Combination outerwear garment and carrier pack

A single upper torso outerwear garment combined with an integral storage carrier comprising;

• a single upper torso outerwear garment having a front portion, a back panel, a mid-portion for surrounding the mid-section of a user, and an upper portion to cover the torso of a user;
• a carrier pouch having front and back sides, upper and lower portions, and oppositely disposed end portions defining an internal pocket therewithin, said end portions having an external portion, no such portions of said pouch being provided by any substantial portion of said garment, said pouch including means for selective closure of said internal pocket;
• first and second belt portions, each of which have proximal ends and distal ends, each having one end proximal end attached, respectively, to one said pouch external end portion so that said belt portion ar substantially always outside of said internal pocket, the distal ends of said first and second belt portions including mating fastening means to permit said pouch to be secured about the mid-section of a user;
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• means for integrally securing the back panel of said single upper torso outerwear garment at said mid-portion to said carrier pouch to enable said pouch and belt portions to encircle the mid-section of a user when said single upper torso outerwear garment is worn by the user, and to enable said single upper torso outerwear garment to be folded into the pocket of said pouch for storage without eversion of said pouch, and so that it may then be carried about the mid-section of the user.

A belt-supported pack and outerwear garment device, said pack being adapted to be worn around the mid-section of a person, whether said outerwear garment is in an expanded condition wearable by a person or in a folded condition stored within said pack, said device comprising:

• a flexible pack including a closeable main compartment, said pack having first and second external end portions;
• closure means for the opening of said main compartment;
• first and second belt members secured, respectively, to said first and second external end portions so that said belt portions are substantially always outside of said main compartment, said belt members each having a free distal end;
• fastener means disposed at the distal ends of said belt members for releasably and adjustably securing said free ends together;
• an outerwear garment to cover the torso and mid-section of a person, said outerwear garment including a back panel, with no portion of said garment forming any substantial portion of said pack;
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• means for securing the back panel of said outerwear garment to said pack to permit said pack to be worn about the mid-section of a person as a belt for said garment and to permit folded storage of said garment in said main compartment, without the need to evert said main compartment, as said pack is worn about a person's mid-section.