Apparel – Body garments – Vests
Reexamination Certificate
2001-02-14
2001-12-04
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Body garments
Vests
Reexamination Certificate
active
06324697
ABSTRACT:
SCOPE OF INVENTION
This invention relates generally to multi-function upper torso garments and vests, and more particularly to a vest which includes enlarged pockets in all major panels thereof which will receive and concealably carry a student's text books.
PRIOR ART
Multi-function upper torso garments are well known. They are designed to comfortably and efficiently carry or provide carrying capacity for various and sundry items which the wearer would like to have on his immediate possession and readily available.
One such vest for photographers invented by Quayle is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,241,459. The majority of the pockets provided by this invention are attached to the front surface of the vest and are adaptively configured to receive specific photographic items.
In U.S. Pat. No. 5,123,117, Pendergast teaches a combination backpack and reversible jacket including a hood. The backpack includes a multi-function flap which facilitates being rolled up, forming a pouch or concealing the backpack entirely when not in use.
The sportsman's vest invented by Test in U.S. Pat. No. 5,913,409 includes a plurality of mesh pockets and a plurality of outer pockets with pocket flaps, along with an inner back pocket formed in the back panel thereof. This vest is quite complex and particularly suited for the needs of a sportsman such as a fisherman.
Still another utility vest is disclosed by Parker in U.S. Pat. No. 5,247,707. This utility vest includes a variety of externally attached pockets, loops and pouches and pleated and unpleated pockets disposed about the inner and outer surfaces of the jacket.
Robinson teaches a jacket with a rear compartment in U.S. Pat. No. 5,784,719. This jacket has a large storage compartment located in the upper rear panel of the jacket which eliminates the need for wearing a backpack.
The following additional patents are somewhat further removed from the present invention and teach various combinations of features associated with upper torso jacket and vest-type garments as follows:
Busquets 5,509,147
Len D403,836
McLaughlin 4,389,735
Park 4,563,777
Puco et al 5,909,802
Hanson 5,014,359
Greenberger, et al 4,689,831
Itoi 4,502,155
Itoi 4,476,587
Book 5,278,998
Arisland 4,483,469
Spector 6,134,712
Lieberman 5,165,111
Tarttet, et al. 4,637,076
Kimsey, Jr. 4,949,401
Mengato 5,987,644
Yellen, et al. 4,068,314
Hager 4,404,687
Swanson 4,669,127
Freund 2,248,455
Kirschenbaum 2,304,574
Buck 2,630,479
Silin 2,970,316
Bugel, et al. 6,131,199
Many students now use a backpack to lug textbooks around campus. This represents an unbalanced load on the torso that can lead to permanent neck, shoulders and torso distortion and nerve damage in extreme cases.
The present invention teaches a unique vest structure adapted to protectively and concealingly receive and hold a student's textbooks in lieu of utilization of a conventional backpack. Each of the book receiving pockets of the present invention are accessible only through inside pocket forming slits formed through an inner panel of the present vest. Closure means such as a zipper or two-part hook and loop VELCRO material or buttons releasably closes the slits after one or more textbooks have been placed into one or more of the inner pockets of the device. Moreover, the present vest will typically be removed for loading and unloading books from one or more of the enlarged inner vest pockets.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
This invention is directed to a student's book carrying vest used for carrying larger text and reference books in concealed well-balanced fashion. The vest includes preferably inner and outer flexible generally coextensive sheets having common front, neck and hem edge margins sewn together to define a back panel and right and left front panels. However, a single material sheet folded in half at the lower hem may also be used within the scope of this invention. Spaced armholes are formed through the inner and outer sheets and also sewn together in a conventional manner. The inner and outer sheets are also connected together along generally upright elongated intermediate margins between the back panel and the corresponding right and left front panel to define, in combination with the corresponding front and hem edge margins, a back inside pocket and right and left front inside pockets. A closable, elongated pocket forming slit is formed only through the inner sheet and across an upper portion of each of the pockets, each of the pockets and slits sized to fully receive a student's book placed therein and to protectively conceal each such book when the corresponding said slit is closed.
It is therefore an object of this invention to provide a book-carrying vest for a student which replaces a conventional backpack.
It is still another object of this invention to provide a student book-carrying vest which includes book-receiving pockets only accessible through book-forming slits formed through inner panel of the vest.
It is yet another object of this invention to provide concealable book-receiving pockets of a student's vest which may include a water proof outer sheet which will protect books from being dropped and being affected by the elements while the vest is in use.
It is still yet another object of this invention to provide a student book-carrying vest which is easily removable for loading and unloading large textbooks into and from concealed inner pockets which are only accessible from the inside direction.
Still another object of this invention is to provide a student's book-carrying vest which better balances the distribution of load of heavy textbooks to be both from the front and back of the torso rather than only hanging rearwardly as from a conventional backpack.
In accordance with these and other objects which will become apparent hereinafter, the instant invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
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Hale Gloria M.
Patel Tejash
Prescott Charles J.
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