Sleeve with attached ambidextrous glove

Embodiments are provided for a one-piece clothing garment that is made up of a sleeve comprising a holding band and a cuff, and an attached ambidextrous glove. Further, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a one-piece ambidextrous sleeve with an attached ambidextrous glove, where the sleeve is held onto a wearer's arm by a holding band at the top end of the sleeve, and the bottom end of the sleeve has a sleeve cuff with and a glove attached inside of the sleeve underneath the sleeve cuff at an attachment point. The glove is capable of being worn when the glove is in an un-tucked position. When the glove is not being worn by the wearer, the glove is capable of being tucked under or inside.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

This disclosure relates generally to a novel single-piece clothing garment having an ambidextrous glove attached to said garment sleeve, wherein said glove can be tucked within said sleeve when not in use and wherein the glove when not tucked remains secured to the sleeve so that it cannot be lost.

BACKGROUND

In the past, attempts to conceal and secure gloves to clothing garments, such as jackets and coats, have resulted in ill-fitting and bulky designs that were not suitable for all body types. Additionally, in many of these clothing garments, the gloves remained visible and presented an untidy appearance with loose ends when in the tucked position and were not readily available or properly secured.

Additionally, the available gloved clothing garments of the past are not suitable, for example, for the clothing garment needs of someone who needed to wear a Santa Clause outfit or other costume apparel as they lack necessary costume design features. Further, these gloved clothing garments are usually attached to entire coats or jackets at a fixed point and are not wearable on either hand or arm of the wearer. There have been some examples to address these concerns. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,214,771 is directed to a garment sleeve having a pocket located near the wrist portion of the sleeve, whereby the pocket can fit an attached glove. Although this patent shows the use of a garment sleeve that has an attached glove like member with the glove being capable of being tucked into the sleeve's pocket, it does not show the use of an ambidextrous glove, having the sleeve garment be a standalone one-piece clothing garment having an elastic band to hold it onto the wearer's arm, or the ability to tuck the glove into the sleeve of the clothing garment without the use of a pocket.

SUMMARY

The disclosure presented herein relates to exemplary embodiments for a one-piece clothing garment that is made up of a sleeve comprising a holding band a cuff, and an attached ambidextrous glove. Further, embodiments disclosed herein relate to a one-piece ambidextrous sleeve with an attached ambidextrous glove, whereby the sleeve is held onto the wearer's arm by a holding band at the top end of the sleeve and the bottom end of the sleeve is a cuff with a glove attached inside of the sleeve underneath the sleeve cuff at an attachment point. The glove is capable of being worn when the glove is in an un-tucked position. When the glove is not being worn by the wearer, the glove is capable of being tucked under or inside. Those of ordinary skill will appreciate that other uses may be foreseeable also and are included within the scope of the present description.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Embodiments for a one-piece clothing garment of the present disclosure may be used by a wearer as a one-piece sleeve that is held onto the wearer's arm by an elastic band located at the top of the sleeve. Attached to the sleeve is an ambidextrous glove, which combined with the sleeve may form an entire ambidextrous (e.g. useful for either hand and/or either arm of a wearer) one-piece clothing garment. Such an exemplary clothing garment may have many benefits. One of the many benefits is that such a clothing garment may be a great asset for those who need to add sleeves to their costumes, such as for example, the hundreds of thousands of people who dress up as Santa Clause each year or for Halloween or any other special occasion or holiday. Additional non-limited uses of the one-piece clothing garment include wearing it as a novelty item at a party, or as a clothing item to keep a wearer's arms and hands warm. Additionally, a unique element of one or more embodiments of a clothing item described in the present description is that the wearer may remove the glove while wearing the one-piece clothing garment and tuck the glove into the sleeve, underneath a sleeve cuff located at the bottom end of the one-piece garment, so as to allow a wearer to use their bare hands and not risk losing the attached glove. The elements or components described herein are meant to be non-limiting and illustrative, rather than restrictive. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that other various and embodiments may still be within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1shows a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a one-piece clothing garment shown as one-piece clothing garment10. In this embodiment, one-piece clothing garment10may include an ambidextrous sleeve2and an attached ambidextrous glove8. Ambidextrous sleeve2has a first end or a top end where a holding band4is sewn in, and a second end or a bottom end where a sleeve cuff6is located.

Ambidextrous sleeve2, as shown inFIG. 1, is an elongated tubular shaped piece of fabric that is defined with holding band4at the top end and sleeve cuff6located at the bottom end. A length of ambidextrous sleeve2may be measured from the top end to the bottom end, that generally is measured from the wrist of a wearer to the wearer's upper arm in some embodiments. In some embodiments, ambidextrous sleeve2is made of a fabric material including spandex or elastic yarn, fabrics that gather, knitted materials or any other type of suitable material. In a further embodiment, ambidextrous sleeve2is made out of multiple layers of fabric. In one non-limiting embodiment, ambidextrous sleeve2is red in color and may have the appearance of a sleeve that would be worn with a Santa Clause suit. Those of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that a plethora of designs, colors, and/or patterns or accessories may be used in alternative embodiments.

As shown inFIG. 1, ambidextrous sleeve2has a circumference measured at a terminating end at the top and bottom of said sleeve. For example, the circumference at the top end, where the sleeve would be worn around a wearer's upper arm, may be measured and have a first size. Additionally, at the bottom end of the sleeve, underneath sleeve cuff6and where a wearer's wrist would be located, the bottom portion may have a circumference measured as a second size. In one embodiment, the circumference of the first size is larger than the circumference of the second size. This first and second size can be selected depending on the size of the wearer's arm.

