Convertible garment
AssigneeSplitzgear, L.L.C.
InventorJason Nolz
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Abstract
A convertible winter garment converts from a cap or hat configuration to a neck gaiter, face cover, or hand warmer. The garment is a four-edged fabric with two layers such that opposing side edges of the fabric provide openings for insertion of the user's hands between the layers when the garment is used as a hand warmer. A transparent window through one layer of the garment permits observation of a mobile device held between the layers. Clips mounted along the edge opposing the longest edge can be attached to edges of the bill of a baseball cap worn by the user and anchor the garment to the baseball cap. In one embodiment, a bill having view openings is attached to the garment such that it can be used to shield the user's face from either overhead or below.
Claims21
A garment comprising
- a fabric body comprising at least four edges,
- the fabric bed comprising a first portion and an adjoining second portion,
- the first portion and the second portion being approximately equal in area,
- each of the first portion and the second portion being concave,
- a first of the at least four edges comprising a first segment and an adjoining second segment,
- the first segment of the first edge being a part of the first portion of the fabric body and the second segment of the first edge being a part of the second portion of the fabric body,
- the first segment and the second segment of the first edge being substantially similar in length,
- a second of the at least four edges disposed opposite the first edge,
- a free side edge interconnecting each of opposing ends of the first edge and the second edge,
- at least one closure element associated with the first edge, the at least one closure element selectively detachably retaining at least a portion of the first segment of the first edge to at least a portion of the second segment of the first edge,
- wherein the garment may conform to a curvature of a head of a user when the at least a portion of the first segment of the first edge of the fabric body is retained to the at least a portion of the second segment of the first edge, and
- wherein the garment may be alternatively be configured as a face covering,
- and wherein the garment may further be alternatively configured as a hand warmer.
A garment comprising
- a fabric body comprising at least a first edge, an opposing second edge, and a pair of side edges,
- the fabric body further comprising a central region disposed between the side edges of the fabric body,
- the fabric body further including distal regions, each of the distal regions extending from the central region to a one of the side edges of the fabric body,
- the central region of the fabric body narrower than either of the distal regions of the fabric body,
- a first of the four edges comprising a first edge half and a second edge half,
- the first edge half of the first of the four edges joining the second edge half thereof at a center,
- at least a first closure element selectively retaining at least a part of the first edge half to at least a part of the second edge half.
A convertible garment comprising
- a fabric body comprising four edges,
- a first edge of the fabric body including at least two clip members coupled thereto,
- the clip members being spaced apart approximately the width of a bill of a baseball cap,
- a second of the four edges opposing the first edge,
- the second of the four edges having a first half edge and a second half edge,
- the first half edge detachably attachable to the second half edge,
- wherein the fabric body may be placed over a cap being worn by a user when the first half edge is detachably retained to the second half edge, and
- wherein the clip members may be detachably attached to opposing sides of a bill of a the cap being worn by the user.
A garment for a user's head comprising
- an elongate fabric body comprising a first distal region and a second opposing distal region,
- each of the first distal region and the second distal region being concave to conform to a curvature of the user's head,
- the elongate fabric body further comprising a center region disposed between the first and second distal regions,
- the center region of the elongate fabric body narrower than either of the distal regions of the elongate fabric body,
- at least a portion of an edge of the first distal region selectively retainable to at least a portion of an edge of the second distal region,
- wherein the elongate fabric body may be worn as a head cover for the head of the user when the first distal region is selectively retained to the second distal region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.