Convertible pants

Claim 1

Trousers intended for use with a human lower torso comprising: a. a flexible upper part having a portion intended for surrounding the torso waist and a pair of lower portions, each of said pair of lower portions intended for substantially encompassing a torso leg and extending from said torso waist surrounding portion, each of said lower portions of said flexible upper part including an outer surface, an inner surface, each capable of contacting a torso leg, and an edge portion between said inner and outer surfaces, each of said lower portions of said flexible upper part further including a substantially vertical seam; b. a pair of flexible lower parts, each intended for substantially encompassing a torso lower leg, each of said lower pants having an outer surface, an inner surface, and an edge portion therebetween, each of said pair of flexible lower parts further including a seam; c. means for detachably connecting each of said lower parts to each one of said lower portions of said flexible upper part, said means comprising a pair of strips of pile fastening material connected to said inside surface of each of said lower portions of said flexible upper part, and a pair of strips of hook fastening material connected to the outer surface of each of said pair of flexible lower parts, said strips of pile material extending substantialy parallel to the majority of said edge portions of each of said lower portions of said flexible upper part, said strips of hook material extending substantially parallel to the majority of said edge portions of each pair of flexible lower parts; and d. alignment means for orienting said seams of each of said lower portions of said flexible upper part with a substantially vertical seam of one of said pair of flexible lower parts, including each of said strips of hook and pile fastening material stopping short of its respective substantially vertical seam to provide a gap whereby alignment of said gaps provide for alignment of said seams.