Patent ID: 9700086
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: A41D

Claim:
1. A multi-use garment, comprising: a generally rectangular body of fabric material having a front face and an opposed rear face, the body of fabric material having an upper edge, a lower edge, and a pair of opposed side edges each extending between the upper and lower edges, a horizontal center line being defined midway between the upper and lower edges and a vertical center line being defined midway between the side edges; a first and a second arm hole defined through the body of fabric material, the arm holes being generally symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line; a first and a second pocket element each attached to the front face of the body of fabric material so as to define a respective first and second pocket each having a pocket opening, the first and second pocket elements being generally symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line and being disposed above the horizontal center line, the pocket openings each being directed toward the vertical center line of the body of fabric material; a first pair of connecting elements disposed on the front face of the body of fabric material, each of the first pair of connecting elements being an elongated tie having one end directly attached on the body of fabric material at a location spaced from each of the pocket openings and an opposite end extending therefrom, the first pair of connecting elements being generally symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line, wherein one of the first pair of connecting elements is operable to be joined to the other of the first pair of connecting elements so that the fabric material on the opposite sides of the vertical center line is brought together to form a wraparound configuration of the multi-use garment around or behind a user's body; a second pair of connecting elements disposed on the rear face of the body of fabric material and generally symmetrically disposed on opposite sides of the vertical center line, each of the second pair of connecting elements being an elongated tie having one end directly attached on the body of fabric material and an opposite end extending therefrom, wherein one of the second pair of connecting elements is operable to be joined to the other of the second pair of connecting elements so that the fabric material on the opposite sides of the vertical center line is brought together to form a wrap-around configuration of the multi-use garment around or behind the user's body; wherein the connecting elements are each joinable to any of the other connecting elements to form a plurality of configurations of the multi-use garment; and wherein the multi-use garment is adapted to be worn by a user in various configurations by folding the body of fabric material and/or orienting the body of fabric material on the user's body and/or interconnecting connecting elements.