Patent Publication Number: US-2022232916-A1

Title: Pocket arrangement comprising a compartment pocket intended for holding a mobile phone, and associated jeans-type trousers

Description:
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The invention relates mainly to an arrangement of pockets comprising a compartment pocket for a mobile phone and a main pocket. 
     The invention also relates to a pair of trousers of the jeans type incorporating such an arrangement of pockets. 
     PRIOR ART 
     Trousers of the jeans type usually comprise five pockets, namely two back pockets, two front pockets and a pocket for holding a pocket watch, also known as the watch pocket, which sits above the right front pocket. 
     A user wishing to store a mobile phone has the choice of using one of the two back pockets or one of the two front pockets as the watch pocket is usually too narrow and not deep enough. The rear pockets have the disadvantage of exposing the mobile phone to the risk of pickpocketing, and also the risk of it being sat upon. The front pockets, on the other hand, have the disadvantage of multiple contacts between the mobile phone, keys or else small change, which may damage the mobile phone while at the same time making it more complicated to pull out of the pocket. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In that context, the invention is aimed first of all at an arrangement of pockets allowing secure and practical holding of the mobile phone in a pair of trousers of the jeans type or any item of clothing comprising at least one main pocket. 
     The invention is aimed secondly at an arrangement of pockets that affords the user additional comfort in all situations in everyday life. 
     The invention is also aimed at an arrangement of pockets able to hold a mobile phone without effects disadvantageous to the user. 
     To that end, the arrangement of pockets of the invention comprises at least one main pocket and one compartment pocket which has at least one back piece and one front piece of which the upper edge defines its inlet opening, a lower part that is housed, for at least a stored position of use of said compartment pocket, inside said main pocket, and an upper part that is visible in that same said stored position of use. 
     The arrangement of pockets according to the invention may also have the following optional features considered in isolation or in any technically possible combinations:
         the compartment pocket is secured to said item of clothing at its upper part, giving said compartment pocket a mobile nature able to move between at least the stored position of use inside the main pocket and a disengaged position of use outside the main pocket,   the compartment pocket is secured to the item of clothing via the upper edge of its back piece,   the upper edge of the front piece is situated level with the upper part of the compartment pocket and below the upper edge of the back piece of said compartment pocket, therefore defining:
           a first height defined by the shortest distance between the upper edge of the front piece and the upper edge of the back piece,   a second height defined by the longest distance between the upper edge of the front piece and the bottom edge of the compartment pocket.   
           the first height, the second height and the extent of opening of the main pocket, which is defined by the shortest height between the pocket-opening upper edge of the main pocket and the upper edge of the back piece of the compartment pocket over the width of the compartment pocket satisfies the following formula:       

         H 3≥ H 2−( H 1+1)  [Math. 1]
 
     where H 1 , H 2  and H 3  are expressed in centimeters.
         the back piece of the compartment pocket comprises at least one layer of wave-attenuating fabric.       

     The invention also relates to a pair of trousers of the jeans type comprising an arrangement of pockets as defined hereinabove, for which trousers the main pocket is the right front pocket and the compartment pocket replaces the pocket watch storage pocket known as the “watch pocket”. 
     The trousers of the invention may also comprise the following optional features considered in isolation or in any technically possible combinations:
         the compartment pocket has a width of between 7 and 12 centimeters, and a height of between 13 and 25 centimeters so that a mobile phone can be housed in said compartment pocket,   the upper edge of the back piece of the compartment pocket is fixed in engagement below the waistband of said trousers,   the upper edge of the back piece of the compartment pocket is, on the one hand, secured to the upper edge of said trousers concerned without the waistband by overcasting, and, on the other hand, is secured to the waistband by topstitching.   the fullness of the main pocket is between 0.5 and 2 centimeters.       

    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Further features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from reading the following description, with reference to the attached figures which illustrate: 
         FIG. 1 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to a first embodiment variant; 
         FIG. 2 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to a second embodiment variant, for a stored position of use of the compartment pocket; 
         FIG. 3 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to the second embodiment variant for a disengaged position of use of the compartment pocket; 
         FIG. 4 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to a third embodiment variant for a stored position of use of the compartment pocket; 
         FIG. 5 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to the third embodiment variant for an intermediate position in the disengaging of the compartment pocket; 
         FIG. 6 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of an arrangement of front pockets of jeans-type trousers according to the third embodiment variant for a disengaged position of use of the compartment pocket; 
         FIG. 7 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of a right front quarter-leg of a pair of jeans-type trousers of the invention comprising the arrangement of pockets of  FIGS. 4 to 6 , which arrangement is depicted in a stored position of use of the compartment pocket; and 
         FIG. 8 : a schematic depiction according to the invention of a right front quarter-leg of a pair of jeans-type trousers of the invention comprising the arrangement of pockets of  FIGS. 4 to 6 , which arrangement is depicted in a disengaged position of use of the compartment pocket. 
     
