Patent ID: 8024817

Claim:
A wetsuit comprising: a trunk portion for fitting on a wearer's torso, the trunk portion having a pair of arm openings and a trunk portion neck opening; and a collar piece joined to the trunk portion at the trunk portion neck opening and defining a wetsuit neck opening, the collar piece including a single piece of a material having first, second, and third regions, with the third region located between the first and second regions, wherein the material has, in the first and second regions, a first thickness, when not compressed, between opposed first and second surfaces of the material, the material has, in the third region, a second thickness, when not compressed, smaller than the first thickness, between a third surface of the material and the second surface of the material, the third portion has, in cross-section, a U-shape defining a folded edge of the wetsuit neck opening, the folded edge has a thickness, when the material is not compressed, that is smaller than twice the first thickness, the first and second regions of the material contact and are joined to each other, free of stitches, at the second surface of the material, at a location spaced from the folded edge, and one of the first and second regions is joined to the trunk portion at the trunk portion neck opening.