Pockets Patents (Class 2/247)
  • Publication number: 20120276812
    Abstract: A retention apparatus for holding and carrying money, credit cards, driver's licenses, and other small objects on the body of a user. The retention apparatus features a pouch that can be permanently installed on or removably connected to an interior surface of a garment. The garment is a brassiere, a sports bra, a riding bra, a dress, a corset, a shirt, a t-shirt, a swimsuit top or bottom, a bikini top, or any other suitable garment to which the retention apparatus is attachable. The retention apparatus may feature a pocket flap that can include a fastener for closing the pouch and securing the objects within the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventor: Janet Amy Wollowick
  • Patent number: 8257140
    Abstract: This discrete, easily accessible, and selectively introduced and selectively removed pocket holds, e.g., keys, cash, credit cards, metro cards, cosmetics, valuables, or other accessories. The pocket is worn in the interior of a brassiere cup or bathing suit top to provide convenience and safety and is shaped and contoured appropriately to the interior of such garment. The pocket can be used with any brassiere and is held in place with a plurality of attaching members, including but not limited to magnets. The pocket is alternately and easily removed from an article of clothing, even in public, and worn as a sachet around the wrist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventor: Judith Ann Kenny
  • Patent number: 8256023
    Abstract: A coverall is convenient for a worker to act, and can be easily distinguished at night, with a convenience for a worker in doing a job. The coverall includes an upper clothes part, waist part and lower clothes part. The coverall has a shape wrapping an upper body of worker, and the upper and lower clothes parts are united through the waist part. The upper clothes part includes a wear fastener part, front-face protective cover, back fold part formed folded on the right and left both sides of the back surface, and a luminous band. The waist part has a waist band with elasticity. The lower clothes part is coupled to the upper clothes part in a united type with the waist part, and includes a lower clothes opening part openable along a hip part of worker on a rear face, a dual pocket, and a luminous band. The lower clothes opening part is formed in a “?” or “?” shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Inventors: Nam Kyu Park, Young Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20120198598
    Abstract: A glove includes a pocket configuration or strip of material that allows a mouth guard or other items to be held in the pocket. The pocket includes a bottom section on the palm side of the glove and a top pocket section that is lifted to accommodate the mouth guard. A pocket binding opening is lifted by a pocket tab to open the pocket. The pocket also includes a banding strip positioned to maximize area on the back side of the glove without compromising flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Brian Cohen
  • Publication number: 20120186000
    Abstract: A garment pocket for a shirt or T-shirt formed of textile fabric. The pocket is configured to house a touchscreen-operated electronic device such as a smartphone or pad computer or PDA when positioned therein through the employment of a front wall formed of transparent material formed of polymeric material adapted to communicate the touch of a user's fingers to the touchscreen through the transparent material. A closure is employed to retain the electronic device in the pocket. A channel formed in the textile shirt fabric provides a conduit for wires engaged to the electronic device in the pocket to communicate to the collar area of the shirt such as for headphones. Stitching in the textile fabric between the pocket engagement area of the shirt to the shoulder area of the shirt communicates and distributes the weight in the pocket to the shoulder area of the shirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Ben Raviv
  • Publication number: 20120185999
    Abstract: A garment pocket formed in a pair of pants or shorts which are made from textile fabric and worn by a user. The garment pocket is configured to house a touchscreen operated electronic device such as a smartphone or pad computer and allow normal operation thereof through a transparent frontwall configured to communicate user touches to the touchscreen. Conduits for electrical connections are provided from the pocket housing portion to the waistband. Extra stitching can be provided to communicate the weight of a device in the pocket to the waistband of the shorts or pants. An antenna on the shorts is configured to communicate RF to the electronic device in the pocket and an RF barrier on the backwall of the pocket blocks RF from the user's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Ben Raviv
  • Patent number: 8220074
    Abstract: A garment (100) for selectively warming or cooling a wearer includes a layer of material (101) with one or more pockets (201, 202, 203) coupled thereto. The one or more pockets (201, 202, 203) are configured to selectively receive one or more heating or cooling packs (500). In one embodiment, the one or more pockets (201, 202, 203) include a thermal adjustment layer (405), which may be configured as a thermal adjustment pocket (406), or a foldable layer of material (706). At least a portion of the thermal adjustment layer (405) may be selectively placed either between the one or more heating or cooling packs (204) and the wearer, or between the one or more heating or cooling packs (204) and an outer pocket portion (301) of a pocket (300). The one or more pockets (201, 202, 203) may be detachable from the garment (100), and may be of the same or different material as that of the garment (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Inventor: Lisa Sutker
  • Publication number: 20120167287
