Pocketed garment

• US 9,271,533 B2
• Filed: 08/25/2011
• Issued: 03/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kochling, Edmund T.
• Original Assignee: Kochling, Edmund T.
• Inventors: Kochling, Edmund T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hurley, Shaun R
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sutton, Andrew W
• Application Number:
  US13/199,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20120060260A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• Field of Search: 211/4, 2 8/3, 211/5, 2249-250, 220/9, 224/4, 381/300, 381/301, 381/333, 381/388
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/205 Pockets adapted to receive a mobile phone or other electronic equipment

Abstract

A pocketed garment dimensioned to cover at least a portion of a torso of a person. According to one embodiment, the garment is a shirt, and a pocket is positioned on the rear exterior of the shirt. The pocket includes a first opening for insertion of a portable entertainment device into the pocket. The pocket also includes a second opening through which headphone wires, connected to the portable entertainment device, may be passed.

Claims

1. A garment dimensioned to cover at least a portion of a torso of a person, the garment comprising a torso covering portion, the torso covering portion comprising a top end and a bottom end, the top end comprising a neck opening, the garment further comprising a first pocket dimensioned to receive a portable electronic device and a sleeve dimensioned for passage of headphone wires therethrough, both the first pocket and the sleeve being positioned on one of the exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment and the interior of the torso covering portion of the garment, the first pocket and the sleeve forming a continuous passageway, wherein the first pocket and the sleeve are made from a single sheet of material secured to the torso covering portion of the garment, the single sheet of material having a generally inverted T-shape comprising an elongated first portion and an elongated second portion, the elongated first portion and the elongated second portion being generally perpendicular to one another, the elongated first portion extending in a direction between the top end and the bottom end and having a top edge spaced below the neck opening and further having a left edge and a right edge, the left edge and the right edge being secured along their respective entire lengths to the torso covering portion of the garment by stitching that passes through the left and right edges of the sleeve and the torso covering portion of the garment, the top edge of the elongated first portion not being secured to the torso covering portion of the garment, the elongated first portion and the torso covering portion of the garment jointly defining the sleeve, the elongated second portion being secured to the torso covering portion of the garment and jointly forming therewith the first pocket, the first pocket being partially divided into a left portion and a right portion, each of the left portion and the right portion having an opening dimensioned to receive the portable electronic device.

2. The garment as claimed in claim 1 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

3. The garment as claimed in claim 2 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the front exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

4. The garment as claimed in claim 2 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the rear exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

5. The garment as claimed in claim 2 further comprising a second pocket, wherein the second pocket is positioned on the side exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment and wherein the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the rear exterior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

6. The garment as claimed in claim 1 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the interior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

7. The garment as claimed in claim 6 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the front interior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

8. The garment as claimed in claim 6 wherein both the first pocket and the sleeve are positioned on the rear interior of the torso covering portion of the garment.

9. The garment as claimed in claim 1 wherein said garment is a shirt.

10. The garment as claimed in claim 9 wherein said garment is a short-sleeve shirt.

11. The combination of the garment of claim 1, a portable entertainment device, and a headphone set, the portable entertainment device being seated in the first pocket of the garment, the headphone set comprising a pair of earpieces and a pair of wires, each wire being connected at one end to a corresponding earpiece and at an opposite end to the portable entertainment device, the wires being inserted through the sleeve.

12. A garment, the garment comprising:

(a) a clothing article dimensioned to cover at least a portion of a torso of a person; and

(b) a sheet of material, the sheet of material secured to the clothing article, the sheet of material having a generally inverted T-shape and comprising an elongated first portion and an elongated second portion, the elongated first portion and the elongated second portion being generally perpendicular to one another, the elongated first portion having a top edge, a left edge, and a right edge, the left edge and the right edge being secured along their respective entire lengths to the clothing article by stitching that passes through the left and right edges of the elongated first portion and the clothing article, the top edge of the elongated first portion not being secured to the clothing article, the elongated first portion and the clothing article jointly defining a sleeve having a first opening, the elongated second portion and the clothing article jointly defining a pocket, the pocket and the sleeve communicating with one another to provide a continuous passageway, the pocket being partially divided into a first portion and a second portion, the first portion having a second opening, the second portion having a third opening.

13. The garment as claimed in claim 12 wherein the sheet of material is located on the exterior of the clothing article.

14. The garment as claimed in claim 13 wherein the sheet of material is located on the rear of the clothing article.

15. The garment as claimed in claim 13 wherein the sheet of material is located on the front of the clothing article.

16. The garment as claimed in claim 12 wherein the sheet of material is located on the interior of the clothing article.

17. The garment as claimed in claim 16 wherein the sheet of material is located on the rear of the clothing article.

18. The garment as claimed in claim 16 wherein the sheet of material is located on the front of the clothing article.

19. The garment as claimed in claim 12 wherein the clothing article is a shirt.

20. The combination of the garment of claim 12, a portable entertainment device, and a headphone set, the portable entertainment device being seated in the pocket of the garment, the headphone set comprising a pair of earpieces and a pair of wires, each wire being connected at one end to a corresponding earpiece and at an opposite end to the portable entertainment device, the wires extending through the sleeve.