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EP 1074189 A2 20010207 - Trousers

Title (en)

Trousers

Title (de)

Hose

Title (fr)

Pantalon

Publication

EP 1074189 A2 20010207 (EN)

Application

EP 00202639 A 20000721

Priority

GB 9917553 A 19990727

Abstract (en)

A pair of trousers is able to be introverted by forming the fly of two stands (16) which sandwich a zip-fastener (15) between them, one of the stands being integral with one of the front panels of the fabric from which the trousers are made, while the other is made from a separate piece (22) of the same material that is sewn or otherwise fastened to the other front panel. In a preferred form of the invention, the fabric is a single-ply material having faces of significantly-different colour and/or appearance. <IMAGE> <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

A41D 1/06; A41D 15/00

IPC 8 full level

A41D 1/06 (2006.01); A41D 15/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A41D 1/06 (2013.01); A41D 15/005 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 1074189 A2 20010207; EP 1074189 A3 20020918; GB 9917553 D0 19990929

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 00202639 A 20000721; GB 9917553 A 19990727