    
    
     The invention will be better understood from reading the following description and examining the accompanying figures. These are given by way of entirely nonlimiting indication of the invention. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     It is first of all emphasized that, in the figures, the same references refer to the same elements regardless of the figure in which they appear and regardless of the form in which these elements are depicted. Likewise, if elements are not specifically referenced in one of the figures, their references can easily be found by referring to another figure. 
     It is also emphasized that the figures essentially depict three variants of the invention but that there might be other embodiments which meet the definition of the invention. In particular, the figures and the examples which are described hereinafter relate to an arrangement of front pockets of pair of jeans-type trousers, but this arrangement of pockets also finds application in trousers of other types, and in any other item of clothing. 
     The invention essentially consists in an arrangement of pockets comprising a main pocket and a compartment pocket which sits above the main pocket and the lower part of which is housed, at least for a stored position of use, inside the main pocket. This configuration advantageously allows the main pocket in which keys and small change may be carried, to be dissociated from the mobile phone carried in the compartment pocket, and for this to be achieved without increasing the number of pocket-bearing regions of the item of clothing. 
     With reference to  FIG. 1 , the pockets arrangement  1  of the first embodiment variant comprises a main pocket  2  conforming to the front pockets of a pair of jeans-type trousers of the prior art, by having a pocket-opening upper edge  3  that extends from the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg A as far as the upper edge  5  thereof, the quarter-leg being depicted without the waistband. The upper edge  3  has the shape of a quarter of an ovoid with a part of greatest length  6  almost parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg A and a part of smallest length  7  which rises almost parallel to the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg A. The pocket-bottom, not depicted, of the main pocket  2  is in accordance with the prior art. 
     According to the invention, the pocket for carrying a pocket watch, also referred to as a watch pocket, is replaced by a pocket of identical design but greater width so that it can hold, for example, a mobile phone. This compartment pocket  9  comprises a front piece  10  of width L, an upper edge  11  which defines the inlet opening  12  and which rises at an angle toward the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg A, defining by the largest height thereof the height H of the compartment pocket  9  as far as the bottom edge  13  of the compartment pocket  9  which is parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg A. The angled arrangement of the upper edge  11  is produced for exclusively esthetic reasons. The front piece  10  also has two parallel opposite lateral edges  14 ,  15  which with the upper edge  12  and the bottom edge  15  define the outline of the compartment pocket  9 . 
     In this variant, the front piece  10  of the compartment pocket  9  is secured by overcasting to the back piece  16  of the main pocket  2  at its lateral edges  14 ,  15  and at the bottom edge  13 . The back piece  16  of the main pocket  2  therefore also acts as the back piece  16  of the compartment pocket  9 . 
     The width L of the compartment pocket  9  is between 7 and 12 centimeters, and its height H is between 13 and 25 centimeters so as to accommodate a mobile phone. The width L 1  of the main pocket  2  may be increased in comparison with that of a main pocket of the prior art so that it is greater than the width L of the compartment pocket  9 . 
     Defined in this way, the compartment pocket  9  of the invention has a lower part  17  of which the lateral edges and the bottom edge are depicted in dotted line, which is housed inside the main pocket  2 , and an upper part  18  which emerges from the main pocket  2 , being rendered visible. 
     With reference to  FIGS. 2 and 3 , the pockets arrangement of the invention  1   a  according to the second variant has a great many similarities with the pockets arrangement of the first variant. 
     Such is the case with the main pocket  2  which is likewise in accordance with the front pockets of a pair of jeans-type trousers of the prior art, having a pocket-opening upper edge  3  which extends from the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg B as far as the upper edge  5  thereof, the quarter-leg being depicted without the waistband. The upper edge  3  has the shape of a quarter of an ovoid with a part of greatest length  6  almost parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg B and a part of smallest length  7  rising almost parallel to the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg B. The pocket-bottom, not depicted, of the main pocket  2  is in accordance with the prior art. 
     Such is also the case for part of the compartment pocket  9   a  which has a lower part  17   a  which, in a stored position of use of the compartment pocket  9   a  of  FIG. 2 , is housed inside the main pocket  2 , and an upper part  18   a  which emerges visibly from the main pocket  2 . 
     The compartment pocket  9   a  comprises a front piece  10   a  of width L, an upper edge  11   a  which defines the inlet opening  12   a  but in this variant runs parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg B, defining the height H of the compartment pocket  9   a  as far as the bottom  13   a  which is likewise parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg B. The front piece  10  also has two parallel opposite lateral edges  14   a ,  15   a  which with the upper edge  12   a  and the bottom edge  13   a  define the outline of the compartment pocket  9   a.    
     The compartment pocket  9   a  comprises a back piece  19   a  which is not visible because it has the same dimensions as the front piece  10   a , and an upper edge  20   a  which is superposed with the upper edge  11   a  of the front piece  10   a . The front piece  10   a  and the back piece  19   a  are secured to one another by stitching along the opposite lateral edges  14   a ,  15   a  and along the bottom edge  13   a.    
     According to the invention, the back piece  19   a  may have at least one layer of jeans fabric but may also have at least one additional layer of fabric which affords protection from the waves emanating from the mobile phone toward the sensitive organs of the user. By way of example, this protective layer may be made of nylon and silver in respective contents of 80% and 20%, exhibiting high-frequency and low-frequency attenuation performance of around 60 decibels. It should be noted that this protective layer may equally, in the context of the invention, alternatively be incorporated into the back piece  15  of the main pocket  2 . In the first embodiment variant of  FIGS. 1 and 2 , this protection is afforded by incorporating this protective layer into the back piece  15  of the main pocket, which also forms the back piece of the compartment pocket  9 . 
     According to the invention, the compartment pocket  9   a  of the second variant is secured to the item of clothing, in this instance to the back piece  15  of the main pocket  2  only via the upper edge  20   a  of its back piece  19   a.    
