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US 2024/0148089 A1Published application
Clothing for concealed carry access
AssigneeTarnkappe Gear LLC
InventorsGustavo Molina, Roberto Edmundo Nuñez Mateo
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Abstract
An article of clothing including outer and inner plackets. The outer placket including hole embroideries evenly spaced on an outer layer, non-functional visible fasteners applied to a first subset of the hole embroideries, and first fasteners offset from the hole embroideries. The inner placket including second fasteners configured to extend through a second subset of the hole embroideries and third fastener configured to couple with the first fasteners.
Claims13
An article of clothing comprising:
- a body outer front with an outer placket including:
- an outer layer facing an outside of the article of clothing,
- an inner layer facing an interior of the article of clothing,
- a support layer positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer,
- a plurality of hole embroideries evenly spaced on the outer layer, the plurality of hole embroideries including:
- a first set of hole embroideries formed on the outer layer and extending through the inner layer and the support layer, and each including a hole cut through a center that extends through the outer layer, the inner layer and the support layer, and
- a second set of hole embroideries formed on the outer layer, wherein the second set of hole embroideries does not include a hole cut through a center of each hole embroidery,
- a plurality of non-functional visible fasteners mounted to the outer layer, wherein a non-functional visible fastener is mounted to the outer layer over each hole embroidery of the second set of hole embroideries and coupled to the outer layer by a thread extending through the outer layer and support layer, wherein the thread does not extend through the inner layer,
- a plurality of first fasteners applied to an inner layer, each of the plurality of first fasteners includes:
- an eyelet positioned between the outer layer and the support layer, and
- a stud coupled to the eyelet through the inner layer and the support layer, and
- a pocket position near a bottom of the outer placket and formed by cutting a hole in the inner layer;
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- a body inner front including an inner placket including:
- a plurality of second fasteners positioned on a surface of the inner placket facing the outer placket at a spacing that is the same as a spacing for the plurality of hole embroideries, each second fastener is positioned in line with a respective hole embroidery of the first set of hole embroideries and configured to be selectively coupled through the respective hole embroidery of the first set of hole embroideries, and
- a plurality of third fasteners positioned on the surface of the inner placket facing the outer placket, each third fastener is aligned with a corresponding first fastener of the outer placket and configured to couple with the corresponding first fastener of the outer placket, each of the plurality of third fasteners includes:
- a socket positioned on the surface of the inner placket facing the outer placket and configured to couple with a corresponding stud, and
- a cap positioned on an opposite surface of the inner placket and coupled to the socket through the inner placket.
15 more elements
An article of clothing comprising:
- a body defining a body outer front portion, a body inner front portion and a collar;
- the body outer front portion including an outer placket extending from the collar, the outer placket having a proximal portion located relatively closer to the collar and a distal portion located relatively farther from the collar;
- the body inner front portion including an inner placket extending from the collar, the inner placket having a proximal portion located relatively closer to the collar and a distal portion located relatively farther from the collar;
- a plurality of functional visible fasteners affixed to the proximal portion of the inner placket on a front side in a first spaced-apart arrangement along a first line;
- a plurality of holes formed through the proximal portion of the outer placket in the first spaced-apart arrangement along a second line, wherein each of the plurality of holes is associated with a respective one of the plurality of functional visible fasteners;
- wherein the plurality of functional visible fasteners is selectively engageable with the plurality of holes to couple the proximal portion of the inner placket to the proximal portion of the outer placket such that the first line and the second line are parallel to one another;
- a plurality of non-functional visible fasteners affixed to the distal portion of the outer placket on the front side in a second spaced-apart arrangement along the second line;
- wherein, when the plurality of functional visible fasteners is selectively engaged with the plurality of holes, the most distal one of the plurality of functional visible fasteners is in a third spaced-apart arrangement with the most proximal one of the plurality of non-functional visible fasteners;
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- at least one functional concealed fastener having an inner portion affixed to the distal portion of the inner placket on the front side and having an outer portion affixed to the distal portion of the outer placket on the back side;
- wherein the inner and outer portions of each functional concealed fastener are selectively engageable with one another to couple the distal portion of the inner placket to the distal portion of the outer placket;
- wherein a location of the respective outer portion of the at least one functional concealed fastener is offset along the second line from any location of the non-functional visible fasteners;
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- wherein, when the plurality of functional visible fasteners is selectively engaged with the plurality of holes, the at least one concealed fastener is selectively releasable by pulling on one of the respective distal portions of the first and second plackets to separate the distal portions of the first and second plackets while the respective proximal portions of the first and second plackets remain coupled.
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A method for constructing an article of clothing having an outer placket, the method comprising the steps:
- positioning a support layer on a body outer front of the clothing;
- positioning an eyelet on the support layer;
- folding a leading edge of the body outer front over the support layer and a remaining portion of the body outer front to form an outer side layer and an inner side layer of the outer placket on either side of the support layer;
- sewing at least one decorative hole embroidery in the outer side layer of the outer placket;
- sewing a plurality of functional hole embroideries in the outer side layer and the inner side layer of the outer placket;
- cutting a respective hole through a respective center of each functional hole embroidery through the outer side layer and the inner side layer of the outer placket;
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- coupling a stud to the eyelet through the inner side layer and the support layer of the outer placket.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.