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Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-12-22
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Granted: 1964-08-25
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Expires: 1981-12-22
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Gladys A Melton

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-30 04:09
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41B; A41B13/00; A41B13/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 254 words
ADJUSTABLE PANTS COMPRISING: A REAR PANEL, SIDE PANELS, AND A CROTCH PANEL ATTACHED TO SAID REAR PANEL AND WHEN IN USE EXTENDING THROUGH THE CROTCH OF THE WEARER AND HAVING A FORWARD END WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY IN FRONT OF THE USER IN LAPPING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SIDE PANELS, SAID SIDE PANELS HAVING FORWARD EDGES WHICH OVERLAP ONE ANOTHER IN USE, UPPER AND LOWER SETS OF SIDE PANEL FIRST PAIRS OF MUTUALLY COOPERATIVE FASTENERS ON SAID OVERLAPPING EDGES OF SAID SIDE PANELS, SAID UPPER SET OF PAIRS BEING SPACED APART HORIZONTALLY AND ALIGNED IN A HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT ROW AND SAID LOWER SET OF PAIRS BEING HORIZONTALLY SPACED AN EQUAL HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO SAID UPPER PAIR AND BEING ALSO ALIGNED IN A HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT ROW, SAID FASTENERS BEING SO ARRANGED THAT A FASTENER ON ONE OF SAID OVERLAPPING SIDE PANELS AND IN ONE OF SAID SETS CAN BE CONNECTED WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE FASTENERS OF THE SAME SET WHICH ARE ON THE OTHER PANEL WHEREBY THE HORIZONTAL SIZE OF THE PANTS IS ADJUSTABLE, UPPER AND LOWER CROTCH PANEL ATTACHMENT FASTENERS, SAID CROTCH PANEL ATTACHMENT FASTENERS BEING ARRANGED ON THE CROTCH PANEL AND ALSO ON THOSE PARTS OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID PANTS WHICH ARE LAPPED BY SAID CROTCH PANEL IN POSITIONS FOR FIXING SAID CROTCH PANEL TO THOSE PARTS OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID PANTS WHICH LP SAID CROTCH PANEL IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE HORIZONTAL SIZE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID PANTS ESTABLISHED BY A SELECTED AMOUNT OF OVERLAPPING OF SAID SIDE PANELS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 254 words
ADJUSTABLE PANTS COMPRISING: A REAR PANEL, SIDE PANELS, AND A CROTCH PANEL ATTACHED TO SAID REAR PANEL AND WHEN IN USE EXTENDING THROUGH THE CROTCH OF THE WEARER AND HAVING A FORWARD END WHICH EXTENDS UPWARDLY IN FRONT OF THE USER IN LAPPING RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID SIDE PANELS, SAID SIDE PANELS HAVING FORWARD EDGES WHICH OVERLAP ONE ANOTHER IN USE, UPPER AND LOWER SETS OF SIDE PANEL FIRST PAIRS OF MUTUALLY COOPERATIVE FASTENERS ON SAID OVERLAPPING EDGES OF SAID SIDE PANELS, SAID UPPER SET OF PAIRS BEING SPACED APART HORIZONTALLY AND ALIGNED IN A HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT ROW AND SAID LOWER SET OF PAIRS BEING HORIZONTALLY SPACED AN EQUAL HORIZONTAL DISTANCE TO SAID UPPER PAIR AND BEING ALSO ALIGNED IN A HORIZONTAL STRAIGHT ROW, SAID FASTENERS BEING SO ARRANGED THAT A FASTENER ON ONE OF SAID OVERLAPPING SIDE PANELS AND IN ONE OF SAID SETS CAN BE CONNECTED WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE FASTENERS OF THE SAME SET WHICH ARE ON THE OTHER PANEL WHEREBY THE HORIZONTAL SIZE OF THE PANTS IS ADJUSTABLE, UPPER AND LOWER CROTCH PANEL ATTACHMENT FASTENERS, SAID CROTCH PANEL ATTACHMENT FASTENERS BEING ARRANGED ON THE CROTCH PANEL AND ALSO ON THOSE PARTS OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID PANTS WHICH ARE LAPPED BY SAID CROTCH PANEL IN POSITIONS FOR FIXING SAID CROTCH PANEL TO THOSE PARTS OF THE REMAINDER OF SAID PANTS WHICH LP SAID CROTCH PANEL IN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS CORRESPONDING TO THE HORIZONTAL SIZE ADJUSTMENT OF SAID PANTS ESTABLISHED BY A SELECTED AMOUNT OF OVERLAPPING OF SAID SIDE PANELS.

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