Pouch pets networking

• US 20100325781A1
• Filed: 06/24/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Lopes
• Original Assignee: David Lopes
• Inventors: Lopes, David
• Application Number:
  US12/456,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20100325781A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/250
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/08 Trimmings; Ornaments
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/20 Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/02 made of fabrics or stuffed
• CPC Class Codes: A63H 3/50 Frames, stands, or wheels for dolls or toy animals
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 1/02 and having a support carrying or adapted to carry the elements

Abstract

The invention is an article of manufacture and a method of its use to communicate information and even unite people sharing a common agenda or a concern. Included in the article of manufacture is a hanger, at least one soft sculpture and a garment. The hanger contains an interior side and an exterior side, and at least one pocket disposed on the exterior. The hanger also may or may not contain a display area designed to communicate a message received form a Global Computer Network. The garment component of the invention contains a similar pocket as the hanger, so that the soft sculpture can be easily transferred between the two items. The invention is very versatile. It can be used as a teaching too, as a fashion statement, as a medium of communication, or as a method of expression. Finally, the invention can be used to facilitate the expression of international solidarity and common interests of people around the world though the use of the Global Computer Network.

Claims

1. An article of manufacture comprising:

a hanger having an interior side and an exterior side;

at least one pocket disposed on the exterior side of said hanger;

said pocket having an inner and an outer chamber;

a first soft sculpture fitting within said inner chamber of said pocket; and

a second soft sculpture fitting within said outer chamber of said pocket.

2. The article of claim 1, further comprising a display area disposed on said exterior side of said hanger.

3. The article of claim 1, wherein said display area incorporates an electronic display unit.

4. The article of claim 1, wherein said first soft sculpture and said second soft sculpture are each three dimensional animal dolls.

5. The article of claim 4, wherein said first soft sculpture and said second soft sculpture represent more than one living species within a living genus.

6. The article of claim 4, wherein said soft sculptures are capable of being disposed on each other.

7. The article of claim 4, wherein said first soft sculpture and said second soft sculpture are of different sizes.

8. A combination comprising:

A hanger having an interior and an exterior side;

at least one pocket disposed on said hanger;

with at least one soft sculpture capable of being inserted into said inner or said outer chamber of said pocket;

a garment having at least one exterior pocket that is capable of holding said soft sculpture received from said hanger; and

an electronic media accessed via a global computer network describing a living species represented by said soft sculpture.

9. The combination of claim 8, wherein said soft sculpture is partially protruding from said inner or said out chamber of said hanger.

10. The combination of claim 8, wherein said soft sculpture is partially protruding from said exterior pocket on said garment.

11. The combination of claim 8, wherein the display area incorporates an electronic display unit.

12. The combination of claim 8, wherein said first soft sculpture and said second soft sculpture represent an adult and a child of said zoological species.

13. The combination of claim 8, wherein said soft sculptures are capable of being disposed on each other.

14. A method of tracking living species comprising the steps of:

retrieving information about a living species from a database via a global computer network;

placing a first soft sculpture or a second soft sculpture of said living species into an inner chamber or an outer chamber of a pocket;

removing said first soft sculpture or said second soft sculpture from said pocket on said hanger; and

transferring said soft sculpture between said pocket on said hanger and an external pocket of a garment.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein said pocket is disposed on an exterior side of said hanger.

16. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of disseminating information about said soft sculpture.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of sending information updates via said global computer network to a display screen disposed on said hanger.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of placing onto said display area a pictorial depiction of the information received via said global computer network.

19. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of placing said soft sculptures into said outer or said inner chambers of said pocket, wherein said soft sculptures represent more than one living species within a living genus.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising the steps of:

retrieving a pledge certificate from said global computer network.

creating a physical rendering of said pledge certificate;

placing said pledge certificate in a high visibility area;

reciting a pledge contained in said pledge certificate.