Patent Application
20240074519
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The disclosure relates to bathing suit devices and more particularly pertains to a new bathing suit device for either covering or exposing a woman's middle torso. The device includes a bathing suit top and a bathing suit bottom. A flap is bunched around the bathing suit bottom to expose the woman's middle torso. The flap can be stretched to extend between said bathing suit top and the bathing suit bottom to cover the woman's middle torso.
The prior art relates to bathing suit devices including a bathing suit bottom having a pocket for holding an accessory that can be attached between the bathing suit bottom and a bathing suit top for simulating a one piece bathing suit. The prior art discloses a two piece bathing suit which includes an apron attached to a bottom of the two piece bathing suit which can be extended to cover a woman's abdomen. The prior art discloses a two piece bathing suit which includes a flap that is attached a bottom of the two piece bathing suit and which can be stretched to engage a groove in a top of the two piece bathing suit for covering a woman's middle torso. The prior art discloses a convertible bathing suit which includes a flap and a plurality of fasteners on the flap and each of the fasteners engages a respective engagement on a bathing suit top for covering a woman's abdomen. The prior art discloses a bathing suit bottom which has a compression belt being integrated into the bathing suit bottom and which can be folded onto itself for storage.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a bathing suit top that can be worn on a woman's upper torso for swimming. A bathing suit bottom is provided that can be worn on a woman's lower torso for swimming. A flap is coupled to and extends around the bathing suit bottom. The flap is positionable in an extended position to cover the woman's middle torso in the convention of a one piece bathing suit. The flap is gatherable into a stored position to expose the woman's middle torso in the convention of a two piece bathing suit.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
A bathing suit bottom 28 is provided that can be worn on a woman's lower torso for swimming, sunning or staying cool outdoors, and the bathing suit bottom 28 has a waist 32. A flap 34 is coupled to and extends around the bathing suit bottom 28. The flap 34 is positionable in an extended position having the flap 34 extending between the bathing suit bottom 28 and the bathing suit top 12. In this way the flap 34 can cover the woman's middle torso 24 in the convention of a one piece bathing suit. The flap 34 is gatherable into a stored position having the flap 34 bunched around the bathing suit bottom 28. In this way the flap 34 exposes the woman's middle torso 24 in the convention of a two piece bathing suit. The flap 34 has a distal edge 36 with respect to the waist 32 of the bathing suit bottom 28.
A plurality of second fasteners 38 is provided and each of the second fasteners 38 is integrated into the flap 34. Each of the second fasteners 38 releasably engages a respective one of the first fasteners 26 when the flap 34 is in the extended position. The plurality of second fasteners 38 is spaced apart from each other and is distributed around the flap 34. Additionally, the plurality of second fasteners 38 is positioned adjacent to the distal edge 36 of the flap 34. Each of the first fasteners 26 and each of the second fasteners 38 may comprise magnets, complimentary snaps or other similar type of releasable fastener. In an alternative embodiment as is most clearly shown in
In use, each of the bathing suit top 12 and the bathing suit bottom 28 are worn for swimming or other activities. The flap 34 can be bunched into the stored position to expose the woman's middle torso 24. In this way the woman's middle torso 24 can be exposed to sunlight for tanning. The flap 34 can be pulled upwardly into the extended position and each of the second fasteners 38 is engaged to a respective first fastener 26. In this way the woman's middle torso 24 is covered when the woman is self conscious about her appearance or for any other reason.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
