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EP 0153082 A2 19850828 - Garment.

Title (en)

Garment.

Title (de)

Kleidung.

Title (fr)

Vêtement.

Publication

EP 0153082 A2 19850828 (EN)

Application

EP 85300774 A 19850206

Priority

GB 8403552 A 19840210

Abstract (en)

There is disclosed a garment formed from, or including, one or more sheet of a plastics material, the or each sheet comprising a continuous layer provided on one side with a plurality of blisters which define pockets of a gas, the continuous layer in the garment being outside the blisters in the sheet. The garment is light in weight, is cheap to produce, has good thermally insulating properties, and has buoyant characteristics.

IPC 1-7

A41D 13/00; A41D 31/02

IPC 8 full level

A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A41D 31/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A41D 13/00 (2013.01); A41D 31/065 (2019.01); A41D 2400/14 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0153082 A2 19850828; EP 0153082 A3 19880107; AU 3854885 A 19850815; GB 8403552 D0 19840314

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 85300774 A 19850206; AU 3854885 A 19850208; GB 8403552 A 19840210