Single layer jacket with detachable liner

A jacket construction comprising a shell and an optional liner:

• (a) said shell comprising left and right body sections, a back body section, a pair of sleeves, a collar section, a yoke section that extends across a wearer's shoulders from sleeve to sleeve and about said collar section, and a waist section that encompasses a wearer's torso at the lower edges of said left, back and right body sections, said body sections extending between said yoke section and said waist section, each of said sleeves being formed from (1) a base section about the upper arm region and extending downwardly to the wrist through the anterior forearm region, and (2) an abrasion resistant section about the elbow and posterior forearm region, said front body sections having left and right flies and zippered pockets hidden thereby extending diagonally substantially from said yoke section to said waist section, seams of stitching connection contiguous edges of said sections, each of said sections being a laminate of a facing fabric layer, an intermediate membrane layer and a backing fabric layer, the edge of one of said front body sections having a center fly and said front body sections having a zipper under said center fly and extending from said collar section to said waist section, patches stitched on said sleeves along seams that encompass said patches to form pockets, and closures in said patches within said seams of said patches for access to said pockets, and thermoplastic strips of waterproof tape bonded to said backing fabric layers along said seams,
• (b) said optional liner comprising a bodice having a collar and a waist, said bodice descending from said collar to said waist, a pair of opposed extended fasteners that detachably connect the sides of said bodice to interior edges of said shell, and sleeves that are inserted into and that generally are coextensive with the sleeves of the shell.

For a human wearer, single layer shell outerwear comprising:

• (a) left anterior body section, a right anterior body section, a posterior body section, a left arm, a right arm, a yoke section, and a collar, said yoke section extending across the wearer's shoulders from arm to arm, and over the wearer's shoulders about said collar, each pair of the contiguous edges of adjacent sections being stitched to each other joined by a seam of stitching;
• (b) said left anterior body section, said right anterior body section, said posterior body section, said left arm, and said right arm, each being composed of a waterproof stratum;
• (c) a left patch stitched on said left sleeve along seams that encompass said left patch to form a left pocket, and a right patch stitched on said right sleeve along seams that encompass said right patch to form a right pocket, a closure in said left patch within said seams of said left patch for access to said left pocket, a closure in said right patch within said seams of said right patch for access to said right pocket;
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• (d) thermoplastic strips of waterproof tape bonded in contiguity with the back of said stratum along said seams.

A single layer shell jacket comprising:

• (a) a left anterior body section, a right anterior body section, a posterior body section, a left arm, a right arm, a yoke section, and a collar, said yoke section extending across the wearer's shoulders from arm to arm, and over the wearer's shoulders about said collar;
• (b) said left anterior body section, said right anterior body section, said posterior body section, said left arm, and said right arm, each having at least a water resistant stratum;
• (c) a left patch stitched on said left arm along seams that encompass said left patch to form a left pocket, and a right patch stitched on said right arm along seams that encompass said right patch to form a right pocket;
• (d) a closure in said left patch within said seams of said left-patch for access to said left pocket, a closure in said right patch within said seams of said right patch for access to said right pocket;
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• (e) strips of at least water resistant tape bonded to and along said seams at the back of said shell.

A single layer jacket shell comprising:

• (a) left anterior body section, a right anterior body section, a posterior body section, a left arm, a right arm, a yoke section, and a collar, said yoke section extending across a wearer's shoulders from arm to arm, and over the wearer's shoulders about said collar, each pair of the contiguous edges of adjacent sections being stitched to each other joined by a seam of stitching;
• (b) said left anterior body section, said right anterior body section, said posterior body section, said left arm, and said right arm, each being composed of a waterproof stratum;
• (c) a left patch stitched on said left arm along seams that encompass said left patch to form a left pocket, and a right patch stitched on said right arm along seams that encompass said right patch to form a right pocket, a closure in said left patch within said seams of said left patch for access to said left pocket, a closure in said right patch within said seams of said right patch for access to said right pocket;
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• (d) strips of waterproof tape bonded to said shell along said seams.

A jacket shell comprising:

• (a) a body, a yoke along the top of said body, and a pair of sleeves connected to said yoke at junctions, all of an inclement environment resistant material;
• (b) a pair of patches respectively stitched to outer faces of said sleeves along seams that surround said patches and forming a pair of pockets thereon;
• (c) strips of tape bonded to said seams, sealing said seams, and surrounding said patches;
• (d) a pair of zippers, each of said zippers being relatively contiguous with an edge of one of said patches, said zippers being adapted to open and close said pockets;
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• (e) at least an emblem sewn on at least one of said patches at a position relatively remote from said edge of said one of said patches
• (f) the widths of said patches and the widths of said yoke at said junctions being substantially the same;
• (g) said yoke and said patches being of the same color to provide a design continuum.