US 6,981,282 B2
Systems and methods for transformable suits
Justin Douglas Marty, Salt Lake City, Utah (US); Joseph Edward Marty, North Salt Lake, Utah (US); and Joshua Craig Pace, Salt Lake City, Utah (US)
Assigned to Z Gear, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah (US)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/665,344.
Application 10/665344 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/638990, filed on Aug. 11, 2003.
Application 10/638990 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/251177, filed on Sep. 20, 2002, granted, now 6,742,225.
Prior Publication US 2004/0128731 A1, Jul. 08, 2004
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 13/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 2—69 54 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
40. A system comprising:
a suit wearable by a user, said suit comprising arm sleeves for encasing the user's arms, and a bag for encasing the user's legs and feet, said suit comprising a front side, a back side, and a bottom end;
a transforming fastener coupled to the suit, said transforming fastener comprising:
a plurality of tracks, each track comprising a pair of matable rows, two of the matable rows being coupled to the front side of the suit, and two of the matable rows being coupled to the back side of the suit; and
a slider slidably coupled to the rows, the slider dividing said bag, when sliding along said rows, into pant legs by interchanging the matable rows on said front side with the matable rows on said back side, said rows having a first end located at the crotch of the pant legs, and a second end located at the bottom end of said suit.