Patent ID: 6233739
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: A41D,A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A combination vest and golf club for a golfer, wherein said vest has a carrying mode and a wearing mode, said vest comprising:a) a chest-engaging portion for engaging the chest of the golfer; said chest-engaging portion being sheet-like and having:i) a chest-engaging face for engaging the chest of the golfer;ii) an ambient-facing face for facing the ambient:iii) a waist-engaging edge for engaging the waist of the golfer;iv) a neck and shoulder-engaging edge for engaging the neck and shoulders of the golfer; andv) a pair of side-engaging edges for engaging the sides of the golfer; andb) a back-engaging portion attached to said chest-engaging portion for engaging the back of the golfer; said back-engaging portion being sheet-like and having:i) a back-engaging face for engaging the back of the golfer;ii) an ambient-facing face for facing the ambient;iii) a waist-engaging edge for engaging the waist of the golfer;iv) a neck and shoulder-engaging edge for engaging the neck and shoulders of the golfer; said neck and shoulder-engaging edge of said chest-engaging portion being integral with so as to be coincident with said neck and shoulder-engaging edge of said back-engaging portion so as form a common fold line; said common fold line having:1) a pair of ends;2) a midpoint being midway between said pair of ends of said common fold line; and3) a neck-engaging cutout for engaging the neck of the golfer;v) a pair of side-engaging edges for engaging the sides of the golfer;vi) a brief case-forming extended portion being sheet-like and having:1) a first edge being integral with so as to be coincident with said waist-engaging edge of said back-engaging portion so as to form a first lateral fold line therewith;2) a pair of side edges;3) a free lateral edge;4) a first face being continuous with said back-engaging face of said back-engaging portion; and5) a second face being continuous with said ambient-facing face of said back-engaging portion;said brief case-forming portion of said back-engaging portion being divided longitudinally into three portions by a second lateral fold line and a third lateral fold line; said three portions of said brief case-forming portion of said back-engaging portion comprising:1) a first portion being defined by said first lateral fold line and said second lateral fold line;2) a second portion being defined by said second lateral fold line and said third lateral fold line and being much lower in height than said first portion of said three portions of said brief case-forming portion of said back-engaging portion; and3) a third portion being defined by said third lateral fold line and said free lateral edge of said brief case-forming portion of said back-engaging portion and being slightly lower in height than said second portion of said three portions of said brief case-forming portion of said back-engaging portion; andvii) a fifth portion of hook and loon fasteners extending transversely across said ambient-facing face of said back-engaging portion, from short of one side-engaging edge of said pair of side-engaging edges of said back-engaging portion to short of another side-engaging edge of said pair of side-enraging edges of said back-engaging portion, and being disposed just below said neck-engaging cutout in said common fold line.