Apparel – Body garments
Reexamination Certificate
2000-10-17
2001-11-06
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3741)
Apparel
Body garments
C002S069500
Reexamination Certificate
active
06311330
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the invention of a novel cover which encloses the lower portion of the body of a person who is exposed to the cold and sometimes wet conditions obtaining at sporting events such as football or soccer games or any other outdoor activity.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of protective devices or garments primarily intended for use by spectators at sporting events. Many of such sporting events are presented in large stadiums designed to hold tens of thousands of people on floor and seats of concrete, metal, wood, or other hard heat conducting surfaces. In many such outdoor stadiums, the stadium receives heavy snow or rain or both and the depth of moisture in the stadium is often more than six inches. For this reason, waterproofing to at least that depth is exceedingly important for a spectator cover.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The closest prior art known to the applicant is shown in U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,283,909 and 3,597,764 and 2,242,130. None of these patents shows either the physical structure or the function taught by the present invention. In particular no known structure for such a personal cover shows the combination of flexibility, warmth, and waterproof qualities necessary for the active spectator. The bottom of the cover on which the feet of the spectator rest must be flexible for the spectator to remain properly balanced while moving, stomping and cheering yet dry and warm. The present invention meets all of these objectives. The present invention permits the spectator who is wearing the cover to retain a tactile sense of the surface on which he or she is standing through the very thin bottom surface of the cover which is highly flexible yet waterproof.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention teaches, in two embodiments, novel spectator covers, generally made of a soft flexible, insulated, waterproof or water resistant material. The present inventive cover must retain sufficient flexibility to enable the user to retain his or her balance in an environment where the spectator is physically active in cheering and mobile enough to permit other spectators to pass by him or her in moving across the row of seats commonly found in a modern sports arena.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2716239 (1955-08-01), Barndollar
patent: 3443066 (1969-05-01), Weibel
patent: 3597764 (1971-08-01), Porey
patent: 5283909 (1994-02-01), Hill
Hale Gloria M.
Woronoff David S.
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