Patent ID: 6986164
Filing Date: 2006-01-17
Classification: A41D,F41H,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A tactical shirt for carrying a concealed weapon, comprising: a fabric shell in the general shape of a shirt, having sleeves and having a central frontal shirt opening line with fasteners for closing the shirt at the opening line, a hidden pocket at least at one side of the shirt front, with a vertically oriented pocket opening near the shirt opening line, the hidden pocket being formed between the fabric shell of the shirt and an outer piece of fabric material overlying the fabric shell and secured to the fabric shell at seams, the seams including a top shoulder seam which is integral with a seam connecting front and back panels of the fabric shell, a side seam generally below the armpit area and extending generally vertically, a sleeve seam integral with a connection of a chest panel of the shell to a sleeve piece, a bottom seam, and a front seam along a pocket opening line of the hidden pocket which is substantially continuous in appearance down the length of the front seam including at the pocket opening and above and below the pocket opening, and a pocket closure comprising upper and lower hook/loop fastener patches substantially at upper and lower ends of the pocket opening, the hook/loop fastener patches being engageable to close the opening of the hidden pocket, and with a space devoid of fasteners and extending vertically between the upper and lower hook/loop fastener patches, such space being of a sufficient height to enable a user to insert at least two fingers to a wedge a hand into the pocket opening to release engagement of the hook/loop fastener patches, whereby a handgun or other concealed weapon can be placed inside the hidden pocket and can comfortably be stored generally below the user's armpit alongside the rib cage, and whereby, when the weapon is to be retrieved, the user can reach into the unfastened space of the pocket opening line, to force the hook/loop fasteners to disengage and to retrieve the weapon efficiently.