Pockets Patents (Class 2/247)
  • Publication number: 20030182714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a compartment for holding a towel. Said compartment is fabricated of a rectangular piece of material having a first section and a second section. The first section is permanently attached to an article of clothing and the second section acts as a flap. Velcro® removably attaches the second section to the first section forming the compartment therebetween. A towel is removably attached to the first section of the compartment by Velcro® and/or an elastic band. Towels are always handy for cleaning up cooking messes, wiping perspiration off one's brow, washing a babies face, etc. The compartment of the present invention provides a towel for easy and immediate access under any conditions. Moreover, the towel is generally concealed eliminating clutter and unsightliness. The compartment is ideal for T-shirts, sweatshirts, work-out gear, cooking and painting aprons and articles of clothing used in proximity of infants and children.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2002
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Glenn W. Mariland, Ronald Eugene Brown
  • Patent number: 6626733
    Abstract: A sports top is adapted for releasably holding a fluid container. The sports top includes a body fabric for being worn on an upper torso of a wearer. The body fabric has a front and back joined together and defining a pair of armholes and a neckhole. A pocket panel is formed with the back of the body fabric, and cooperates with the body fabric to form a pocket. The pocket has an open mouth, closed sides, and a bottom. A shape-retaining insert opens the mouth of the pocket such that the fluid container is readily inserted by the wearer into the pocket of the sports top during wear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventor: David Knutson
  • Publication number: 20030172442
    Abstract: A garment pocket has a flap cover secured to the front piece by means of cooperating straps of hook-and-vane cloth fastener. One of the upper corners of the flap cover is diagonally cut-away to expose a small part of the pocket opening, providing a convenient way to clip and quickly retrieve a pen or similar device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Donald J. Widmer
  • Publication number: 20030074719
    Abstract: A garment with a flexible fabric shell has a pocket or vent opening with a resealable closure such as a zipper, snaps, or hook and loop fasteners, which is operable between a closed position, in which the opening in the shell is closed, and an open position, in which the opening in the shell is revealed. A resilient spring member of springy plastic, composite, metal or other material is mounted to the fabric around the opening, and has two arms which have portions which are displaced vertically from one another when the closure is open, but which are resiliently compressed into a common plane when the closure is sealed. Each time the closure is opened, the spring member urges portions of the shell on either side of the flap apart, to thereby enlarge the area of the opening and permit access or air flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Caleb Clark Crye, Eric Owen Fehlberg, Gregg M. Thompson
  • Patent number: 6477710
    Abstract: A garment for concealing a medical appliance such as a central line that is connected to a patient has a hidden pocket for storing the appliance on an inside surface of the front of the garment. The pocket has connected side and bottom edges which secure the pocket to the garment. The pocket also has a free upper edge that is positioned in spaced relationship below an opening in the front of the garment. The medical appliance can be concealed within the pocket while connected to the patient and later, when it is to be deployed, can be withdrawn from the pocket, raised above the upper edge of the pocket and withdrawn through the opening which is unobstructed above the pocket. The garment can have a second concealed opening at a lower level on one side of the garment for enabling multiple medical appliances to be connected to the patient for simultaneous use and withdrawn through openings in the garment at two different elevations. The opening can be concealed by a zipper or a cover flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Inventor: Feyisayo Ojoyeyi
  • Publication number: 20020108167
    Abstract: A hook and loop fastener is disclosed for the pockets of articles and clothing such as coats, shirts and blouses comprising a hook fastener part, a loop fastener part and a deactivation flap which is attached to an article of clothing for being inserted between the hook fastener part and the loop fastener part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Peter Peters
  • Publication number: 20020100108
