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US4190908A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Convertible garment

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1977-11-30
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Granted: 1980-03-04
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Expires: 1997-11-30
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Abstract

Abstract A convertible garment convertible to long pants that can be converted to short pants, and a skirt, to be worn separately, and if desired, convertible back to the original convertible garment, the long pants comprising a short pants having short leg enclosing sections, long leg enclosing sections, the lower edge of the long leg enclosing sections having a combined length substantially equal to the waist size length of the pants wearer, slide fasteners securing the upper edges of the long leg enclosing sections to the lower edges of the short leg enclosing sections, and slide fasteners securing the side edges of each long leg enclosing section to each other, wherein when all the fasteners are unfastened; the short pants can be assembled and secured together by the long leg enclosing section slide fasteners to provide a skirt, to be worn separately, and whose waist length is equal to the combined lengths of the long leg enclosing sections lower edges.

Inventors

  • 👤 Boris A. Herskind

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 10:47
CPC Classifications
A; A41; A41D; A41D1/00; A41D1/06; A41D15/00; A41D15/002; A41D15/02; A41D2400/00; A41D2400/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 283 words
A convertible garment for a wearer, convertible to long patns or to short pants and a skirt, said garment comprising said short pants, a pair of long leg enclosing sections, said short pants having a pair of short leg enclosing sections, each of said long leg enclosing sections being divided along its length to form two side edges, the lower edges of said pair of said long leg enclosing sections having a combined length substantially equal to the waist size of said wearer, said pair of long leg enclosing sections having a first mode with the upper edge of one of said long leg enclosing sections secured to the lower edge of one of said short leg enclosing sections and the upper edge of the other of said long leg enclosing sections secured to the lower edge of the other of said short leg enclosing sections and said two side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to each other and said two side edges of said other long leg enclosing section secured to each other to form said long patns, said pair of long leg enclosing sections having a second mode with one of said side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to one of said side edges of said other long leg enclosing section and the other of said side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to the other of said side edges of said other long leg enclosing section to form said skirt, said skirt having a waistband comprising said lower edges of said long leg enclosing sections, whereby said waistband has a size equal to the waist size of said wearer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 283 words
A convertible garment for a wearer, convertible to long patns or to short pants and a skirt, said garment comprising said short pants, a pair of long leg enclosing sections, said short pants having a pair of short leg enclosing sections, each of said long leg enclosing sections being divided along its length to form two side edges, the lower edges of said pair of said long leg enclosing sections having a combined length substantially equal to the waist size of said wearer, said pair of long leg enclosing sections having a first mode with the upper edge of one of said long leg enclosing sections secured to the lower edge of one of said short leg enclosing sections and the upper edge of the other of said long leg enclosing sections secured to the lower edge of the other of said short leg enclosing sections and said two side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to each other and said two side edges of said other long leg enclosing section secured to each other to form said long patns, said pair of long leg enclosing sections having a second mode with one of said side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to one of said side edges of said other long leg enclosing section and the other of said side edges of said one long leg enclosing section secured to the other of said side edges of said other long leg enclosing section to form said skirt, said skirt having a waistband comprising said lower edges of said long leg enclosing sections, whereby said waistband has a size equal to the waist size of said wearer.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1983-03-04 1983-09-03 1984-03-04 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1987-03-04 1987-09-03 1988-03-04 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1991-03-04 1991-09-03 1992-03-04 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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