and closed by drawing the zip up from the end of an arm portion to the neck area of the body portion 11.
  • leg zips 16, 16' which when closed extend from the hip areas of the body portion 11 to the end of respective leg portions.
  • leg zips 13, 13' are permanently retained at the hip areas of the body portion 11 and are closed by drawing the zip down towards respective ends of the leg portions.
  • Exploded views A and B shown the neck area and ankle area in greater detail and illustrate arm zip 13' and leg zip 16' protected by respective flaps 19, 18 which may be releasibly secured to the garment by Velcro ®.
  • a wet suit 10 having a body portion 11, arm portions 12, 12' extending to the wrist 14, 14' and leg portions 15, 15' extending to the ankle 17, 17'.
  • Exploded views A and B shown the neck area and ankle area in greater detail and illustrate arm zip 13' and leg zip 23' protected by respective flaps 19, 18 which may be releasibly secured to the garment by Velcro ®.

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  • Ocean & Marine Engineering (AREA)
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Claims (15)

  1. Vêtement moulant (10) se présentant sous la forme d'une combinaison ayant une partie de corps (11) ; des parties de bras (12, 12') ; et une fermeture éclair de bras (13, 13'), caractérisé en ce que la fermeture éclair de bras s'étend à partir de l'extrémité distale d'une partie de bras et se termine au niveau d'une région de cou de la partie de corps, dans lequel les deux côtés de la fermeture éclair de bras (13, 13') restent fixés de manière permanente l'un par rapport à l'autre au niveau de l'extrémité distale d'une partie de bras et sont fermés en tirant la fermeture éclair à partir de l'extrémité distale d'une partie de bras (12, 12') jusqu'à la région de cou d'une partie de corps.
  2. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre une autre fermeture éclair des fermetures éclair de bras (13, 13'), dans lequel chaque fermeture éclair de bras s'étend à partir de l'extrémité distale d'une partie de bras (12, 12') respective et se termine au niveau de la région de cou de la partie de corps (11).
  3. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 1 ou la revendication 2, dans lequel, lorsqu'il est porté, la ou chaque fermeture éclair de bras (13, 13') s'étend le long du profil externe d'une partie de bras (12, 12').
  4. Vêtement (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel, lorsqu'il est porté, les parties de bras s'étendent jusqu'au poignet (14, 14').
  5. Vêtement (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comprenant en outre des parties de jambe (15, 15') et une fermeture éclair de jambe (16, 16') s'étendant à partir de la région de hanche de la partie de corps (11) jusqu'à l'extrémité d'une partie de jambe.
  6. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 5, comprenant deux fermetures éclair de jambe (16, 16'), dans lequel chaque fermeture éclair de jambe s'étend à partir d'une région de hanche de la partie de corps (11) jusqu'à l'extrémité d'une partie de jambe (15, 15') respective.
  7. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 5 ou la revendication 6, dans lequel, lorsqu'il est porté, la ou chaque fermeture éclair de jambe (16, 16') s'étendant à partir d'une région de hanche de la partie de corps (11) jusqu'à l'extrémité d'une partie de jambe (15, 15') s'étend le long du profil externe d'une partie de jambe.
  8. Vêtement (10) selon l'une quelconque des revendications 5 à 7, dans lequel, lorsqu'il est porté, les parties de jambe (15, 15') s'étendent jusqu'à la cheville.
  9. Vêtement moulant (10) se présentant sous la forme d'une combinaison, ayant une partie de corps (11) ; des parties de bras (12, 12') ; et au moins une paire de fermetures éclair de bras (13 & 21 ; 13' & 21'), caractérisé en ce que la ou chaque paire de fermetures éclair de bras s'étend le long d'une partie de bras dans des directions opposées respectives à partir d'une région de coude (20, 20') de cette partie de bras, et dans lequel les deux côtés de la ou de chaque paire de fermetures éclair de bras (13, 13') restent fixés de manière permanente au niveau de la région de coude et sont fermés en éloignant les fermetures éclair de bras de la partie de coude.
  10. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 9, comprenant deux paires de fermetures éclair de bras (13 & 21 ; 13' & 21') pour des parties de bras (12, 12') respectives.
  11. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 10, dans lequel, pour chaque paire de fermetures éclair de bras (13 & 21 ; 13' & 21'), une fermeture éclair de bras (13, 13') s'étend à partir de la région de coude (20, 20') jusqu'à la région de cou de la partie de corps (11) et l'autre fermeture éclair de bras (21, 21') s'étend à partir du coude jusqu'à l'extrémité distale (14, 14') de la partie de bras.
  12. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 10 ou la revendication 11, dans lequel chaque fermeture éclair de bras (13 & 21 ; 13' & 21') s'étend le long du profil externe d'une partie de bras.
  13. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 9, comprenant en outre deux paires de fermetures éclair de jambe (16, 23 ; 16', 23') pour des parties de jambe (15, 15') respectives.
  14. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 13, dans lequel, pour chaque paire de fermetures éclair de jambe (16 & 23 ; 16' & 23'), chaque fermeture éclair de jambe (16, 16') s'étend à partir d'un genou (22, 22') jusqu'à une région de hanche de la partie de corps (11), et l'autre fermeture éclair de jambe (23, 23') s'étend à partir du genou jusqu'à l'extrémité distale (17, 17') d'une partie de jambe.
  15. Vêtement (10) selon la revendication 13 ou la revendication 14, dans lequel chaque fermeture éclair de jambe (16 & 23 ; 16' & 23') s'étend le long du profil externe d'une partie de jambe.
EP09785544A 2008-10-31 2009-08-28 Vêtement Not-in-force EP2348904B1 (fr)

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GB0819998A GB2453265B (en) 2008-10-31 2008-10-31 A garment
GB0906147A GB2458034B (en) 2009-04-09 2009-04-09 A garment
PCT/GB2009/051083 WO2010049711A1 (fr) 2008-10-31 2009-08-28 Vêtement

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EP2348904A1 EP2348904A1 (fr) 2011-08-03
EP2348904B1 true EP2348904B1 (fr) 2012-11-21

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CN (1) CN102196738A (fr)
AU (1) AU2009309500B2 (fr)
CA (1) CA2741614A1 (fr)
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AU2009309500B2 (en) 2014-03-20
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AU2009309500A1 (en) 2010-05-06
EP2348904A1 (fr) 2011-08-03
CA2741614A1 (fr) 2010-05-06
US20110191929A1 (en) 2011-08-11
WO2010049711A1 (fr) 2010-05-06
CN102196738A (zh) 2011-09-21

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