Title: Item of apparel

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1. An item of outer apparel comprising a trouser-like nether portion and an upper part for extending over the shoulders of a wearer, said item comprising at least two panels joined at a seam extending through a crotch region of the item, a sliding clasp fastener closing said seam to allow the seam to be opened and closed, material of the panels adjacent said seam constituting means for hiding said fastener when said seam is closed, said seam extending continuously from above a waist region at the front of the item, through the crotch region and upwardly at least to a shoulder blade region at the back of the item, said fastener constituting means for opening said seam and allowing the opened seam to be spread apart to facilitate the lowering of a nether undergarment without removing said upper part of said item from the shoulders of the wearer.

2. An item of apparel as claimed in claim 1 in which said fastener extends to an upper edge of the item at the back of the item.

Other info:

Inventors: Spaulding, Ken (New York, NY, US)

Application Number: 530252
Filing Date: 1974-12-06
Publication_date: 1976-05-18
Assignee: Spaldero Design, Inc. (New York, NY)
Primary Class(es): 2/79
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2131177	Sep, 1938	Horton et al.	2/79.
2521767	Sep, 1950	Zecha	2/79.
3261024	Jul, 1966	Delaney	2/70.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Hunter, H. Hampton
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Nolte and Nolte