    Abstract: A self-securing sterile gown comprises a gown body. A first sleeve and a second sleeve are coupled with the gown body. A first strap attached to the first back portion terminates within a sterile field of the self-securing sterile gown at a first free end. A second strap attached to the second back portion terminates within the sterile field of the self-securing sterile gown at a second free end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Carl Nee-Kofi MOULD-MILLMAN
  • Patent number: 8209772
    Abstract: The teacher's strategies tool apron of the present invention provides easy access and organization to the tools needed to enhance any instructional segment and promote student retention in PreK to 8th grade. The “tools of the trade” are located in the appropriately matched pockets of the apron, paired with researched best practices education strategies. Together they maximize the attention and involvement of the learning audience while simultaneously giving easy access and organization to the tools themselves to the presenter. The pockets have a signifying visual cue logo identifying the purpose of the tool that goes into that pocket and create a memory map for the presenter. When worn by the presenter the aprons bring the focus of the presentation's participants to its wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Inventor: Mildred L. Curry
  • Publication number: 20120124717
    Abstract: Sock structure that is especially useful in applying a cold pack to a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy treatment, and a method of applying a cold pack to a wearer (e.g. a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy treatment), using the sock structure. The sock structure comprises a sock body that includes (i) a foot portion configured to cover substantially all of the wearer's foot, (ii) a leg portion configured to cover a portion of the wearer's ankle and leg, and (iii) a turned heel that provides an angular (turned) junction between the foot and leg portions. Moreover, the sock structure comprises a pocket integral with the sock body and located along predetermined portions of the bottom of the foot portion and the turned heel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Lenora Austin
  • Publication number: 20120117708
    Abstract: An antimicrobial woven fabric having interwoven silver threads in manufacturing antimicrobial medical garments including tunics, gowns, coveralls, jackets, scrub tops, scrub pants, lab coats, footwear covers, linens, curtains and dividers wherein the woven fabric is selected from one or more of cotton, wool, silk, hemp, polyester, polypropylene, spandex and nylon, preferably the fabric is a blend of cotton and polyester fibers, with the medical garments providing for a garment closure, such as a zipper, extending approximately from a top front of the garment to a bottom front of the garment for opening said garment; and a plurality of pockets on a front portion of said garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Vincent Trapani
  • Publication number: 20120117713
    Abstract: Pants (10) are provided with one or more exterior pockets (14, 16, 20) for access to one or more interior pockets for receiving a concealed item. One or more of the exterior pockets includes an opening for passing the user's hand inward. A sleeve-shaped member (44, 50) inside the pants is provided for fitting circumferentially about the leg of the user, and includes a front planar layer and a rear planar layer. A supporting strap (48, 52) is provided for fitting circumferentially about the waist or the leg of the user, and a suspension strap (52, 56) interconnects the supporting strap to the sleeve-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Brian D. Hoffner
  • Publication number: 20120066812
    Abstract: The present invention may be described as a combination of a hat or hood with material extending outward and downward from the lower portions of the rear section of the hat or hood in the form of opposing sections of a scarf. The first and second scarf portions are capable of being fastened together by a Velcro® closure, zipper, or similar apparatus and have at the far end of each scarf portion pockets for permitting the insertion of each hand of the wearer for warming. Each pocket may additionally have an elasticized opening for retaining the hands within the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Delia Alzate
  • Publication number: 20120051571
    Abstract: An audio communication system is disclosed to enable a person addressing a group of people to be heard regardless of whether the people to whom the person is addressing or regardless of whether the person is being addressed is faced by the person giving the speech, from the rear of the person giving the speech or to either side of the person giving the speech. The garment of this invention which is to be worn by the person addressing the group of people includes wireless loudspeakers at the front of the garment at the rear of the garment and at the sleeves of the garment. In a modified embodiment, the microphone and loudspeakers are hard wired together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventor: James J. Charvat, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120030864
    Abstract: A pocket system for an athletic garment according to embodiments of the present invention includes a center pocket and first and second pockets each having an outer, inner, top, and bottom edge. The top edges are open, while the inner, outer, and bottom edges are closed. A vertical centerline of the garment substantially aligns with a user's spine, and the first pocket is located on the athletic garment on one side of the vertical centerline, while the second pocket is located on the garment on the other side of the vertical centerline. The first and second pockets are in a substantially symmetrical configuration about the vertical centerline, and the center pocket is substantially centered on the vertical centerline. The first, second, and center pockets are disposed entirely within a larger, outer pocket, according to such embodiments of the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.
