Patent Publication Number: US-2021168477-A1

Title: Phonys

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention relates to clothing. More particularly, it relates to jeans adapted to have audio access. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Clothing (also known as clothes, apparel and attire is a collective term for items worn on the body. Clothing is typically made of fabrics or textiles but over time has included garments made from animal skin or other thin sheets of materials put together. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on gender, body type, social, and geographic considerations. 
     Clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions, and they can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. Clothing also provides protection from ultraviolet radiation. 
     Wearing clothes is also a social norm, and being deprived of clothing in front of others may be embarrassing. Not wearing clothes in public so that genitals, breasts or buttocks are visible could be considered indecent exposure. 
     Jeans are a type of pants or trousers, typically made from denim or dungaree cloth. Often the term “jeans” refers to a particular style of trousers, called “blue jeans”, which were invented by Jacob W. Davis in partnership with Levi Strauss &amp; Co. in 1871 and patented by Jacob W. Davis and Levi Strauss on May 20, 1873. Prior to the Levi Strauss patented trousers, the term “blue jeans” had been long in use for various garments (including trousers, overalls, and coats), constructed from blue-colored denim. 
     One type of clothing is jeans. Jeans also references a (historic) type of sturdy cloth commonly made with a cotton warp and wool weft (also known as “Virginia cloth”). Jean cloth can be entirely cotton as well, similar to denim. Originally designed for miners, modern jeans were popularized as casual wear by Marlon Brando and James Dean in their 1950s films, particularly The Wild One and Rebel Without a Cause, leading to the fabric becoming a symbol of rebellion among teenagers, especially members of the greater subculture. From the 1960s onwards, jeans became common among various youth subcultures and subsequently the wider young members the general population. Nowadays, they are one of the most popular types of especially trousers in Western culture. Historic brands include Levi&#39;s, Lee, and Wrangler. 
     Jeans normally have two pockets in the front and two pockets in the rear portion. The pockets are generally made to be smallish such that the pockets can be used for change, odd small items and billfolds. 
     A mobile phone, cell phone, cellphone, or hand phone, sometimes shortened to simply mobile, cell or just phone, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area. The radio frequency link establishes a connection to the switching systems of a mobile phone operator, which provides access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). Modern mobile telephone services use a cellular network architecture, and, therefore, mobile telephones are called cellular telephones or cell phones, in North America. In addition to telephony, 2000s-era mobile phones support a variety of other services, such as text messaging, MMS, email, Internet access, short-range wireless communications (infrared, Bluetooth), business applications, video games, and digital photography. Mobile phones offering only those capabilities are known as feature phones; mobile phones which offer greatly advanced computing capabilities are referred to as smartphones. 
     Mobile phones and other audio devices have become common-place as they have replaced land-line phones normally found in households and are used instead of the pay-phones of the past. 
     Clothing has not been adapted to easily hold cellular phones and are commonly placed in one of the rear pockets or one of the front pockets of jeans, but those pockets do not sufficiently hold mobile phones. Other types of clothing generally do not accommodate audio listening devices such as mobile phones. Those people wishing to take their audio devices with them find them hard to manage storage and must put them in their hands or in a pocket book, brief case, etc. 
     Accordingly, in light of the foregoing, there is a need for clothing to have storing areas for audio devices as well as to have access to the features that those with audio devices use. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1A  is an illustrated view of an exemplary phonys device. 
         FIG. 1B  is an illustrated view of a back of a first shoulder strap and a second shoulder strap of the exemplary phonys device shown in  FIG. 1A . 
         FIG. 1C  is an illustrated view of a front of a pocket of the exemplary phonys device shown in  FIG. 1A   
         FIG. 1D  is an illustrated view of a back of a pocket of the exemplary phonys device shown in  FIG. 1A   
         FIG. 2  is an illustrated view of a use of the exemplary phonys device shown in  FIG. 1A . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The phrases “in one embodiment,” “in various embodiments,” “in some embodiments,” and the like are used repeatedly. Such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The terms “comprising,” “having,” and “including” are synonymous, unless the context dictates otherwise. Such terms do not generally signify a closed list. 
