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US4215435:
Convertible trousers
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US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Miele, Joseph; Toms River, NJ 08753
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None
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| Published / Filed: |
1980-08-05
/ 1978-06-05
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| Application Number: |
US1978000912754
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| IPC Code: |
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A41D 15/00;
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IPC-7:
A41D 1/06;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41D15/00B; K41D400/70;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/227;
002/269;
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002/227;
002/269;
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| Field of Search: |
002/227,228,240,269,80,74
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| Priority Number: |
| 1978-06-05 |
US1978000912754 |
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| Abstract: |
Convertible trousers including a body portion configured to be placed on the lower half of a human torso in a conventional manner, a pair of leg portions for accommodating therein a pair of human legs, the leg portions each comprising a plurality of flexible interchangeable tubular elements, and means for selectively removeably securing the flexible interchangeable tubular elements coextensively together. The tubular elements may be joined to the body portion in various configurations to produce a garment of a variable length which may be altered to present several different visual appearances.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Farkas, Robert D. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Hunter, H. Hampton;
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| Parent Case: |
This application is a Continuation of prior U.S. application Ser. No. 763,414 filed on Jan. 28, 1977 and now abandoned.
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None
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First Claim:
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Having thus set forth the nature of the invention, what is claimed is:
1. Convertible trousers comprising a body portion configured to accommodate therein the lower half of a human torso, said body portion providing a pair of apertures to accommodate a pair of human legs disposed therethrough, a pair of leg portions for accommodating therein said pair of human legs, said leg portions each comprising a plurality of flexible interchangeable tubular elements each having an uppermost edge and a lowermost edge, and means for selectively removably securing each of said uppermost edges to a lowermost edge of one of said tubular elements including a plurality of male snaps and a plurality of cooperating female snaps, said plurality of male snaps being fixedly secured adjacent to the lowermost edges of each of said plurality of tubular elements and to said body portion adjacent said apertures thereof, said plurality of female snaps being fixedly secured adjacent to the uppermost edges of each of said plurality of tubular elements, said plurality of male snaps and said plurality of female snaps being disposed in uniform spaced apart relationship and being disposed removably engaged to one another, a portion of each of said plurality of male snaps being located on an exterior surface of said tubular elements, whereby said portion of said each of said plurality of male snaps is visually accessible when the remaining portion of said each of said plurality of male snaps are engaged to adjacent female snaps of said plurality of female snaps, each of said tubular elements being removeably securable to at least another one of said tubular elements, at least one of said plurality of tubular elements being affixable to said body portion adjacent said apertures located therein, several of said tubular elements being distinctive in visual appearance, one of said each of said tubular elements having another plurality of female snaps secured adjacent the lowermost edge thereof, whereby said lowermost edge and said uppermost edge of said one of said each of said tubular elements may be selectively secured to said lowermost edge of said another one of said tubular elements.
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