Patent Application
20160374415
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates generally to a garment, and more particularly to a garment with multiple protection functions.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, a garment does not cover the head and neck of a wearer, and therefore if a wearer wants his/her head or neck to be protected, an additional headgear, scarf, mouth mask, or facial mask would be required. However, it is always less convenient to carry even one more additional accessory around.
Some garments, such as hoodies or clothes with collars, have specific design to simply cover body parts above the neck. Take a hoodie for example, in order to keep warm or to prevent sunburn, a wearer can optionally put on the hood of a hoodie to block the wind, sunlight, or any unwanted substances. However, even when the hood is put on, some spaces are still left between the hood and the head, for the inner surface of the hood does not perfectly fit the head of a wearer. In this sense, the protective effect is limited. The cold winter wind can still get into the spaces or in the face, which certainly makes a wearer feel uncomfortable.
As for clothes with collars, a collar can only roughly cover two lateral and rear sides of the neck of a wearer, which means the head and the face are not under protection, and a wearer still needs additional accessories to better protect body parts above the neck.
In view of the above, the primary objective of the present invention is to provide a garment with multiple protection functions.
The present invention provides a garment, which includes a main body, an appendant member, and at least one elastic fabric. The main body at least overs an upper body of a wearer when the wearer is in the garment. The appendant member is connected to the main body, wherein the appendant member at least partially covers body parts above a neck of the wearer when the wearer is in the garment; the appendant member has a first surface and a second surface which are opposite to each other; when the wearer is in the garment, the first surface is closer to a skin of the wearer than the second surface is. Each of the at least one elastic fabric has a first edge and a second edge which are at two opposite sides thereof, and a third edge located near where the main body and the appendant member are connected; each of the at least one elastic fabric is connected to the first surface of the appendant member with the first edge and the second edge, which forms a first opening between the third edge and the first surface.
In an embodiment, each of the at least one elastic fabric has a fourth edge located at an opposite side of the third edge; a second opening is formed between the fourth edge and the first surface; the second opening communicates with the first opening.
By applying the elastic fabric on the surface of the appendant member, the garment can not only cover body parts of a wearer as a conventional garment does, but also enhances the protection function with the elastic fabric which covers the head, the face, or the neck. In addition, since the elastic fabric is applied on the appendant member, the elastic fabric can be effortlessly carried around, and is impossible to be unintentionally left behind.
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
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The main body 10 has an opening between a chest part and a neckline thereof, wherein the main body 10 has a zip 102 around the opening, and the opening can be closed with the zip 102. The main body 10 at least covers the upper body of a wearer when the wearer is in the garment 1.
The hood 20 is connected to a top edge of a rear cloth of the main body 10, wherein the hood 20 at least partially covers body parts above the neck of a wearer when the wearer is in the garment 1. The hood 20 has a first surface 202 and a second surface 204 which are opposite to each other, and the first surface 202 is defined herein to be closer to the skin of a wearer than the second surface 204 to be when the wearer is in the garment 1. In other words, when the hood 20 covers the head, the first surface 202 is the surface facing the head and the neck, while the second surface 204 is the other surface exposed outside. The hood 20 includes a left half 20a and a right half 20b, wherein the left half 20a is located near a left shoulder of the main body 10, and the right half 20b is located near a right shoulder of the main body 10. In practice, the hood 20 may be detachably connected to the main body 10 through a zip or buttons.
The elastic fabric 30 may be used to partially cover body parts above the neck of a wearer. In the first preferred embodiment, the elastic fabric 30 is a long rectangle, which is not a limitation of the present invention; the elastic fabric 30 may be square, round, half round, oval, or in other shapes similar to the aforementioned shapes in other embodiments. Two opposite short edges of the elastic fabric 30 are respectively defined as a first edge 302 and a second edge 304; two opposite long edges of the elastic fabric 30 are respectively defined as a third edge 306 and a fourth edge 308. The elastic fabric 30 is connected to the first surface 202 of the hood 20 merely by the first edge 302 and the second edge 304. In the first preferred embodiment, the first edge 302 is connected to the first surface 202 at the left half 20a of the hood 20 by sewing, and the second edge 304 is connected to the first surface 202 at the right half 20b of the hood 20 in the same way. The third edge 306 is located near where the main body 10 and the hood 20 are connected, and the third edge 306 and the fourth edge 308 are not connected to the hood 20, Whereby, the third edge 306 and the first surface 202 form a first opening, while the fourth edge 306 and the first surface 202 form a second opening. The first and the second openings communicate with each other. Instead of sewing, the elastic fabric 30 may be connected to the hood 20 by buttons or Velcro strips in practice.
When the elastic fabric 30 is not stretched, a length L1 between the first edge 302 and the second edge 304 is equal to a length L2 between where the hood 20 is connected to the first edge 302 and where the hood 20 is connected to the second edge 304. In other words, when the elastic fabric 30 is not stretched, an inner surface of the elastic fabric 30 is attached on the first surface 202 of the hood 20. Whereby, the elastic fabric 30 is completely maintained inside the hood 20 when the elastic fabric 30 is not stretched.
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In summary, after being applied on the first surface 202 of the hood 20, the elastic fabric 30 may be used as a headgear, a mouth mask, and a scarf to cover every body part above the neck, which makes the garment 1 have multiple protective functions. In practice, the fourth edge of the elastic fabric 30 can be connected to the first surface 202 of the hood 20. Whereby, when the elastic fabric 30 is used as a headgear, the rear head of the wearer can be perfectly covered.
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The elastic fabrics in the aforementioned preferred embodiments may be made of a warm cloth including heat generating fibers to provide the function of keeping warm, or may be made of an elastic activated carbon filter fabric, which is able to filter out hazardous substances in the air when used to cover the mouth and the nose of a wearer. Of course, for those elastic fabrics of two layers, one of the layers can be made of a warm cloth, while the other layer can be made of an activated carbon filter fabric. Furthermore, a garment of other embodiments may include elastic fabrics of more than two layers.
In summary, the elastic fabrics provided in the present invention are applied on the first surface of the appendant member of the garment, and therefore it is impossible to be unintentionally left behind. In addition to the function of partially covering body parts above the neck as a conventional garment does, the elastic fabrics provided in the present invention further have the function of a headgear, a mouth mask, and a scarf, which makes a garment have multiple protection functions and various usages.
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.
