Garment with built-in audio source wiring

• US 8,553,919 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2010
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jerry Leigh of California Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Jerry Leigh of California Incorporated
• Inventors: Wolfe, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Huyen D
• Application Number:
  US12/978,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20110129110A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,019 Days
• Field of Search: 381/300, 381/301, 381/309, 381/333, 381/370, 381/374, 381/376, 381/384, 381/385, 381/388, 2 6/9, 220/9, 220/913, 290/5, 290/6, 379/430, 455/100, 455/575.1, 455/575.6, 181/129, 181/130, 181/135
• US Class Current: 381/333
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 1/245 Means for mounting audio or communication systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/028 associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1016 Earpieces of the intra-aural type
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1033 Cables or cables storage, e.g. cable reels cord reels per se H02G11/02; arrangements for storing and repeatedly paying-out and re-storing lengths of conductors or cables B65H75/34; extensible conductors or cables, e.g. self-coiling cords H01B7/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2201/023 Transducers incorporated in garment, rucksacks or the like
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones

Abstract

An audio source system may be built into a garment such as a hooded garment in such a way that safety concerns such as with a hooded garment for children are taken into account so that the audio system wiring cannot be made loose causing a danger of strangulation nor can the hood be cinched. This is done by putting speakers into the hood between a lining and an outer layer and passing the wires into the space between them and then into a tube that is open to the hood inner space and down the tube to a pocket in the body of the garment. Also securing tabs are used to prevent cinching action upon pulling the wire.

Claims

1. A combination of a hooded garment and an audio source system which are together configured for safety comprising:

a garment comprising;

a hood portion and a body portion and absent any lanyard or other means for cinching the hood;

the hood having an outside panel and a lining panel the lining panel having an inside surface and an outside surface, the outside surface facing the outside panel and at least a partial hood inner space being defined between the outside panel and the lining panel;

the hood portion being sewn to the body portion to define a line of joinder;

a pocket in the body portion which pocket is open exteriorly of the garment;

a tube extending from a top end proximate the line of joinder to a bottom end proximate the pocket and the tube being sewn into the inside of the body portion and the top end being openly sewn with the line of joinder to form a closed path from the hood inner space into the tube;

an audio source system comprising;

a pair of speakers with one speaker placed on a right side of the hood and one speaker on a left side of the hood at a place selected for listening when the hood is worn the speakers each secured in a pocket;

a wire extending from each speaker to a point of coming together proximate the line of joinder and the wires confined in the hood inner space;

the wires extending together from the hood inner space into the tube at the tube top end and then exiting the tube at the tube bottom end and extending into the pocket and having a connection end with a connection means exteriorly available by way of the pocket to connect to an audio source device;

a first securing tab attached to the wires where they are together proximate the line of joinder and the securing tab being attached to the hood;

whereby two safety features are present one by the wires being fully enclosed from the speakers through to the bottom of the tube and second by the securing tab preventing any cinching of the hood upon pulling of the end of the wires such as at the connection end.

2. The combination of claim 1 further comprising the hood inner space having a hood channel along the hood opening and the wires from the respective speakers enter the hood channel at a selected point and extend in the hood channel to the tube.

3. The combination of claim 2 further comprising a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speakers being attached to the wire and to the hood.

4. The combination of claim 2 wherein the selected point is proximate the center of the hood opening.

5. The combination of claim 1 further comprising a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speaker on each side of the hood, being attached to the wire and to the hood.

6. The combination of claim 1 wherein the speakers are attached to the hood by a speaker pocket formed by a patch sewn to either the outer panel or the lining panel on each side of the hood and the speakers being inside the respective speaker pocket.

7. The combination of claim 6 further comprising a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speaker and being attached to the wire and to the hood and wherein the pair of second securing tabs are attached to the hood by being commonly sewn with the respective patch sewn to form the speaker pocket on each side of the hood.

8. The combination of claim 1 wherein the tube is sewn to the inside of the body portion by sewing it commonly with attachment of a zipper.

9. A method of providing a hooded garment with an audio system constructed for child safety comprising:

providing a garment having a hood portion and a body portion and with no cord or lanyard or any other means for cinching the hood;

providing speakers built into the hood portion between an outer layer and a lining layer;

wiring the speakers wholly within a hood inner space between the outer layer and the lining layer;

extending the wiring in the body portion through a tube that is openly connected to the hood inner space at a top end and which tube is sewn inside the body portion to a bottom end at which the wiring exits;

providing a pocket in the body portion and extending the wiring after exiting the tube bottom end, into the pocket whereby a connection end of the wiring is available through the pocket;

providing a first securing tab attached to the wires proximate the line of joinder and attaching the first securing tab being attached to the hood;

whereby the wiring is sufficiently enclosed that no loose wiring is available near a user'"'"'s neck and no cinching of the hood can occur upon pulling the wires.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising providing a hood channel in the hood inner space along the hood opening and extending the wires from the respective speakers to enter the hood channel at a selected point and extending in the hood channel to the tube.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

providing a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speaker on each side of the hood; and

attaching each of the pair of second securing tabs to the respective wire and to the hood.

12. The method of claim 10 wherein the selected point is proximate the center of the hood opening.

13. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

providing a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speaker on each side of the hood; and

attaching each of the pair of second securing tabs to the respective wire and to the hood.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

attaching the speakers to the hood by a speaker pocket formed by sewing a patch to either the outer panel or the lining panel on each side of the hood and the speakers being inside the respective speaker pocket.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

providing a pair of second securing tabs, one at each point at which each wire attaches to the respective speaker and being attached to the wire and to the hood and wherein the pair of second securing tabs are attached to the hood by being commonly sewn with the respective patch sewn to form the speaker pocket on each side of the hood.

16. The method of claim 9 further comprising sewing the tube to the inside of the body portion by sewing it commonly with attachment of a zipper.