SWEATER WITH REAR EXTENSION

VAREUSE A LONG PAN ARRIERE

English Abstract

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
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A sweater especially for snowmobilers having
a conventional main body part and a rear extension for
keeping warm the wearer's lower back and seat. The rear
extension includes tail piece extending across the width
of the sweater back and which covers the wearer's seat,
and the extension also includes two leg pieces arranged
to reach down the rear thighs of the wearer and which
have straps for fastening around the wearer's legs to
hold the rear extension in place.

Claims

The embodiments of the invention in which an
exclusive property or privilege is claimed is defined as
follows:


1. A sweater having an main body part which
reaches down to or slightly below the waist of a wearer,
the sweater being conventional at the front but having at
the back a rear extension including a tail-piece extending
across the width of the sweater back and reaching down from
the body part to cover the wearer's seat, said extension
further including two leg pieces arranged to extend down the
rear of the wearer's thighs and having straps for fastening
around the wearer's legs to hold said rear extension in place.


2. A sweater according to Claim 1 wherein said
straps are suitable for fastening in the region of or below
the wearer's knees.


3. A sweater according to Claim 1 wherein said
main body part is of the pullover type.


4. A sweater according to any of Claims 1 to 3
wherein both the main body part and rear extension are of
knitted material.

Description

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C~othes norma]ly available for cold weather
out-door activities oftell fail to keep warm the iower
back area especially when the user is seated for example
as in snowmobiling. ~ven if a sweater is made long, it
may ride up during use and expose -the lower back.
The present invention provides a sweater
particularly adapted for snowmobiling but which may also
be useful for other cold weather activities such as
hunting and fishing, and which is designed to keep warm
the lower back and seat area of the wearer, and to stay
in place.
The invention provides a sweater having a
main body part which reaches down to or slightly below
the waist of a wearer, the sweater being conventional
at the front but having at the back a rear extension
including a tail piece extending across the width of
the sweater back and reaching down from the body part
to cover the wearer's seat. The extension also includes
two leg pieces arranged to extend down the rear of the
wearer's thighs and having straps for fastening around
the wearer's legs to hold the rear extension in place.
The invention will be more particu]arly described
with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 shows a front view of a sweater iIlaccordance with the invention; and
Figure 2 shows a rear view of the same sweater.
The sweater as shown has a main body part 10
which is knitted in conventional manner and has a lower
boundary formed by edging 12, this being normally at or
slightly below the waist of a wearer.
The front half of the sweater is conventional

and ends at the edging 12. The rear part however is
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provided with an e~terlsioll including a tail-piece 14
and integral lec3 eYtensions 16. The tail-piece 1
spans the width of the sweater bac~, preferahly
ex-tending along about 1/2 the periphery of the waistline,
and is uninterrupted down to the crotch area of the wearer
so as to cover the wearer's seat. The leg extensions 1~
are designed to fit around the rear of the wearer's thighs
and reach down to or below the wearer's knees, where they
are provided with straps 18 arranged to be fastened around
the wearer's legs. The straps are shown as being provided
with "Velcro" (Trademark ) type fasteners 20, although
buttons, snaps or other types of fasteners may be used.
When fastened, the straps are close to or just below the
knees of the wearer so as to hold the rear extension in
position at all times and to prevent this riding up. The
material of the sweater is sufficiently extendable and
loose so as not to be unduly tight when the wearer sits
down.
In a preferred form, the main body part of the
sweater is knitted of acrylic material, and the rear
extension is knitted of wool, and the two are sewn together.
However, it is also possible that the entire sweater
including the main body part 10 and the rear extension
can be knitted as one unit.
The straps 1~ may be made of various material
such as wool, leather, or elastic material.
It may be noted that this arrangement using a
rear extension only, without any corresponding parts on
the front, makes the garment easy to use even though, in the
preferred embodiment, the main body part is of pull-over form
and does not have any central opening. In this sense, the
garment is distinguished from combination type garments which

include both leg pieces and thigh pieces but which require a
central opening.


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