Patent ID: 7131147
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A pleated skirt which comprises: a waistband assembly for securing said skirt to the waist and hips of a wearer at a hipline of the skirt, a composite skirt assembly connected to said waistband assembly, and having a front, a back and sides, said waistband assembly having a rear segment, and two front segments, said front and said rear segments have eyelets therein at meeting segment ends at the sides of said skirt, and said waistband assembly, laces in said segment ends for connecting said segment ends together in adjustable size relationship to said waistband assembly, said composite skirt assembly has a plurality of pleats connected to and extending down from said waistband assembly, said pleats including front pleats, back pleats and adjustable side pleats at the sides of said skirt, eyelets in said pleats below said segment ends to receive said laces from said segment ends, for connecting said pleats together in adjustable size relationship to said composite skirt assembly, said skirt having a front inner panel connected to said one of said front pleats and said one of said waistband segments, said front inner panel having an additional panel sewn thereto and extending downwardly therealong, said skirt having a front outer panel connected to said other of said waistband segments and to one of said front pleats, said front outer panel has a plurality of pleats which extend down over the front outer panel reinforcing the panel, and said front inner and outer panels are detachably secured together by snap means.