US 5,683,022 AGranted

Multi-pouch belt

OwnerChuck A. Evansinventor

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Abstract

A multi-pouch belt that includes a belt, a belt strap, a pouch strap, and at least one pouch/holder. The belt is manufactured in a variety of colors from canvas or leather and is adjustable and waterproof and has an inner side that contains a zippered pouch for holding paper money, an outer side, a first free end, and a second free end. The belt strap is disposed on the outer side of the belt and has a part of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon. The pouch strap has a part of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon that is complementary to and releasibly engagable with the part of hook and loop fasteners of the belt strap. Each pouch/holder is removably mounted on the pouch strap and has a loop disposed thereon that removably receives the pouch strap. Each pouch/holder is manufactured in a variety of colors from canvas or leather and is waterproof. The pouch/holder may include a cigarette lighter holder, a lipstick holder, a snapable cigarette pouch, a snapable cosmetic makeup-up pouch, a flashlight holder, and/or a pen holder. A part of hook and loop fasteners is disposed on the inner surface of the loop that is complementary to the pouch strap part of hook and loop fasteners and releasibly engagable therewith and a part of hook and loop fasteners is disposed on the outer surface of the loop that is complementary to the belt strap part of hook and loop fasteners and releasibly engagable therewith so that the pouch/holder is further retained in a desired position.

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Dependent claims

A multi-pouch belt, comprising:

a) an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt having an inner side containing a pouch, an outer side, a first end, and a second end not overlapping said first end thereof when said multi-pouch belt is donned;
b) an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap being disposed on, and narrower than, said outer side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt and having an outer face with a loop portion of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon;
said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap extending along said outer side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt from before said first end thereof to before said second end thereof;
c) an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap having a hook portion of said hook and loop fasteners disposed on an inner side thereof being releasibly engageable with said loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said outer side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap;
said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap having no hook and loop fasteners disposed on an outer side thereof and extending along said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt from before, and not extending past, said first end thereof to before, and not extending past, said second end thereof and having ends not overlapping each other when said multi-pouch belt is donned;
and
d) at least one pouch/holder removably mounted on said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap and having a continuous loop disposed thereon for removably receiving said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap;
said continuous loop having a back side with an outer surface and an inner surface;
said outer surface of said back side of said continuous loop having a hook portion of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon being releasibly engageable with said loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said outer side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap;
said inner surface of said back side of said continuous loop having a loop portion of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon being releasibly engageable with said hook portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said inner side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap.

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A method of using a multi-pouch belt, comprising the steps of:

a) pulling an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap of said multi-pouch belt which has an inner side with a hook portion of hook and loop fasteners disposed thereon away from an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap of said multi-pouch belt which has an outer face with a loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners thereon and being disposed on, and narrower than, an outer side of an elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt of said multi-pouch pouch belt and extending therealong from before a first end thereof to before a second end thereof;
b) positioning each of at least one pouch/holder of said multi-pouch belt at a desired position on said outer side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt which has an inner side containing a pouch, a first end, and a second end not overlapping said first end thereof when said multi-pouch belt is donned;
c) engaging a hook portion of said hook and loop fasteners on an outer surface of a back side of a loop of each said at least one pouch/holder with said loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said outer face of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap;
d) threading said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap through said loop of each said at least one pouch/holder;
e) engaging a loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners on an inner surface of said back side of said loop of each said at least one pouch/holder with said hook portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said inner side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap which has no hook and loop fasteners on an outer side thereof and extending along said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt from before, and not extending past, said first end thereof to before, and not extending past, said second end thereof and having ends not overlapping each other when said multi-pouch belt is donned;
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f) engaging said hook portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said inner side of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped pouch strap with said loop portion of said hook and loop fasteners on said outer face of said elongated, slender, and rectangular-shaped belt strap.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.