CLOTH TO SERVE AS AN EMERGENCY WRAPPING FOR THE HUMAN BODY

Abstract: Cloth (10) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate as a quick and easy covering for the human body or some parts thereof, especially nude parts, as a swimming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing, said cloth being held in place on the human body by means adhering one to the other by superimposition or which can be pulled apart, consisting of a pair (11 - 12) of bands on whose respective surfaces there are elastic hooks and eyes of plastic material similar to ''velcro <R>'' and the like.

Description: Cloth to serve as an emergency wrapping for the human body. It is known that in hotels, clubs, hospitals, nursing homes, barracks, spas, at the seaside, in clinics, sports centres, near showers, swimming pools, saunas and general¬ ly speaking in public or private places at the sea or in the mountains, on lakes or in cities, children, men and women can go round with very few clothes on or even nude. In order however to leave these places where such liber¬ ties are allowed, use must of course be made of a towel or some similar piece of cloth to cover nudity, serve as a swim suit wrap, provide minimum body coverage in order to avoid trouble with those in authority. So that it will remain held to the body, such a cloth must be crossed over, rolled up or knotted at two of its edges, or else be fixed with some emergency means such as string, tapes, clips or some other. Such emergency covering is generally unreliable as knots can easily come undone and the other means must be consi¬ dered as casual and precarious. The above invention avoids the above drawbacks at the same time offering considerable advantages as will be explained. Subject of the invention is a cloth designed to serve as a temporary, emergency or at any rate quick and easy cover¬ ing for the human body or some parts of it, especially to cover nudity, as a swimming wrap, to provide at least a minimum form of clothing The cloth is stably held round the body by reciprocal over¬ lapping means of adherence, opened by pulling, usable for an unlimited number of times. Adherence of some overlapping parts of the cloth is ob¬ tained by one or more pairs of bands respectively fitted with hooks and eyes, in the manner of a fastening of the "velcro" and similar types. The two parts of each pair of bands are mounted one on the edge of the cloth and the other at a point on the sur¬ face of the cloth such as to allow it to be wrapped round the body sufficiently tightly to ensure stability. The bands which adhere by overlapping, as the case " or pre- ferences may require, are placed in the area of the cloth that, after it is wrapped round the body, is at chest le¬ vel to function as a bust cover, or at waist level to act as a short skirt, or in some other preferred area. In one type of execution one of the bands that adhere by overlapping is mounted on one of the edges of the cloth for association to one of the bands mounted on the inside of said cloth at various distances from the first band so as to adjust the width of the cloth, after it is wrapped round the body, to fit the size of the person or as said person prefers. The position on the cloth given to the adherable bands is such as to allow said cloth to be used as a peplum, "pa eo" and the like, as the case requires. The wrap is rectan¬ gular in shape, or may be of any other shape. The wrap is made of cotton, silk, acrylic fabric, it may be smooth or of towelling, elasticized or of any other nature according to preferences and needs. Characteristics and scope of the invention will be made even clearer by the examples of its execution here follow- ing, illustrated by diagrammatic drawings. Fig. 1. Cloth subject of the invention, of rectangular form, spread open. Fig. 2. Cloth described in Fig.1, wrapped round. Fig. 3. Cloth subject of the invention, shaped and spread open. Fig. 4. Cloth shown in Fig. 3, wrapped round. Fig. 5. Girl with topless swim suit. Fig. 6. The girl in Fig.5 wrapped in the cloth subject of the invention. The rectangular shaped cloth iO made of towelling has a "velcro" type band 11 mounted on one edge 13 and the band t 12 to which said first band adheres is mounted at a cer¬ tain distance from the edge 14 in the back area 32 of said cloth . When the cloth is wrapped round the person (Fig.2), all that is needed is to superimpose the two bands, 11 (male band, with hooks) and 12 (female, with eyes) to make the garment adhere stably to the body. As shown in the Figures, the bands 11 and 12 are placed in that part 33 of the cloth at chest level so that when it is wrapped round the body it covers the bust. The cloth 20, substantially of a rectangular shape, has short sides 21 and 22 so shaped as to allow for the dif¬ ferent dimensions of the chest, hips and waist of a person. The edge 23 carries the velcro type bands 24 and 25 match¬ ing respectively with bands 26 and 27 placed at the back of the cloth near the edge 28. On wrapping the cloth and superimposing edges 23 and 28, bands 24 and 26 adhere to bands 25 and 27. The cloth assumes the shape seen in Fig.4 adapting itself to the human form. Bands 25 and 27 are placed in the area 35 of the cloth corresponding, when wrapped round the body, to the posi¬ tion of the waist so that the cloth functions as a short skirt . Fig. 5 shows a girl 30 in a topless swim suit 31 with bare bust. If the same girl has to leave the beach she wraps the cloth 20, Figs.3 and 4, round her fixing it in place se¬ curely with the velcro type fastening mentioned abo 1 e. __ Advantages The advantages are clear. It becomes a simple and easy matter to cover the nude or partially hidden human body, clothed only in a bathing suit or the like, without any risk of the wrap falling off accidentally and without any need for knots or precarious overlapping of the edges. The cloth takes on the form of a wrap of pleasing appear¬ ance and undoubted utility at a very modest cost.

