Classifications

• • 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
• • 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
  • A41D13/02—Overalls, e.g. bodysuits or bib overalls
• • 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
  • A41D2400/00—Functions or special features of garments
  • A41D2400/44—Donning facilities
• • 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
  • B63C2011/046—Wet suits, or diving vests; Equipment therefor

Definitions

• the invention relates to clothing, in particular water sports clothing, such as that which is generally called coveralls and which is very particularly suitable for the practice of nautical or underwater activities such as surfing, windsurfing, diving, etc.
• These combinations generally comprise a main part which covers the bust, a front face of this part covering the anterior part of the thorax, and the rear face covering the back.
• This main part which covers the bust has openings for the passage of the arms, legs and head.
• the garment may include sleeves and legs to cover the upper limbs and the lower limbs, respectively. It may also include, at the level of the orifice for the passage of the head, a collar or a hood.
• These garments are generally made from flexible and elastic materials so as to best fit the shape of the body without hampering movement.
• These materials can for example be elastic fabrics (such as fabrics comprising of elastane) or polychloroprene foams (known under the registered trademark “Neoprene”), these materials being able to be assembled together in different places of the same garment.
• these garments may offer protection against the cold, against impact, against the sun, etc.
• closing means are often a source of discomfort for the person wearing the suit, either due to poor positioning, or due to the lack of elasticity of these closing means compared with the elasticity of the material constituting the combination. This appears today all the more so since, in recent years, materials such as polychloroprene foams with very high elasticity have appeared which bring out the lack of elasticity of the closure means, in particular zippers.
• the invention provides a garment comprising a part forming a bust which has a front face and a rear face and which is provided with orifices for passage of the head, legs and arms, and of the type comprising an opening under the shape of a cutout provided with closure means, characterized in that the cutout comprises a curved section which extends from the front face towards the rear face bypassing the orifice for passage of the head and passing through a shoulder of the bust part.
• FIGS. 1A and 1B are respectively views of the front and rear faces of 'a first embodiment of the invention
• Figures 2A, 2B and 3A, 3B are views similar to those of Figures 1A, 1B illustrating two other embodiments of the invention.
• a combination 10 which has a main portion 12 covering the bust of a user.
• This part 12 forming a bust thus comprises a front face 14 covering the front part of the torso and a rear face 16 covering the back.
• This part has shoulders 18 on either side of an orifice 20 for passage of the head.
• the orifice 20 for passage of the head has the form of a tubular flange 34 which is intended to go up along the user's neck
• the combination is for example made essentially of polychloroprene foam, in the form of panels assembled together. These panels may have different thicknesses or characteristics depending on their positioning on the garment.
• the combination may also include panels of different materials, for example in the form of elastic fabrics.
• the suit is preferably a wet suit perfectly adjusted to the body of the user.
• the closure means are for example formed by a slide fastener of the rack type or of the spiral spring type.
• the cutout forming the opening 26, and also the associated closure means comprises a curved section 28 which extends from the front face 14 to the rear face 16 passing through a shoulder 18.
• the curved section forms the front end of the cutout 26, but it is extended on the rear face by a terminal section 32 which extends vertically downwards from the rear end of the curved section 28.
• the front end of the curved section 28 is transversely to the center of the front face, substantially halfway between the collar 34 and the line of the armpits 36. this front end is therefore at the user's sternum region.
• the curved section of the cutout extends upwards and in the direction of a shoulder (the right shoulder in the illustrated case) in an initial direction inclined at an angle between 20 and 70 degrees relative to horizontally.
• the rear end of the cutout is arranged substantially in the region which, relative to the user, corresponds to the region of the back comprised between the two shoulder blades.
• the curved section 28 has, at its rear end, an inclination of between 45 and 70 degrees relative to the horizontal.
• the two sections 28, 32 are of course connected by a rounded portion.
• the curved section 28 does not have an inflection point, that is to say that its direction of curvature does not change over its length.
• the second embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B is provided with an opening 26, the curved section 28 of which extends at its front end beyond the sternum, in the direction of the left armpit 36, that is to say say in the direction of the armpit opposite the shoulder 18 through which the cutout 26 passes. Thanks to this longer cutout on the front face, it is possible to dispense with extending the curved section on the rear face. The cutting therefore ends at the back between the two shoulder blades of the user. In this embodiment, we see that the entire cut is located above the level of the armpit line 36. The entire cut is curved, with the same direction of curvature.
• the curved section 28 of the cutout 26 is extended at its front and rear ends by terminal sections 38, 40 which are also curved but whose the direction of curvature is reversed with respect to the direction of curvature of the section 28.
• the front end section 38 extends in the direction of the armpit 36 opposite, gradually tilting downwards.
• the rear end section 40 tilts down to finish substantially vertical at the center of the back, substantially at the level of the armpit line.
• the entire cutout 26 forming an opening is arranged in an upper region of the part 12 forming the bust of the suit. More precisely, this upper zone can be delimited downwards by the line of the armpits or by a line passing through the lower end of the sternum. This is made possible by the fact that the curved section ensures maximum extension of the opening in the transverse direction. The opening therefore does not need to extend in height over a large distance. However, by limiting the size in height of the opening, therefore the extent in height of the zipper, we limit the extent of the area of the combination whose stretching capacity is locked by the non-elastic nature closure means. Overall, the combination therefore remains sufficiently elastic to follow the movements of the user's body.
• the opening delimits a sort of flap which incorporates the neckline of the suit and which can pivot laterally.
• the opening is not limited only to a slot, it clears a large area to allow easy donning of the suit.

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