Abstract: A unitary garment for enclosing the torso and at least the upper arms and legs of the wearer is provided and has a crotch portion, a collar portion, shoulder portions on opposite sides of the collar portion, sleeve portions projecting outwardly and downwardly from the shoulder portions and a front portion extending between the crotch and shoulder portions and interconnecting the sleeve, shoulder and leg portions. The front portion defines a vertical central opening therein having upper and lower ends the opening upwardly through the collar portion and terminating downwardly adjacent the crotch portion. The sleeve portions are joined to the front portion along vertical opposite sides zones of the front portion extending downwardly from the shoulder portions to approximately the mid-height chest level of the front portions.

Abstract: Easily removable and donnable pants. The pants employ a releasable seam along the outside of each leg and a plurality of separate hook and loop fastener segments distributed along the seam for closing the seam. The lowest fastener, at the bottom of the pant leg, offers less resistance than those above it. The highest fastener, at the waist of the pants, offers more resistance than those below it. The lowest and highest fasteners comprise tabs, to permit adjustment of the waist and ankles of the pants to the size of the wearer, while those in between preferably are wave shaped. Preferably, the waist and ankle are provided with elastic material to make those portions of the pants adjustable and snug.

Abstract: A combined pair of work trousers and safety harness includes a safety harness secured on a liner in the form of innerwear trousers. The buttocks support band of the harness has end portions which spiral up around the wearer's lower torso to above the wearer's waist in front and project out through slots below a waist belt in a pair of outerwear trousers. The buttocks support band ends are provided with structures which permit the harness to be attached to a safety line. Near those ends, the buttocks support band is secured to a waist belt of the outerwear trousers.

Abstract: An elastic garment stretched from the wearer's shoulders to the legs and encircling the wearer's legs with leg portions and having a crotch section covering the wearer's crotch and having a posterior opening which is covered by a posterior cover formed by an extension section which is attached to a waistband and extends from the waistband to the leg portions and the crotch section. To perform bodily functions, the wearer pushes the waistband downward which displaces the posterior cover thereby exposing the wearer's posterior through the posterior opening and displaces the crotch section to expose other private parts which are further exposed when the wearer assumes a sitting position. The garment remains stretched between the wearer's shoulders and legs and is easily returned to a normal wearing position upon standing and repositioning of the waistband to the wearer's waist.

Abstract: A body cover, or clothing, for athletes is disclosed. The body cover is comprised of a first material portion adapted to be placed over the anterior portion of the body of the athletes. The first material portion is comprised of a plurality of longitudinal, attached panels of "NEOPRENE" having a thickness of preferably from about 1 to 3 millimeters. The first material portion is waterproofed, provides insulation and wind protection, and is adapted to hold liquid against the anterior portion of the athlete's body such that the liquid absorbs body thermal energy. A second material portion adapted to be placed over the posterior portion of the body of the athlete is comprised of a plurality of longitudinal, attached panels of "LYCRA". The second material portion allows evaporation of liquid on the posterior portion of the body of the athlete and radiation of thermal energy therethrough. Third material portions attach the first material portion and the second material portion to form the body covering.

Abstract: A concealed pocket assembly, and more particularly, a concealed pocket assembly which can be incorporated into swim wear, beach wear, active wear, exercise wear and related articles. The concealed pocket assembly is generally provided for incorporation into clothing. The concealed pocket assembly includes a pocket member attached to a fabric portion adjacent an edge of the opening of the pocket and in association with a lining portion of the garment.

Abstract: Each pant leg of a pair of firefighter pants is formed of a front section and a back section each of which is of one-piece construction. Both the inseam edge and the outseam edge of the front section of each pant leg bulge outwardly only at the knee portion and along only a minor portion of the edges to provide additional space at the knee portion of each pant leg.

Abstract: A restraining device is disclosed for maintaining an individual in a seated position in a chair or similar and providing containment and absorption of waste materials produced by the individual. An external garment portion with appearance similar to ordinary clothing for the lower portion of the body has opposing, closeable side slots, and straps extending from rear waistband portions of the garment are removably disposable through loops attached to front waistband portions of the garment and tied behind the individual. A three-ply liner is attached to the interior of the garment, and a disposable, absorbent pad is removably attached to the interior of the liner.