    Inventors: Caroline Marois, Sue McKinney
  • Publication number: 20120030861
    Abstract: A garment that includes a garment structure, a plurality of loop members, and first, second and third pocket assemblies. Each loop member is coupled to a waist portion of the garment structure and remains attached thereto in response to the application of a leash force of 37 lbf thereto. The first pocket assembly is configured to hold a plurality of disposable plastic bags and defines an opening through which the disposable plastic bags can be dispensed. The second pocket assembly is configured to receive one or more of the disposable plastic bags that have been filled with pet excrement. Each third pocket assembly is coupled to the lower portion of the garment structure and is configured to hold a tennis ball therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2010
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventor: Renee LaRose Miller
  • Publication number: 20120023643
    Abstract: A lower body garment such as shorts or pants are separable into two complementary halves, each including a decorative element. The garment can convert into two distinct and unique wearable garments. A lower body garment can also include independently reversible complementary halves capable of converting into eight distinct and unique wearable garments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Michele O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20120023644
    Abstract: A pocket for articles of clothing provided with an upper edge 2, a lower edge 3 and a first and a second lateral edges 4, 5. In a non-assembled configuration, the pocket comprises is defined by a first portion 6 exhibiting a first edge 8, and a second portion 7 exhibiting a second edge 9. A seam 10 realises an assembled configuration by the joining of the first portion 6 to the second portion 7, by the superposition of an edge 8 on the other one 9 and the nearing of an edge 8 to the other one 9 to give the pocket a curved three-dimensional conformation. Said pocket 1 being obtained by a nearing step of the first portion 6 to the second portion 7 and a connecting step thereof. Said pocket 1 being applied to trousers 14, such as to be superposed during use on a buttock of the person wearing the trousers. Said pocket 1 being applied to a shirt 25, such as to be superposed during use on the breast of the person wearing the shirt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: MAX MARA S.R.L. SOCIETA' UNIPERSONALE
    Inventor: Luigi MARAMOTTI
  • Patent number: 8099794
    Abstract: A body conforming, reusable, washable, textile holder for removably holding at least one electronic device in close bodily contact. The holder may be a wrap or tube constructed to enclose a portion of the body where the electronic device is to be held. The electronic device may be a cellular telephone, a wireless communication device, a personal audio device, a wearable computer, an electronic monitoring device, an electronic identification card, or other electronic device. The invention also relates to a system comprising the body conforming holder and an electronic device for use therewith, and a method for holding such an electronic device in close bodily contact by wearing the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: Rusl, LLC
    Inventor: Jerry Edward Carstens
  • Publication number: 20110314592
    Abstract: The present invention provides a removable pocket connected to wearer's garment. A pocket section is attached to one end of a flexible fabric. At the other end of the flexible fabric is reinforced support section. The reinforced support section is inserted between the wearer's garment and the wearer's body. The reinforced support section is held in place by compressive force between the wearer's garment and the wearer's body. The flexible fabric is draped over the top edge of the wearer's garment so that the pocket section is exposed for storage of items. In a preferred embodiment, the wearer's garment is a pair of pants and the reinforced support section is held in place by compressive force between the waist band of the pants and the wearer's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Juanita Wells-Chubb
  • Publication number: 20110296585
    Abstract: A garment system for incontinent invalids, including bariatric patients, that has pants and dresses with common features including a diaper opening, elastic at and above the waistline, elastic fabric extendable across at least a middle portion of the back of the garment near the waist-line. The garments cover the crotch of the wearer while reclined or seated, and still provide caregivers easy access to diapers. The pants feature a rear elastic belt with first and second releasably fastenable belt ends. The dress may have releasably open shoulder seams and two-petal sleeves. Faux pockets, providing concealed openings through the garment for medical equipment are included. For the pants, the crotch seam extends far enough back to cover the crotch from view when the wearer is seated or reclining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventor: Jacquelin P. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20110289649
