Patent ID: 6839907
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. An apron-like, unisex garment which ties around the wearer's waist and is also fastened on one of the wearer's shoulders to an upwardly extending narrow piece of material that extends upwardly from the wearer's waist over the wearer's back, which garment essentially consists of (a) a triangle-shaped piece of a material that extends upwardly from the wearer's waist when said garment is worn, so that one point of said triangle falls of one of the wearer's two shoulders, (b) a oblong, essentially rectangle-shaped piece of material which is firmly attached on one of its two longer sides to the side of the triangle-shaped piece opposite said point that falls on one of the wearer's shoulders when said garment is worn and which itself extends partway around the wearer on both sides so as to cover, when the garment is worn, at least a part of the wearer's sides below the wearer's waist, (c) two long narrow strips of material which are adapted to tie to one another at the back of the wearer's waist and are each firmly attached to opposite corners of said oblong, essentially rectangle-shaped piece of material at points located on the shorter sides of the rectangle-shaped piece of material that fall, when the garment is worn, on opposite sides of the wearer's back, (d) one long narrow strip of material that is firmly attached to one of the longer sides of the rectangular-shaped piece of material in an upwardly extending direction, at a point located near one end of said rectangle-shaped piece of material, said long narrow strip of material being equipped to extend upwardly over the wearer's back and be fastened at the wearer's shoulder, when the garment is worn, to said one point of said triangle-shaped piece of material essentially taut across the front of the wearer's body, (e) at least six pockets which are formed by attaching additional suitably shaped pieces of material to the portion of said garment which comprises the triangle shaped piece and the oblong, essentially rectangle shaped piece before or after the attachment thereto of the two long narrow strips specified in part (c) hereof and the long narrow strip, specified in part (d) hereof, said at least six pockets being further characterized in that