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US 12,171,287 B2Granted
Sleeveless travel hoodie with built in travel pillows
OwnerNicholas L Stackhouseinventor
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Abstract
A sleeveless hoodie is described that is characterized by a sleeveless tubular body with an opposing pair of internal elbow pockets, an oversized hood made of a partially-see through mesh fabric that is configured to cover the eyes and at least part of the face, and a pair of separate and distinct neck pillow members located on the top of the tubular body along the left and right sides of a neck opening.
Claims20
A garment for a wearer comprising
- a tubular body having a bottom torso opening and an opposing upper neck opening, the tubular body comprising opposing left and right elbow support pockets, wherein
- the left and right elbow support pockets are configured on opposing sides of the tubular body and accessible inside the tubular body,
- the right elbow support pocket is configured to provide cradling support for a right elbow of a right arm of a wearer when the right arm is folded in front of a torso of the wearer within the tubular body, and
- the left elbow support pocket is configured to provide cradling support for a left elbow of a left arm of a wearer when the left arm is folded in front of the torso of the wearer within the tubular body;
- a hood comprised of fabric, the hood being attached to the tubular body at the neck opening;
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- at least one pillow member supported by the tubular body below and proximate the neck opening such that at least a portion of the at least one pillow member is located proximate opposing sides of the neck opening such that the at least one pillow member supports a head of the wearer.
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A method of at least partly covering a wearer, the method comprising:
- providing a tubular body having a bottom torso opening and an opposing upper neck opening, the tubular body comprising opposing left and right elbow support pockets, the left and right elbow support pockets being configured on opposing sides of the tubular body and accessible inside the tubular body, the right elbow support pocket being configured to provide cradling support for a right elbow of a right arm of a wearer when the right arm is folded in front of a torso of the wearer within the tubular body, and the left elbow support pocket being configured to provide cradling support for a left elbow of a left arm of a wearer when the left arm is folded in front of the torso of the wearer within the tubular body;
- supporting at least one pillow member on the tubular body below and proximate the neck opening;
- supporting a hood on the tubular body proximate the neck opening
- configuring the torso opening and the neck opening such that a head of a wearer may be placed into the torso opening and out of the neck opening;
- configuring the tubular body such that the tubular body may be pulled down around at least the upper part of a body of the wearer;
- configuring the left and right elbow pockets such that, with left and right arms of the wearer within the tubular body, the left and right elbows of the wearer may be arranged in the respective left and right elbow support pockets;
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- arranging the at least one pillow member to support the head of the wearer;
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- arranging the hood over at least a portion of the head of the wearer.
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A garment for a wearer comprising
- a tubular body having a bottom torso opening and an opposing upper neck opening but no sleeves, the tubular body defining opposing left and right elbow support pockets, where
- the left and right elbow support pockets are configured on opposing sides of the tubular body and accessible inside the tubular body,
- the right elbow support pocket is configured to provide cradling support for a right elbow of a right arm of the wearer when the right arm is folded in front of a torso of the wearer within the tubular body, and
- the left elbow support pocket is configured to provide cradling support for a left elbow of a left arm of the wearer when the left arm is folded in front of the torso of the wearer within the tubular body;
- an oversized hood comprised of fabric, the hood being attached to the tubular body at the neck opening and being configured to cover eyes of a wearer when the garment is worn;
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- a pair of left and right foam pillow members located proximate the neck opening wherein the left pillow and the right pillow members are located proximate opposing sides of the neck opening and each of the left and right pillow members defines a curved top side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.