Patent ID: 8914913

Claim:
An article of clothing comprising: a vest, wherein said vest has a vest front and a vest back, wherein said vest front and said vest back are joined by at least one side joint, a right shoulder joint, and a left shoulder joint and further comprising arm holes when said vest back and said vest front are joined together; said right and left shoulder joints being detachably coupled; and at least one cord securely affixed to said vest back to at least one said shoulder joint on said vest back, wherein said at least one cord passes diagonally down across said vest back from the point where said cord is attached at said shoulder joint, passing from vest back to said vest front beneath the opposing said arm hole so as to wrap around the back and torso of a wearer of said vest, through a cord guide and a cord guide exit so as to permit said cord to pull said vest rear away from said vest front at said shoulder joint when said cord is pulled through said cord guide exit.