    Abstract: Apparel having one or more pocket locations along the midsagittal plane of the wearer. During exercise or other activities, items are more comfortably and securely stored in pockets along the center-line of the body than in pockets located elsewhere on the body. Pocket locations overlying major muscle groups are avoided, reducing movement of items in the pockets during movement, and thereby avoiding distraction of the wearer and damage to items stored in the pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: August 1, 2002
    Inventor: Kim McGill Stuart
  • Patent number: 6405376
    Abstract: Outerwear is provided. The outerwear includes an outer shell having a neckline, a left armhole, a right armhole, a bottom edge, and being constructed so as to fit over a human chest. The outerwear includes a plurality of utility pockets for storing accessories and being attached to the outer shell. At least one of the utility pockets includes a pocket back side and a pocket front side, and the pocket back side and the outer shell form a retractor receiving area having an opening for accessing the retractor receiving area. A retractor is attached to the outerwear and is provided within the retractor receiving area. The outerwear can include left and right sleeves including breathable cuffs. A method for manufacturing outerwear is provided according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2002
    Assignee: Simms Fishing Products Corporation
    Inventors: Heather D. Falk, Kenneth C. Walsh
  • Patent number: 6397392
    Abstract: A pocketed vest or a combination vest and backpack garment for carrying school books, notebooks and other loads in a distributed manner such that the weight of the total load is relatively evenly proportioned relative to the front and back of the wearer, where the vest comprises a back body member joined to a pair of front body members, the front body members being releasably connectable, such that the combination of the back and front body members define a pair of arm openings, a neck opening and a waist opening. A relatively large volume rear pocket or compartment is mounted onto the back body member and a relatively large volume front pocket is mounted onto each of the front body members, with the front pockets occupying the majority portion of the front body members. The rear pocket has top, bottom and side panels such that the pocket has a three-dimensional interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Inventors: Christen Diana Wooley, Michael Scott Wooley, Cheryl Lynn Wooley
  • Patent number: 6363538
    Abstract: A pair of shorts having an expandable pocket where both the shorts and the pocket are made of a stretchable material. The expandable pocket has opposing seams that comprise the opposing seams of the pair of shorts. The pocket further has a transverse seam at the lower end of the pocket positioned across the opposing seams of the pocket and the opposing seams of the pair of shorts. The transverse seam comprises an expandable stitch, whereby, the lower end of the pocket may expand in conjunction with the opposing seams of the pocket and the opposing seams of the pair of shorts, thereby providing an expandable and durable pocket for the pair of shorts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Inventor: Lori Davis
  • Patent number: 6339846
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pocket for portable telephone in clothes. The pocket is provided in cloth such as front body cloth or sleeve cloth in a jacket, and front body cloth or back body cloth in slacks. The pocket comprises a lower section provided horizontally in cloth with the width of 6 cm˜11 cm, and an upper section provided horizontally to the lower section with the same width thereof. A bottom bag made of stretchy cloth with the comparatively shallow depth is sewed to the lower section to be suspended behind the cloth. A head bag with the height of 2 cm˜4 cm is sewed to the upper section to oppose upward to the bottom bag. The number of the upper section is not limited to one, but the upper section with the width of 2 cm˜3 cm can be provided above both sides of the lower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2002
    Assignee: Big Born Shoji Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shizumaru Uchida
  • Publication number: 20010052532
    Abstract: A medical vest (10) and a method of using the vest to provide emergency medical care to a patient (102), are described. The vest includes an IV container (28) and a medical supply container (58) which are mounted on mounting pads (22, 24 or 26) on the front (12) or back (14) of the vest. The containers are also connected to the shoulders (16) of the vest by shoulder straps (27). The IV container is configured to carry an IV bag (150) as well as all the medical supplies necessary to provide an IV to a patient. The container is constructed so as to remain in the open position to allow the user to use both hands to tend to the patient. A clip strap (46) with a self-closing hook (48) is provided with the container to allow the container to be hooked near a patient for transport with the patient. The medical supply container has a variety of uses and can be provided with inserts with loops (69) for holding airway equipment or inserts without loops to hold additional emergency medical supplies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Esther C. Perez, Michael J. Perez
