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Title: |
US7926122:
Pants with extended zipper
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Country: |
US United States of America

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Inventor: |
Countryman, Virginia; Dalton, GA, United States of America

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Assignee: |
None

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Published / Filed: |
2011-04-19
/ 2008-05-09

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Application Number: |
US2008000151789

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IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41D 1/06;
A41D 13/02;

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ECLA Code: |
A41D1/06; K41D15/00B; K41D300/322;

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U.S. Class: |
002/227;
002/234;

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Field of Search: |
002/78.2,79,219,405,408,235,227,234

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Priority Number: |
| 2008-05-09 |
US2008000151789 |
| 2007-05-11 |
US2007000928888P |

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Abstract: |
An article of clothing comprising a waistband adapted to extend around the user's waist. The waistband has a front area adapted to be worn on the front of the user and a rear area adapted to be worn on the rear of the user. A pair of leg members extend from the waistband, each of which is adapted to surround at least a portion of one of the user's legs and each of which has a distal end spaced apart from the waistband and an inseam extending between each distal end of the pair of leg members. The article also includes a short zipper extending between the front area of the waistband and a location near the inseam and an extended zipper extending between the pair of leg members from a location below the front area of the waistband to a location below the rear area of the waistband.

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Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C. ;

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Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Welch, Gary L; Anderson, Amber R

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INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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Parent Case: |
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS/PATENTS
This application relates back to and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application for Patent Ser. No. 60/928,888 dated May 11, 2007 and entitled “Pants With Extended Zipper.”

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First Claim:
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1. An article of clothing adapted to be worn on the lower portion of a user, said article of clothing comprising: (a) a waistband, said waistband being adapted to extend around the user in the area of the user's waist and having a front area adapted to be worn on the front of the user and a rear area adapted to be worn on the rear of the user; (b) a pair of leg members extending from the waistband, each of said pair of leg members being adapted to surround at least a portion of one of the user's legs and each of said pair of leg members having: (1) a distal end, said distal end being spaced apart from the waistband; and (2) an inseam extending between each distal end of the pair of leg members; (c) a short zipper, said short zipper extending between a location in the front area of the waistband and a location near the inseam of the article of clothing; (d) an extended zipper, said extended zipper extending between the pair of leg members from a location adjacent to the rear area of the waistband to a location adjacent to the front area of the waistband;
wherein a portion of the extended zipper is positioned adjacent to the short zipper such that both the portion of the extended zipper and the short zipper are located underneath a flap.

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