Patent Publication Number: US-6216280-B1

Title: Overgarment with mobile telephone pocket

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     This invention relates to an overgarment such as a shirt, coat, vest of the like with a pocket. 
     In such overgarments, especially shirts, coats, vests or the like there are generally breast pockets into which the owner of a mobile telephone inserts it in order to be able to make or receive calls at any time. Normally, the pockets are relatively wide so that when bending, running or the like the mobile telephone can slip out of the breast pocket. In other versions, the pocket is so narrow that a mobile telephone cannot be inserted into it. Another disadvantage. preferably of light, for example summer or for example silk, overgarments, is that with the mobile telephone inserted the overgarment is more or less strongly stretched out of shape. 
     2. Description of Related Art 
     The object of this invention is to avoid the aforementioned unwanted effects in an overgarment of the indicated type. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     This object is achieved by the size of the pocket being designed for insertion of a mobile telephone, and on the overgarment, there being at least one holding strap which, on the one hand, is attached on or in the area of the pocket, and on the other hand, runs directly or over the shoulder to the waist or the area of the waist, especially underneath the waist. 
     With the invention both easy insertion of the mobile telephone into the pocket is ensured and also its slipping out during bending or running and distortion of the overgarment are reliably prevented. 
     Other advantageous details of the invention are described below using the embodiments illustrated in the drawings. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1 shows an overgarment with a breast pocket, 
     FIG. 2 shows an overgarment with a side pocket and 
     FIG. 3 shows a pocket with preferred closures. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     In FIG. 1 the overgarment  1  is labeled  1 ; it has a pocket  2 , which is made as a side breast pocket. The pocket  2  is made such that a mobile telephone  3  has enough room anytime. The depth  2 . 1  of the pocket  2  is at least 70% of the length  3 . 1  of the mobile telephone  3  and the cross section of the pocket  2  is matched or can be matched to that of the mobile telephone such that it is held relatively securely in the pocket  2  or can be arranged securely by closures so that it does not fall out during bending or when running. 
     The closure is, for example, a row of buttons provided on the upper edge  4  of the pocket  2  consisting of several buttons  5  located next to one another, but spaced apart, and the pertinent buttonholes  6 , as is shown in FIG.  3 . Instead of a row of buttons or also in addition to it, there can be a velcro closure  7  as the closure, of which only one closure part is visible. 
     From the pocket  2 , which is made in FIG. 1 as the breast pocket, a shoulder strap  8  leads from the pocket  2  over the shoulder  9  and the back  10 , which is not visible, as far as the waist  11  or the area  11 . 1  of the waist  11 , as is shown by the broken line in FIG.  1 . In particular the shoulder strap  8  extends to underneath the waist  11 . This ensures that when a belt is worn, for example, of the overgarment  1  itself, trousers or the like, the overgarment  1  on the back  10  is not pulled up or out from the pants or a skirt when a mobile telephone is placed in the pocket  2 . 
     The shoulder strap  8  is attached at least on or in the area of the pocket  2  and on or in the area  11 . 1  of the waist  11  on the back of the overgarment  1 . It can be attached at points, in segments or over its entire length to the overgarment  1 , especially sewn on, riveted on or the like. The shoulder strap  8  can be provided on the inside or outside or it can be attached on the inside and on the outside. The shoulder strap  8  or straps can be made in one or more layers. The shoulder strap  8  can be routed on the back  10  as far as the lower edge  13  of the area  13 . 1  of lower edge  13  and attached there. 
     Preferably the pocket  2  is provided, at least in the area of the attachment of the shoulder strap  8 , with a reinforcement  12 , for example, a nonwoven backing, with a cloth spot or the like attached externally, as is shown by the crosshatching in FIG.  1 . 
     According to another embodiment of the invention, two or more narrow shoulder straps  8  can be attached adjacently or next to one another at a distance. 
     In addition there can be a waist belt  14  which is connected at least on the back  10  to the shoulder strap  8 , as is apparent from the broken line in FIG.  1 . 
     In the embodiment which is shown in FIG. 2 the pocket  2 , is made as a side pocket. It can be attached in an area laterally forward to laterally to the back, for example, in the area of a back pocket which present on trousers, at the height of the waist  11 . The side pocket  2  is connected to the waist belt  14  or can be attached to it. The waist belt  14  is feasibly adjustable or variable in its width. 
     In addition, on the side of the side pocket, a shoulder strap  8  can be attached. Preferably it is or can be permanently connected to the waist belt  14  on the front and back. Feasiblely, the shoulder belt  8  is adjustable in its length. 
     Optionally, it is advantageous to provide straps in the form of a shoulder holster. 
     It can also be feasible when using a side pocket  2  to attach a shoulder strap  8 . 1  identical or similar to the first one on one side of the overgarment  1  and also on its other side. The shoulder strap  8 . 1  is permanently connected at least with its end  8 . 2  or its end area  8 . 3  to the overgarment  1 . The shoulder strap  8 . 1  can also, as in the embodiment according to FIG. 1, be attached to the waist belt  14 . Furthermore, there can be a second pocket  2  or several additional pockets  2 , for example, a breast and a side pocket, two breast pockets or two side pockets or the like. In this way, the overgarment  1  can be used equally well, for example, for left-handers and right-handers or the one-handed. 
     It is also fundamentally possible to attach the shoulder strap  8  and/or the pocket  2  against the representation in FIG. 1 on the side of the overgarment  1  which is the right in the front view.