US 12,256,790 B2
Sealing arrangement for a garment
Jonas Axelsson, Brastad (SE)
Assigned to SI TECH AB, Brastad (SE)
Appl. No. 17/626,159
Filed by SI TECH AB, Brastad (SE)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/069616
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/009064, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 1950887-8 (SE), filed on Jul. 12, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240601 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A44B 19/32 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/0005 (2013.01) [A44B 19/32 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A reclosable sealing arrangement for a garment, the garment defining an inter-connectable first tubular portion and a second tubular portion for encircling a body portion of a user when worn, and comprising:
(i) a releasable connection system having:
a first annular connection member extending circumferentially around the first tubular portion, and
a second annular connection member extending circumferentially around the second tubular portion,
whereby the releasable connection system is configured to inter-connect said first tubular portion with said second tubular portion;
(ii) a first annular seal member extending circumferentially and continuously around an entire circumference of the first tubular portion; and
(iii) a second annular seal member extending circumferentially and continuously around an entire circumference of the second tubular portion to form a fluid-tight seal configuration for the releasable connection system when said first annular connection member is inter-connected to said second annular connection member,
wherein the first annular seal member comprises an annular recess for accommodating an annular portion of the second annular seal member, whereby the fluid-tight configuration is formed when the annular recess accommodates the annular portion circumferentially around the sealing arrangement,
wherein the annular portion is an outer edge portion of the second annular seal member,
wherein the annular portion of the second annular seal member comprises: (i) a stem portion, and (ii) an annular rib portion extending from the stem portion, the annular rib portion having a greater cross-sectional thickness than the stem portion,
wherein the annular recess of the first annular seal member and the annular rib portion of the second annular seal member are complementary shaped such that, when the annular rib portion is accommodated within the annular recess, an outer surface of the annular rib portion abuts or contacts an inner surface of the annular recess,
wherein the first annular connection member and the second annular connection member comprise a first material,
wherein the first annular seal member and the second annular seal member comprise a second material, the second material being different than the first material,
wherein the first tubular portion and the second tubular portion each define an interior and an exterior, and
wherein the releasable connection system is separate from the first and second annular seal members such that the releasable connection system is arranged on the exterior and the first and second annular seal members are arranged on the interior of the first and second tubular portions.