Patent ID: 8904564

Claim:
A hand covering and garment combination, comprising: at least one hand covering having a hand portion and a cuff portion; a garment having a body portion and at least one sleeve, wherein the at least one sleeve includes an upper end, a free end that is opposite the upper end, and that further includes a cuff circumference, an outer surface, and inner liner surface, wherein the at least one sleeve is attached to the body portion at the upper end; a compartment located on the inner liner surface of the at least one sleeve, the compartment configured to selectively receive and store the hand covering and to enable the hand covering to be introduced into the compartment from within the at least one sleeve, wherein the compartment includes: a lower stitched seam parallel to the cuff circumference; two side stitched seams perpendicular to the cuff circumference and the lower stitched seam, a first of the two side stitched seams being opposite a second of the two side stitched seams; and an upper boundary parallel to the cuff circumference and the lower stitched seam, wherein the upper boundary is configured as an opening to the compartment through which the hand covering is introduced into the compartment, and the compartment is oriented on the inner liner surface such that the upper boundary is closer to the upper end of the at least one sleeve than the lower stitched seam; and an attachment element having a first end attached to the garment and a second end attached to the hand covering, the attachment element being configured to secure the hand covering to the garment, the attachment element being further configured to retract the hand covering into the compartment during non-usage.