US 2011/0078840 A1 · APPAREL HAVING POCKETS PERMITTING ACCESS BENEATH APPAREL LAYER

Abstract

The clothes, apparel, or garment, whether it be pants, jeans, trousers, shorts, a skirt, a dress, a shirt, a hat, socks, sweatshirt, jacket, bikini, swim suit, bra, or any other possible item of clothing that has, or could have a pocket as part of the clothing, whereby a pocket as part of a garment has an opening for gaining access to the interior of the pocket. The pocket may include optional closure means or flap for closing the exterior of the pocket. The interior of the pocket may provide the full functionality of a normal pocket, but in addition, may have a second opening (which may take any number of forms, shapes, or sizes) within the interior of the pocket for gaining access to the wearer's body, and wherein the second opening may be closed using one or more buttons, snaps, clasps, zippers and/or laces or other closure means.

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Dependent claims

An article of clothing having a pocket, the article further comprising:

a first layer of material defining an exterior of the pocket;
a second layer of material which cooperates with the first layer of material to define an interior of the pocket, the pocket having a first opening that provides access to the interior of the pocket;
and
a second opening in the second layer of material that provides access from the interior of the pocket to an interior of the article, the second opening being closeable to substantially restrict access to the interior of the article.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Apparel having pockets permitting access beneath apparel layer

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Apparel having pockets permitting access beneath apparel layer

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Abstract

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