Fashion Article Having a Concealed Storage Cavity

Abstract

A clothing article having a hidden pocket which may be displayed without removal from an elongated body such as a bracelet attached to the wrist or angle of the user. The pocket is rotatable from a hidden sandwiched engagement between two layers of the bracelet to an exposed position where the user may access it or a third party may view the ID in the pocket. The pocket may also be removably engaged allowing for removal for using a magnetic strip on a credit card or displaying identification.

Description

This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 61/647,988 filed on May 16, 2012, and is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to fashion articles such as wrist or ankle bracelets and the like. More specifically, the invention relates to a bracelet having a concealed cavity for receiving ID cards, credit cards, and the like which allows the use of only one hand to store and present identification and credit cards and the like. The cavity may be formed in a removably engaged pocket body, such that the pocket body can be engaged with multiple various fashion articles having the properly positioned complementary mating fasteners configured for such an engagement.

2. Prior Art

Women's formal attire has often been known to have little or no pocket space to allow the wearer to hold items such as a phone, makeup, ID card, credit card, bank card, drivers license or other valuable and personal items. As a conventional solution, many women choose to carry purses or handbags as accessories to hold such additional items. Typical handbags and purses vary within a range of sizes from the size of a backpack, to a relatively small coin purse size.

As one could imagine, the size of the handbag chosen greatly depends on the events being attended. However, regardless of size, almost everyone who has been in the company of a women with a purse has been asked “Can you hold my purse?”. This may occur when the woman goes dancing, or needs to visit the powder room, as well as many other reasons.

Although conventional manners dictate that the person being ask will gladly guard the purse, the leaving of one's purse or wallet, laden with identification and credit cards or money, is fraught with peril. The owner of the purse additionally risks the chance of items being lost from the purse, the purse itself getting lost or miss-placed, and must cope with the fact they may have been burdensome to the purse holder.

This can also be a problem for the woman if she is not well acquainted with the purse-sitter, or even if she is should she be in a crowded venue an loose communication with that person. In such an instance she would be left without her identification, and her credit cards and cash which she may need during the evening or to get home later in the evening.

For these and other reasons, some individuals may choose to not carry a purse and instead to carry the bare essentials. This includes generally an identification card (ID), a credit or debit card, and/or some cash. These three items are all that are necessary to enjoy the evening and to drive or take public transportation to and from a venue. Such items may be stored the small confines in a small pocket on one's clothing (if available), a shoe, or the front of a brassiere.

Taking this minimum amount of ID and credit cards and cash, allows the user to be hands free yet access the items as needed unless they are stored in an area where access would not be discreet. However, storing items in such places is often not very secure. First while dancing or walking they can easily become dislodged. In the crowded confines of a nightclub or stadium, that could be catastrophic in that a stranger could easily end up with the ID and money.

Dislodgement is a particular problem for individuals who frequently spend the evening dancing, for example those who partake in salsa dancing or ballroom dancing. Salsa dancing is a Latin dance which is becoming more and more popular for those looking for a challenging yet enthusiastically fun hobby. Much like swing, and rock-and-roll of past years, in salsa, partners dance to fast pace highly energetic music often with quite a bit of hip and body movement. As such, the dancers, especially the women, wear light weight, and often minimal clothing to try to minimize heat and allow them to move freely and further provide a fashion statement. Ballroom dancing has many modes some of which rival Salsa dancing and thus are a risk to dislodgement.

As one can discern, the design of salsa dresses and ballroom dancing attire, does not necessitate the need for a pocket, and such are not widely provided. Therefor, those wishing to entertain a night of dancing, or those who regularly participate in dance classes, must unfortunately deal with the downfalls of conventional methods for carrying and storing their personal items.

The same valuables-storage is a problem for people who attend dance classes, or who participate in swing dancing, or old style rock and roll dancing, or attend a football game in pants without pockets, or other venues where their clothing may not necessitate pockets and will lack them.