  • Publication number: 20010042263
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pocket for portable telephone in clothes. The pocket is provided in cloth such as front body cloth or sleeve cloth in a jacket, and front body cloth or back body cloth in slacks. The pocket comprises a lower section provided horizontally in cloth with the width of 6 cm ˜11 cm, and an upper section provided horizontally to the lower section with the same width thereof. A bottom bag made of stretchy cloth with the comparatively shallow depth is sewed to the lower section to be suspended behind the cloth. A head bag with the height of 2 cm ˜4 cm is sewed to the upper section to oppose upward to the bottom bag The number of the upper section is not limited to one, but the upper section with the width of 2 cm ˜3 cm can be provided above both sides of the lower section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2001
    Publication date: November 22, 2001
    Inventor: Shizumaru Uchida
  • Patent number: 6318613
    Abstract: A pouch attachable to a garment to store objects of credit card length and width has a container with front and back walls fixed to each other along bottom and opposite side edges to define a compartment sized to receive and hold, in a substantially immobile condition, several of the objects when they are stacked face-to-face and inserted through an open top edge of the container. Mating pieces of hook-and-loop material seal the open top edge to secure the objects in the container. A strap fixed at one of its ends to a back face of the container back wall proximate one of its edges extends across the container back face to its free end at a point proximate another of its edges. A segment of hook-and loop material is fixed along its entire length to the entire length of the front face of the strap. A mating segment of hook-and-loop material is fixed along its entire length to the back face of the container back wall between the fixed end of the strap and the point at the free end of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Annette K. Underhill
  • Patent number: 6311335
    Abstract: This invention relates to a pocket for portable telephone in clothes. The pocket is provided in cloth such as front body cloth or sleeve cloth in a jacket, and front body cloth or back body cloth in slacks. The pocket comprises a lower section provided horizontally in cloth with the width of 6 cm to 11 cm, and an upper section provided horizontally to the lower section with the same width thereof. A bottom bag made of stretchy cloth with the comparatively shallow depth is sewed to the lower section to be suspended behind the cloth. A head bag with the height of 2 cm to 4 cm is sewed to the upper section to oppose upward to the bottom bag. The number of the upper section is not limited to one, but the upper section with the width of 2 cm to 3 cm can be provided above both sides of the lower section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Big Born Shoji Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shizumaru Uchida
  • Patent number: 6260202
    Abstract: A vest useful for work in radioactive environments is provided. The vest comprises (a) a garment for substantially traversing the upper body of a user while being supported by the shoulders of the user, the garment having a front portion, a rear portion, opposed side portions and opposed shoulder portions, (b) a pocket disposed on the portion of the garment for accepting and retaining a communications data transmitter with dosimeter, and (c) a pair of adjustable sleeve elements attached to the garment, each sleeve element having a sleeve pocket for accepting and retaining a remotely transmitting dosimeter probe at a position above the elbow of the user. The invention has been found to provide a convenient method for firmly retaining at least five personal teledosimeter detectors on the upper torso of a worker having to work within a radiation hazardous environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Southern California Edison
    Inventors: Librado P. Villalobos, Raul V. Contreras, Anthony M. Granieri
  • Patent number: 6253379
    Abstract: A jacket provided with a pocket that is internal of the jacket, but which is accessible from the exterior. The pocket is positioned on the front of the jacket, in the top portion of the sleeve. The opening of the pocket has one edge that is a part of the torso-enveloping portion, and one edge that is a part of the sleeve. The device for closing the opening is a part of the mechanism for assembling the sleeve to the torso-enveloping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Salomon S.A.