     With reference to  FIG. 3 , this configuration and securing allows the compartment pocket  9   a  to adopt another position of use in which this compartment pocket  9   a  is disengaged from the main pocket  2  or, in other words, extracted via the top of the main pocket. This disengaged position offers the user the advantage notably of not being impeded by the mobile phone held in the compartment pocket  9   a  when in a seated position. The compartment pocket is easily disengaged by raising up the compartment pocket  9   a  from its stored position (see  FIG. 5 , which illustrates this raising step for the third embodiment variant) and then by disengaging the lower part  17   a  thereof from the main pocket. Where necessary, depending on the height of the lower part  17   a , the mobile phone is lifted up significantly within the compartment pocket  9   a  so as to allow this disengagement. 
     To help with this disengagement, provision is made for the inlet opening  8  of the main pocket  2  to have disengagement flexibility. To do this, provision is made for the pocket-opening upper edge  3  of the main pocket  2  to be easily able to be moved away from the back piece  15  of this main pocket  2 , forming a pocket curvature. This flexibility for disengagement is achieved by sewing in fullness, this consisting in using, to make the main pocket, a front piece fabric greater in width than the back piece fabric. Fullness is commonly employed at least so that a hand can be slipped into the main pocket. According to the invention, this fullness is of between 0.5 and 2 centimeters, preferably 1 centimeter. It thus allows both a hand to be slipped into the main pocket  2  when the mobile phone is in the compartment pocket  9   a  and allows the compartment pocket  9   a  in which the mobile phone is carried to be disengaged as indicated above. 
     The pockets arrangement  1   b  of the third variant of the invention, illustrated in  FIGS. 4 to 8 , differs from the pockets arrangement  1   a  of the first variant in two respects. The first has to do with the upper edge  11   b  of the front piece  18   b  of the compartment pocket  9   b  which is made at an angle and situated below the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b , and the second has to do with the region of attachment of this upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b  to the upper edge  21   b  of the quarter-leg C considered without its waistband, this upper edge  20   b  being intended to be engaged in the waistband. 
     The pockets arrangement  1   b  of the third variant has a main pocket  2  which is likewise in accordance with the front pockets of a pair of jeans-type trousers of the prior art, having a pocket-opening upper edge  3  which extends from the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg C as far as the upper edge  5  thereof, the quarter-leg being depicted without the waistband. The upper edge  3  has the shape of a quarter of an ovoid with a part of greatest length  6  almost parallel to the upper edge  5  of the quarter-leg C and a part of smallest length  7  which rises almost parallel to the lateral edge  4  of the quarter-leg C. The pocket-bottom, not depicted, of the main pocket  2  is in accordance with the prior art. 
     Like in the first and second variants, the compartment pocket  9   b  has a lower part  17   b  which, in the stored position of use of the compartment pocket  9   b  of  FIG. 2 , is housed inside the main pocket  2 , and an upper part  18   b  which emerges visibly above the main pocket  2 . 
     The compartment pocket  9   b  comprises a front piece  10   b  and a back piece  19   b  both having the same width L, an upper edge  11   b  of the front piece  10   b  which defines the inlet opening  12   b  and which in this variant extends at an angle upward from the lateral edge  14   b  of the compartment pocket  9   b  as far as the opposite lateral edge  15   b , and below the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b . The angled arrangement of the upper edge  11   b  is produced for exclusively esthetic reasons. 
     The height H of the compartment pocket  9   b  is defined between the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b  and the bottom edge of the pocket  13   b . The contour of the compartment pocket  9   b  is also defined by the two parallel opposite lateral edges  14   b , 15   b , the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b  and the bottom edge  13   b.    
     The front piece  10   b  and the back piece  19   b  are secured together by stitching along the opposite lateral edges  14   b , 15   b  and along the bottom edge  13   b.    
     As with the second variant, the back piece may have a layer of jeans material, but may also have an additional layer of fabric behind the exposed layer of fabric, and for example made of nylon and silver in respective contents of 80% and 20% to attenuate the high and low frequencies by around 60 decibels. 
     The compartment pocket  9   b  of the third variant is secured to the item of clothing by the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b  of the compartment pocket  9   b  which is fixed by stitching and overcasting to the upper edge  21   b  of the quarter-leg C concerned without its waistband. As visible in  FIGS. 7 and 8 , the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b  of the compartment pocket  9   b  thus attached is then engaged in the waistband  22 . Such fixing offers the two-fold advantage of securely fixing the compartment pocket  9   b  to the pair of jeans, and also of allowing the compartment pocket  9   b  some vertical travel when it is being disengaged from the main pocket  2 , which vertical travel is greater than in the first variant. 
     With reference to  FIGS. 5 and 6 , like in the second variant, this configuration and securing allows the compartment pocket  9   b  to adopt another position of use in which this compartment pocket  9   b  is disengaged from the main pocket  2  ( FIG. 6 ), or in other words extracted via the top of the main pocket  2 . This disengaged position allows the user the notable advantage of not being impeded by the mobile phone held in the compartment pocket  9   b  when in a seated position. 
     The disengagement of the compartment pocket  9   b  can be performed easily by raising the compartment pocket  9   b  from its stored position ( FIG. 5 ) then disengaging its lower part  17   b  from the main pocket  2 . If necessary, depending on the height of the lower part  17   b , the mobile phone is raised up substantially in the compartment pocket  9   b  to allow this disengagement. 
     As in the first variant, to assist with this disengagement, provision is made for the inlet opening  8  of the main pocket  2  to have disengagement flexibility. To do this, fullness of between 0.5 and 2 centimeters, preferably of 1 centimeter, is provided. 
     According to the invention, for this variant, height criteria have been established for the various parts of the compartment pocket  9   b  to allow the compartment pocket  9   b  to be disengaged from the main pocket without the need to raise the mobile phone up excessively. 
     For this purpose, there are defined a first height H 1 , which is the shortest distance between the upper edge lib of the front piece  10   b  and the upper edge  20   b  of the back piece  19   b , and a second height H 2  which is the greatest distance between the upper edge lib of the front piece  10   b  and the bottom edge  13   b . Consideration is also given to the extent of opening H 3  of the main pocket  2 , this being defined by the shortest height between the pocket-opening upper edge  3  of the main pocket  2  and the upper edge  20   b  of the back face  19   b  over the width L of the compartment pocket  9   b.    
     It has been established that, in order to avoid having to raise, or excessively raise, the mobile phone when disengaging the compartment pocket  9   b , these three criteria need to satisfy the following formula: 
         H 3≥ H 2−( H 1+1)  [Math. 1]
 
