Patent Application
20240407490
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The disclosure relates to storage apparatuses and more particularly pertains to a new storage apparatus for storing items near a user.
The prior art discloses myriad examples of pockets and other storage devices integrated into clothing for storing items near a user. However, the prior art does not describe an apparatus comprising a garment configured for being worn on a torso of a user and a pocket attached to the garment which includes a folder for organizing valuable documents and a zipper for keeping the valuable documents secured in the pocket and safe from damage. Such an apparatus is especially advantageous over the prior art, because it better maintains and organizes valuable documents in the case of an emergency.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a garment configured for being worn on a torso of a user. A pocket is coupled to an exterior of the garment and defines an interior space. The pocket is positioned on a front side of the garment closer to a top end of the garment than to a bottom end of the garment. The pocket is configured for being positioned over a chest of the user. A folder is mounted in the pocket.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The pocket 14 also comprises a closure 42, which is coupled to the cover panel 36 and the perimeter panel 26 to retain the cover panel 36 in the closed position 38. The pocket 14 fully encloses the interior space 16 when the closure 42 retains the cover panel 36 in the closed position 38. The closure 42 comprises a first mating member 44 which is attached to the cover panel 36 and a second mating member 46 which is coupled to the perimeter panel 26. The closure 42 comprises a zipper 48 but may comprise a snap fastener, a hook-and-loop fastener, or the like. Each of the rear panel 24, the perimeter panel 26, and the cover panel 36 comprises a water-impermeable material such as nylon, polyethylene, polypropylene, or the like.
A folder 50 is mounted in the pocket 14 and comprises a pair of side panels 52 and a plurality of dividers 54. Each divider 54 of the plurality of dividers 54 is coupled to and extends between the pair of side panels 52. The plurality of dividers 54 define a plurality of cavities 56 within the interior space 16.
In use, the garment 12 is worn on the torso 60 of the user 58. Valuable documents 64 such as insurance cards, social security cards, and identification cards are placed in desired cavities 56 of the folder 50 in the pocket 14, and the pocket 14 is closed via the closure 42. In the event of an emergency such as, for example, a natural disaster, a house fire, or the like, the valuable documents 64 may be stored in the folder 50 as described to keep the valuable documents 64 safe while traveling to a safe location. The various dividers 54 aid the user 58 in organizing the valuable documents 64. Photos, money, and other objects may also be stored in the pocket 14. An outer garment 66 may be worn over the garment 12, further concealing and securing the contents of the pocket 14.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