As such, there is a continuing unmet need for small wearable clothing item, which will safely house the minimum user necessities for the evening out. Such a fashion article should provide a means to safely store and contain personal items such as ID cards, cash, and credit cards. Such an article should be worn in a manner that is hands-free and not burdensome to the wearer, such as a bracelet or anklet.

Additionally, such a device would be especially helpful for the physically challenged who lack the user of one hand, if they only needed a single hand to store, remove, use, and remount the device on their person. Even for those with both hands employable such a device would be especially useful if it maintained valuables on the user's person and did not require both hands to use since in crowded bars and stadiums, it could easily be dropped when unsecured to the body.

Additionally, such a device should provide a hidden means to securely store such valuables so that others will not be aware of their presence, thereby adding security. Further such an article should provide means to securely engage personal items, hidden from the view of others, in a manner that they will not dislodge, even during rapid movements by the user, such as dancing.

Lastly, such a device would provide exceptional utility if it also were mountable to a plurality of clothing articles to afford the user a plurality of choices of clothing and an easy transfer of the device and its contents each time. 61/647,988

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The device herein disclosed and described provides a solution to the shortcomings in prior art and achieves the above noted goals through the provision of a fashionable bracelet article device having a hidden means to securely store and conceal personal items such as ID cards, credit cards, cash and other small items. The various components of the device disclosed herein can be formed of conventional materials such as leather, fabric, nylon, plastic, or felt, however can be formed of any material suitable for the purposes set forth in this disclosure.

In a particularly preferred mode, the device is formed from a strip or substantially flat elongated portion of material which comprises the opposing sidewall of the device. The sidewall further includes an exterior surface and an interior surface. In use, the device is securely engaged around the users wrist or ankle, with the interior surface adjacent the users skin, in an engaged or as-worn position. The strip or elongated portion of material, includes a distal and proximal end which engage in an overlapped engagement, employing means for secured removable engagement such as hook and loop fasteners, snap fits, or fastener of the like. In the overlapped engaged position, the device appears as and forms a bracelet loop, for securing the device to the wearers body.

The means for storage includes at least one cavity or pocket formed integrally into the sidewall of the article and preferably at or near the distal overlapping end. The pocket can be formed by sewing or otherwise engaging, a foldable or rotationally deployable portion of material to the interior surface of the article on one edge if a pocket is preformed, or on all but one edge to define an entrance aperture. The deployable pocket thus configured with a front wall portion, and a rear wall portion defined by the article sidewall, and an aperture for insertion and removal of articles therein.

The pocket disposed at or near the distal end of the article further comprises a distal portion of the device. In accordance with the current preferred mode, the means for engagement of the device to the users wrist or ankle additionally allows the distal portion to be temporarily disengaged, while keeping the device securely engaged to the user. So disengaged, the distal end may be rotated or flipped-up away from the engaged device, to allow the user better access to the storage pocket, and to display identification to a third party requesting it. All the while the identification is still securely engaged to their person and cannot be dropped or lost before going back to the as worn, engaged position over the users wrist or ankle.

This removable engagement of the distal end, while maintaining engagement around the user's arm or leg, is accomplished by providing a set of fasteners both before and after the disposition of the distal portion and corresponding mating fasteners position on the overlapping surface of the elongated material portion.

Further, in all modes of the device, the pocket is preferably formed and sized to easily receive and remove standard ID-1 format cards. Briefly, ID-1 format cards are most typically employed for ID cards, drivers licenses, ATM cards, credit cards, debit cards, etc. and measure approximately 3.370×2.125 inches. To provide easy insertion and retrieval, the pocket may be formed in the range of 3-5 inches long, and 2-4 inches wide. However, dimensions outside the noted range may also be employed and are anticipated.