Abstract: Shirred pants having a shirring on and along the entire length of front and rear centerlines of pant legs have a fancy appearance and an aesthetic effect improved by fine ripples in an adequate number provided over the whole length of the pants by the shirring. Such shirred pants are readily and economically fabricated from four longitudinally extended quarters per pant leg, having an arcuate plane shape with a sideseam of a standard length of the pants or an inseam side of a standard under-crotch length, as a short arc, and with a centerline side of a length ranging 100-160% of the standard length, as a long arc. Front quarters and rear quarters are seamed together, respectively, at the centerline sides, to form front and rear halves of a pant leg which are then shirred along the entire length of the centerline to gather the long arc substantially to the standard length under a tensionless condition. With the thus shirred halves, the pants are made up according to a usual procedure.

Abstract: An improved medical garment is provided which consists of a flexible fabric shell for enveloping a portion of a body and two limbs of a patient. The flexible fabric shell has a first overlapping openable seam on the front covering the portion of the body, a second overlapping openable seam on a first side covering the first limb and a third overlapping openable seam on a second side covering the second limb. A first structure is for releasably fastening the first overlapping openable seam, so that the flexible fabric shell can be put on and taken off the body of the patient. A second structure is for releasably fastening the second overlapping openable seam for a quick easy access to the first limb. A third structure is for releasably fastening the third overlapping openable seam for a quick easy access to the second limb.

Abstract: A firefighter's turnout apparel comprises a pair of pants wherein knee joint areas of lower leg sections are formed to include bellows at the bend of the knee joints for increased protection, flexion range, and comfort. The bellows interconnect material above and below the joint sections to reduce tightness at the outside of the joint areas and material bunching at the inside of the joint areas, permitting freer flexibility and reduced compression of thermal material. Added material in the bellows which extends around the outer joint area, produces a slight bend in the material at these points results in the turnout apparel having a more natural and comfortable shape through the knee joint region, improving the thermal protection due to the reduced compression. Additional thermal protection is provided by inclusion of an additional thermal layer in the bellows. In addition to improved thermal protection, the bellows reduce cuff travel of the pants to provide better protection of the ankle areas.

Abstract: Fishing waders equipped with opening and closing means so as to allow a fisherman to urinate without having to draw the garment down. The opening is in the form of a tubular member which may be coiled to return the garment to a water impervious mode.

Abstract: A pair of reversible pants with a reversible front pocket arrangement and/or a reversible button fly arrangement is disclosed. The reversible pocket arrangement includes a pocket slot defined in the pants corresponding to a desired upper edge of each pocket, and a pocket flap corresponding to each pocket. The flap is attached to the pants and can extend down through the corresponding pocket slot so as to contact either surface of the pants. The flap has a first surface and an opposing second surface, with a first pouch formed on the flap first surface and a second pouch formed on the flap second surface. The reversible fly arrangement includes a first fly panel and a second fly panel, each having buttonholes that align when the two panels overlap.

Abstract: An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower-body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and an upper-body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (58) encircles the legs (24), and side bands (58) are affixed to the reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer's feet, creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook-and-loop tapes (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer's waist and similarly adjustable knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit and the looped bands create a resistance to movement which provides exercise to the wearer's muscles during physical activity.

Abstract: An orthopedic pant garment consisting of identical front and rear panels wherein the outer edges of at least one of the garment leg portions is releasably interconnected by fasteners, preferably of the hook and loop type. The fasteners are spaced from each other to provide medical apparatus access to the wearer's leg or hip and as the entire vertical length of a leg portion may be opened at its outer edge by releasing the fasteners, full access to the leg is possible while preserving the patient's modesty and dignity.

