TODAY’S PATENT – GARMENT WITH EXPANDABLE APPENDAGES

The Garment with expandable appendages was invented by Antonio Pieroranzio on 4^th August 2005 bearing patent number US20050166298A1.

The present invention is an article of clothing/ a garment having expandable legs or sleeves. Various sized openings are provided in the legs or sleeves and are adjustably closable by a variety of means including elastic bands, lacing, and buttons. One embodiment of the present invention is a garment that expands to snugly receive the limbs of a human. A pair of tubular shaped appendages are attached to the main body of the garment.

The appendages include longitudinal axes and first openings extending along the axes. The openings have widths to allow the limbs within the appendages to be seen. A plurality of elastic members with opposite ends are attached to the appendages and span the openings. The elastic members are normally biased to reduce the widths of the openings but yieldable under pressure of the limbs to allow the widths to increase while fittingly holding the appendages around the limbs.