    Inventor: John Joseph Collier
  • Patent number: 6233747
    Abstract: A free-standing, removable transfer pocket system enables transfer pockets to be attached and detached at will to and from garments such as clothing and other surfaces, using Velcro®.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Lydia M. Barker
  • Patent number: 6216280
    Abstract: The aim of the invention is to produce an overgarment (1) with a pocket (2) in such a way that a pocket mobile telephone (3) can easily be placed in said pocket (2) and is prevented from falling out of the pocket when the wearer is bending down or walking quickly. To this end, the size of the pocket (2) is configured for carrying a mobile telephone (3) and at least one holding strap (8, 14) is provided on the overgarment (1). Said holding strap is attached on the pocket (2) or in the pocket area and at the waist (11) or in the waist area (11.1), running either directly to the waist (11) waist area (11.1) or via the shoulder (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Jürgen Rabe
  • Patent number: 6199218
    Abstract: This invention is an accessory for a garment. It is designed to decorate the garment. The invention also has a practical use in that it is a pouch for glasses. The invention is a decoration for a garment on which a pouch that is of sufficient size to hold a pair a glasses is attached to the back of the decoration. The decoration fully covers the glasses so that the glasses do not detract from the decor of the garment. The glasses can not be seen by an individual viewing the invention from the front. On the back of the pouch are four methods to attach the invention to the garment. One method to attach the invention to the garment is a magnetic strip on the back of the pouch. This magnetic strip on the pouch is placed against the garment and on the underside of the garment another magnetic strip is placed against the magnetic strip on the back of the invention with the garment in between. This will hold the invention to the garment without placing an opening in the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Mary Jayne Michael
  • Patent number: 6199216
    Abstract: A sock with pocket for storing items. The sock with pocket includes a foot portion and a leg portion extending from the foot portion. A pocket flap is coupled to the leg portion and forms a pocket between the flap and the leg portion. A cover flap is coupled to the leg portion and folds over an upper edge of the pocket flap for closing the pocket. The cover flap is detachably couplable to the pocket flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Rose M. Weatherspoon
  • Patent number: 6189153
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pocket liner comprising a pouch dimensioned to fit within a pocket constituting an integral part of an article, the pouch being formed of a material which is flexible and resistant to abrasion and perforation and may be provided with attachment means which may comprise clasps or belt loops or stiffening means in the vicinity of the pouch opening. The pocket liner is detachable and affords protection to a pocket from heavy usage and sharp edged objects, for example pipes (tobacco), heavy keys and golf tees, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Margaret Elizabeth Diamond
  • Patent number: 6189154
    Abstract: A hidden implement holder system. The hidden implement holder system comprises; a cummerbund article; and an implement compartment coupled to and concealed by the cummerbund. The cummerbund article further comprises an implement holder contained within the implement compartment, and the implement compartment further comprises a closeable access coupled thereto. The implement holder is comprised of a vertically stabilized rigid material, having horizontal flexibility, and having a set of implement cavities thereon, and additionally comprises a set of implements positioned within the set of implement cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventor: Bill E. Ducharme
  • Patent number: 6175966
    Abstract: A garment having an interior closeable pocket designed to conceal the backing of post-production embroidery on the garment. Standard embroidering equipment may be inserted into said pocket to produce a garment having a closeable pocket designed to conceal the backing of post-production embroidery on the garment. The pocket includes a closeable opening which conceals post-production embroidery and which is large enough to accommodate standard embroidering equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Vantage Customs Classics, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Wiesenthal
  • Patent number: 6145134
    Abstract: A body protector for being custom fitted to a body part to be protected formed of a flexible garment member shaped to lie over the body part to be protected. The garment member is made with two spaced, inner and outer sheets of material forming an inner pocket between the layers. An opening for access into the pocket is formed along at least one of said edges and includes a closure fastener for opening and closing the opening. An insert made with a moisture curable, resin impregnated material is shaped to fit into and dimensionally conform to the pocket to provide a rigid barrier for the body part when the resin is hardened. Straps are provided to secure the protector to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Assignee: Sports Performance Products
    Inventors: James B. Davis, Arlene L. Odom
  • Patent number: 6138595
    Abstract: A garment, and a method of constructing garments, is disclosed which substantially alleviates or eliminates sources of abrasion which hitherto caused holes in the garment substrate adjacent to pockets. The method includes one or more steps of reducing the number of fabric plies in the upper corner of pockets to increase flexibility and eliminate point abrasion, increasing the distance between the peripheral stitching line and the peripheral edge of the pocket to increase the flexibility of the peripheral edge of the pocket and eliminate line abrasion, decreasing the stitch density in bar tacks whereby the stitch hole made by each stitch in a bar tack is distinct and separate from the stitch holes made by other stitches in the bar tack, and eliminating over edge stitches which tie the pocket to the garment substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Levi Strauss & Co.