     “Above,” “adhesive,” “affixing,” “any,” “around,” “both,” “bottom,” “by,” “comprising,” “consistent,” “customized,” “enclosing,” “friction,” “in,” “labeled,” “lower,” “magnetic,” “marked,” “new,” “nominal,” “not,” “of,” “other,” “outside,” “outwardly,” “particular,” “permanently,” “preventing,” “raised,” “respectively,” “reversibly,” “round,” “square,” “substantial,” “supporting,” “surrounded,” “surrounding,” “threaded,” “to,” “top,” “using,” “wherein,” “with,” or other such descriptors herein are used in their normal yes-or-no sense, not as terms of degree, unless context dictates otherwise. 
     Reference is now made in detail to the description of the embodiments as illustrated in the drawings. While embodiments are described in connection with the drawings and related descriptions, there is no intent to limit the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. On the contrary, the intent is to cover all alternatives, modifications and equivalents. In alternate embodiments, additional devices, or combinations of illustrated devices, may be added to, or combined, without limiting the scope to the embodiments disclosed herein. 
     Referring to  FIG. 1A ,  FIG. 1B ,  FIG. 1C  and  FIG. 1D , an illustrated view of an exemplary phonys device  100  for storing and accessing audio devices is presented. The phonys device  100  is useful for providing a safe, quick and easily accessibility, usability and storage for clothing. The phonys device  100  is useful for providing access to conversations, listening to music and other forms of audio entertainment while the audio device being stored in a safe and secure fashion. The clothing may be jeans, dresses, suits, etc. The audio devices may be mobile phones, music playing devices, etc. 
     The phonys device  100  has a two (2) shoulder straps  200  and a pocket  400 . 
     Each of the shoulder strap  200  has a front  220 , an inside  230  and a back  240 . The shoulder strap  200  is preferably made of a flexible material, however other types of materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, leather, mesh, etc. The should strap  200  preferably has a length of five (5) inches, however other lengths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, four (4) inches, six (6) inches, etc. The first shoulder strap  200  preferably has a width of one (1) inch, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, three-fourths (0.75) inch, two (2) inches, etc. 
     The front  220  of the shoulder strap  200  of the phonys device  100  has a speaker  221 , a microphone  222  and a control button  223 . 
     The speaker  201  is coupled to substantially near a first end  224  of the front  220  of the shoulder strap  200 . Optionally and/or additionally, the speaker  221  may have a sub-woofer  225 . 
     The microphone  222  is coupled substantially near a second end  226  of the front  220  of the shoulder strap  200 . The microphone  222  is useful for providing for receiving and sending a voice of a user of the phonys device  100 . 
     The control button  223  is coupled significantly near the second end  226  of the front  220  of the shoulder strap  200 . The control button  203  is useful for allowing the user of the phonys device  100  to accept a phone call and thus actuating the microphone  222  coupled to the front  220  of the shoulder strap  200 . 
     The inside  230  of shoulder strap  200  has power source  231  and a transceiver  232 . The power source  231  is preferably a rechargeable battery, however other types of power sources are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, NiCad, disposable battery, etc. The transceiver  232  is communicatively coupled to an audio device  600  (See  FIG. 1D ) by wireless signaling. The wireless signaling is preferably consistent with the IEEE 802.15 (Bluetooth®) standard, however other types of wireless signaling is hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.11 (WiFi®) standard, etc. 
     The power source  231  is electrically coupled to the control button  223 , the transceiver  232 , the speaker  221  and the microphone  222 . The power source  231  is further coupled to a charging port  233  coupled to the first end  224  of the front  220  of the first shoulder strap  200  of the phonys device  100 . The charging port  233  is preferably a USB compatible port, however other types of ports are hereby contemplated, including but not limited to, fire, etc. 
     The back  240  of the shoulder strap  200  has at least one first coupling device  241 . The first coupling device  241  is preferably a magnet strip, however other types of coupling devices are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, clips, Velcro® strips, two-sided tape, etc. When being used, the first coupling device  241  is coupled to a clothing article. The first coupling device  241  is preferably coupled to each of a shoulder of the clothing article. 