It is additionally preferred in the engaged as-worn mode, the longer length or axis of the pocket is parallel with the axis of the users arm or leg. In this mode, a substantially rigid card engaged within the pocket will comfortably fit over the users wrist or ankle without the need for the card to bend or curve over wrist or ankle, which is uncomfortable and may possible damage the card. Further, it may easily be rotated or flipped to a vertical position extending from the arm or leg surface, to display the user's I.D. through a transparent wall.

The device as such allows a wearer to maintain the as-worn engagement of the article to their wrist or ankle, while further allowing access of items to and from the cavity without the need to completely disengaged the article from the wearers body. Such a device is especially well suited for users having limited or no pocket space on their clothing to hold accessories such as identification cards, credit cards, ATM cards, and cash. Further, by providing secured engagement to the users wrist or ankle, the device and items secured therein are continuously maintained in a secured engagement even in the event of rapid or sudden movements of the user, such as those associated with salsa dancing.

Still further, in accordance with at least one preferred mode of the device, the front wall portion of the device is preferably formed of a frame to surround and hold the card for display, or clear or transparent material, such as a transparent plastic. Therefor the user can engage an ID card or drivers license within the pocket such that the picture and other information disposed on the card is visible when the distal portion is flipped up, without the need to remove the card from the pocket.

This flip-up or rotatable display function, without dismounting the bracelet, is especially desirable when there is a need to present the ID card, such as when entering a bar or for other reasons of presenting identification. In addition, the see-through or transparent wall portion may include registration markings to aid the user in properly engaging a typical drivers license into the pocket. For example, with the device engaged to the users wrist, the registration markings will provide the user with a means to engage the ID or other card within the pocket such that when the distal portion is flipped open, the card is positioned in a readable orientation in the presented-position, to a reader standing in front of the user, such as security personnel who greet patrons entering a bar or club, or law enforcement or for instance a bank teller.

In yet another particularly preferred mode of the invention, the storage cavity or pocket may be rendered removably engageable to the respective portion of the article in a manner to allow it to be engaged to multiple articles. As such, the removably engageable pocket can be selectively disengaged to provide the user with unimpeded access to the pocket as needed. The pocket may be formed of rigid plastic or flexible material such as fabric and includes fasteners corresponding to mating fasteners mounted on the bracelet article.

In a particularly preferred mode, the pocket includes at least one cavity which formed with a depth less than the short side or width of a conventional credit card. In this mode, a credit card is rendered positionable within the cavity securely while having its magnetic stripe portion protruding from the aperture of the cavity. This provides a means to position the magnetic stripe portion of the credit card for employment with conventional mag strip card readers, without the need to remove the card from the cavity of the pocket. This is accomplished by flipping up the distal end, and sliding the protruding mag strip through a card reader, all while the bracelet portion of the article is still engaged if desired. It also provides a protruding portion of the credit card which is easily gripped between an opposing finger and thumb for removal and repositioning.

Further, in yet another particularly preferred mode of the invention, the removably engageable storage pocket may be removed and reattached to one or multiple pieces of fashion articles, such as a purse or handbag, having fasteners such as buttons, snaps, hook and loop, or other conventional fasteners mounted in positions corresponding to mating fasteners mounted upon the storage pocket. The removably engageable storage pocket may be removed and remounted to many multiple different pieces of decorative articles as a unit, without disturbing the contents of the storage pocket, thereby allowing the storage pocket to function as a wallet or purse for valuables, while concurrently offering a non obvious hiding place for valuables or other contents while in the as-worn position.

With respect to the above description, before explaining at least one preferred embodiment of the herein disclosed invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangement of the components in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention herein described is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways which will be obvious to those skilled in the art. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception upon which this disclosure is based may readily be utilized as a basis for designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present disclosed device. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent construction and methodology insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

As used in the claims to describe the various inventive aspects and embodiments, “comprising” means including, but not limited to, whatever follows the word “comprising”. Thus, use of the term “comprising” indicates that the listed elements are required or mandatory, but that other elements are optional and may or may not be present. By “consisting of” is meant including, and limited to, whatever follows the phrase “consisting of”. Thus, the phrase “consisting of” indicates that the listed elements are required or mandatory, and that no other elements may be present. By “consisting essentially of” is meant including any elements listed after the phrase, and limited to other elements that do not interfere with or contribute to the activity or action specified in the disclosure for the listed elements. Thus, the phrase “consisting essentially of” indicates that the listed elements are required or mandatory, but that other elements are optional and may or may not be present depending upon whether or not they affect the activity or action of the listed elements.