    Inventors: Gene F. Croyle, William Allen McLean, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6134713
    Abstract: A garment, such as a coat, shirt, or jacket, for a firefighter, a rescue worker, a forestry worker, or another worker having to carry a rope has a back portion and two front portions, each front portion extending from the back portion at one side of the garment. A back pocket extending at least substantially across the backs portion, between the sides of the garment, is adapted to carry a rope placed in a zigzag pattern. A front pocket extending at least partially across one of the front portions of the garment communicates with the back pocket, through a slit in the garment, so that a rope carried within the back pocket is removable through the slit and through the front pocket. A front flap overlies the front pocket and the slit. The back pocket is accessible from the interior of the garment and the front pocket is accessible from the exterior of the garment. A strip coacting with the back portion to define the back pocket has an upper edge and a lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Norcross Safety Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Steven C. De Rosa, William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
  • Patent number: 6131205
    Abstract: The present invention provides an invisible pocket for suspending a decorative item or embellishment on a garment. The pocket of the invention is typically constructed of sheer fabric and may be any size necessary to receive any desired item to be suspended on the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: Valerie Michelle Arem
  • Patent number: 6119269
    Abstract: A fishing vest and storage system that has great flexibility for the user. The vest has two large that hold containers (or slips). The slips have a number of adjustable sections within them to hold lures, weights, hooks and other gear as desired. The slips have hinged covers for access. The user can load the vest with one or two of these slips for fishing. Once on the water, the user can remove a slip from the pocket and change lures or otherwise make adjustments as desired. Once completed, the slip is closed and returned to the pocket. The vest also has a rod holder loop near the bottom of the vest. A storage container holds the slips when not in use. The container holds the slips and other supplies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Inventors: Jack Imler, Wilson Leroy Reece
  • Patent number: 6108815
    Abstract: A convertible garment comprises a jacket and optional pants. The pants which are attached at an upper end thereof to a lower end of the jacket include a pair of flexible leg panels each having adapted to be reversibly displaced between open and closed positions, wherein, in the closed position, each leg panel forms a hollow pant leg capable of surrounding a user's leg, whereas, when the leg panels are in the open position, the leg panels can be bundled up adjacent the lower end of the jacket in a storage position of the pants such that the garment only acts as a jacket. A pocket is formed on the inside of the lower end of the jacket to accommodate the pants in their storage position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Eddie Majerfeld
  • Patent number: 6108816
    Abstract: A survival vest having a broad central strip forming the stem of a "Y" covering the back of the wearer, with left and right front strips (forming the twin forks of the "Y") dividing from the stem of the "Y" at the back of the neck and running down along each of the front shoulder/armpit areas of the wearer. The tips of each fork of the "Y" expand to form large, pockets which cover the front of the chest, abdomen, and (partially) the sides of the wearer. The twin large pockets are formed using a heavy-duty zipper, sewn around the periphery of each pocket area and are completely detachable. A webbing harness reinforces the vest across the inside of the twin pockets and along the forks of the "Y"-shape of the vest, from the base of the pockets to the point at which they join to form the collar of the vest, and along the outer edges of the stem of the "Y" which forms the back of the vest. A number of hook-and-loop fasteners (such as Velcro.RTM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Simula Inc.
