Patent ID: 8105371
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: A41D,A61F

Abstract:
1. A comfort enhancing vest system for enabling selective application of warmth to various portions of a wear's body, comprising: a vest having an interior and exterior formed with a front and a back with a left and a right side between the front and the back, the vest having a top with a neck hole and a bottom edge, the front having a centrally positioned, vertically orientated opening with snaps for selectively joining the opening during use and separating the opening during putting on and taking off of the vest, a left arm hole in the left side beneath the top and spaced from the bottom edge and a right arm hole in the right side beneath the top and spaced from the bottom edge, the vest being fabricated of a woven cotton material for providing a support surface, wherein the woven cotton material of the vest minimizes heat transfer through the vest; a plurality of exterior fixed coupling strips secured to the exterior of the vest in pairs, the strips of each pair being vertically orientated and spaced apart by between 3 inches and 4 inches, the plurality of exterior fixed coupling strips including a long left front pair and a long left right pair and a long left back pair and a long right back pair, the long pairs being between 17 inches and 20 inches in length, the plurality of exterior fixed coupling strips further include a short left side pair between the left arm hole and the bottom edge and a short right side pair between the right arm hole and the bottom edge, the short pairs having a length of between 65 percent and 70 percent of the length of the long pairs, the strips of each pair being spaced from the next adjacent pair by between 3.5 inches and 4 inches; a plurality of interior fixed coupling strips secured to the interior of the vest in pairs, the plurality of interior fixed coupling strips including a long left front pair and a long left right pair and a long left back pair and a long right back pair, the long pairs being between 17 inches and 20 inches in length, the plurality of interior coupling strips further including a short left side pair between the left arm hole and the bottom edge and a short right side pair between the right arm hole and the bottom edge, the short pairs having a length of between 65 percent and 70 percent of the length of the long pairs, the strips of each pair being spaced from the next adjacent pair by between 3.5 inches and 4 inches; lines of stitching extending through the plurality of exterior coupling strips and the vest and the plurality of interior coupling strips to ensure that the exterior and interior plurality of coupling strips overlie one another; a plurality of rectangular envelopes, each between 3 inches and 4 inches per side, each envelope having a front panel with a front face and a rear panel with a rear face, the panels being joined peripherally with an upper edge including an opening, the upper edge being horizontally disposed, the upper edge including hook and loop closures for opening and closing the opening, a plurality of coupling strips secured to the rear face of the envelopes in pairs, the strips of each pair being horizontally orientated and spaced apart by 3 inches to 4 inches, the plurality of coupling strips including one pair of strips for each envelope and a heat generating packet in a generally rectangular configuration between 2.5 and 3.5 inches on a side, the thermal packet being essentially flat for removable positioning within the plurality of rectangular envelopes, each thermal packet being filled with materials adapted to generate heat to warm an adjacent portion; wherein two vertically spaced rectangular envelopes with thermal packets are positionable on the short left side pair and the short right side pair of the exterior and interior plurality of fixed coupling strips and three vertically spaced rectangular envelopes with thermal packets are positionable on the long left front pair and the long right front pair of the exterior and interior plurality of fixed coupling strips such that the rectangular envelopes with thermal packets positioned on the exterior and interior plurality of fixed coupling strips overlie one another.