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Rain and waterproof body suit having flotation capabilitiesRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Guard Or Protector, Body Cover, Underwater Diver`s Body CoverRain and waterproof body suit having flotation capabilities description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060150292, Rain and waterproof body suit having flotation capabilities. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
[0001] This application is a continuation in part of patent application Ser. No. 10/872,017 filed Jun. 18, 2004 BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The invention relates generally to protective clothings but more particularly to a suit offering versatility by being wearable as a simple lightweight rainsuit as well as being usable as a flotation device especially useful for fishermen or even hunters. [0004] 2. Background of the Invention [0005] Several waterproof suits or rain suits have been invented over the years and they can roughly be divided in two categories: Waterproof suits used to protect against rain or against any types of environment where water sprinkling occurs and waterborne suits for immersion such as emergency suits used as flotation device by use of inflatable bladders. [0006] The prior art shows U.S. Pat. No. 5,918,314 by Moses which discloses a body suit liner removably attachable to an outer body suit. Glove liners are removably attachable to outer gloves. Foot cover liners are removably attachable to outer foot covers. A hood liner is removably attachable to an outer hood. The outer gloves are removably attachable to distal ends of outer body suit sleeves. The outer glove can be attached to the outer body suit sleeve whether or not the glove liner has been attached to the outer glove. The outer foot covers are removably attachable to distal ends of outer body suit legs. The outer foot cover can be attached to the outer body suit leg whether or not the foot cover liner has been attached to the outer foot cover. The outer hood is removably attachable to the outer body suit. The outer hood can be attached to the outer body suit whether or not the hood liner has been attached to the outer hood. The body suit liner, glove liner, foot cover liner and hood liner are constructed of material which is insulative and absorbent. The outer body suit, outer glove, outer foot cover, and outer hood are constructed of lightweight, waterproof material. In this invention, the suit acts as when wearing two sets of suits as is commonly done in cold and wet climates, that is a user would wear a woolen sweater for example when it is cold and put on a waterproof suit on top of hio sweater when it rains and it is cold. Or, the user would forego the woolen sweater to put on the waterproof suit when it is warm but wet and wear nothing when it is hot and dry. Moses' inventions merely takes that arrangement and makes it more practical by having a liner that is configured to fit nicely within a waterproof outside shell and provides attachment means between the liner and the outside shell especially for the mittens and such. The liner sleeves are always inside the outer sleeves when both suits are worn and always work dependent from each other when worn simultaneously, that is when the liner is worn along with the outer body suit. [0007] U.S. Pat. No. 4,038,698 by Smith shows a one-piece rainsuit with a water-repellant outer covering. The rainsuit includes a pair of adjustable legs and a torso and arm covering. The arm and legs of the wearer are slid into the leg and arm openings and a zipper extending from the neck of the garment to the bottom of the left leg closes the garment. An additional zipper on the right leg, when open, enables quick insertion of the leg, after which the zipper can be closed. Draw strings around the waist and neck of the garment can be drawn tight for additional securement. Cooperating snaps on the cuffs and arms of the garment make the interior of the garment watertight. A face mask is attached to a hood of the garment by snaps and includes a valve arrangement permitting the user to inhale and upon exhaling, the warm breath is directed to the interior of the rainsuit to warm the same. [0008] The drawback of these inventions is that because their gloves or mittens are snapped on or otherwise releasably attached to the rest of their sleeves, they cannot attain true watertightness. For heavy rainfall this can be adequate but for full immersion in a body of water, this can prove inadequate. Although watertight wrist rings are used for scuba diving dry suits, these devices are rather expensive. Hunters or woodsmen sometimes wish their could ford a river but if there is too much water or if they fall, water can penetrate certain areas of a suit that is not properly sealed. Because of that, they are limited to what they can do even in case of an emergency wherein fording a river is the only option. [0009] There is therefore a need for an inexpensive, practical watertight suit. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] It is a first object of this invention to provide for a suit that is usable as a rainsuit. [0011] It is a second object of this invention to provide for a suit that is usable as a waterproof immersion suit. [0012] It is a third object of this invention to provide for a suit that is usable as a flotation device. [0013] It is a fourth object to provide for a suit that is inexpensive and offers great versatility. [0014] In order to do so, the present invention involves a suit using a thin lightweight waterproof fabric and a unique set of two pairs of sleeves with one pair offering an open end to expose the hands while the other pair of sleeves is terminated by integrated mittens, thus eliminating any infiltration of water at the wrists. For the legs, they are also sealed at the bottom, ending up somewhat like socks and being covered by tied up booties with soles. The leg part, though, is not new since many types of suits, including scuba diving dry suits make use of integrated socks with booties. The suit is itself a one piece jumpsuit with a sealed front zipper, an adjustable band around the waist and user inflatable bladders to provide floatability to the waterproof body suit. The band around the waist limits the spread of air being blown in so that most of the air stays at the upper part or trunk part of the body of the user. [0015] Each of the pair of standard sleeves and pair of watertight sleeves operate independently from each other, they are distinct and separate. Watertight zippered accesses located at the bottom of the watertight sleeves, just above the mittens, allow a user to draw out the standard sleeves. [0016] In one variant, the standard sleeves and the watertight sleeves are attached to a shoulder part of the waterproof body suit so as to present arms of a user two side-by-side paths to slide the arms into from that shoulder part. [0017] In another variant, the standard sleeves and the watertight sleeves are arranged so that the two standard sleeves and watertight sleeves are attached to the shoulder part so that they are one inside the other, thus offering only one path for the arms but presenting a sealed zippered access opening along the length of the watertight sleeves so that the user can draw out the standard sleeve so as to bring out his bare hand. [0018] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. [0019] In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. [0020] As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [0021] Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way. [0022] These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 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