Integrated jacket and backpack system and method of use
OwnerWymell D. Walton, Timothy Gibsoninventors
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Abstract
A transformable backpack and jacket system which allows the backpack to be converted into a jacket and be reversed. The jacket and backpack can also be worn simultaneously, resulting in three total modes of wear. The first mode has a wearable jacked with a backpack, including straps, secured away in pouch in the back of the jacket and covered with a zippered lid. The second mode has the backpack removed from the pouch and worn in conjunction with the jacket. The third mode has the jacket removed and stored within a front panel of the backpack. The jacket and backpack are permanently connected. In all three of the modes, the contents of the backpack remain securely stored within a backpack storage space.
Claims9
An integrated, transformable jacket and backpack system comprising:
- a combination jacket and backpack assembly comprising a jacket having a pair of sleeves, an open front, and a rear face housing a cavity permanently connected to a backpack;
- said cavity configured to encompass and store said backpack when said combination jacket and backpack assembly is in a first, jacket-only orientation;
- a removable lid configured to selectively cover said backpack and said cavity, said removable lid secured to said rear face of said jacket via a hidden zipper;
- said removable lid comprising a lid seam and said rear face of said jacket having a jacket seam, said lid seam and said jacket seam configured to camouflage said hidden zipper;
- whereby said lid, said lid seam, and said jacket seam are configured to disguise the existence of said lid and said backpack from view such that said jacket appears seamless when in said first, jacket-only orientation;
- said backpack comprising an interior space divided into a first storage space and a second storage space separated by a panel;
- said first storage space configured to secure and store items;
- said backpack comprising a pair of shoulder straps;
- wherein said jacket and said backpack are configured to be worn simultaneously when said combination jacket and backpack assembly is in a second, jacket-and-backpack orientation;
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- said second storage space configured to store said jacket when said combination jacket and backpack assembly is in a third, backpack-only orientation.
A method of transforming an integrated, transformable jacket and backpack assembly, the method comprising the steps:
- providing a combination jacket and backpack assembly comprising a jacket having a pair of sleeves, an open front, and a rear face housing a cavity permanently connected to a backpack;
- storing said backpack within said cavity, said backpack comprising an interior space divided into a first storage space and a second storage space separated by a panel;
- securing said backpack within said cavity with a removable lid via a hidden zipper, thereby forming a first, jacket-only orientation;
- obscuring said backpack within said cavity via a lid seam affixed to said lid a jacket seam affixed to said jacket, wherein said lid seam and said jacket seam camouflage said hidden zipper, thereby hiding it from view when in said first, jacket-only orientation;
- exposing said hidden zipper between said lid seam and said jacket seam;
- removing said removable lid;
- removing said backpack and wearing said backpack over said jacket via a pair of shoulder straps, thereby forming a second, jacket-and-backpack orientation;
- removing said backpack and said jacket;
- folding said jacket and placing it within said second interior space of said backpack, thereby forming a third, backpack-only orientation;
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- wearing said backpack via said pair of shoulder straps.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.