Novelty shirt

• US 8,181,274 B1
• Filed: 04/24/2008
• Issued: 05/22/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: nZilla, LLC
• Original Assignee: Prairie Prince, Ross Lamont Valory
• Inventors: Prince, Prairie, Valory, Ross Lamont
• Primary Examiner(s): Hoey, Alissa L
• Application Number:
  US12/150,225
• Time in Patent Office: 1,489 Days
• Field of Search: 224/4, 211/5, 211/3, 2 7/7, 2 7/5, 2 8/0, 223/9, 446/149, 283/94, 283/98, 283/99, 283/100, 283/63.1
• US Class Current: 2/115
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/08 Trimmings; Ornaments
• CPC Class Codes: A41G 7/00 Masks or dominoes for concealing identity, e.g. for theatrical use

Abstract

A novelty shirt with a chest section and long sleeves. The long sleeves in a first position extend downwardly adjacent the sides of the shirt and have shoulder and cuff portions spaced from each other along the vertical axes with elbow portions therebetween. Upper and lower, complementary mouth patterns are then provided on the outsides of the sleeves. The patterns on the downwardly extending sleeves face outwardly and it is not readily apparent that they are part of any overall design. However, when the sleeves are crossed laterally in front of the chest section of the shirt with the elbow portions adjacent one another, the complementary upper and lower mouth patterns on the sleeves then reveal the overall mouth design formed by them. Thereafter, the sleeves can be manipulated to separate the elbow portions to simulate the opening of the mouth.

Claims

1. A method of patterning and manipulating a shirt-shaped garment to selectively form a mouth, the shirt-shaped garment having a chest section and two long sleeves attached thereto, each long sleeve extending downwardly in a first position along a substantially vertical axis adjacent a side of the chest section and having a shoulder portion and a lower, cuff portion spaced therefrom along said vertical axis with an elbow portion therebetween, said method including the steps of:

(a) providing an upper mouth pattern on an outside section of one of the long sleeves, said upper mouth pattern extending along the vertical axis of said one long sleeve in said first position and facing substantially outwardly of the chest section,

(b) providing a lower mouth pattern on an outside section of the second long sleeve, said lower mouth pattern extending along the vertical axis of said second long sleeve in said first position and facing substantially outwardly of the chest section, said lower mouth pattern on the second long sleeve being complementary to the upper mouth pattern on the one long sleeve, and

(c) crossing the long sleeves laterally in front of the chest section in a second position with the long sleeves extending substantially side to side laterally across the chest section and with the cuff portion of each long sleeve adjacent the shoulder portion of the other long sleeve with the elbow sections substantially adjacent one another, and with the upper and lower complementary mouth patterns aligned to form a mouth.

2. The method of claim 1 further including the step of:

(d) moving said long sleeve from said second position with the elbow portions substantially adjacent one another to a third position with the elbow portions spaced apart from each other to simulate the mouth of the second position being open in said third position.

3. The method of claim 2 further including the limitation of moving the long sleeve repeatedly between said second and third positions.

4. The method of claim 2 further including the limitation of providing a pattern of an inner part of a mouth an at least a first of the two long sleeves, said inner mouth part extending along the vertical axis of the first long sleeve in said first position.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said inner mouth part pattern includes a tongue.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said inner mouth part pattern includes teeth.

7. The method of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said inner mouth part pattern is on the outer section of the first long sleeve.

8. The method of claim 4 wherein at least a portion of said inner mouth part pattern is on an inside section of the first long sleeve.

9. The method of claim 2 further including the step of providing a pattern relating to said mouth on said chest section.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said related pattern includes a throat.

11. The method of claim 1 further including the step of providing thumb holes in said long sleeves adjacent the cuff portions thereof.