Protective outer garment apparatus with viewing window for handheld items

A protective outer garment apparatus comprising:

• an outer garment for being worn by a user, an outer surface of the garment providing an
• at least one cut-out sized and positioned for allowing an at least one handheld item positioned within an interior of the garment to be selectively extended therethrough by the user;
• and
• an at least one viewing window engaged with the outer surface of the garment substantially overtop of the at least one cut-out, the viewing window comprising:
• a resilient window frame engaged with the outer surface of the garment and having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposing side edges, with a central area of the window frame being open and positioned substantially overtop of the cut-out;
• a flexible, transparent window flap hingedly engaged with the top edge of the window frame and having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposing side edges, the window flap configured for moving between one of a closed window position, wherein the window flap is substantially positioned overtop of the cut-out, and an open window position, wherein the window flap is hingedly pivoted away from the window frame toward a face of the user such that a window angle between the window frame and window flap is greater than zero degrees and less than one hundred eighty degrees;
• the window flap being biased toward the open window position, with the bottom edge of the window flap providing an at least one attachment point configured for removably securing the window flap to the bottom edge of the window frame when the window flap is in the closed window position;
• a pair of resilient, substantially V-shaped biasing members positioned within or otherwise integral with each side edge of the window frame and a corresponding side edge of the window flap;
• an at least one spring hinge engaged between each of the window flap and window frame;
• a pair of opposing, flexible side walls, each side wall integral with and extending between the respective side edge of each of the window flap and window frame;
• and
• whereby, the user is able to keep the handheld item positioned underneath or otherwise within the interior of the garment while still being able to safely view the item through the viewing window from an optimal viewing angle.

A protective outer garment apparatus comprising:

• an outer garment for being worn by a user, an outer surface of the garment providing an at least one cut-out sized and positioned for allowing an at least one handheld item positioned within an interior of the garment to be selectively extended therethrough by the user;
• a flexible, transparent window flap hingedly engaged with the outer surface of the garment, substantially overtop of the at least one cut-out, and having a top edge, a bottom edge and a pair of opposing side edges, the window flap configured for moving between one of a closed window position, wherein the window flap is substantially positioned overtop of the cut-out, and an open window position, wherein the window flap is hingedly pivoted away from the cut-out toward a face of the user such that a window angle between the window flap and cut-out is greater than zero degrees and less than one hundred eighty degrees, and the transparent window flap is biased toward the open window position;
• a pair of resilient, substantially V-shaped biasing members positioned within or otherwise integral with each side edge of the window frame and a corresponding side edge of the window flap;
• an at least one spring hinge engaged between each of the window flap and window frame;
• a pair of opposing, flexible side walls, each side wall integral with and extending between one of the side edges of the window flap and the outer surface of the garment;
• and
• whereby, the user is able to keep the handheld item positioned underneath or otherwise within the interior of the garment while still being able to safely view the item through the window flap from an optimal viewing angle.