Apparel – Body garments – Shirts
Reexamination Certificate
2000-08-03
2001-07-03
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3765)
Apparel
Body garments
Shirts
C002S158000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06253381
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to long-sleeved wearing apparel and to the incorporation of self-contained mittens or gloves within the sleeves of such garments.
BACKGROUND
In cool, cold and inclement weather, it is customary for humans to wear a sweater, sweatshirt, jacket, coat or like long-sleeved garment to ward off the cold and to protect themselves from rain and snow. In most instances, it is also desirable to wear mittens or gloves. However, people do not always remember to take their mittens or gloves with them and/or the same are frequently lost or misplaced.
Mothers have, for years, tied their children's mittens to a long string that is passed through the sleeves and across the shoulders of the jacket or snowsuit to retain the mittens associated with the jacket, but this is cumbersome and rarely totally successful. Skiers sometimes use small versions of suspender straps to clip their ski gloves to their jackets, but the gloves dangle cumbersomely from the jacket and are frequently lost when they are not being worn.
A better solution is needed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to provide long-sleeved wearing apparel with self-contained and permanently associated mittens or gloves.
Another object of the invention is to provide long-sleeved wearing apparel with self-contained mittens or gloves that include a thumb receiving part or pocket extendable from the sleeve and enabling the wearer to grasp articles between her/his hand or fingers and thumb in the same manner as with a conventional mitten or glove.
It is in particular an object of the invention to provide long-sleeved wearing apparel with mittens or gloves self-contained within the sleeves and each comprised of an open-top pocket or plurality of pockets for the fingers and the hand of the wearer on the interior surface of the sleeve, adjacent the lower end or cuff of the sleeve, and an extendible and retractable thumb pocket adjacent the upper end of the finger/hand pocket or pockets and secured to the marginal edges of a hole in the sleeve for extension outwardly from the sleeve when the mitten or glove is in use, and for retraction into the interior of the sleeve when the mitten or glove is not in use.
The mittens or gloves are therefore fully functional and self-contained in and permanently associated with the wearing apparel sleeves and cannot be lost, stolen, misplaced or forgotten.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description as considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Greer Burns & Crain Ltd.
Hale Gloria M.
Juettner Thomas R.
Patel Tejash
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