Patent ID: 8479315

Claim:
A system, for use in two different modes, having the form of an upper body garment, said system comprising: a body for wearing, in a garment mode, on a torso of a wearer, said body having a central axis; apertures corresponding to a waist and a neck of said wearer; two sleeves; a central opening extending from the neck to a point below the neck on the front of the body wherein said central opening comprises a first fastening means for closing said central opening; and, at least two elongate interlocking fastening elements configured to fasten along a length of said fastening elements, wherein, in a garment mode, when the fastening elements are open, the fastening elements extend from a first common point below the neck on a back of the body, over shoulders of the body either side of the neck aperture and down the front of the body on either side of the central opening and spaced from said fastening elements thereby forming at least one central panel between the edge of the central opening and the fastening element in each portion of the front of the body, and in a container mode, when the fastening elements are closed, the fastening elements interlock continuously from the first common point to a second common point located below the neck on the front of the body, thereby closing the neck aperture and the central panel is stored within the body of the system.