    Inventor: Gary F. Bradley
  • Patent number: 6105165
    Abstract: The collapsible, pop-out bib of the present invention includes a lower bowl section to catch food or beverage spills. Said lower bowl section comprises a guide sewn into it's upper edge, this guide is created by either a simple fold in the web material's fabric, or by attaching a fabric tape or bias tape to the upper edge of the lower bowl section and continues around the entire perimeter of the lower bowl section's upper edge. The bib of claim also comprises an enlongated flexible spring material that is inserted into said upper edge guide to continue around the entire perimeter of the lower bowl section's upper edge. Said spring material comprises a male/female connector on opposing ends that enable the ends to be fastened together to form a large single-looped configuration, thereby creating tension on the periphery of the upper edge of said bowl, which holds the bowl out and open to catch spills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Inventors: Noriko T. Johnson, Justin J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6099382
    Abstract: A sports brassiere constructed of stretchable material and formed to have a torso-encircling member having a front and rear portion. The front portion supports a liner member positioned against the breasts of the wearer with a pocket carried by the liner member and positioned substantially between the breasts of the wearer so as to be easily reachable by the wearer. A strip of stretchable material is affixed to the rear portion of the torso-encircling member and is affixed at each of its ends to the body portion so as to provide a strap or loop. The pocket and the loop provide means to carry articles desired by the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: HKK Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Collette Wilson
  • Patent number: 6065154
    Abstract: In a support garment for a patient-worn energy delivery apparatus, a vest-type garment holds an electrode belt in contact with a wearer's ribcage. The garment includes a flap with button holes to permit buttoning in of energy transfer electrodes, thus constituting a wearable electrode system. Additionally, a holster contains the components of a wearable cardioverter defibrillator that are not in contact with the skin. The holster has an adjustment for waist, girth and vertical position of the defibrillator according to the personal preferences of the wearer. The support garment includes a vest-like chest garment and an inner layer which provides support for the defibrillator electrodes. A removable electrode harness is attachable to the support garment in order to accurately position the sensing electrodes on the body of the wearer and energy delivery electrodes for transfer of an electrode therapy pulse to the wearer of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2000
    Assignee: Lifecor, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Hulings, Emil Oskin, Arlan J. Brandt
  • Patent number: 6049914
    Abstract: A magnetic outfit system is provided including an article of clothing and a magnet situated within the article of clothing for allowing the selective securement of metallic construction and household items thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Inventor: Lawrence A. Heilman
  • Patent number: 6041445
    Abstract: An adaptive undergarment is provided for persons with specialized urological needs. The adaptive undergarment provides an elongate pocket for storing specialized urological articles. The elongate pocket is located preferably in a parallel spaced relationship with the waistband of the user's undergarment. The adaptive undergarment may have an additional pocket elsewhere on the undergarment for storing items such as antibacterial wipes. Each pocket is open at one edge to receive and provide access to the stored items. Any type of undergarment conforming to any user's specialized urological needs is adaptable into this adaptive undergarment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventor: Patricia Davitt
  • Patent number: 6035449
    Abstract: A pocket using opposing magnetic strips that may be repeatedly attached to and detached from either the inside or the outside of an article having a thin sheet wall (such as a piece of clothing, a hat, a portable bag, or decorative articles like holiday stockings). The detachable pocket includes a pair of fabric patches including strip magnets that are sewn into a hem around most of the periphery of each patch, forming a backless pouch. Each magnetized pouch so formed can thus be placed on opposing sides of the article and thereby form a detachable pouch on the inside and on the outside of the article. An alternative embodiment has a pocket pouch only on the outside of the article with a U-shaped magnetic member holding the outside pouch from the inside of the article. The outside pouch can be decorated in accordance with a seasonal theme permitting ordinary clothing and like articles to be decorated according to the holiday season.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventors: Raymond R. Galler, Randolph B. Galler, John S. Galler, Marguerite Wilson
