Abstract:
A foul-weather clothing system has one or more wraparound pouches ( 1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13 ) into which foul-weather wraparound clothing ( 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 ) is compacted in position to be released down to wrap circumferentially about predetermined portions of a person. Fasteners ( 14, 15 ) are provided as needed for predetermined wraparound positioning of the wraparound clothing on the person and for positioning the wraparound clothing in the wraparound pouches when not released. Waist, trouser, skirt, full-length and shawl embodiments are provided for separate use conditions and user preferences.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     This invention relates to foul-weather clothing that is compacted into foul-weather-clothing pouches that can be strap-carried or wrapped around a person for being released to cover them in the event of foul weather. 
     Numerous foul-weather-clothing systems and devices are known. None are known, however to have the convenience of carrying and releasing of foul-weather clothing for fully covering a person in a manner taught by this invention. 
     Examples of most-closely related known but different foul-weather-protection devices are described in the following patent documents: 
     
       
         
               
               
               
               
             
           
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 U.S. Pat. No. 
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 (U.S. unless stated otherwise) 
                 Inventor 
                 Issue Date 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
             
               
                   
                 2,911,649 
                 Ruelle, et al. 
                 11/10/1959 
               
               
                   
                 4,426,740 
                 Reverberi 
                 01/24/1984 
               
               
                   
                 3,389,407 
                 Morrison 
                 06/25/1968 
               
               
                   
                 4,944,041 
                 Buenos, et al. 
                 07/31/1990 
               
               
                   
                 3,801,986 
                 Purdon 
                 04/09/1974 
               
               
                   
                 5,996,121 
                 Harris 
                 12/07/1999 
               
               
                   
                 4,030,646 
                 Switack, et al. 
                 06/21/1977 
               
               
                   
                 6,003,749 
                 Sabo 
                 12/21/1999 
               
               
                   
                 4,718,122 
                 Steverson 
                 01/12/1988 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     Objects of patentable novelty and utility taught by this invention are to provide a foul-weather clothing system which: 
     can be worn compacted as fair-weather clothing on a person during good weather and then released quickly and conveniently as foul-weather clothing when needed; 
     can be hand carried by or strapped to the person during good weather and then released quickly and conveniently as foul-weather clothing when needed; 
     covers select portions or all of the body as desired; and 
     can be re-compacted quickly and conveniently after use when not needed. 
     This invention accomplishes these and other objectives with a foul-weather clothing system having one or more wraparound pouches into which foul-weather wrap clothing is compacted in position to be released down to wrap circumferentially about predetermined portions of a person. Fasteners are provided as needed for predetermined wraparound positioning on the person&#39;s torso, arms, legs and feet. 
     The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention should become even more readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings wherein there is shown and described illustrative embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
     This invention is described by appended claims in relation to description of a preferred embodiment with reference to the following drawings which are explained briefly as follows: 
     FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of the foul-weather clothing system in a stowed mode in a neck pouch, a waist pouch and a leg pouch on a person; 
     FIG. 2 is a front view of a waist wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 3 is a front view of a trouser wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 4 is a top view of a shoe cover that is opened to be positioned on a shoe; 
     FIG. 5 is an inside-front view of the waist wraparound opened to be positioned on the person; 
     FIG. 6 is an inside-front view of the trouser-wraparound clothing opened to be positioned on the person; 
     FIG. 7 is a front view of an optional fastenerless waist wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 8 is a front view of an optional fastenerless hip wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 9 is a front view of an optional fastenerless shoulder wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 10 is a top view of an optional double-fastener waist wraparound in an unfastened mode; 
     FIG. 11 is a front view of an optional full-length wraparound in a use mode; 
     FIG. 12 is a side view of the FIG. 11 full-length wraparound in a use mode on a person in combination with a shoe cover and a neck-pouch hood; 
     FIG. 13 is a top view of a neck pouch that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain a waist wraparound and to fit over a head of the person to rest on shoulders in a stowage mode of the waist wraparound; 
     FIG. 14 is a top view of a neck pouch that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain a waist wraparound, but to be fastened for being placed around the person&#39;s neck to rest on shoulders in a stowage mode of the waist wraparound; 
     FIG. 15 is a top view of a neck pouch that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain the full-length wraparound and to fit over a head of the person to rest on shoulders in a stowage mode of the full-length wraparound; 
     FIG. 16 is a top view of a hip pouch that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain the trouser or skirt hip wraparound; 
     FIG. 17 is a top view of a leg pouch that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain the leg wraparound in a stowage mode; 
     FIG. 18 is a front view of a pouch-tote bag that is sized, shaped and articulated to contain a complete foul-weather clothing system for storage and optionally for hand carrying when not wrapped around the pouch-wrap portion of the person; 
     FIG. 19 is a side view of the FIG. 18 illustration; 
     FIG. 20 is a cutaway portion of wraparound clothing having a plurality of hook-and-loop fasteners; and 
     FIG. 21 is a cutaway portion of wraparound clothing having a zipper fasteners. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     Listed numerically below with reference to the drawings are terms used to describe features of this invention. These terms and numbers assigned to them designate the same features throughout this description. 
     