It is an object of the invention to provide a bracelet having a concealed storage pocket for receiving personal items such as identification cards, drivers license, cash, ATM cards, bank cards, and the like.

Additionally, it is an object of the invention to provide the additional benefit of a storage pocket or pockets which can function as a wallet for valuable storage while concurrently being easily attachable to a multitude of fashion articles having mounting fasteners corresponding to those of the pocket.

It is another object of the invention to provide a bracelet having a concealed pocket which is especially well suited for employment while dancing.

Further objects of the invention will be brought out in the following part of the specification, wherein detailed description is for the purpose of fully disclosing the invention without placing limitations thereon.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWING FIGURES

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate some, but not the only or exclusive, examples of embodiments and/or features. It is intended that the embodiments and figures disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than limiting. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows a front view depicting the article comprised of a substantially planar strip of material for forming a bracelet having a concealed pocket disposed at a distal end.

FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 shows the device in a first as-used mode wherein the distal pocket portion is disengaged and may be rotated or flipped up, to allow the user to access the pocket, or to show identification without removing it from the device.

FIG. 4 shows the device in another particularly preferred as used mode wherein the article is fully engaged to a users wrist or ankle via an overlapped engagement of the distal and proximal ends of the article.

FIG. 5 shows a front view of another particularly preferred mode of the device having a removably engageable concealed pocket.

FIG. 5a shows a rear view of the removably engageable pocket of FIG. 5.

FIG. 6 shows a front view of another particularly preferred mode of a removably engageable concealed pocket.

FIG. 7 shows a rear view of the removably engageable concealed pocket of FIG. 6.

FIG. 8 shows a cross sectional view of the pocket of FIG. 6 along line A-A of FIG. 6.

FIG. 9 shows the removably engageable pocket of FIG. 6 in the as used mode.

FIG. 10 shows the removably engageable pocket of FIG. 9, with the magnetic strip extension end, shown engaged to a bracelet on the wrist but easily disengageable with the other hand for use of the magnetic strip.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

Now referring to drawings in FIGS. 1-10, wherein similar components are identified by like reference numerals, there is seen in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 views of a particularly preferred mode of the fashion article device 10. The device 10 is configured to be engaged in an as-worn position as a bracelet on a users wrist or ankle and concurrently provides a concealed pocket for secured engagement of valuables such as credit cards, ATM cards, bank cards, ID's, drivers license, cash, business cards, and so forth.

The device disclosed herein is generally formed of a strip or elongated portion 12 of conventional materials such as one or a combination of leather, fabric, plastic, woven fabrics or felt, however can be formed of any material suitable for the purposes set forth in this disclosure. The elongated portion 12 of the device 10 is preferably of a length that will allow the portion 12 to completely circumferentially engaged over a users wrist in an as-worn mode to be described later. This length may be a universal length known in the art of bracelet fashion articles, however can be customizable sized to fit individual users. Further, it is additionally preferred that the width of the portion 12 is equal to or slightly larger than the size of a typical ID or drivers license as needed to properly and comfortably conceal the ID or license within the pocket 20 to be described shortly.

Generally, the device 10 is comprised of a proximal end 14 and a distal end 16. At the distal end 16 there is included a pocket 20 disposed on a first surface 13. If not removably engaged at both sides, the pocket 20 may be formed by sewing or otherwise engaging a portion of material 22 to the first surface 13 of the elongated portion 12 and having closure about a plurality of edges 24 while leaving at least one edge 26 disengaged to form or position an entrance aperture 28.