Abstract: A wet suit has a lower trunk portion, leg portions integral with the lower trunk portion, upper trunk and neck portions, and first and second arm portions integral with the upper trunk and neck portions, and includes the upper trunk and neck portions including a first section integral with the first arm portion and a second section integral with the second arm portion, the sections defining a split that extends therebetween, downwardly and sidewardly, to terminate at a locus in sidewardly offset relation to the center of the lower trunk portion; and connector structure on the sections to interconnect them along the length of the split, and protective structure to protect the connector structure.

Abstract: A garment adapted to be worn by individuals to assist in weight reduction by reducing body fat. The garment is constructed in various sizes for use by various sized individuals and constructed in a model for use by males and a model for use by females. The garment includes readily attachable and detachable components to facilitate use of the garment and to enable certain portions of the human anatomy to be reduced while other portions are not. The garment is constructed of three layers of material with the inner layer being an absorbent fabric such as cotton, the middle or central layer being a flexible moisture impervious sheet such as vinyl and the outer layer being an attractive, breatheable and elastic-type fabric material such as terry cloth or other wash and wear fabric materials with the garment being launderable and effective for maintaining body heat which assists in reduction of body fat during exercise periods and the like.

Abstract: A protective fireproof outfit includes an overall garment in combination with an undershirt and hood. The overall garment is comprised of an outer fabric layer of fireproof yarn and a plurality of mesh liner portions sewn in the outer layer in those areas requiring greater protection. At least one layer of netting and one or more additional layers of lining may also be secured in areas requiring greater protection. The lining material is also made of fireproof yarn and all layers of material are highly permeable to the passage of air to facilitate the transfer of heat. The hood and undershirt may also be of mesh fireproof material with selected lining portions of fireproof material, all of which are highly permeable to the passage of air.

Abstract: A one-piece protective garment of the type affording barrier and thermal protection against hot and/or corrosive liquids. The garment includes a generally continuous outer shell of woven aramid fabric covered by a liquid impervious layer and a corresponding inner multilayer thermally insulating liner inside of the outer shell. The inner liner is fabricated from at least one layer of low density nonwoven fabric fastened to a woven fabric. An elongated leg inseam opening is provided on the underside of the torso portion of the liner fabric and which extends from the position of the wearer's crotch downwardly into and along the inside of each leg. The garment also has an underarm inseam opening under and partially around each arm of the liner extending upwardly from the position of the wearer's armpit along the front and back seam between the sleeve and the torso portion of the inner liner.

Abstract: An improved suspender support arrangement for firefighter's trousers provides more even support for the inner liner and the outer shell of turnout pants. First fasteners, buttons or studs in two illustrated embodiments, are secured to the waist area of the inner liner of the turnout pants for receiving loop fasteners of a set of suspenders. Second fasteners, buttons or sockets in the two illustrated embodiments, are secured to the waist area of the outer shell of the turnout pants at a plurality of locations therearound. The second fasteners are aligned with and receive the first fasteners such that the set of suspenders supports both the inner liner and the outer shell of the turnout pants. In a third embodiment, suspenders are affixed to the inner liner which is in turn removably attached to the outer shell. The apparatus ensures that the turnout pants include an inner liner since the set of suspenders cannot be secured to the turnout pants without an inner liner.

Abstract: A concealed pocket assembly, and more particularly, a concealed pocket assembly which can be incorporated into swim wear, beach wear, active wear, exercise wear and related articles. The concealed pocket assembly is generally provided for incorporation into clothing. The concealed pocket assembly includes a pocket member attached to a fabric portion adjacent an edge of the opening of the pocket and in association with a lining portion of the garment.

Abstract: An expanded waistband device that is affixed to a garment, worn about the waist, that has a selectively closeable seam such as a zipper or the like. A flap of material, held in place by mechanical fasteners, is used to span a seam that cannot be closed due to the physique of a wearer. The flap of material adds material to the waistband of the garment, expanding the size of the garment, allowing it to be comfortably worn. The expanded waistband device can be retrofitted onto undersized clothes and manufactured as part of new clothes to provide a custom fit to people with large abdominal regions.