  • Patent number: 6023790
    Abstract: A removable pocket is formed over a flat surface such as the front of a shirt by adhesively securing to the fabric a treated and embossed label-type applique made of two plies of paper permanently bonded about their peripheries and in which a slit along a top edge allows access to the pouch thus formed between plies. The pouch may be filled with merchandise and temporarily sealed with a removable strip. A postcard format printed in the back of the removable pocket allows its use as a mailer. A type of pouch having a transparent front may be conveniently used as a document display. The above-described various devices are preferably manufactured using label printing presses that print a glue pattern that binds the edges of the plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventor: Frederick B. Schwartz
  • Patent number: 6016573
    Abstract: A scarf, for pets, having a pouch incorporated therein comprised of a body made from a flexible material having at least three edges, a pouch encapsulated within the scarf body in which small articles, like disposable bags used for the disposal of animal waste, can be stored. The pouch has a closing structure which allows the user to resealably open and close the pouch. The scarf body also has a fastening structure that enables the scarf to be releasably affixed around the neck of a pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Inventor: Mary Lou Olson
  • Patent number: 6014771
    Abstract: A knee protection kit comprised of two separate fabric pockets, one for each knee of a pair of pants. The kit also contains a liquid fabric glue for attachment of each pocket to a corresponding pants knee area. Each pocket may be attached to the pants' exterior knee area or interior knee area. Each pocket also contains a closable flap with a fastener. The kit provides three pairs of pads, one pair made from neoprene material or the like, the second pair made from a hard, plastic shell material or the like, and the third pair made from a lambs' wool material or the like. The neoprene and plastic pads are each adapted to fit into a pocket. The lamb's wool pads are adapted to being glued to the outside of a pocket if the pocket is attached to the interior of the pants; otherwise the lamb's wool pads are attached directly to the interior of the pants in the knee area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Marie Kirven
  • Patent number: 6012167
    Abstract: A garment, such as a coat, shirt, or jacket, for a firefighter, a rescue worker, a forestry worker, or another worker having to carry a rope has a back portion and two front portions, each front portion extending from the back portion at one side of the garment. A back pocket extending at least substantially across the back portion, between the sides of the garment, is adapted to carry a rope placed in a zigzag pattern. A front pocket extending at least partially across one of the front portions of the garment communicates with the back pocket, through a slit in the garment, so that a rope carried within the back pocket is removable through the slit and through the front pocket. A front flap overlies the front pocket and the slit. The back pocket is accessible from the interior of the garment and the front pocket is accessible from the exterior of the garment. A strip coacting with the back portion to define the back pocket has an upper edge and a lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignees: W. M. Grilliot, M. I. Grilliot, Norcross Safety Products, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Steven C. De Rosa, William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
  • Patent number: 6006363
    Abstract: A compression short with a magnet pocket for relieving back and hip pain includes a garment of resilient fabric shaped to compliment the pelvic region and legs which presents an upper edge and has a waistband joined to the upper edge. A pocket panel is secured to the inner surface of the garment at the back thereof to form a pocket within the shorts. The pocket has a central portion and a pair of opposed elongated arms. The central portion extends substantially longitudinally adjacent the wearer's tailbone, and the arms extend laterally from opposite sides of the central portion adjacent the wearer's hips. The central portion and the arms are adapted to selectively receive a magnet of complemental shape therein to relieve pain at the wearer's back, tailbone and hip areas. The pocket configuration allows for easy insertion and removal of the magnets and also secures the magnets in the proper place over the wearer's back and hips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: Stromgren Supports, Inc.
