GARMENT WITH INSULATED POCKET POUCH
The invention is concerned with enabling storage and temperature control of food product, such as pizza, as well as other personal products requiring temporary cool storage, such as medications, in a personal garment while wearing said garment. While there exist many products for storing and maintaining the temperature of hot or cold products during transportation, such as insulated bags, there is presently no temperature controlled, storage-enabled garment. Through use of the present invention, it is now possible for a person to cleanly store temperature-controlled food and other products in a wearable garment.
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BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe invention is concerned with enabling storage and temperature control of food product, such as pizza, as well as other personal products requiring temporary cool storage, such as medications, in a personal garment while wearing said garment. While there exist many products for storing and maintaining the temperature of hot or cold food or other products during transportation, such as insulated bags, there is presently no temperature maintaining storage-enabled garment.
The need for such product is simple: there are times when one prepares or purchases food, such as hot pizza, that they do not intend to eat at that moment but want to be able to enjoy when they are ready. Having the ability to cleanly store a hot slice of pizza in one's clothing eliminates the need to carry the food around in a container, which one might not wish to carry around once the food is consumed, or in disposable materials, which creates waste. Carrying such items is especially inconvenient for those who do not generally use a purse or other bag.
The sum of these advantages unify with a novel product that has never before been created or anticipated. These, together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty characterizing the invention, are described with particularity in the claims herewith. A more comprehensive understanding of the features, operation and uses of the invention may be gleaned from reference to the enclosed drawings and descriptive matter further illustrating the preferred embodiments of the invention.
The embodiments described herein are illustrative of the invention, and it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description and drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. It should be further understood that the phraseology and terminology applied herein merely serve the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
In accordance with this invention, it is now possible for a person to cleanly store temperature-controlled food or products in a wearable garment. The embodiment illustrated in the figures and corresponding description below is for the storage of a slice of pizza in a sweatshirt pocket. This embodiment includes an insulating unit that consists of a pocket and a pouch where the pouch is removable, however, the insulating unit could just as easily and effectively be a single, irremovable insulated unit.
As to further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of this invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention, the use of which results in a novel food storage garment.
Although the description presented heretofore contains specificities for the benefit of illustration, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the embodiments but rather as illustrative examples of some of the several embodiments. For example, the garment could be a sweatshirt, t-shirt or other wearable garment, and the size and shape of the pocket and inner pouch could vary depending on the intended use. Thus, the scope of the embodiments should be determined by the appended claims and their legal equivalents rather than by the examples provided.
Claims
1. A garment with insulated unit comprising:
- a textile of a wearable pattern as to render the textile wearable by a person, said textile having an interior surface and an exterior surface whereby the interior surface is facing a wearer's body and the exterior surface is facing away from a wearer's body;
- an insulated portion secured to the interior or exterior surface of the textile, said pocket having at least three sides, including a topside, and left and right sides, and wherein said insulated portion contains or is comprised of an insulating material; and
- an insulated portion slot having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said insulated portion slot having a fastener attached to said exterior surface of said insulated portion slot so as to secure the insulated portion slot in the open position or in the closed position.
2. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein said insulated portion comprises: pocket portion secured to the interior or exterior surface of the textile, said pocket having at least three sides, including a topside, and left and right sides; and a removable insulated pouch having at least a front side, a backside, a topside with a closeable opening and a means for closure, and right and left sides; said pouch being constructed from an insulating material smaller in every dimension than said pocket such that the pouch can be removably contained, in whole, within the pocket.
3. The garment with insulated unit of claim 2 wherein said insulated portion slot is of a size as to allow the passage of the removable insulated pouch.
4. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein said wearable pattern is of a type of the list comprising: sweatshirt, t-shirt, jackey, shorts and pants.
5. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein the insulated portion is secured to the interior surface of the textile, and the insulated portion slot is located on the textile and positioned such that the insulated portion slot enables access to the insulated portion at or close to the topside of the insulated portion, which is attached behind the textile on the interior surface the textile.
6. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein the insulated portion is secured to the exterior surface of the textile, and the insulated portion slot is located on the insulated portion and positioned such that the insulated portion slot enables access to the insulated portion at or close to the topside of the insulated portion.
7. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein said insulating material is a type of the list comprising: biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate, nylon, polyethylene, polyurethane and polypropylene.
8. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein said fastener is a zipper.
9. The garment with insulated unit of claim 1 wherein the shape of said insulated portion is generally triangular.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 19, 2015
Publication Date: Mar 23, 2017
Inventor: Michael Hourani (Medford, NJ)
Application Number: 14/859,293