    Abstract: Super Hoodies are similar to a conventional hooded sweatshirt (hoodie) with added inner material that attaches completely near the bottom, up along one side of the zipper to the other, and to the lower portion of the arm holes, creating a large inner pocket in the hoodies. Additional pockets, slits, and accessories can be added to either side of the inner pocket material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Inventor: Edward Wai-Soong Wong
  • Publication number: 20110277219
    Abstract: The present invention is a securing pocket for attachment to an accessory article that supports a small hands-free electronic device. The pocket further comprises an opening within the accessory article for supporting the pocket. The opening is dimensioned and contoured to support the electronic device. The pocket further comprises a first covering and a second covering dimensioned and contoured to support the electronic device. The second covering overlays the first covering and have a seamless attachment thereto with an edge being left unattached for receiving and removing the electronic device. Cut out openings extend through the base material of the accessory article and first covering1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventor: Roderick Demus
  • Publication number: 20110281497
    Abstract: The invention relates to a garment for wearing breast prosthesis comprising a torso front panel forming a front side of the garment; a torso back panel forming a back side of the garment; and at least a first pocket for receiving the prosthesis; the front panel and the back panel being connected at several locations forming: a right arm opening at a first side having a right arm rim around the right arm opening; a left arm opening at a first side having a left arm rim around the left arm opening; a neck opening at the top having a neck rim around the neck opening; the first pocket being located at a first half of the front panel being connected to the front panel at or near at least a substantial part of an arm rim and to at least or near a substantial part of the neck rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SENSIFORM V.O.F.
    Inventors: Margreet Van Dorp, Petra Van Eijsden
  • Patent number: 8056146
    Abstract: A disposable isolation hospital gown is provided having a main body and a pair of sleeves. Integrally formed with the hospital gown is a disposable wrapper that is particularly positioned or placed such that the gown can be rolled or folded into a bundle, after which the disposable wrapper is reversed and in the process of reversing the disposable wrapper, the bundled gown is stuffed or placed into the reversed disposable wrapper for disposal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Inventor: Virginia Porowski
  • Patent number: 8032951
    Abstract: A system of removably securing pockets with garments, vehicles, walls, etc. The system includes a plurality of attachment units which are arranged in selected locations over a surface. Each attachment unit includes at least one tab. Each tab comprises a first end permanently secured with the surface and a second end extending outwardly from the first end. The second end is operable to pivot into a superimposed position over the first end and to a position parallel with the first end. The pocket includes a plurality of longitudinal edges and outer and inner sides. Fastener members are secured along the outer and inner sides and adjacent selected of the edges of the surface. In use, the first and second ends of the tabs are separated from the superimposed positions allowing the fastener members along the inner side of the pocket to be secured with the fastener members carried by the first end of the tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventors: Paul V. Nestberg, Heather H. Tapp
  • Patent number: 8028345
    Abstract: A tennis garment of fabric material and sewn construction has a front panel sewn to a rear panel with a waistband encircling the garment. A ball securing sleeve is aligned with, and joined to, the rear waistband portion at left, central, and right mutual locations, thereby establishing two ball securing sleeves into which a tennis ball may be inserted from above or below the sleeve. Once inserted, the ball is held in place by opposing upper and lower elastic bands within upper and lower hems of the sleeves. When desired, the ball may be withdrawn from the sleeves by upward or downward movement relative to the sleeves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Rockport Recreation Co., LLC
    Inventors: Lance Waite, Anna Waite
  • Publication number: 20110233242
    Abstract: A load bearing wearable garment comprising a garment configured to cover at least a portion of a user's upper torso, the garment having at least one rear pocket adapted to receive at least one article therein, and an integral load bearing system adapted to support weighted articles contained in said pocket and redistribute forces resulting therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Sanderson Broudy
  • Publication number: 20110203034
    Abstract: A waterproof garment pocket, and a method of making the same, that is submersible and protects the contents of the pocket, such as handheld electronic devices, against exposure to water. The waterproof garment pocket incorporates a waterproof zipper and is made from fabric that is impervious to water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventor: Jonathan Shlafer
  • Publication number: 20110197344