The pocket 20 includes a cavity defined by a front wall formed from the engaged material 20 and a rear wall defined by the first surface 13 of the elongated portion 12, and an aperture 28 providing access to the cavity therein. The aperture 28 may include means for closure such as additional snap fits, a zipper, or hook and loop fastener, as needed for closure to securely engaged items therein, and is anticipated.

In use the pocket 20 is configured to receive the user's personal items such as credit cards, ATM cards, bank cards, ID's, drivers license, cash, business cards, and so forth and is therefor preferably sized slightly larger than the conventional dimensions of such items to allow easy insertion and removal of the items through the aperture 28. For example, a conventional drivers license measures approximately 3.370×2.125 inches so the pocket 20 may measure approximately 3.5×2.25 inches. However it is within the scope of the invention that the pocket 20 dimensions may be any size suitable for the intended purpose.

The pocket 20 positioned at or near the distal end 16 of the elongated portion 12 further defines a distal pocket portion 18 of the device 10. In use, the elongated portion 12 of the device 10 is wrapped or otherwise circumferentially engaged about a users wrist or ankle in an overlapped engagement of one or a plurality of mating fasteners 30, 32, 34, 36 engaged on both the first 13 and second 15 surfaces of the elongated portion 12. It is noted that the fasteners 30, 32, 34, 36 shown currently as snap fit fasteners, may be any fasteners known in the art providing means for removable engagement such as buttons, hook and loop, or the like.

The distal pocket portion 18 is positioned to overlap the proximal end 14 a distance past a first set of fasteners 30 on the first surface 13 adjacent the pocket 20 cooperatively engages a first set of complimentary mating fasteners 34 on the second surface 15 adjacent the proximal end 14, as shown in FIG. 3, providing secured engagement of the device 10 to the user.

As shown in the depiction, the distal end has one or a plurality of fasteners 32 adjacent the pocket 20 are not engaged to the complimentary mating fasteners 34 on the second surface 15 such that the distal pocket portion 18 is positionable to a first particularly preferred as-used mode. In this as-used mode the distal pocket portion 18 can be freely manipulated by the user to access the pocket 20 and aperture 28 thereof for inserting or removing personal items, while the device 10 is still securely engaged about a users wrist or ankle. Further, it is of additional preference that the front wall 22 of the pocket 20 is formed from a gap in material or a transparent material, such as a transparent synthetic polymer, such that a first item engaged within the pocket 20, can be viewed by third parties or the user, without the need to remove them. Further, to be described in more detail later, the provision of a transparent front wall 22 will allow the user to rotate or flip up the pocket on the secured device, and present an ID card or drivers license engaged within the pocket 20 without the need to remove it as well. This is of great advantage because it saves time as well as reduces the risk of losing or damaging the card during a removal and insertion.

Prior to further disclosure it is additionally noted and anticipated that although the device is shown in its most simple form, various components and aspects of the device may be differently shaped or slightly modified when forming the invention herein. As such those skilled in the art will appreciate the descriptions and depictions set forth in this disclosure or merely meant to portray examples of preferred modes within the overall scope and intent of the invention, and are not to be considered limiting in any manner.

FIG. 4 shows a view of the device 10 in another as used mode with the distal pocket portion 18 securely engaged to the second surface 15 through an additional engagement of the distal set of fasteners 32 on the first surface 13 with the complimentary mating fasteners 34 engaged on the second surface 15. As currently shown, the as used, or as worn mode provides secured and concealed engagement of the distal pocket portion 18 wherein the device 10 further forms a fashionable bracelet.

