Patent ID: 6405377
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
A convertible garment, comprising:a jacket portion designed to be worn by a user and having an outer shell with an outside surface and an inside surface, an inner shell or jacket lining, which inner shell is at least substantially concealed from view when the jacket portion is worn by the user, the outer shell and the inner shell further defining an accessible storage space between the outer shell and the inner shell, said inner shell defining an orifice which provides access to said storage space from inside the jacket portion, and fastening means fixed to the inner shell for selectively opening and closing said orifice and concealed from view when the jacket is worn; and a bag portion integral with said jacket portion having an inside and an outside and affixed to the inside surface of the outer shell and disposed to be concealed and stored inside out within the storage space when the jacket is worn and the inner shell orifice is closed, said bag portion having flexible sides which define a bag opening and having a volume sufficient to store at least said jacket portion, a fastener associated with said bag opening and configured for selectively providing access to an interior of said bag portion, said bag portion being configured to be removed from said storage space, turned with its outside out, and receiving said jacket portion within the bag portion to form a duffel bag, with the outer shell of the jacket portion stored between the inner shell and the inside surface of the outer shell with the outside surface of the outer shell hidden from view when the inner shell orifice is closed by the fastening means, and means for carrying the garment as a duffel bag.