    Abstract: An exemplary embodiment provides for a secure pocket that includes a backing, an inner-lower panel coupled to the backing and an upper-outer panel flap coupled to the backing. The upper-outer panel flap overlaps a portion of a circumference of the inner-lower panel and an inner-lower panel opening is covered by the upper-outer panel flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Inventor: George James Rhoades, II
  • Patent number: 7992225
    Abstract: The present invention is a securing pocket for attachment to a garment that supports a small hands-free electronic device. The pocket further comprises an opening within the garment for supporting the pocket. The opening is dimensioned and contoured to support the electronic device. The pocket further comprises a first covering and a second covering dimensioned and contoured to support the electronic device. The second covering overlays the first covering and have a seamless attachment thereto with an edge being left unattached for receiving and removing the electronic device. The first cover has slightly larger dimensions than the opening and overlays the opening and has a seamless attachment thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Roderick Lee Demus
  • Publication number: 20110185477
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to garment-attachable holders for the temporary holding of personal effects. In one embodiment, a garment-attachable holder is comprised of a piece of rectangular sheet material having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface may include adhesive on various portions thereon. At least one edge of the second surface may include a reinforcement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventor: Kim L. Olenicoff
  • Patent number: 7971283
    Abstract: A non-woven, flame resistant fabric and a disposable coverall made from the fabric. The non-woven, flame resistant fabric is made of a plurality of NOMEX® synthetic fibers, a plurality of KEVLAR® synthetic fibers, and a plurality of electrostatic dissipative fibers. The coverall has an upper section for covering the shoulder, chest, back and abdominal regions of a wearer. The upper section has long sleeves to cover the arms of the wearer and a collar to cover the neck region of wearer. The coverall also has a waist section contiguous with the upper section for covering the waist region of a wearer, and a pair of leg sections for covering the legs of the wearer. Each leg section has an upper portion contiguous with the waist section. The coverall also has a seat section contiguous with the waist section and the upper portions of the leg sections. The coverall has a two-way zipper extending from the collar section to the waist section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Carole Winterhalter, Heather Cumming Rowell, Henry Case
  • Patent number: 7966667
    Abstract: A garment with underarm externally accessible breast pockets and method of use. An upper body garment is disclosed having garment sleeves attached to a garment trunk, and a pocket mouth disposed under each garment sleeve. A pocket is attached to the garment trunk at each pocket mouth. A passenger positioned behind a driver wearing the upper body garment may insert hands and arms through the pocket mouths and into the pockets for warmth, security, and or intimacy enhancement. Divots sized to accept human fingertips may be attached to the pocket floors for increased security of grip. Alternate embodiment garments include divots sized to accept fingertips on the front outside of a garment or life preserver, and hand indentations sized to accept the palm side of a human hand on the front outside of a garment or life preserver. Methods of use are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: GX, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodi Tomlinson, Kevin P. Cutlip
  • Publication number: 20110145969
    Abstract: A garment for supporting a portable personal medical device such as an insulin pump may be provided with a double pocket. A first pocket may be sewn onto the garment at an esthetical desirable location on the garment. A second pocket may be configured to hold the device and may be positioned on the garment to be occluded from view behind the first pocket. An access port through the garment may be positioned on the garment to be occluded from view behind the first pocket and may be configured to permit passage of a connector from the device to a user of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Polly Witten, Elizabeth Whitley
  • Publication number: 20110138519
    Abstract: The scarfguard system includes a scarf made from cotton, wool, silk, cashmere or other suitable materials. The device has a pocket or a sleeve sewn into the center wherein users may insert a disposable facemask or filter providing immediate, convenient and discreet protection from germs. An envelope-like flap is tucked into the pocket to keep the mask dry and in place. There is a plastic mesh strip sewn into both sides of the pocket for stability. Each end of the scarf has a pocket made of nylon, rubber, or other materials similar to those used in rainwear for inserting the hands. This grants users a protective covering for their hands that can be easily washed and sanitized for continued use. The scarf measure approximately 98?, but is also be available in several lengths, widths and colors to suit user preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventor: Sharon Serota
  • Publication number: 20110131705
