Combination poncho and cushion

The disclosure is of a poncho for human use having an enclosed area at the center of the rear panel which may be inflated to form a cushion on which the wearer sits.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The invention provides a poncho having a separate preferably rectangular 
piece of the same fabric as the garment attached to the interior of the 
rear panel of the poncho at the center thereof, forming an enclosed pocket 
which may be inflated to form a cushion for the seated wearer.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
The poncho for human use provided by the invention comprises a flat single 
ply sheet 2 or waterproof material which is folded along a transverse line 
4 midway between its end edges 6, 8 to form a front panel 10 and a rear 
panel 12. At the central part of the transverse fold line 4 the poncho is 
provided with an opening 14 through which the head of the wearer is 
passed, and a hood 16 is attached along the edge of the opening 14 and 
extends upwardly from the transverse fold line 4 to provide a cover for 
the head of the wearer. It will be understood that when the garment is 
worn the end parts of the transverse fold line 4, on either side of the 
hood 16, will rest on the shoulders of the wearer with the panels 10, 12 
depending at the front and rear of the body. It will also be understood 
that the sheet from which the garment is made may be of any length, and 
that the transverse line 4 may be positioned at any part of the length of 
the sheet, so that the front and rear panels 10, 12 may be of any desired 
length and may be the same length or different lengths, provided only that 
the rear panel is of such length that when the garment is worn the lower 
part of that panel is below the buttocks of the wearer a sufficient 
distance that the wearer may comfortably sit on such lower part. 
At and above the lower edge 8 of the rear panel 12, and at and adjacent the 
center thereof, a second single ply sheet 22 of waterproof material of 
rectangular shape is attached to the inner surface of the rear panel with 
its one edge 24 coinciding with the lower edge 8 of the rear panel, its 
side edges 28, 30 extending upwardly from the ends of the edge 22 and its 
upper edge 32 parallel and spaced from the edges 8, 24. This supplemental 
sheet is connected to the rear panel along its edges 24, 28, 30, 32 by 
heat sealing or other suitable means, thereby forming an enclosed pocket. 
The area of the sheet 22 within the boundaries of its four edges is larger 
than the area defined by the edges whereby the pocket may be enlarged by 
inflation. A conventional inlet tube and valve 40 may be provided for 
inflation of the pocket. 
The poncho provided by the invention may be folded in such a way that all 
of the garment outside the inflatable pocket is disposed within the 
outlines of the pocket, whereby the folded poncho forms a stable, unitary 
package which may be used itself as a cushion with or without inflation. 
If used in this way as a cushion the poncho may be unfolded when needed 
and the pocket inflated, if not already inflated, and after being put on 
will continue to provide a cushion for the wearer.