Aquatic garment having an ergonomically curved opening
View Patent ↗A garment, such as an article of aquatic sportswear, that includes a torso-forming portion having a front surface and a rear surface, and which is provided with openings for the passage of the head, legs, and arms. The garment includes an opening in the form of a slit provided with a fastening mechanism, such as a slide fastener, for selectively opening and closing the slit. The slit and the slide fastener includes an essentially rectilinear main portion which extends into a curved end portion.
1. An aquatic sports garment comprising:
a torso surface having an upper neckline edge, said torso surface including a front torso surface adapted to be positioned over a front of a wearer's torso and a rear torso surface adapted to be positioned over a back of a wearer's torso;
an opening formed as a slit arranged in the rear torso surface, the slit extending to the upper neckline edge;
a slide fastener extending along the slit for enabling the wearer to have the slit selectively placed in either an open position or a closed position, whereby the open position facilitates access to the garment for donning or removal of the garment, and whereby the closed position enables the wearer to use the garment during practice of an aquatic sport;
the slide fastener including, at least in the closed position, a main section having at least a portion positioned substantially in a transverse central part of the rear torso surface;
the slide fastener further including, at least in the closed position, at least one terminal section curved relative to the torso surface;
the curved terminal section of the slide fastener ending substantially halfway between the center of the garment and the side of the garment at the upper rear neckline edge.