     where H 1 , H 2  and H 3  are expressed in centimeters. 
     The presence of the numeral 1 in the above formula can be explained by the disengagement height H 4  which is around 1 centimeter in the compartment pocket  9   b  as illustrated in  FIG. 5 . 
     When this formula is satisfied, the disengagement of the compartment pocket  9   b  from the main pocket  2  is achieved without difficulty and in complete safety for the mobile phone held in the compartment pocket  9   b . Of course, the reverse movement of returning the compartment pocket  9   b  to inside the main pocket  2  is also performed in complete safety because the movements are the same and of the same amplitude. 
     Nonlimitingly, the width L of the compartment pocket is between 7 and 12 centimeters, preferably 11 centimeters, and the height (H) is between 13 and 25 centimeters, preferably 17.5 centimeters. The first height H 1  is between 2 and 6 centimeters, preferably 4 centimeters, the second height H 2  is between 11.5 and 15.5 centimeters, preferably 13.5 centimeters, and the extent of opening H 3  of the main pocket  2  is between 8.5 and 12 centimeters, preferably 8.5 centimeters. 
       FIGS. 7 and 8  depict the pockets arrangement  9   b  of the third embodiment variant on a pair of jeans-type trousers  23  forming the item of clothing the right quarter-leg of which is depicted in the position in which the compartment pocket  9   b  is stored ( FIG. 7 ) and disengaged ( FIG. 8 ).