     The inside  230  of shoulder strap  200  has power source  231  and a transceiver  232 . The power source  231  is preferably a rechargeable battery, however other types of power sources are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, NiCad, disposable battery, etc. The transceiver  232  is communicatively coupled to an audio device  600  (See  FIG. 1D ) by wireless signaling. The wireless signaling is preferably consistent with the IEEE 802.15 (Bluetooth®) standard, however other types of wireless signaling is hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, IEEE 802.11 (WiFi®) standard, etc. 
     The power source  231  is electrically coupled to the control button  223 , the transceiver  232 , the speaker  221  and the microphone  222 . The power source  231  is further coupled to a charging port  233  coupled to the first end  224  of the front  220  of the shoulder strap  200  of the phonys device  100 . The charging port  233  is preferably a USB compatible port, however other types of ports are hereby contemplated, including but not limited to, fire, etc. 
     The pocket  400  has a front  410 , a back  420 , a flap  430 , a locking device  440  and an inside  450 . The pocket  400  preferably has a length of six (6) inches, however other lengths are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, five (5) inches, seven (7) inches, etc. The pocket  400  preferably has a width between three and three and one-half (3-3.5) inches, however other widths are hereby contemplated, including but not limited to, two and one-half (2.5) inches, four (4) inches, etc. 
     The locking device  440  is coupled to an outside  431  of the flap  430 . The locking device  440  is preferably a combination lock, however other types of locks are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, keyed lock, etc. 
     The front  410  of the pocket  400  having a top portion  411 , a plurality of speakers  412 , a closure  416  and a control button  413 . The plurality of speakers  412  being coupled to a lower portion  414  of the front  410 . The control button  413  being coupled near the top portion  411  of the front  410 . The closure  416  being coupled to a top  417  of the front  410 . 
     One or more of a plurality of second coupling devices  415  are coupled to the top portion  411  of the front  410  of the pocket  400 . The second coupling devices  415  are preferably Velcro® strips, however other types of coupling devices are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, snaps, buttons, etc. At least one of the others of the plurality of second coupling devices  415  are coupled to an inside  432  of the flap  430 . 
     The inside  420  of the pocket  400  is preferably made from a lined material, however other materials are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, wool, cotton, flannel, etc. The inside  420  preferably has a carbon-fiber layer. 
     The back  420  of the pocket  400  has at least one third coupling device  421 . The third coupling device  421  is preferably a magnet strip, however other types of coupling devices are hereby contemplated, including, but not limited to, clips, Velcro® strips, two-sided tape, etc. When being used, the third coupling device  421  is coupled to a clothing article. 
     Moving now to  FIG. 2 , an illustrated view of a use of the exemplary phonys device  100  shown in  FIG. 1A  is presented. 
     The two (2) shoulder straps  200  are coupled to a front  800  and a back  700  of the shoulder  801  of a clothing  500 . The speaker  221  of the shoulder straps  200  are configured to be on the back  700  of the clothing  500  and the microphone  222  and control button  223  are configured to be on the front  800  of the clothing  800 . 
     The pocket  400  is configured to be coupled to the front  800  of the clothing  500 , thereby allowing for easy access to the audio device  600  (not shown in  FIG. 2 ) configured to be in the pocket  200  of the phonys device  100 . 
     In the numbered clauses below, specific combinations of aspects and embodiments are articulated in a shorthand form such that (1) according to respective embodiments, for each instance in which a “component” or other such identifiers appear to be introduced (with “a” or “an,” e.g.) more than once in a given chain of clauses, such designations may either identify the same entity or distinct entities; and (2) what might be called “dependent” clauses below may or may not incorporate, in respective embodiments, the features of “independent” clauses to which they refer or other features described above. 
     Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the foregoing specific exemplary processes and/or devices and/or technologies are representative of more general processes and/or devices and/or technologies taught elsewhere herein, such as in the claims filed herewith and/or elsewhere in the present application. 
     The features described with respect to one embodiment may be applied to other embodiments or combined with or interchanged with the features of other embodiments, as appropriate, without departing from the scope of the present invention. 
     Other embodiments of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. It is intended that the specification and examples be considered as exemplary only, with a true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.