Patent ID: 7003805

Claim:
A raincoat for preventing a user from becoming wet by rainfall, and also for preventing at least one item which is being carried by the user from becoming wet by rainfall, said user having a body having a head having a back and a top of the head, having a face having a chin, a neck, a torso, two arms each having a hand, and two legs each having a foot, said raincoat to be selectively worn over the existing clothing of the user, comprising: a front, a back, a top, a bottom, two opposing lateral sides, an internally oriented surface which contacts the body of the user while the raincoat is being worn by the user, an externally oriented surface substantially constructed from a waterproof material, the externally oriented surface of the raincoat has a chest pocket opening and a pants pocket opening, for allowing the user to access the existing clothing of the user without having to fully open the raincoat and thereby expose the body of the user to rainfall, a chest portion for completely shielding the torso of the user from rainfall, and a leg portion for completely shielding the legs of the user from rainfall; and a single sleeve extending from one of the lateral sides of the raincoat in proximity to the top of the raincoat, through which one of the arms of the user selectively extends, said sleeve for selectively preventing said arm of the user from becoming wet by rainfall, and wherein the arm which is not extended through the sleeve remains within and is covered by the raincoat, thereby shielding said arm and the hand attached to said arm from rainfall, and thereby allowing the user to carry the at least one item within said hand and thereby also prevent the at least one item from becoming wet from rainfall; and a selectively sealable arm opening positioned in proximity to the top of the lateral side of the raincoat opposed to the lateral side from which the sleeve extends, said arm opening for enabling the user to retrieve the at least one item carried by the arm and the hand of the user which do not extend through the sleeve by using the hand of the arm which does extend through the sleeve.