US 12,250,977 B2
Waders for modern adventurers
Mark Saalfield Norris, Jr., Collierville, TN (US); and John Strange, Memphis, TN (US)
Assigned to Chene IP, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed by Chene IP, LLC, Memphis, TN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/752,841.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/190,522, filed on May 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0119312 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A41D 13/012 (2006.01); A41D 13/02 (2006.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/012 (2013.01) [A41D 13/02 (2013.01); A41D 27/201 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wader, comprising:
a body having a chest portion, a lower portion including first and second leg portions, a first boot attached to the first leg portion and a second boot attached to the second leg portion, the body having an outer surface, an inner surface, and defining an inner chamber sized and configured to receive the legs and torso of a wearer of said wader;
the chest portion having first, second, third, and fourth outer pockets, each of the first, second, third, and fourth outer pockets having opening on the outer surface, each of the first and fourth outer pockets having an opening placed on a side of said wader, each of the second and third outer pockets having an opening placed near a midline of said wader; and
the chest portion having first and second interior pockets disposed on the inner surface, each of the first and second interior pockets having an opening on an upper side of the pocket, the first interior pocket disposed adjacent the first outer pocket and inward of the first and second outer pockets, and the second interior pocket disposed adjacent the fourth outer pocket and inward of the third and fourth outer pockets;
wherein the first leg portion includes a first circumferential seal attaching the first leg portion to the first boot and a first leg extension extending from the first circumferential seal to a first terminal end of the first leg portion;
wherein the second leg portion includes a second circumferential seal attaching the second leg portion to the second boot and a second leg extension extending from the second circumferential seal to a second terminal end of the second leg portion; and
wherein the first leg extension includes a mesh panel extending from the first circumferential seal to the first terminal end.