Cover garment for changing clothing

Abstract

A cover garment is worn to provide privacy when changing clothes, and is particularly suited for use when changing into or out of a swimsuit or wetsuit in public places. The garment is generally structured in the form of a skirt and includes a stretchable waistband, a front panel and a rear panel. The front and rear panels overlap at the opposite sides of the garment to provide longitudinal slit openings on each side that allow for passage of the user's hands under the garment in order to grasp and pull-down or pull-up the clothing under the cover garment. The overlapping arrangement of the front and rear panels allows the user to pull on or remove the swimsuit, wetsuit or dry street clothing in a single motion, while remaining covered at all times. In a preferred embodiment the garment is made of a single material, such as a terry fabric similar to a beach towel.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a garment, and, more particularly, to a skirt type cover garment which allows a user to change clothing while remaining covered between the waist and knees. [0003] 2 . Discussion of the Related Art [0004] When the need arises to change clothing in a public place, it can be difficult to maintain one's privacy. For instance, when leaving the beach, many beach goers prefer to change out of their wet bathing suit and into dry street clothing. Moreover, surfers routinely change between casual street clothing and a bathing suit or wetsuit when arriving and leaving the beach. Typically, surfers will change into and out of their wetsuit or swimsuit while standing next to their vehicle in a public parking lot or street. In an effort to maintain some level of privacy, many beach goers, including surfers, will wrap a beach towel around their waist and attempt to remain covered while changing be...

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Benefits of technology

[0006] Considering the foregoing, is it a primary object of the present invention to provide a cover garment that is adapted to be worn in order to provide privacy when changing clothes, and particularly when changing into or out of a swimsuit or wetsuit in public places.

[0007] It is a further object of the present invention to provide a cover garment which is structured to fully cover the user's private areas below the waist throughout the process of removing and donning clothing.

[0008] It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a cover garment that is generally in the form of a skirt to be worn about the waist, and wherein the cover garment includes longitudinal overlapped slit openings on the opposite sides to allow the user to conveniently reach under t

Problems solved by technology

When the need arises to change clothing in a public place, it can be difficult to maintain one's privacy.

It is, however, impossible to remain fully covered by the towel, as the beach towel wrap inevitably gets pulled up with the clothing.

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