Claims: CLAIMS 1. Cloth ( 10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate quick and easy covering for the human body or of some of its parts, especially nude parts, as a swim- ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing characterized in that, by special means, it can adhere to the body in a stable manner by reciprocal superimpos it ion , of parts of said cloth, and be pulled off and used again for an unlimited number of times. 2. Cloth ( 10), (20) serving a"s a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some of its parts, especially nude parts, as a swim ¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 1, characterized in that the means used to se- cure stability of the cloth ( 10), (20) round the human body consist of one or more pairs of bands ( 11-12), (24-26), (25-27) respectively provided with small flexible hooks and small eyes of plastic material which adhere together by superimposition in the manner of a "velcro" fastening and the like. 3. Cloth ( 10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some of its parts, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 2, characterized in that the two elements of each pair of bands ( 11-12), (24-26), (25-27) are mounted one on one edge ( 13), (23) of the cloth ( 10), (20) and the other on the second edge (28) or in an area (32) at such a distance from the first element as to allow the cloth to be wrapped round the human body sufficiently tigh ly to ensure its stability. 4. Cloth (10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate quick and easy covering for the human body or of some of its parts, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 2, characterized in that the two elements ( 11- 12), (24-26) of each pair of bands are placed in the area (33), (34) of the cloth (10), (20) corresponding, when said cloth is wrapped round the human body, to chest level so that the bust is thereby covered. 5. Cloth (10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some of its parts, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 2, characterized in that the two elements of each pair of bands are placed in the area (35) of the cloth (20) corresponding, when said cloth is wrapped round the numan body, to waist level so as to make it function as a short skirt . 6. Cloth (10), (20), serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some parts of it, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 2, characterized in that one band (11), (24), (25), that can adhere by superimposition, fixed onto one of the edges (13), (23) of the cloth (10), (20), can be as¬ sociated to one of the bands fixed to the inside of the cloth (10), (20) at varying distances from the first edge to allow said cloth, wrapped round the body, to be adjust¬ ed according to the size of the person or to said person's preferences . 7. Cloth ( 10), (20), serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some parts of it, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 2, characterized in that the position on the cloth given to the means adherable by superimpos it ion is such as to allow it to be used as a peplum . or"pareo" and the like as desired. 8. Cloth ( 10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some parts of it, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing as in claim 1, characterized in that its shape is rectan¬ gular or any other suitable for the purpose or preferred. 9. Cloth (10), (20) serving as a temporary, emergency or at any rate a quick and easy covering for the human body or of some parts of it, especially nude parts, as a swim¬ ming wrap, to provide at least a minimum amount of clothing, as in claim 1, characterized in that it is made of cotton, silk, acrylic fabric, smooth or spungy, elasticized or of any other nature, according to preferences or needs.

Inventors: MASOTTI MARIANCILLA, MASOTTI, MARIANCILLA
Applicants: CALCHI NOVATI CONSULTANTS SPA
Application year: 1988
Main classification: A41D7
IPC codes: A41D7