Patent ID: 8230520

Claim:
A bib for sports, particularly for cycling, made out of fabric ( 8 ) which includes a vest ( 2 ) provided at a top part thereof with a pair of straps ( 3 ) and at a bottom part thereof with a pair of shorts ( 1 ) having a pair of leg portions ( 1 ′), said bib comprises at a joining point of the pair of leg portions ( 1 ′) housing an anus and genitals of a wearer a zipper ( 5 ), said zipper ( 5 ) includes strips of tape ( 9 ′, 9 ″) fixedly connected to respective strips of teeth ( 5 ′, 5 ″), said strips of tape ( 9 ′, 9 ″) being sewn into the fabric ( 8 ) of the pair of shorts ( 1 ) through a first stitching ( 10 ′, 10 ″) adjacent to each said respective strips of teeth ( 5 ′, 5 ″) and a second zigzag shaped stitching ( 11 ′, 11 ″) respectively covering an entire width of each said strips of tape ( 9 ′, 9 ″); wherein the fabric ( 8 ) of said bib surrounding the zipper ( 5 ) is sewn respectively to each said strips of tape ( 9 ′, 9 ″) as close as possible to said respective strips of teeth ( 5 ′, 5 ″) so that an entire thickness of the zipper ( 5 ) is substantially equal to a thickness of the fabric ( 8 ) surrounding the zipper ( 5 ), and wherein said respective strips of teeth ( 5 ′, 5 ″) of the zipper ( 5 ) in a closed position are not covered by any portion of the fabric ( 8 ) surrounding said zipper ( 5 ) on an inner surface and outer surface of said bib so that when the zipper ( 5 ) is closed only an external view of said respective strips of teeth ( 5 ′, 5 ″) are visible, said zipper ( 5 ) includes a slider ( 12 ) for operating the zipper having a fly ( 12 ′) attached to the slider ( 12 ), said fly ( 12 ′) is defined by said slider having on one of its faces a hook and loop type fastening element adapted for fastening, wherein in a closed position of the zipper ( 5 ), said fly is adapted to fasten onto a corresponding surface ( 12 ″) having a hook and loop type fastening element, said corresponding surface ( 12 ″) being fastened on said pair of shorts ( 1 ) immediately above an upper end of the zipper ( 5 ) so as to lock said zipper ( 5 ) in a closed position.