Jacket with rear compartment

• US 5,784,719 A
• Filed: 04/21/1997
• Issued: 07/28/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 04/21/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Laurie-Anne Robinson
• Original Assignee: Laurie-Anne Robinson
• Inventors: Robinson, Laurie-Anne
• Primary Examiner(s): Crowder, C. D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): JENKINS, SHIRRA LYNN
• Application Number:
  US08/844,753
• Time in Patent Office: 463 Days
• Field of Search: 2/93, 2/94
• US Class Current: 2/94
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2200/20 Hoods
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/20 Pockets; Making or setting-in pockets
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 3/00 Overgarments fur garments A41D5/00; for children A41D11/00; professional or sporting protective garments A41D13/00

Abstract

A jacket having a large storage compartment located in the upper central region of the rear of the jacket. In one embodiment of the invention, jacket 2 comprises a torso portion 8 having a large storage compartment 36 located in the upper central region of the back or rear side of torso portion 8 and having a flap 38 which can be moved from a "closed" position in which the contents of storage compartment 36 are covered and/or protected, to an "open" position in which items can be placed into or removed from storage compartment 36.

Claims

1. A jacket comprising:

a torso having a top, rear, and bottom portion;

a pair of substantially identical sleeves attached to said torso;

a waistband attached to said bottom;

a hood which is removably attached to said top of said torso;

a substantially rectangular storage compartment having a plurality of reinforcement portions which are deployed at opposed ends of said storage compartment and which is removably attached to said rear of this torso proximate to said collar and only being attached to said rear of said torso at the upper central region of said rear, said storage compartment further having a generally rectangular flap portion which is moveable between a first storage compartment open position and a second storage compartment closed portion, said flap further having a plurality of reinforcement portions which cooperate with said reinforcement portions located upon said storage compartment in order to protect said storage compartment from wear damage, said to storage compartment further having opposed expandable side portions which are longitudinally coextensive to said storage compartment and which move to an expandable position to allow storage of goods in said storage compartment.