Fluid-impermeable closure

Claim 1

A FLUID-IMPERMEABLE CLOSURE FOR ATTACHING A FLUIDIMPERMEABLE GARMENT APPENDAGE TO THE ASSOCIATED RECEIVING SECTION OF A FLUID-IMPERMEABLE GARMENT, SAID APPENDAGE BEING OF A TYPE HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH A BODY MEMBER SUCH AS A HAND CAN BE INSERTED, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: A TAPERED CUFF FORMED FROM RIGID MATERIAL AND HAVING SUFFICIENT DIAMETER TO PERMIT THE PASSAGE THERETHROUGH OF THE DESIRED BODY MEMBER, SAID CUFF BEING INSERTED INSIDE THE OPENING OF SAID APPENDAGE AND THE PORTION OF SAID APPENDAGE NEAREST THE INNERMOST END OF SAID CUFF BEING SECURELY AFFIXED THERETO SO THAT SAID APPENDAGE IS COMPLETELY SEALED OFF EXCEPT FOR THE ENTRANCE THROUGH THE CUFF, THE EDGES OF THE APPENDAGE WHICH FORMED THE ORIGINAL OPENING THEREIN NOW COMPRISING A FREE PORTION OF SAID APPENDAGE, THE FREE PORTION OF SAID APPENDAGE TIGHTLY HUGGING SAID CUFF BUT BEING ROLLABLE ALONG THE EXTENT THEREOF, THE TAPER OF SAID CUFF DECREASING FROM ITS INNERMOST END TO ITS OUTERMOST END; AND A "VELCRO"-TYPE FASTENER COMPRISING TWO SECTIONS, THE FIRST SECTION BEING SECURELY AFFIXED TO SAID RECEIVING SECTION OF SAID IMPERMEABLE GARMENT WITH ITS PILE STRIP FORMING AN EXTENSION ALONG THE OUTER EDGE OF SAID RECEIVING SECTION, AND THE SECOND SECTION BEING SECURELY AFFIXED AROUND THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID FREE PORTION OF SAID APPENDAGE AT A LOCATION WHICH ENABLES ITS PILE STRIP TO ENGAGE SAID PILE STRIP OF SAID FIRST "VELCRO" SECTION WHEN SAID RECEIVING SECTION OF SAID GARMENT IS SLID INWARDLY ALONG SAID TAPERED CUFF AS FAR AS IT WILL GO, SAID CLOSURE BEING COMPLETED BY ROLLING SAID FREE PORTION OF SAID APPENDAGE OUTWARDLY OVER THE "VELCRO" JUNCTURE AND OVER A PORTION OF SAID RECEIVING SECTION.