Patent ID: 7371951
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: A41D,G10G

Abstract:
1. A shirt worn over an upper body of a musician, the shirt used for receiving a musical instrument strap inside the shirt during a musical performance, opposite ends of the strap are releasably attached to sides of a handheld musical instrument, a length of the strap inside the shirt extends over the top of a first shoulder of the musician, the strap inside the shirt and next to a back of the musician angles downwardly from the first shoulder to below a second shoulder of the musician, the shirt comprising: a front portion, said front portion having a horizontal shoulder strap opening next to the first shoulder of the musician, said horizontal shoulder strap opening adapted for receiving an upper end of the instrument strap therethrough and outwardly for attachment to the instrument; said horizontal shoulder strap opening perpendicular to the length of the strap, said horizontal shoulder strap opening having a width in a range of 2 to 4 inches in length; a horizontal chest strap opening in said front portion, said horizontal chest strap opening disposed below said horizontal shoulder strap opening, said horizontal chest strap opening perpendicular to the length of the strap, said horizontal chest strap opening adapted for receiving the upper end of the instrument strap therethrough and outwardly for attachment to the instrument, said horizontal shoulder strap opening having a width in a range of 2 to 4 inches; a pocket flap and pocket disposed in said front portion, said pocket flap covering said horizontal chest strap opening in said front portion; an upper anchor button attached to an inside of said front portion, said upper anchor button disposed next to said horizontal shoulder strap opening, said upper anchor button adapted for attachment to the upper end of the instrument strap; a back portion, said back portion having an angled rear strap opening below the second shoulder of the musician, said angled rear strap opening adapted for receiving a lower end of the instrument strap therethrough and outwardly for attachment to the instrument, said angled rear strap opening perpendicular to the length of the strap, said angled rear strap opening having a width in a range of 2 to 4 inches; a lower anchor button attached to an inside of said back portion, said lower anchor button disposed next to said angled rear strap opening, said lower anchor button adapted for attachment to the lower end of the instrument strap; and an internal loop attached to said back portion, said internal loop adapted for receiving a portion of the instrument strap therethrough.