Upper body garment with concealed access port and concealment method
AssigneeRose & Boone, Inc.
InventorWalter T. Rose
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Abstract
There is provided a method for accessing a handgun concealed beneath an upper body garment. The method is carried out by providing the upper body garment with an access port through a front portion of the garment. A panel is provided in covering relationship with the access port. A portion of a perimeter of the panel is secured to the garment with a releasible fastener. A portion of the perimeter of the panel is released to expose the access port and the handgun is then accessed through the access port. A garment suitable for carrying out the invention is further disclosed, as is a method for concealing a handgun with the garment.
Claims20
A shirt-like garment for the upper body having a covered access port for access beneath the garment, said garment having a body portion and breast pocket outer panel portion, said body portion having a front body portion and a back body portion, the front body portion having a front surface and a back surface and defining the access port, the breast pocket outer panel portion being positioned on the front body portion in covering relationship with the access port, said breast pocket outer panel portion having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, a front surface, and a back surface, the outer edge of the breast pocket outer panel portion being securely fastened to the front body portion of the garment, and the inner edge of the breast pocket outer panel portion being releasibly fastened to the from body portion of the garment.
A method for concealing a handgun comprising
- providing a handgun,
- providing a carrying device for the handgun,
- securing the carrying device to the upper body of a user,
- securing the handgun to the carrying device,
- covering the upper body of the user with
- a shirt-like garment for the upper body having a covered access port for access beneath the garment, wherein the carrying device for the handgun is secured to the upper body of the user in close proximity to the covered access port, said garment having a body portion and breast pocket outer panel portion, said body portion having a front body portion and a back body portion, the front body portion having a front surface and a back surface and defining the access port, the breast pocket outer panel portion being positioned on the front body portion in covering relationship with the access port and having an upper edge, a lower edge, an inner edge, an outer edge, a front surface, and
- a back surface, the outer edge of the breast pocket outer panel portion being securely fastened to the front body portion of the garment, and the inner edge of the breast pocket outer panel portion being releasibly fastened to the front body portion of the garment.
A method for accessing a handgun concealed beneath an upper body garment, said method comprising
- providing the upper body garment with an access port through a front portion of the garment,
- providing a panel in covering relationship with the access port,
- securing a portion of a perimeter of the panel to the garment with a releasible fastener,
- releasing a portion of the perimeter of the panel to expose the access port;
- and
- accessing the handgun through the access port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.