Patent ID: 7363659
Filing Date: 2008-04-29
Classification: A41D,A45F

Abstract:
1. A storage and clothing assembly comprising: (a) a jacket comprising a shoulder covering section, the shoulder covering section having a right side, a left side, a front side, a back side, and a lower end, the jacket further comprising a right arm, a left arm, and a torso section, the left and right arms being respectively fixedly attached to the shoulder covering section's left and right sides, and the torso section being fixedly attached to the shoulder covering sections lower end, the jacket being foldably moveable between a wearing configuration and a compactly folded backpack cushioning configuration; and (b) a backpack having a wearer side, a left shoulder strap, a right shoulder strap, and a pocket, the pocket having an upper opening, the pocket having a plurality of interior walls, the pocket being positioned at the backpack's wearer side, and the pocket being fitted for slidably receiving the jacket while the jacket is in its backpack cushioning configuration, the left and right shoulder straps being positioned for slidably receiving the jacket's left and right arms while the jacket is in its wearing configuration; (c) releasable attaching means connected operatively to the jacket and to the backpack at a pair of points, a first point among the pair of points being on the back side of the jacket's shoulder covering section, a second point among the pair of points being on an interior wall among the pocket's plurality of interior walls; and (d) means for alternate opening and closing, the means for alternately opening and closing being connected operatively to the backpack pocket's upper opening, the means for alternate opening and closing being adapted for alternately opening the backpack's pocket for slidable extraction and foldable movement of the jacket to its wearing configuration and, upon opposite foldable movement of the jacket to its backpack cushioning configuration and upon subsequent slidable insertion of the folded jacket into the backpack's pocket, securing the folded jacket within the pocket.