Patent ID: 7930769

Claim:
A garment to be worn by a person, wherein the garment has a fringe allowed to hang from the garment during the time of a normal wearing of the garment by the person, and the garment further comprises: a pocket having an entrance opening facing a site of attachment of the fringe to the garment, wherein one portion of the fringe is attached to the garment at the site of attachment, and the fringe hangs from the point of attachment to the garment during the time of a normal wearing of the garment; and a retraction cord located at least partially within the pocket, and having an end adapted to engage with a further portion of the fringe away from said one portion for drawing the fringe via the pocket entrance into the pocket upon activation of the retraction cord by the person; wherein the pocket and the retraction cord serve as a retraction mechanism for retraction of the fringe into the pocket for securing the fringe during a time other than the time of normal wearing of the garment by the person.