US 12,004,604 B2
Selectively attachable garment-to-appendage interface
Stephanie M. Broce, Salem, VA (US); Douglas E. Wilke, Columbus, OH (US); Timothy C. Rothwell, Columbus, OH (US); Michael A. Lorenz, Columbus, OH (US); and Emily K. Stokes, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US); and Secretary Of The U.S. Army, Offutt, NE (US)
Filed by Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 18, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/351,623.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/040,878, filed on Jun. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0393000 A1, Dec. 23, 2021
Int. Cl. A44B 17/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/00 (2018.01)
CPC A44B 17/0041 (2013.01) [A41D 1/00 (2013.01); A41D 2300/324 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A selectively attachable garment-to-appendage interface comprising:
a first portion comprising:
a first portion flange configured to be coupled to one of a garment or an appendage, and
a first portion extension extending radially outward from the first portion flange and comprising a projection extending axially from the first portion extension to be positioned radially outward from the first portion flange, the projection comprising first and second shoulders, the first shoulder extending radially inward from an interior surface of the projection to a first tip, the first tip being positioned at a first distance, D1, from a line, L1, parallel with a radius of the first portion and intersecting a bottom of the projection, and the second shoulder extending radially outward from an exterior surface of the projection to a second tip positioned at a second distance, D2, from the line L1, wherein the second distance D2 is greater than the first distance D1; and
a second portion comprising:
a second portion flange configured to be coupled to the other of the garment or the appendage, and
a second portion extension extending radially outward from the second portion flange and comprising first and second interior walls defining a groove positioned radially outward from the second portion extension flange;
the projection being configured to be inserted into the groove and engage the first and second interior walls for selectively attaching the garment to the appendage and providing a seal to resist ingress of materials between the garment and the appendage.