Abstract: A jumpsuit with a dropseat panel concealed by a folded pocket panel. When the dropseat is opened, the upper free edge of the pocket has a length selected such that it controls movement of the dropseat panel and its attached waistband, maintaining the waistband in contact with the wearer's body whereby the waistband cannot fall into a toilet.

Abstract: A compression sport pant is disclosed having pad pockets which are constructed in a manner to prevent early failure of the fabric of the garment to which the pockets are attached. The upper corners of the hip and tailbone pockets are anchored to the waistband, and the ends of the pocket seams are spaced sufficiently below the waistband to provide a region of the garment below the waistband that is free to stretch without exceeding its elastic limit in response to the pull on the waistband which will occur when a wearer puts on the pant.

Abstract: An improved garment is provided for a wearer. The garment includes a plurality of flexible, non-airtight garment modules having pockets. A plurality of flexible, water-resistant inserts are provided that are capable of being placed in and removed from the pockets. Preferably, the pockets of the garment modules and the water-resistant inserts for the pockets cover nearly the entire garment module. Because the pockets and the pocket inserts extend up to the edge regions, the edge regions serve, in effect, as flexible joints between adjacent pockets with their respective inserts.

Abstract: A safety hunter's garment that permits the selective interchangeability of camouflage on the garment to a plurality of bands of Hunter's orange, the blazing fluorescent orange by simply reversing the bands to expose or cover the selected mode. An arrangement of a plurality of fasteners on a band of opposed materials of camouflage and Hunter's orange enables this exchange.

Abstract: A firefighter's trousers of the type constructed of firefighting protective material. The firefighter's trousers have a torso section and a pair of leg sections. The torso section and the leg sections are joined by one or more panels which form a crotch region in the firefighter's trousers. Therefore, there is no conventional center seam in the crotch region, and the life of the firefighter's trousers is enhanced. Also, during leg movement of the firefighter who wears the firefighter's trousers there is no strain between the leg sections and the torso section. Therefore, the firefighter's trousers of the invention minimize the stress upon the firefighter and the comfort in the wearing of the firefighter's trousers is enhanced.

Abstract: A process or method for altering pants so that they can be used either as shorts or long pants. The process comprises taking a pair of long pants and marking a predetermined length for shorts around the circumference of the legs at the predetermined length. Permanently attaching a first fastener strip to the circumference of the leg of the pants at the predetermined length for shorts. Cutting the first fastener strip and pants along the center of the first fastener strip so that the first fastener strip is cut in half at its center and the pants are cut leaving two separate severed lower leg portions which have half of the first fastener strips at the top edge and an upper pants portion forming shorts which has half of the first fastener strip at the bottom edge of each leg portion of the shorts. Taking a second fastener strip and attaching it to the first fastener strip at the bottom edge of each leg of the shorts to form shorts.

Abstract: Bi-waisted trousers conform to and comfortably grip the hips of a stout person without requiring a belt or hitching by the person. The bi-waisted trousers have front and back panels with respective waistbands located such that the front waistband is parallel to and approximately 2.5 inches lower around the hips than the back waistband. An elastic dart is placed on the opposite sides of the trousers between the front and back panels. An adjustable strap may be placed across one or both darts.

Abstract: A firefighter's trousers and safety harness combination. At least a portion of the safety harness is positioned and supported within the firefighter's trousers. Preferably, the safety harness has connection parts which are exterior of the firefighter's trousers and which are connectible to a portion of the firefighter's trousers to secure the safety harness and the firefighter's trousers upon the firefighter who wears the trousers.

Abstract: An immersion suit having a neck band to fit around a neck and a seal at the neck. There is a thick band of closed cell foam on the interior of the neck band. The neck band and the closed cell foam can be compressed rapidly by a strap to ensure a seal when required. When a seal is not required, the foam is a relatively loose, comfortable fit around the neck of the wearer. In the preferred embodiment, the suit has an opening in the front extending to the top of the neck band to allow ingress and egress from the suit.

