Hunting wader

Abstract

A boot foot or stocking foot chest high wader constructed of waterproof fabric materials having a fully adjustable yet buckle-less shoulder strap assembly. Shoulder straps are provided along their length with a series of transverse height adjustment slits and a layered height adjustment strap of webbing that is threaded though the slits and a ring or slit is provided at the top of the front bib and the height adjustment strap is threaded through the ring as well as one of the transverse slits before being secured to the underside of the shoulder strap by hook and look fasteners. The front bib panel is provided on its external surface with easily accessible and waterproof storage compartments and pockets. The internal surface of front bib panel is also provided with water proof storage of sensitive items and a lined against-the-body hand warmer pocket that is accessed from the sides by inserting the forearm through oversized arm openings at the side of the garment.

1 . A wader comprising:
 left and right leg portions for covering a wearer's legs;   a body portion integrally joined to said left and right leg portions for covering the wearer's midsection;   a chest portion for covering the wearer's upper torso, said chest portion having a rear bib and a front bib;   a pair of strap slides tethered to the front bib of said chest portion;   a pair of shoulder straps having a fixed end sewn to the rear bib of said chest portion, a free end, and a plurality of height adjustment slits spaced along said free end;   a pair of height adjustment straps each corresponding to one of said pair of shoulder straps, each said height adjustment strap passing through a corresponding one of said strap slides and a corresponding one of the height adjustment slits spaced along the free ends of said pair of shoulder straps.   
     
     
         2 . The wader according to  claim 1 , further comprising a first Velcro® section along an underside of each of said pair of shoulder straps, and a second mating Velcro® section at a tip of each of said pair of height adjustment straps. 
     
     
         3 . The wader according to  claim 2 , wherein each said height adjustment strap first passes through a corresponding one of said strap slides and second passes through a corresponding one of the height adjustment slits spaced along the free ends of said pair of shoulder straps. 
     
     
         4 . The wader according to  claim 2 , wherein each said height adjustment strap first passes through a corresponding one of the height adjustment slits spaced along the free ends of said pair of shoulder straps and second passes through a corresponding one of said strap slides. 
     
     
         5 . The wader according to  claim 2 , wherein each said shoulder strap comprises Neoprene™. 
     
     
         6 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein said front bib comprises a call pouch having a vertical magnetic closure. 
     
     
         7 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein said front bib comprises a shell pocket. 
     
     
         8 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein said front bib comprises a waterproof pocket having a vertical waterproof zipper. 
     
     
         9 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein said front bib comprises a cargo pouch. 
     
     
         10 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein a backside of said front bib comprises a water security pouch for dry storage. 
     
     
         11 . The wader according to  claim 1 , wherein a backside of said front bib comprises a lined hand warmer pocket. 
     
     
         12 . A wader comprising:
 left and right leg portions for covering a wearer's legs;   a body portion integrally joined to said left and right leg portions for covering the wearer's midsection;   a chest portion for covering the wearer's upper torso, said chest portion having a rear bib and a front bib;   a pair of double-ring strap slides attached to the front bib of said chest portion by a woven tether;   a pair of Neoprene™ shoulder straps having a fixed end sewn to the rear bib of said chest portion and a free end;   a first Velcro® section along an underside of each of said pair of shoulder straps, and a second mating Velcro® section along an underside of each of said pair of shoulder straps at a tip thereof;   each said shoulder strap passing through a corresponding one of said strap slides and fastened to itself by said first Velcro® section to said second mating Velcro® section.   
     
     
         13 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein said front bib comprises a call pouch having a vertical magnetic closure. 
     
     
         14 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein said front bib comprises a shell pocket. 
     
     
         15 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein said front bib comprises a waterproof pocket having a vertical waterproof zipper. 
     
     
         16 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein said front bib comprises a cargo pouch. 
     
     
         17 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein a backside of said front bib comprises a water security pouch for dry storage. 
     
     
         18 . The wader according to  claim 12 , wherein a backside of said front bib comprises a lined hand warmer pocket. 
     
     
         19 . A wader comprising
 a first leg portion and a second leg portion, said leg portions sealingly engaged with a body portion, said body portion sealingly engaged with a chest portion, said chest portion further comprising
 a front bib extending upward from an edge of said body portion, 
 a rear bib extending upward from an edge of said body portion, and 
 at least one shoulder strap assembly, each of said at least one shoulder strap assembly having
 a shoulder strap extending from an edge of said rear bib portion having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side having a first component of a hook and look fastener, said shoulder strap further characterized by a plurality of lateral slits periodically placed along its length, 
 a ring affixed to an edge of said front bib assembly, and 
 a height adjustment strap extending from an edge of said rear bib portion having a top side and a bottom side, said bottom side having a second component of a hook and look fastener, said height adjustment strap extending through one of said lateral slits and through said ring.