Patent ID: 8146175

Claim:
A clothing accessory comprising: a first torso portion having a length and at least two free ends and operable to be disposed around a portion of a torso of a user; a second torso portion having a first end fixedly connected to one of said free ends of said first torso portion and a second end releasably connected to a second one of said free ends of said first torso portion when disposed around a different portion of the torso of the user; a shoulder portion extending from said first torso portion and having at least two free ends and operable to be disposed along a back side of a user and extend upwardly from said first torso portion having the free ends located proximate a shoulder area of the user; a plurality of fastening devices, at least one of said fastening devices associated with each free end of said shoulder portion to retain portions of a clothing article to said shoulder portion free ends with the clothing article extending along a front side of the user, and individual ones of said fastening devices being connected to said first torso portion at each of said at least two free ends and retaining different portions of said clothing article thereto; and a gathering member coupled to said second torso portion and having a central opening therein receiving adjacent ends of said clothing article followed by further insertion of said clothing article until a central portion of said clothing article is positioned in said central opening, said central opening acting to bunch said central portion of the clothing article together, one of said adjacent ends of said clothing article thereafter connected to one of said free ends of said shoulder portion using one of said fastening devices; a first corner and a fourth corner of said clothing article thereafter being coupled to said first and second fasteners at said shoulder portions free ends, and a second and third corners thereafter being free to move.