FIG. 5 shows yet another particularly preferred mode of the device 10 showing the first surface 14 and having a removably engageable, or dismountable pocket body 40. Hook loop fabric 38 is mounted upon the front surface 13 of the elongated portion 12 in the area of the distal pocket portion 18 in a manner to correspond to mating hook and loop fabric 39 mounted upon the rear exterior surface 44 of the dismountable pocket 40 show in FIG. 5a. Further, it is noted that in accordance with the current mode of the device 10 the dismountable pocket 40 can be mounted on other fashion articles such as purses or handbags. So long as the mounting hardware on the other articles are positioned to align with corresponding mounting hardware on the dismountable pocket 40, the pocket 40 can be easily mounted and dismounted from multiple pieces of fashion articles without the need to remove the contents of the dismountable pocket 40 prior to each dismount and remount of the pocket.

This is especially convenient if the user wishes to carry personal items out of sight since the user can easily dismount the pocket 20 from the bracelet device 10 and remount it to the corresponding mounts on a different fashion articles.

Consequently, the user could put the dismountable pocket 40 on the bracelet device 10 for one use, on the corresponding mounts to handbag for a second use and on corresponding mounts on purse for a third use. All such relocations of the pocket can be accomplished without removing the contents of the pocket 40. As such the personal items are hidden out of sight for owner safety and security.

In a first particularly preferred mode, the pocket 40 is formed by sewing or otherwise engaging the edges of a first material 42 to a second material 44, leaving at least one edge free to define an entrance aperture 46. As such the pocket 40 includes a cavity with a front wall defined by the first material 42 and a rear wall defined by the second material 44. As shown in FIG. 5, the front wall material 42 is preferably a clear or transparent plastic, such that contents within the pocket 40 can be viewed therethrough.

Still further, the transparent plastic front wall 42 can include registering markings 48 to aid the user to properly align a drivers license or ID card within. This can include dashed outlines which register with the picture portion and/or the date of birth portion of a conventional drivers license. As such, great utility is provided when the device 10 is in the as used mode (FIG. 4) about a users wrist and with the distal end 16 overlapping towards the user, and with the drivers license properly engaged within the pocket 40, when the user disengages the distal pocket portion 18 and flips it over to the drivers license to present it to a viewer (FIG. 3), the license will be registered in proper orientation to allow the viewer to read it through the transparent front wall 42.

FIG. 6, FIG. 7, and FIG. 8 show views of another particularly preferred mode of a dismountable pocket body 50. In this mode the pocket 50 is formed from injection molded plastic or other material by suitable forming means, and is intended to engage personal items into one or a plurality of opposing cavities 58, 60 formed therein. Hook loop fabric 54 is mounted upon a first surface 52 of the pocket 50 in a manner to correspond to mating hook and loop fabric 38 mounted upon the first surface 13 of the elongated body 12 of FIG. 5.

Further, also now referring to FIG. 9, the first surface 52 of the pocket 50 preferably has a width equal to or slightly larger than that of a conventional ID, credit card, or drivers license. The second surface 56 and adjacent cavity 58 preferably has a width/depth less than that of a conventional card of the type. As can be clearly seen, the cavities 58, 60 are substantially opposing one another such that the entrance apertures 63, 65 respectively are on opposite sides of the pocket 50. Further, a lip portion 61 of the first surface 52 is provided.

A conventional card 200 engaged within the cavity 60 adjacent the first surface 60 will be concealed within the cavity 60 and have a portion of the card 200 exposed over the lip 61 to allow a user to easily grasp and remove the card as needed. Further, a conventional credit card 100 engaged within the cavity 58 adjacent the second surface 56 will slightly protrude from the entrance aperture 63. The credit card 100 can be positioned such that the conventional magnetic strip portion 102 will protrude as shown. Therefor the user can employ the credit card 100 with conventional card readers without the need to remove the card 100 from the cavity of the pocket 50.

FIG. 10 shows the removably engageable pocket of FIG. 9, with the magnetic strip 102 extending for use. As shown engaged to the elongated body 12 forming a bracelet, it is engaged with the first surface 13. As can be seen, the portion of the credit card 200, or an ID, may easily be pushed by the opposite hand of the user while the pocket is engaged, to expose the magnetic strip 102 on the credit card 100 for use.