    Abstract: A garment including a body of fabric having a waistband and at least two seams that extend from the waistband and a support structure that is connected to the at least two seams and the waistband is provided. The support structure further includes a pocket and a tape connected to the pocket that prevents elongation of the support structure between said at least two seams during the wearable life of the body of fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Mark Waldman, Claudia Fua
  • Publication number: 20110131702
    Abstract: A hand covering comprising a main body having a reception cavity dimensioned for receipt of a hand of a user, a pocket covering that defines a reception region and is secured to said main body along a peripheral edge perimeter of the pocket covering. The pocket covering having a first panel with a free edge and a second panel with a free edge; and the free edges being arranged as to provide an access opening that is positioned inward relative to the edge perimeter and which access opening defines a sheet material insertion or removal location relative to the reception region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Harpswell Harmony LLC
    Inventors: Ellen RODGERS, Paul F. Mirto
  • Publication number: 20110113525
    Abstract: A patient garment. The garment is configured to highlight the intercostal area of a patient during an echocardiographic examination. The garment comprises a front panel having a front top edge, a front bottom edge, a front left side and a front right side. The front panel has an access opening defined there through. The garment further comprise a back panel having a back top edge that is connected to the front top edge, a back bottom edge, a back left side and a back right side. The access opening is positioned on the front panel to expose an area of the patient's torso between a 3rd intercostal area and a 5th intercostal area of the patient's torso.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Patricia Lenzen
  • Patent number: 7942856
    Abstract: A garment for securing and storing bodily fluid drainage reservoirs and other fluid reservoirs. The garment comprises a loose-fitting body with at least one small aperture for receiving drainage tubing and at least one pocket cloth partly fixed to the body of the garment and partly detachably coupled to the body of the garment which allows for the easy storage and removal of the fluid drainage reservoir. The pocket cloth allows for the continuing support of the drainage reservoir as the drainage reservoir becomes heavier e.g. about 1 kilogram, due to the collection of fluid draining from the patient into the drainage reservoir. The secure storage of the drainage reservoir enables the wearer to move without worry of the drainage reservoir coming loose, losing fluid, or being exposed to a non-sterile environment external to the pocket cloth. The garment may be configured for wear by male and female children and adults.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Nedda Joy Lentini
  • Publication number: 20110099682
    Abstract: An advanced combat clothing system for military medics and medical professionals actively involved in the field of combat while providing acute emergency care for wounded soldiers. The Advanced Combat Uniform for Medics also referred to as the ACUM consists of a pair of trousers, a long sleeve shirt and a unique pocket receptacle invention which stabilizes the content within the pockets. The ACUM was invented to replace the use of roll-up bags and back packs used to carry the tools and supplies of the military medics during combat zone engagements. The ACUM invention was strategically designed to disburse the weight of the medical gear over the entire body, therefore, decreasing the entire weight load from exerting pressure over the lumbar and thoracic spinal locations. Additionally, by disbursing the pay-load or weight over the entire body, the military medic will be able to maneuver and combat with more accuracy and precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Inventor: Billy Zachery Earley
  • Publication number: 20110088135
    Abstract: A convertible garment that is reconfigurable from a garment to a neck pillow. The neck pillow may be generally U-shaped to fit about the neck of a wearer. The garment may include a pocket generally corresponding in shape to desired shape of the neck pillow. The pocket is of sufficient size to receive the remainder of the garment so that the remainder of the garment can be inserted into the pocket. The pocket may be sized so that the remainder of the garment substantially fills the pocket, thereby providing a relatively firm neck pillow capable of providing the desired level of neck support. The pocket may have a closure, such as a zipper, to retain the remainder of the garment in the pocket. The garment may be a jacket with the pocket located in the lower back that opens to the inside of the garment. The pocket may be manufactured from or lined with a soft material, such as a brushed tricot or a fleece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Snyder, Mitchell S. Zapp, William K. Inman
  • Patent number: 7926123
    Abstract: This invention provides pants with vertical pocket openings at the pant front center. The pants can have a central vertical closure, such as a zipper, with the pocket opening optionally internally adjacent or externally adjacent to the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Inventor: Joel Walburg