    Inventor: Terry J. Karlin
  • Patent number: 6000064
    Abstract: A garment pocket reinforcement including a trapezoidally shaped insert having a bottom edge, a substantially straight side edge, a sloped side edge, a first shoulder edge, a second shoulder edge and a semi circular transitional edge. The first shoulder edge and the second shoulder edge of the insert are respectively sewn to a right shoulder seam and a left shoulder seam of a shirt. The bottom edge of the insert is sewn to the back side of a pocket disposed on the shirt. The insert further includes a transitional band of material which is used to attach the semi-circular transitional edge of the insert to a collar of the shirt along the front half of the neck line. The shoulders of the shirt also include small arches which are taking up on both front and back sides of both the right and left shoulder seems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Jerry M. Alcone
    Inventors: Jerry M. Alcone, Iris Faye Redfern
  • Patent number: 5991925
    Abstract: A bulletproof vest includes a vest body, the vest body having a plurality of locating pads at front and back panels thereof and a plurality of fabric fastening strips respectively extended from the locating pads for securing things to the locating pads, a plurality of detachable ammunition pouches respectively fastened to the locating pads of the vest body by hook and loop materials, the detachable ammunition pouches each having a plurality of insertion slots for the insertion of the fabric fastening strips, a pistol holster detachably fastened to one locating pad at the front panel of the vest body by hook and loop materials to hold a pistol, and a radio transceiver holder detachably fastened to one locating pad at the back panel of the vest body by hook and loop materials to hold a radio transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Inventor: Bo Kun Wu
  • Patent number: 5991920
    Abstract: A swimsuit includes a body and a belt, a portion of the body encircling a portion of the belt to form at least one pouch. The other end of the body has fastening devices that attach them to the belt opposite the pouch to form a conventional-looking swimsuit. Detaching the clips, folding up the body and inserting it into the pouch(es) gives a compact arrangement of a belt with a small pouch attached to it. For use by females, an upper body cover has a belt for encircling the body and two patches for covering the breasts. Each patch is provided with its own storage compartment into which it can be stowed after being folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: New Universe Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Holland
  • Patent number: 5953757
    Abstract: An article of a fabric material having an outside surface, an inside surface, and an orifice, and an affixing means on the inside surface bordering the orifice and hidden from view when one views the orifice and the outside surface. Provided in conjunction therewith is an underlying section having an imprint, pocket or pouch on one side thereof, and an affixing means on a border region of said one side, outwards of the imprint, pocket or pouch. The underlying section can be affixed to the affixing means to be visible in the orifice when one views the orifice and the outside surface. The underlying section can further have an imprint, pocket or pouch on a second side thereof, and affixing means also on a border region of this second side, outwards of the imprint, pocket or pouch on the second side. This allows either side of the underlying section to be displayable in the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Inventor: Stevenson T. Blanks, I
  • Patent number: 5946732
    Abstract: This invention provides a useful system for attaching and detaching an external pad to fabric. The pad serves as a base for attaching accessories like pockets, ribbons, straps, decorative patches, labels, etc. The attachment solves problems with previous portable pockets; namely, limited useful life of adhesives and having to permanently attach one member of the VELCRO pair (either hooks or loops) to the apparel and associated problems of snagging when laundering such. The solution presented provides a light weight, flexible system which is unobtrusive to the user and economical to produce.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Inventor: Jeffrey Henry Richards
  • Patent number: 5933873
    Abstract: An identification display system including a hidden pocket having an opening through which an identification, such as a card, season pass, lift ticket or the like may be viewed, once revealed. The pocket may be located on the inside of a garment, such as a jacket, or on an inner garment such as pants which are covered by an outer garment, such as a jacket, so that when the bottom of the jacket or outer garment is flipped up, the identification is visible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1999
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Peter M. Curran, Jake Burton Carpenter, Susan Poersch
  • Patent number: 5920902
    Abstract: A flexible closed-cell knee pad is held in place between the inside of the knee area of work pant leg and a rectangular fabric piece that is glued to pant leg. Since the fabric is attached to the pant leg by adhesive it is easy to install the knee pad on any kind of work pant without special tools or skills.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Working Concepts, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard H. Crampton
  • Patent number: 5913407
    Abstract: Birthwear is provided comprising a top (shirt) and a bottom (pants) wherein the bottom has a front cloth layer and back cloth layer and an inner (crouch) seam (inseam) having a plurality of releasibly coupled elements (snaps) releasibly attaching the front layer to the back layer. The top also preferably has pockets on the front layer, each containing a hole for insertion of monitoring wires. The top preferably has an upper seam which runs along the shoulder and arms of the garment which has a plurality of coupling elements (snaps) for releasibly coupling the upper end of a front layer of the shirt with a upper end of a back layer of the shirt. The shirt preferably also has a back seam which runs from the neck of the shirt to the waist of the shirt along the center of the back providing the back with two back portions which are releasibly coupled with coupling elements (snaps) for permitting selective access to the back of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Assignee: Yokeyes-birthwear Inc.
    Inventor: Virginia Carolyn Keyes