Patent ID: 8707466

Claim:
A garment comprising: at least one layer of material forming the garment, the garment having right and left sides, an interior and an exterior, an upper exterior, an opening located on said upper exterior, and a lower section, the garment configured to be worn about a wearer's upper torso such that the lower section of the garment will conceal a weapon carried on a wearer's hip; a concealed passageway within or upon the garment, the passageway extending from said opening on the upper exterior of the garment to said lower section of the garment; a removable piece removeably attached to the upper exterior of the garment; and a flexible cord attached at an end of the passageway to the lower section at a side of the garment, extending through the passageway and through the opening, and attached to said removable piece adjacent the opening; said removable piece and attached cord being operative to move the lower section of the garment, at the side of the garment to which the cord is secured, upwardly away from a wearer's hip so as to facilitate access to a weapon carried on a wearer's hip in response to a pulling movement of the removable piece away from said opening.