       
         
               
               
             
           
               
                   
               
             
             
               
                  1. 
                 Top pouch 
               
               
                  2. 
                 Bottom pouch 
               
               
                  3. 
                 Leg pouch 
               
               
                  4. 
                 Waist wraparound 
               
               
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                 Trouser wraparound 
               
               
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                 Pullover wraparound 
               
               
                  7. 
                 Pullover top pouch 
               
               
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                 Skirt wraparound 
               
               
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                 Skirt bottom pouch 
               
               
                 10. 
                 Shawl wraparound 
               
               
                 11. 
                 Shawl top pouch 
               
               
                 12. 
                 Full-length wraparound 
               
               
                 13. 
                 Full-length top pouch 
               
               
                 14. 
                 Velcro ® 
               
               
                 15. 
                 Zipper 
               
               
                 16. 
                 Pouch openings 
               
               
                 17. 
                 Right-arm fastener 
               
               
                 18. 
                 Left-arm fastener 
               
               
                 19. 
                 Waist fastener 
               
               
                 20. 
                 Right-leg fastener 
               
               
                 21. 
                 Left-leg fastener 
               
               
                 22. 
                 Right-arm wraparound 
               
               
                 23. 
                 Left-arm wraparound 
               
               
                 24. 
                 Waist-aft section 
               
               
                 25. 
                 Front-right section 
               
               
                 26. 
                 Front-left section 
               
               
                 27. 
                 Opening fasteners 
               
               
                 28. 
                 Trouser legs 
               
               
                 29. 
                 Trouser crouch 
               
               
                 30. 
                 Tie lines 
               
               
                 31. 
                 Right armpit 
               
               
                 32. 
                 Left armpit 
               
               
                 33. 
                 Right wrist band 
               
               
                 34. 
                 Left wrist band 
               
               
                 35. 
                 Double-fastener wraparound 
               
               
                 36. 
                 Wraparound openings 
               
               
                 37. 
                 Shoe cover 
               
               
                 38. 
                 Closure orifice 
               
               
                 39. 
                 Pouch fastener 
               
               
                 40. 
                 Front fastener 
               
               
                 41. 
                 Pouch-tote bag 
               
               
                 42. 
                 Shoulder strap 
               
               
                 43. 
                 Hand strap 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
     Referring first to FIGS. 1-3,  7 - 9 , and  11 - 17 , for foul-weather protection, a wraparound pouch, which can include a top pouch  1 , a bottom pouch  2  and a leg pouch  3 , is wrapped around a pouch-wrap portion of a person, which can include the person&#39;s neck, waist and legs respectively. Wraparound clothing, preferably attached to the pouches, is compacted by being wound, stuffed or folded into appropriate pouches for a stowage mode when not being used and when carried on the person. The wraparound clothing can include a waist wraparound  4  shown in FIGS. 2 and 5 for the top pouch  1 , a trouser wraparound  5  shown in FIGS. 3 and 6 for the bottom pouch  2 , a pullover wraparound  6  shown in FIG. 7 for a pullover top pouch  7 , a skirt wraparound  8  shown in FIG. 8 for a skirt bottom pouch  9 , a shawl wraparound  10  shown in FIG. 9 for a shawl top pouch  11 , and a full-length wraparound  12  shown in FIGS. 11-12 for a full-length top pouch  13 . 
     At least one fastener, which can include Velcro®  14  shown in FIG. 20 and a zipper  15  shown in FIG. 21 for pouch fastening and for clothing fastening, is articulated and positioned to prevent release of wraparound clothing from wraparound pouches for a stowage mode and to release the wraparound clothing from the wraparound pouches for a use mode. The wraparound clothing is articulated to wrap around a predetermined portion of the person when the wraparound clothing is released from the wraparound pouches. Pouch openings  16  are provided in bottoms of the wraparound pouches  1 - 3 ,  7 ,  9 ,  11  and  13  as represented by dashed lines in FIGS. 13-16. 
     The wraparound clothing can be made of waterproof material, light-weight waterproof material, waterproof material that is temperature-difference resistant or material that is sunlight resistant. The light-weight waterproof material is preferable for most purposes. 
