Patent ID: 8707465

Claim:
A garment comprising: at least one layer of material forming the garment, the garment having right and left armholes for receiving a wearer's arms therethrough, right and left sides located beneath said armholes, an interior and an exterior, a forward collar portion, an opening located adjacent the forward collar of the garment, 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 passageway within or upon the garment adapted to receive a longitudinally extending flexible pull, the passageway extending between said opening and the lower section of the garment; and a pull extending through the length of said passageway, said pull having an end which extends outside the passageway through said opening located adjacent the forward collar of the garment, and said pull secured to said lower section at the right or left side of the garment beneath the right or left armhole, the pull being operative to move the lower section of the garment, at the side of the garment to which the pull is secured, upwardly away from the wearer's hip so as to facilitate access to a weapon carried on the wearer's hip in response to a pulling movement of the end of the pull extending outside the passageway away from said opening.