Thereafter with the same single hand opposite the one with the mounted elongated body 12 at the wrist, the user can dismount the pocket 50 and remount it without using both hands, or having to fumble with the pocket in one hand while trying to slide the credit card to expose the magnetic strip 102 with the other. In a crowded venue such as a bar or stadium, the ability to leave the pocket 50 engaged, and expose the magnetic strip 102 while engaged, and then remove the pocket with provides great utility in that the user can't drop the pocket, in crowded confines where it might be lost or stolen, as can occur when holding the pocket in one hand like a wallet to expose the magnetic strip 102 with the other.

Additionally for the physically challenged, with only one good working hand, this mode of the device 10 is also of great utility since only one hand is required for all actions including mounting and dismounting after sliding the credit card or ID.

In this description, the directional prepositions of up, upwardly, down, downwardly, front, back, top, upper, bottom, lower, left, right and other such terms refer to the device as it is oriented and appears in the drawings and are used for convenience only; they are not intended to be limiting or to imply that the device has to be used or positioned in any particular orientation

While all of the fundamental characteristics and features of the invention have been shown and described herein, with reference to particular embodiments thereof, a latitude of modification, various changes and substitutions are intended in the foregoing disclosure and it will be apparent that in some instances, some features of the invention may be employed without a corresponding use of other features without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth. It should also be understood that various substitutions, modifications, and variations may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Consequently, all such modifications and variations and substitutions are included within the scope of the invention as defined by the following claims.

Claims

1. A clothing article for transport and storage of valuable such as identification cards, credit cards, and cash, comprising:

an elongated planar body formed of pliable material;

said body having a first side opposite a second side and having a proximal edge opposite a distal edge;

said body having a length sufficient for a circumferential engagement around a wrist or angle of a user to a mounted position, said circumferential engagement including an overlap portion of said first side adjacent to said distal edge, with said second side of said body;

a first fastening position on said first side of said body adjacent to said distal edge;

a second fastening position on an opposite side of said overlap portion from said first fastening position;

a third fastening position on said second side of said body adjacent to said proximal edge;

a fourth fastening position on said second side positioned on an opposite side of a gap from said third fastening position;

means for engaging said first fastening position to said to said third fastening position to form a first engagement point;

means for engaging said second fastening position to said fourth fastening position to form a second engagement point;

a pocket positioned on said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point;

said first attachment point providing means for fastening said elongated body to said circumferential engagement;

said overlap portion being rotatable from a first position with said second engagement point holding said overlap portion abutting said second side of said body and sandwiching said pocket to a hidden position therebetween, to a second position after a detachment of said second engagement point;

said flap in said second position exposing said pocket; and whereby said user can maintain said pocket hidden until dislodging said second engagement point to rotate said pocket to an exposed position and into view for access thereto.

2. The clothing article of claim 1, additionally comprising:

said pocket having a first wall engaged with said first side of said body;

said pocket having a transparent wall on an opposite side from said first wall; and

said pocket moved to said exposed position providing a view to said user and a third party adjacent thereto, of an identification card positioned behind said transparent wall without a need for removal of said identification card from said pocket.

3. The clothing article of claim 1, additionally comprising:

only one hand of said user is required to rotate said pocket to said exposed position and into view, and said pocket is held to said body allowing one handed access thereto.

4. The clothing article of claim 2, additionally comprising:

only one hand of said user is required to rotate said pocket to said exposed position to show said identification card to said third party, and said pocket is held to said body once rotated thereby allowing one handed access without a holding required by another hand.

5. The clothing article of claim 1, additionally comprising:

said pocket being in a removable engagement with said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point; and

said pocket being transferable with its contents to and from said removable engagement, whereby said pocket may be removed to show or access its contents, and subsequently reattached.

