Wetsuit Water Catch Device

Abstract

A wetsuit has a plurality of pieces of material that are stitched or glued together to form the wetsuit, a drag-creating section provided on one of the pieces of material. The drag-creating section has a base, and a plurality of water catch devices, each water catch device having a flap piece, with a cavity defined between each flap piece and the base of the piece of material and an opening that leads to the cavity. Each flap piece is constructed such that it can be moved between a collapsed configuration where it is generally flat adjacent the underlying base of the piece of material , and an expanded configuration in which it stretches away from the underlying base of the piece of material. The plurality of water catch devices are arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the base, with the openings of each row of water catch devices facing each other.

1 . A wetsuit, comprising:
 a plurality of pieces of material that are stitched or glued together to form the wetsuit; and   a drag-creating section provided on one of the pieces of material, the drag-creating section having a base, and a plurality of water catch devices, each water catch device having a flap piece, with a cavity defined between each flap piece and the base of the piece of material and an opening that leads to the cavity, and each flap piece constructed such that it can be moved between a collapsed configuration where it is generally flat adjacent the underlying base of the piece of material, and an expanded configuration in which it stretches away from the underlying base of the piece of material;   wherein the plurality of water catch devices are arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the base, with the openings of each row of water catch devices facing each other.   
     
     
         2 . The wetsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the surface area of the flap piece is greater than the surface area of the underlying base of the piece of material or the underlying base portion. 
     
     
         3 . The wetsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the piece of material is a first arm piece of material and the drag-creating section is a first drag-creating section, the plurality of pieces of material further including a second arm piece of material, and further including a second drag-creating section provided on the second arm piece of material, the second drag-creating section having a plurality of water catch devices that are arranged in two rows on opposite sides of the base of the second drag-creating section, with the openings of each row of water catch devices of the second drag-creating section facing each other.