Abstract: A sports pants with protective pads includes a trunk and legs formed of elastically stretchable material with pockets in at least the hip and knee areas, and legs terminating in stirrup ends. At least groin, knee and hip areas have openable and closable pockets on interior surfaces of the pants for receipt of groin pads, hip pads, and knee pads of resilient foam material which are removable and replaceable in the pockets for protection of the wearer. The pads are removable for washing.

Abstract: A firefighter jacket of the type having an outer shell and an inner, removable liner includes a closure assembly having multiple layers of material in excess of the number required to provide sufficient thermal and moisture protection is improved in that the closure assembly is displaced from the central portion of the jacket to one side sufficiently to clear the high perspiration area of the central chest, whereby the high perspiration area is covered only by the minimum acceptable layers of material so that heat loss and perspiration evaporation through this area is not impeded excessively.

Abstract: A set of protective pants which includes a waist band for attachment around a waist of a wearer, a pair of leg portions affixed to the waist, each having a crotch edge extending from a front of said waist band to a rear thereof. The crotch edges are unconnected to each other so as to provide maximum freedom of movement.

Abstract: A knit fabric is made of a combination of a corespun yarn having a core of a resilient continuous filament yarn covered by a cotton fiber and a cotton yarn. These yarns are knit together in such a manner that one side of the knit fabric exposes only one of the yarns while the other side of the knit fabric exposes the knit combination of both yarns. The knit fabric is easily and comfortably manipulated while possessing improved mechanical properties such as strength, durability, and stretch and recovery.

Abstract: Previous types of armored safety workwear are too inflexible, heavy or expensive to be useful. The present invention provides an article of protective clothing comprising a flexible supporting material and a plurality of elongated coil springs held in close proximity to the surface of said supporting material at spaced locations. Preferably, the coil springs are free to rotate in relation to the supporting material. The coil springs are held in elongated pockets secured to the surface of said supporting material.

Abstract: An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and a upper body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (42) encircle the legs (24) and the side bands (58) are affixed to the respective reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer's feet creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook and loop tape (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer's waist and similarly adjusted knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit combined with the looped bands create a resistance to movement providing exercise to the wearer's muscles during physical activity.

Abstract: A wet suit pant that provides an easy method for being pulled on or taken off. The pant legs have a zipper from the ankle opening to the thigh or crotch area which opens from the ankle. When the zippers are open, the tight fitting pant can be easily pulled up to the waist as if they were shorts and then the legs zipped for a tight, warm fit. The pant has a top belt which wraps around the waist and is secured to support back muscles and kidneys. The back of the belt area has guards to protect the back from injury. The zipper feature allows use of knee pads, shin guards and other devices under the pant legs next to the body.

Abstract: The invention is a design of protective chaps to be worn over trousers to protect the user of a chain saw. The chaps are asymmetrical and angled to cover the left side of the user's right leg which is especially susceptible to injury.

Abstract: A garment for use in patient examinations where particular examinable areas remain covered until they are individually accessed or until the patient is placed in an examining position. The garment comprises an upper portion for receiving and covering the patient's upper body, and a trouser portion for receiving and covering the patient's lower body. There is also provided upper access means located on the upper portion for exposing an upper examinable area, and lower access means located on the trouser portion for exposing a lower examinable area.

Abstract: A self-contained clothing system comprising a foundation garment, typefied by a shirt-jacket and a pant, and several removable components, typefied by a hood, a sleeved yoke, and two chaps, which, all together and in conjunction with normal undergarments, serve to protect the wearer from the elements in changing weather conditions. This versatility of function is achieved through a design which incorporates removable components, pockets to carry said removable components, adjustable ventilation openings, and the use of appropriate fabrics.

Abstract: A drop down cuff arrangement for pant legs or sleeves provides for lowering of a child's pant legs or sleeves and a cuff to cover the old seam so that it is no longer visible. The drop down cuff arrangement comprises a pant leg or sleeve having a high position wherein a first portion of the leg or sleeve includes a finished hem at the end to form a high position hemline, a cuff strip stitched to the outside of the leg or sleeve above the high position hemline, folded upwards away from the high position hemline, and held in place to the outside of the leg or sleeve by a removable attachment system and the pant leg or sleeve having a low position wherein the cuff strip is released from the removable attachment system and folded down over the high position hemline. In a second embodiment, the cuff strip is not held in place in the high position by a removable attachment system but by stiffening the cuff by way of patterned stitching applied thereon.

