Patent ID: 9375055
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A41C,A41D,A41F,A44B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A convertible garment system adapted for a wearer, the system comprising: a garment configured to be worn on an upper torso area of the wearer having a pair of upper shoulder straps connected to the garment and extendable upwardly for connecting the upper shoulder straps to one another adaptively to be behind a neck of the wearer in a first configuration, a pair of lower back straps connected to the garment and extendable laterally for connecting at a position adaptively below the neck and behind a back of the wearer; and at least one detachable strap interface for creating a second configuration, wherein the pair of upper shoulder straps are unconnected from each other so that each of the upper shoulder straps can be removably attached to the pair of lower back straps at a position below the neck and behind the back of the wearer in the second configuration, the second configuration reducing load bearing and acute pressure on the neck of the wearer created by the pair of upper shoulder straps in the first configuration, the at least one detachable strap interface comprising: a base plate for receiving one of the pair of upper shoulder straps and one of the pair of lower back straps of the convertible garment system, the base plate including: a buckle-end defining an upper aperture and a lower aperture, the upper and lower apertures separated by an upper arm and framed on each side by side arms, wherein the upper aperture is configured to receive said one of the pair of upper shoulder straps of the garment adaptively from one shoulder of the wearer, a lower arm situated below the lower aperture and between the side arms; and a channel-portion defining a finger extending from at least one of the side arms, an open aperture separating the finger from the lower arm, wherein the open aperture is configured to receive said one of the pair of upper shoulder straps of the garment from the upper aperture and the lower aperture is configured to receive said one of the pair of upper shoulder straps of the garment from the open aperture; a channel arm including: a channel shelf, and a channel aperture within the channel shelf and shaped to accept the finger of the channel-portion, and wherein the channel arm mates with the base plate by an interface between the finger and the channel aperture when the channel aperture receives the finger of the channel-portion, the channel arm having a length that extends above the lower arm of the buckle end towards the lower aperture when the channel arm is mated with the base plate in order to create a channel passageway for securing said one of the lower back straps, the channel passageway being formed above the channel shelf and between the channel arm and the lower arm; the channel shelf capable of applying upward pressure to said one of the lower back straps when said one of the lower back straps is received within the channel passageway.