Maternity blouse with interchangeable front panels

Claim 1

A MATERNITY BLOUSE COMPRISING A FLARING, TUBULAR BODY HAVING FRONT AND REAR SECTIONS, SAID FRONT SECTION INCLUDING TWO GENERALLY RECTANGULAR FRONT PANELS, EACH OF SAID PANELS HAVING LATERAL INNER AND OUTER EDGES, AN UPPER EDGE AND A LOWER EDGE, QUICK DETACHABLE FASTENER MEANS ON THE OUTER EDGES OF EACH SAID PANELS, SAID OUTER EDGES HAVING UPPER PORTIONS DEFINING PORTIONS OF ARMHOLES OF SAID BODY, THE UPPER EDGE OF EACH PANEL DEFINING A PORTION OF A NECKLINE OF SAID BODY, AND OTHER QUICK DETACHABLE FASTENER MEANS ON THE INNER EDGES OF THE PANELS FOR DETACHABLY ENGAGING THE INNER EDGES OF THE PANELS TOGETHER; SAID REAR SECTION HAVING A SINGLE GENERALLY RECTANGULAR REAR PANEL WITH OPPOSING OUTSIDE EDGES, AND OPPOSING TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, THE OUTSIDE EDGES HAVING UPPER PORTIONS DEFINING OTHER PORTIONS OF THE ARMHOLES OF SAID BODY, THE TOP EDGE OF THE REAR SECTION DEFINING ANOTHER PORTION OF THE NECKLINE OF SAID BODY, AND FURTHER QUICK DETACHABLE MEANS ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE REAR PANEL FOR DETACHABLY ENGAGING THE FASTENER MEANS ON THE OUTER EDGES RESPECTIVELY OF THE FRONT PANELS, EACH OF THE FRONT PANELS HAVING AN UPPER NARROW EXTENSION, FASTENER MEANS AT THE ENDS OF THE NARROW EXTENSIONS, SAID REAR SECTION HAVING OTHER UPPER NARROW EXTENSIONS WITH OTHER FASTENER MEANS THEREON DETACHABLY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE FASTENER MEANS AT THE ENDS OF THE NARROW EXTENSIONS OF THE FRONT PANELS, WHEREBY SAID SECTIONS ARE DETACHABLY SECURED TOGETHER FOR SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF ANY OF THE PANELS BY A DIFFERENT PANEL, THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FRONT PANEL AND THE UPPER PORTIONS OF THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE REAR PANEL BEING CURVED SO THAT THE ARMHOLES OF SAID BODY ARE ROUND, THE FASTENER MEANS ON THE OUTER EDGES OF THE FRONT PANELS AND THE FASTENER MEANS ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES OF THE REAR PANEL BEING MATING SNAP FASTENER ELEMENTS, THE BOTTOM EDGES OF THE REAR PANEL BEING LONGER THAN THE TOP EDGES SO THAT THE REAR PANEL HAS A FLARING FORM, THE TOP EDGES OF THE FRONT AND REAR PANELS AND INNER SIDE EDGES OF THE PANEL EXTENSIONS BEING CURVED TO DEFINE A CONTINUOUS CURVED NECKLINE, THE LOWER EDGES OF THE FRONT PANELS BEING LONGER THAN THE UPPER EDGES THEREOF, SO THAT THE ENTIRE BODY IS WIDER AT THE BOTTOM THEREOF THAN AT THE NECKLINE.