Patent ID: 9009870
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: A41D,F41C

Abstract:
1. A garment pocket for rapid extraction and deployment of an object from the pocket comprising: (a) said pocket being on the outside of a garment on either a right side or a left side, or said pocket being on the right side and another said pocket being on the left side, of said garment with a front, back, left and right sides, and an inside and an outside, and said pocket or pockets not substantially crossing a front center line of said garment, (b) said pocket having a top edge, a forward edge which is the edge nearest the center front of the garment, a bottom edge, and a rearward edge, (c) said bottom edge being securely attached to said garment by stitching, (d) said pocket having said top edge or said rearward edge being open and not attached to the garment for a sufficient length adapted to receive a hand of the garment wearer, and the garment wearer may grasp said object in the pocket, (e) when said top edge of said pocket is open, a sufficient length of said forward edge is attached to the garment by means of fasteners, said fasteners being fastened by means of quick release, easily disengaged, readily releasable, or break away fasteners, whereby said object is adapted to be extracted from said pocket by said garment wearer when grasping said object, by means of a substantially forward thrust of said object through said forward edge, (f) when said rearward edge of said pocket is open, said top edge and a sufficient length of said forward edge is attached to the garment by means of said quick release, easily disengaged, readily releasable, or break away fasteners, whereby said object is adapted to be extracted from said pocket by said garment wearer when grasping said object, by means of a substantially forward thrust of said object through said forward edge, (g) when said garment pocket with said object is being worn, said garment pocket is positioned, configured, disposed, substantially oriented, and adapted to facilitate receiving the hand of the garment wearer on the same side of said garment wearer's body as said garment pocket without said hand crossing said center line of said garment.