Patent Application
20150359280
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to a garment, and more particularly to a functional garment.
2. Description of Related Art
Taiwan Utility Model M454734 discloses a working suit, which provides various scales of pockets to carry different kinds of goods or tools. The pockets are sewed onto the exterior side of the working suit, therefore the positions and the size of the pockets are fixed. With such working suit, people have to choose the suitable pockets to put the goods based on the sizes or the locations of the pockets. For example, user may like to put a pack of tools in the neighboring pockets. It may happen that the neighboring pockets are not enough for the tools or the sizes of the pockets do not fit the tools. Besides, the user only may take the tools received in the pockets one by one, and the tools are separated without any connection. Another drawback of the conventional working suit is that the pockets are exposed at the exterior side of the suit, it makes anyone knows that you are carrying some goods, and thus increases the risk of your goods being stolen, and the goods might be lost while they are dropped off the pockets.
Thus, the conventional working suit has to be improved.
In view of the above, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a functional garment, which is able to attach at least a storage device thereto according to the need of user.
The present invention provides a functional garment, including a cloth member, a sealing device, and a plurality of attaching members. The cloth member includes an outer cloth and a lining attached together to form a space therebetween, and is provided with an opening to be an access of the space. The sealing device is provided on the cloth member to open and close the opening. The attaching members are received in the space of the cloth member and fixed to the outer cloth or the lining, wherein the attaching members are separated from each other.
In an embodiment, a storage device is received in the space of the cloth member and attached to at least one of the attaching members.
With the design of the present invention, the functional garment of the present invention is capable of storing goods in the space of the cloth member, and the goods could be arranged at any place according to the user's decision.
The present invention will be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of some illustrative embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which
A functional garment of a preferred embodiment of the present invention is shown as a jacket 100 in
The cloth member 10 includes an outer cloth 12 and a lining 14. The outer cloth 12 has a first (inner) side 12a, and the lining 14 has a second (inner) side 14a facing the first side 12a of the outer cloth 12. The outer cloth 12 and the lining 14 are sewn together at margins to form a space 16 therebetween. In the present embodiment, the outer cloth 12 is provided with an opening 18 to be an access of the space 16. In another embodiment, the opening is provided on the lining 14 (not shown).
The sealing device 20 is attached to the outer cloth 12 and around the opening 16 to open and close the opening 16. In the present embodiment, the sealing device 20 is a zipper to open and close the opening 18.
The attaching members 30 are rectangular pieces of hooked Velcro devices in the present invention, and are attached to the second side 14a of the lining 14 in a matrix layout. In another embodiment, the attaching members 30 are elongated strips of hooked Velcro devices fixed to the second side 14a of the lining 14 in parallel. The attaching members 30 are separated from each other to provide the cloth member 10 still flexible at the region distributing the attaching members 30. In another embodiment, the attaching members are provided on first side 12a the outer cloth 12 (not shown).
The attaching members 30 are designated to attach at least a storage device thereon. The storage device has a space therein to store goods.
It is noted that the attaching members 30 may be widely distributed over the second side 14a of the lining 14 (or over the first side 12a of the outer cloth 12, or both) that could store more storage devices in the space 16.
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In conclusion, the present invention provides the functional garment capable of storing goods in the cloth member, and the goods could be arranged at any place according to the user's decision. It must be pointed out that the embodiments described above are only some preferred embodiments of the present invention. All equivalent structures which employ the concepts disclosed in this specification and the appended claims should fall within the scope of the present invention.
