Patent ID: 6473904
Filing Date: 2002-11-05
Classification: B63C

Abstract:
A wetsuit comprising:a torso portion arranged to be secured about a torso of a person, the torso portion having a neck opening arranged to receive a neck of the person therethrough, a pair of upper limb openings arranged to receive respective upper limbs of the person therethrough and a pair of lower limb openings arranged to receive respective lower limbs of the person therethrough; a pair of partial limb members coupled to the respective limb openings of at least one of the pairs of limb openings, the partial limb members being arranged to extend only partway along the respective limbs of the person to respective free mating ends of the partial limb members; and a limb extension member associated with each partial limb member, each limb extension member comprising an elongate tubular member extending longitudinally from an inner mating end to an outer end so as to receive a corresponding limb of the person therethrough, the inner mating end of the limb extension member and the free mating end of the respective partial limb member being arranged to overlap one another in a mating configuration; one of the limb extension member and the partial limb member of each mating configuration including a shoulder thereabout defined between a main portion of the member and the mating end of the member which is increased in internal diameter for overlapping the other mating end; one of the free mating end and the inner mating end of each mating configuration being reduced in thickness.