In one embodiment, holding band4is used to hold one-piece clothing garment10onto the wearer's arm. In one non-limiting embodiment, holding band4is made of elastic material and is sewn into the top circumference of ambidextrous sleeve2and is located around 4 inches from the top of the wearer's shoulder when one-piece clothing garment10is worn. In one embodiment, holding band4is made of an elastic material that has elastically expansive properties. Any type of elastic material known in the art may be used. Further, in some embodiments, holding band4may be made of any type of non-elastic material or fabric known in the art. Thus, in some embodiments, holding band4is composed of varying materials with at least the top end of ambidextrous sleeve2having an elastic material having one or more properties characteristic of elastic material, including the ability to expand from and retract back to an original size.

Sleeve cuff6may be located at the bottom end of ambidextrous sleeve2. In one embodiment, the sleeve cuff is sewn around the bottom end of ambidextrous sleeve2. In another embodiment, sleeve cuff6is sewn at the bottom of ambidextrous sleeve2and extends the length of the garment past the length of ambidextrous sleeve2. In one non-limiting embodiment, the end of ambidextrous sleeve2may be extended by the width of sleeve cuff6, whereby the width of sleeve cuff6may be around 2-5 inches.

In one embodiment, underneath sleeve cuff6at the bottom end of the sleeve, is a second holding band. In this embodiment, the holding band serves a similar purpose as the holding band4located at the top end of the one-piece clothing garment10, except the bottom end holding band is used to hold the bottom end of the sleeve against a wearer's wrist. In this embodiment, sleeve cuff6is used to hide the holding band from the external appearance of one-piece clothing garment10, as the holding band is located underneath the sleeve cuff.

One-piece clothing garment10, as shown inFIG. 1, also includes an attached ambidextrous glove, shown as ambidextrous glove8. Ambidextrous glove8, in one embodiment, is attached to the sleeve to form the one-piece clothing garment10. In one embodiment, the glove is a fabric material including spandex or elastic yarn, cotton, fabrics that gather, knitted materials or the like, including the type used to make common gloves. Further, in the embodiment shown inFIG. 1, ambidextrous glove8can be worn on a wearer's right or left hand. Ambidextrous glove8attached with ambidextrous sleeve2, forms an ambidextrous one-piece clothing garment.

FIG. 2shows an isometric view of the one-piece clothing garment10ofFIG. 1. In this view, ambidextrous sleeve2, holding band4, ambidextrous glove8, and attachment point12are shown. TheFIG. 2view shows ambidextrous glove8attached to ambidextrous sleeve2(underneath sleeve cuff6) at attachment point12. In this view, ambidextrous glove8is not sewn around the circumference of the wrist of ambidextrous glove8to the circumference of the wrist of the sleeve, but rather ambidextrous glove8and ambidextrous sleeve2are sewn together at attachment point12. In this view, attachment point12is located at the interior of the bottom end of ambidextrous sleeve2that is located underneath sleeve cuff6. This embodiment allows sleeve cuff6to hide the stitching of the attachment seams of the ambidextrous glove. In one embodiment, the ambidextrous glove can be sewn, glued, fastened using any type of fastener, or any other attachment means to ambidextrous sleeve2may alternatively be used.

Additionally, by attaching ambidextrous glove8to the bottom end of ambidextrous sleeve2, the wearer can wear one-piece clothing garment10with ambidextrous glove8or remove the ambidextrous glove8and tuck it inside of ambidextrous sleeve2underneath sleeve cuff6. This allows the wearer to remove ambidextrous glove8for when, for example, it is too warm to wear the glove. Having the ability to remove ambidextrous glove8and tuck inside of ambidextrous sleeve2advantageously may also prevent the wearer from losing the glove and to quickly access when needed to be worn.

FIG. 3shows an isometric view of one-piece clothing garment10ofFIG. 1with ambidextrous glove8tucked inside of the garment. This embodiment shows how ambidextrous glove8is attached to sleeve8by sewing the exterior of ambidextrous glove8to the interior of ambidextrous sleeve2, underneath sleeve cuff6. In another embodiment, the ambidextrous glove is sewn from the inside of the glove to ambidextrous sleeve2. In a further embodiment, the ambidextrous glove is sewn to sleeve cuff6.

FIG. 4is a top view of one-piece clothing garment10according to various aspects of the current disclosure. In this embodiment, one-piece clothing garment10shows ambidextrous sleeve2, holding band4, and sleeve cuff6. In this embodiment, one-piece clothing garment10appears as it would appear from a top down view of the wearer of said garment with their arms stretched in the direction of sleeve cuff6. Sleeve cuff6would be around the wearer's wrist, sleeve6around the wearer's arm, and holding band4around the wearer's upper arm. In this embodiment, the ambidextrous glove (numbered8in previous figures) is tucked inside of sleeve cuff6, and in some embodiments, ambidextrous sleeve2. In the tucked position, the ambidextrous glove is not visible from the exterior of one-piece clothing garment10.

While preferred and alternate embodiments have been illustrated and described, as noted above, many changes can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the SLEEVE WITH ATTACHED AMBIDEXTROUS GLOVE. Accordingly, the scope of the SLEEVE WITH ATTACHED AMBIDEXTROUS GLOVE is not limited by the disclosure of these preferred and alternate embodiments. Instead, the scope of the SLEEVE WITH ATTACHED AMBIDEXTROUS GLOVE is determined entirely by reference to the claims. Insofar as the description above and the accompanying drawings (if any) disclose any additional subject matter that is not within the scope of the claims below, the inventions are not dedicated to the public and Applicant hereby reserves the right to file one or more applications to claim such additional inventions.