6. The clothing article of claim 2, additionally comprising:

said pocket being in a removable engagement with said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point; and

said pocket being transferable with its contents to and from said removable engagement, whereby said pocket may be removed to show or access its contents, and subsequently reattached.

7. The clothing article of claim 3, additionally comprising:

said pocket being in a removable engagement with said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point; and

said pocket being transferable with its contents to and from said removable engagement, whereby said pocket may be removed to show or access its contents, and subsequently reattached.

8. The clothing article of claim 4, additionally comprising:

said pocket being in a removable engagement with said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point; and

said pocket being transferable with its contents to and from said removable engagement, whereby said pocket may be removed to show or access its contents, and subsequently reattached.

9. The clothing article of claim 5, additionally comprising:

a plurality of said bodies; and

said pocket being in a removable engagement with each said body on said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point, whereby said user can transfer said pocket and its contents to a removable engagement with any of said plurality of bodies chosen.

10. The clothing article of claim 6, additionally comprising:

a plurality of said bodies; and

said pocket being in a removable engagement with each said body on said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point, whereby said user can transfer said pocket and its contents to a removable engagement with any of said plurality of bodies chosen.

11. The clothing article of claim 7, additionally comprising:

a plurality of said bodies; and

said pocket being in a removable engagement with each said body on said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point, whereby said user can transfer said pocket and its contents to a removable engagement with any of said plurality of bodies chosen.

12. The clothing article of claim 8, additionally comprising:

a plurality of said bodies; and

said pocket being in a removable engagement with each said body on said first side of said body, in-between said first engagement point and said second engagement point, whereby said user can transfer said pocket and its contents to a removable engagement with any of said plurality of bodies chosen.

13. The clothing article of claim 5, additionally comprising:

said pocket having a first side configured for said removable engagement;

said pocket having a second side opposite said first side;

said second side having a flap thereon with two open edges;

said flap forming a slot for a credit card thereunder with a first side of said credit card projecting from one of said two open edges; and

said credit card translatable to project a second side thereof from the other of said two open edges to project a magnetic strip of said credit card extending from said second side, whereby said user my push said credit card to expose said magnetic strip for engagement with a strip reading machine, and remove said pocket for a sliding of said credit card engaged under said flap, through said strip reading machine.

14. The clothing article of claim 6, additionally comprising:

said pocket having a first side configured for said removable engagement;

said pocket having a second side opposite said first side;

said second side having a flap thereon with two open edges;

said flap forming a slot for a credit card thereunder with a first side of said credit card projecting from one of said two open edges; and

said credit card translatable to project a second side thereof from the other of said two open edges to project a magnetic strip of said credit card extending from said second side, whereby said user my push said credit card to expose said magnetic strip for engagement with a strip reading machine, and remove said pocket for a sliding of said credit card engaged under said flap, through said strip reading machine.

15. The clothing article of claim 7, additionally comprising:

said pocket having a first side configured for said removable engagement;

said pocket having a second side opposite said first side;

said second side having a flap thereon with two open edges;

said flap forming a slot for a credit card thereunder with a first side of said credit card projecting from one of said two open edges; and

said credit card translatable to project a second side thereof from the other of said two open edges to project a magnetic strip of said credit card extending from said second side, whereby said user my push said credit card to expose said magnetic strip for engagement with a strip reading machine, and remove said pocket for a sliding of said credit card engaged under said flap, through said strip reading machine.

16. The clothing article of claim 8, additionally comprising:

said pocket having a first side configured for said removable engagement;

said pocket having a second side opposite said first side;

said second side having a flap thereon with two open edges;

said flap forming a slot for a credit card thereunder with a first side of said credit card projecting from one of said two open edges; and

said credit card translatable to project a second side thereof from the other of said two open edges to project a magnetic strip of said credit card extending from said second side, whereby said user my push said credit card to expose said magnetic strip for engagement with a strip reading machine, and remove said pocket for a sliding of said credit card engaged under said flap, through said strip reading machine.