     An embodiment of the waist wraparound  4  shown in FIG. 2 includes a right-arm fastener  17  to wraparound-fasten the wraparound clothing to the person&#39;s right arm, a left-arm fastener  18  to wraparound-fasten the wraparound clothing to the person&#39;s left arm and a waist fastener  19  to wraparound fasten the wraparound clothing to the person&#39;s waist. 
     An embodiment of the trouser wraparound  5  shown in FIG. 3 includes a right-leg fastener  20  to wraparound-fasten the wraparound clothing to the person&#39;s right leg and a left-leg fastener  21  to wraparound-fasten the wraparound clothing to the person&#39;s left leg. 
     The fasteners  17 - 21  can include the Velcro®  14  and the zipper  15  in addition to other select fasteners. 
     A preferred embodiment of the waist wraparound  4  shown in a use mode in FIG.  2  and unfolded in FIG. 5 includes a right-side opening intermediate the waist wraparound  4  and a right-arm wraparound  22 . The right-arm wraparound  22  includes a right-arm opening intermediate the right-arm wraparound and the right-side opening. The waist wraparound  4  includes a left-side opening intermediate the waist wraparound  4  and a left-arm wraparound  23 . The left-arm wraparound  23  includes a left-arm opening intermediate the left-arm wraparound  23  and the left-side opening. 
     The waist wraparound  4  shown in FIG. 5 includes a waist-aft section  24  and a waist-front section intermediate the right-side opening and the left-side opening. The waist-front section includes a front-right section  25  and a front-left section  26  having an opening fastener  27  intermediate the front-right section  25  and the front-left section  26 .The right-side opening, the right-arm opening, the left-side opening, the left-arm opening and the front-section opening include opening fasteners  27  with which to fasten close the right-arm wraparound  22 , the left-arm wraparound  23  and the waist-front section. 
     The opening fasteners can include the Velcro®  14 , the zipper  15  and other select clothing fasteners. 
     A preferred embodiment of the trouser wraparound  5  shown in FIG. 6 has trouser legs  28  with linearly open edges that are fastened with the opening fasteners  27  intermediate trouser-leg bottoms and a trouser crouch  29 . Tie lines  30  can be provided for reinforcement fastening and for initial fastener holding. Also shown is the bottom pouch  2  in a pulled-open condition to illustrate containment capacity of the bottom pouch  2  and other pouches  1 ,  3 ,  7 ,  9 ,  11  and  13 . 
     The pullover wraparound  6  shown in FIG. 7 is an embodiment that is easy to use but more restrictive of arm movement for some users such as ladies in optional combination with the skirt wraparound  8  shown in FIG.  8 . The pullover wraparound  6  preferably has a right armpit  31  and a left armpit  32  that are low for arm pass-through to and from a right wrist band  33  and a left wrist band  34 . Optionally, the right armpit  31  and the left armpit  32  can be open with right-arm openings, right-side openings, left-arm openings and left-side openings for arm pass-through to and from the right wrist band  33  and the left wrist band  34 . The skirt wraparound  8  can include a skirt expander to expand the skirt bottom circumferentially for accommodating leg movements. 
     The shawl wraparound  10  shown in FIG. 9 is an embodiment that also is easy to use but has less length coverage. It also could be used in combination with the skirt wraparound  8  shown in FIG. 8 for ladies and people not needing extensive leg movement. 
     A double-fastener wraparound  35  shown in FIG. 10 is a least preferred embodiment due to multiple fastening to use it. For simplicity and use convenience of other embodiments of this invention, it is illustrated next to the shawl wraparound  10 . 
     The full-length wraparound  12  shown in FIGS. 11-12 is an embodiment that is easy to use and also has full-length coverage. It has wraparound openings  36  that are oppositely disposed for arm and hand outlets and can be extended predeterminedly long down and around the person&#39;s waist, hips and legs. 
     As shown in FIGS. 5 and 10, a hood  37  can be extended from the top pouch  1  for head coverage. 
     Worn around both legs separately proximate the person&#39;s ankles, leg pouches  3  shown in FIGS. 1 and 17 can contain a shoe cover  37  shown in FIGS. 4 and 12 that covers footwear predeterminedly when released from a stowage mode. The shoe cover  37  can be made to cover tops and bottoms or only tops of shoes. 
     As illustrated by comparative sizes in FIGS. 13-14, the top pouch  2  can have a closure orifice  38  shown in FIG. 6 with an inside perimeter large enough to slip over the person&#39;s head or small enough require fastening with a pouch fastener  39  that is shown in FIGS. 6 and 16 for the bottom pouch  2  also. The full-length top pouch  13  shown in FIG. 13 is preferably but need not be large enough to be slipped over the person&#39;s head to avoid need for a front fastener  40  that is optional for the full-length wraparound  12 . 
     Referring to FIGS. 18-19, a pouch-tote bag  41  is sized, shaped and articulated to contain the wraparound clothing compacted in the wraparound pouch for storage and for hand-carrying with a shoulder strap  42  or with a hand strap  43  optionally. 
     A new and useful foul-weather clothing system having been described, all such foreseeable modifications, adaptations, substitutions of equivalents, mathematical possibilities of combinations of parts, pluralities of parts, applications and forms thereof as described by the following claims and not precluded by prior art are included in this invention.