Patent ID: 8745767
Filing Date: 2014-06-10
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A method of retrofitting a safety pocket in a previously constructed garment, the safety pocket for securing a smart phone when wearing the garment, comprising: partially disassembling a garment, said garment having a side seam and a waistband, said side seam having a top portion adjacent to the waistband, said top portion disassembled by removing the seam thereby creating a temporary opening having a pair of edges, said waistband having a bottom edge seam and said waist band partially disassembled by removing a portion of the bottom edge seam; attaching a closure having a pair of tapes to said opening of the side seam, each tape of the closure attaching to each edge of the open top portion of said side seam operative for joining the edges of the open top portion of said side seam thereby completing the seam; attaching a pair of substantially rectangular safety pocket walls to the closure, the safety pocket walls each having an open long side with an edge, the edge of the open long side attaching to the tape of closure; attaching the safety pocket walls to the waistband of the garment, a first waistband portion having a first pocket previously attached where the bottom edge seam of the waistband was previously removed during disassembly, the safety pocket walls each having a top side, seaming the top of the pocket walls together to the waistband behind the first pocket where the portion of the bottom edge seam was removed during disassembly; and seaming the walls together, finishing the safety pocket, the walls each having a long side opposing the open long side, said long sides joining together, the walls each having a bottom side opposing the top of the pocket wall, said bottom sides joining together, said long sides and said bottom sides joining together by a continuous seam, the joined long sides and joined bottom sides forming the safety pocket, the safety pocket concealed behind the first pocket, the seam curving at the intersection of the long side and the bottom side forming a rounded corner, the safety pocket securely holding a smart phone therein when the closure is selectively closed and providing easy access to the smart phone when the closure is selectively open.