  • Publication number: 20110072556
    Abstract: An expandable pocket is described. In one or more implementations, a pocket is comprised of a front panel attached to a back panel. The front panel is configured to expand. Additionally, the front panel is configured to substantially maintain alignment of a portion of a stripe disposed on the front panel with a portion of the stripe disposed on the back panel. The front panel is configured to maintain this alignment when the front panel is expanded and when the front panel is not expanded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventor: MunHui Diane Bang
  • Publication number: 20110072558
    Abstract: A method for bonding supplemental materials of various shapes to a base textile comprises printing an adhesive material, such as a thermoplastic ink, onto a backing sheet, such as a paper backing. The thermoplastic ink may be printed onto the paper backing using a print head, silk screen, gravure, or any other appropriate printing device capable of printing the ink onto the backing sheet in a desired shape and with a desired thickness. The adhesive material is generally printed in substantially the same shape as the perimeter of the supplemental material to be bonded to the base textile. After the thermoplastic ink is printed onto the backing sheet, the thermoplastic ink is transferred to the base fabric using a bonding process. The backing sheet is then peeled away, and the supplemental material is then bonded to the exposed adhesive material on the base fabric using a subsequent bonding process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Applicant: UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
    Inventor: Jason Berns
  • Publication number: 20110067169
    Abstract: An attachable and detachable cover for a pocket having an inner area. The cover may include a first portion disposed external to the pocket, generally conforming to a contour of the pocket, and removably secured to the pocket. The first portion may include a decorative element. In addition, the decorative cover may include a second portion disposed within the inner area of the pocket. The second portion may cause the cover to be retained by the pocket. Further, the cover may include a third portion connecting the first portion and the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Inventors: Joyce Brenda Compton, Jill Brenda Compton
  • Patent number: 7908675
    Abstract: A multi-pocket assembly attachable to a garment and more particularly to a multipocket system for pants that allows easy access even when a user is in a seated position. One embodiment provides has a first pocket structure having an interior access opening with means for closing the top and at least one vertical side. Additional pockets can be added on top of the first pocket. Additional features that can be added to the invention include reflective tape, securable flaps, zippers, pleats, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Inventor: Steven J Robinson
  • Publication number: 20110061146
    Abstract: For uniformed personnel a shirt and pants Class A dress uniform having one or more Class B work uniform type of structural features which render it more functional, more comfortable and more attractive. More specifically, this new uniform includes a shirttail retainer, a microphone sling and an internal hidden and secure cargo pocket on each leg or combinations of one or more of these features. The shirttail retainer utilizes spaced apart silicone rubber friction strips on the outer surface near the waist which cooperate with a friction strip on the inner surface of the pants waistband. The microphone sling hangs from a button on the shoulder hidden beneath the shoulder epaulet. The internal cargo pocket is on the inner surface of the outer leg wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Roy J. Spiewak, Michael I. SPIEWAK, Sol N. JACOBS
  • Patent number: 7886368
    Abstract: A garment apparatus adapted and configured to have the functionality of a backpack that includes at least one pocket fixedly attached to each of an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The at least one pocket on the posterior portion covers a surface area of the posterior portion in an amount of about one percent up to fifty percent of the surface area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Inventor: Tony Hood
  • Publication number: 20110010821
    Abstract: A convertible shirt having a sleeveless base and a sleeved half-shirt configured to couple to the sleeveless base is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a convertible shirt includes a sleeveless base, a sleeved half shirt configured to couple inconspicuously to the sleeveless base, and a multiplicity of fasteners to couple to the sleeved half shirt to the sleeveless base. In at least one alternative embodiment a two-piece convertible Western shirt includes a sleeveless base, the sleeveless base having a flared, pointed collar, a button-up front, and at least a pair of pockets on a front side of the sleeveless base, a sleeved half shirt configured to couple inconspicuously to the sleeveless base, the sleeved half shirt having a Western adornment, and a multiplicity of fasteners configured to couple to the sleeved half shirt to the sleeveless base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventor: Anita R. Young