Abstract: An invalid garment made up of a shirt and trousers. The shirt has a slit down the back from the collar to the tail and a slit down each side from a waistband position to the tail. The trousers have the seat removed from the waistband to the crotch. The waistband can be attached by VELCRO. A slit is formed down the rear of each of the legs of the trousers and VELCRO is provided down the slit so that the trousers can be placed over the patient's lap and the waist band and slit legs can be attached, thereby fitting a patient with a shirt and trousers.

Abstract: A pants type garment is provided with a leg portion made from a substantially unitary stretchable piece of material which is symmetric about a center fold.Prior to being formed into the leg portion, said unitary piece of material defines a pattern containing a first V-shaped recessed cut and a second V-shaped recessed cut about the midpoint of the pattern where the crotch portion is to be located.The crotch is at the center fold of the pattern piece between the two V-shaped recessed cuts.The substantially rectangular upper portion is attached to the leg portion by a seam which runs along the first and second sides of the V-shaped recessed cuts.

Abstract: A weighted training garment comprising a pair of shorts having portions which surround each thigh area of the user supplied with weights contained in a cuff-like device. The shorts are constructed of a fabric having substantially greater stretch in a direction lateral to the vertical axis of the wearer's body using fibers such as spandex, nylon, and blends thereof. The cuff device includes a series of weight containing compartments which are connected to one another by a flexible, elasticized fabric belt which stretches primarily in the lateral direction. The cuff devices are removably secured to the thigh portion of the shorts by "Velcro" fastening tape or other suitable fastening means. The weight containing compartments may also be openable and closeable to allow the addition or removal of weights and may also include fastening means of a type that they can be removably connected to the thigh portion of the shorts or to the cuff-like device.

Abstract: Personal protective clothing of the present invention is formed into a vest, a skirt, a cap, a coat or the like by using a surface-metallized fiber woven or knitted fabric. A conductive discharging yarn or fabric is electrically connected to the clothing, and a face cover or both a face cover and a backing are attached thereto. The operators of personal computers, word processors and the like can easily wear the clothing for the purpose of protecting their bodies from the electromagnetic waves generated.

Abstract: A protective garment such as a coat or trousers adapted to be worn by firefighters and the like includes a torso-covering portion and an appendage-covering portion connected to the torso-covering portion, the appendage-covering portion having a generally rectangular aperture adapted to be positioned about at least a portion of a flexible joint of the appendage. The aperture has two significant dimensions perpendicular to each other and with a periphery and is filled with an insert secured to the appendage-covering portion about its periphery. The insert has a dimension in one direction which is greater than the dimension of the aperture in the same direction when the insert is secured in the aperture.

Abstract: A water sport suit for barefoot water skiing is made of waterproof material and has a back portion including a seat portion of a nylon fabric having an interior coating of polyurethane. A heat and stress resistant patch of nylon 1 neoprene or nylon 2 neoprene is adhesively secured by a flexible waterproof neoprene cement to the seat portion of the suit over the entire area of the patch and is stitched to the seat portion at its perimeter.

Abstract: An insulated all weather garment in male and female configuration is disclosed which includes an internal waterproof layer having sealed .[.stitching.]. .Iadd.seams, .Iaddend.protecting the upper legs and lower torso of a wearer from moisture penetrating from the outdoor atmosphere.

Abstract: Disclosed is a wader for use in fishing and other activities having a body portion covering the lower body (including the legs, feet, hips, and waist of the wearer), and a chest portion normally folded inside the body portion but extendable upward about the chest, but not the shoulders of the wearer. The chest portion is preferably held about the chest by a drawstring, such as an elastic drawstring, and is advantageously biased into the lowered position inside the body portion by mans of a seam joining the two portions.