U.S. patent application number 15/421568 was filed with the patent office on 2017-08-10 for combination sweatshirt and travel pillow.
The applicant listed for this patent is Robert S. Latta, JR.. Invention is credited to Robert S. Latta, JR..
Application Number | 20170224033 15/421568 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 59495945 |
Filed Date | 2017-08-10 |
United States Patent
Application |
20170224033 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Latta, JR.; Robert S. |
August 10, 2017 |
Combination Sweatshirt and Travel Pillow
Abstract
A wearable garment that is a combination sweatshirt and pillow.
The sweatshirt has a body, arms, a collar and a hood attached to
the collar. A pouch having an open top, closed sides, and a closed
bottom is attached to the collar. The pouch lies over the
sweatshirt body when in a first position and is rotated over the
top to a second position for receiving the sweatshirt body and arms
when they are rolled and inserted into the pouch forming a pillow.
The hood can be placed over a user's head with the pouch oriented
against the user's neck to function as a pillow. In a second
embodiment, the garment is provided with a second hood over the
first hood. In a third embodiment, a pouch is sewn into a liner in
the hood which receives the sweatshirt.
Inventors: |
Latta, JR.; Robert S.; (Fort
Lauderdale, FL) |
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Applicant: |
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Latta, JR.; Robert S. |
Fort Lauderdale |
FL |
US |
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Family ID: |
59495945 |
Appl. No.: |
15/421568 |
Filed: |
February 1, 2017 |
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62293517 |
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Current U.S.
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1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A41D 1/04 20130101; A41D
2300/32 20130101; A41D 15/04 20130101; A47G 9/1081 20130101; A41D
27/201 20130101; A41D 2200/20 20130101; A41D 2300/322 20130101;
A41D 2400/422 20130101; A47G 9/1045 20130101; A41D 2300/33
20130101 |
International
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A41D 15/04 20060101
A41D015/04; A41D 27/20 20060101 A41D027/20; A47G 9/10 20060101
A47G009/10; A41D 1/04 20060101 A41D001/04 |
Claims
1. A combination sweatshirt and pillow comprising: a sweatshirt
comprising a sweatshirt body, arms, a collar at the top of the
sweatshirt body, and a hood, the hood attached to the collar, a
pouch having an open top, closed sides, and a closed bottom, the
open top attached to the collar, the pouch lying over the
sweatshirt body when in a first position when the sweatshirt is
disposed in a sweatshirt orientation, the pouch adapted for
rotation about the open top to a second position for receiving in
the open top when it is rotated to the second position the
sweatshirt body and arms when they are rolled up towards the
rotated open top, the sweatshirt body and arms inserted through the
open top into the pouch forming a pillow, whereby the hood can be
placed over a user's head with the pouch oriented against the
user's neck to function as a pillow.
2. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 1 wherein the
pouch has a front sheet of material with a top, sides and a bottom,
a rear sheet of material having a top, sides and a bottom, the
front sheet attached to the rear sheet along the sides and the
bottom with the top remaining open.
3. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 2 and further
comprising attachment means for attaching the top of the rear sheet
of material to the collar.
4. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 3 wherein the
attachment means comprises sewing, hook and loop fasteners, zipper,
or buttons.
5. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 4 and further
comprising closure means for closing the open top of the pouch.
6. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 1 and further
comprising a second hood disposed over the first hood.
7. A combination sweatshirt and pillow comprising: a sweatshirt
comprising a sweatshirt body, arms, a collar and a hood, the hood
attached to the collar, a pouch formed from a front sheet and a
rear sheet of material, the front sheet and the rear sheets having
opposed tops, sides and bottoms, the front sheet attached to the
rear sheet along the opposed sides and bottoms and having an open
top, the top of the rear sheet attached to an area adjacent to the
collar along a lateral line, the pouch lying over the sweatshirt
body when in a first position when the sweatshirt is disposed in a
sweatshirt orientation, the pouch adapted for rotation about the
lateral line to a second position for receiving when in the second
position the sweatshirt body and arms when they are rolled up
towards the rotated open top, the sweatshirt body and arms inserted
through the open top into the pouch forming a pillow, whereby the
hood can be placed over a user's head with the pouch oriented
against the user's neck to function as a pillow.
8. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 2 and further
comprising attachment means for attaching the top of the rear sheet
of material to the collar.
9. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 3 wherein the
attachment means comprises sewing, hook and loop fasteners, zipper,
or buttons.
10. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 4 and further
comprising closure means for closing the open top of the pouch.
11. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 1 and further
comprising a second hood disposed over the first hood.
12. A combination sweatshirt and pillow comprising: a sweatshirt
comprising a sweatshirt body, arms, a collar at the top of the
sweatshirt body, and a hood, the hood attached to the collar, the
hood having a liner sheet disposed within the hood, a pouch formed
within the hood, the pouch having sides and a top that are stitched
closed within the hood, the pouch having an open bottom disposed
adjacent to the collar, the pouch receiving in the open bottom the
sweatshirt body and arms when they are rolled up towards the open
bottom, the sweatshirt body and arms inserted through the open
bottom in the pouch thus forming a pillow.
13. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 12 wherein the
liner sheet has a top, bottom and sides, the top and sides are sewn
into the hood with a portion of the bottom not being attached to
the hood.
14. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 13 wherein the
pouch is formed from stitching the pouches sides and top to the
hood and liner sheet and the portion of the bottom of the liner
sheet is not stitched forming the open bottom of the pouch to
receive the sweatshirt body and arms.
15. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 14 wherein a
portion of the bottom of the liner sheet is stitched to the hood
thus forming a reduced size open bottom.
16. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 15 and further
comprising closure means for closing the open bottom of the
pouch.
17. The combination sweatshirt and pillow of claim 14 and further
comprising a second hood disposed over the first hood.
Description
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application is based on and claims the priority of U.S.
Provisional patent application Ser. No. 62/293,517 filed Feb. 10,
2016.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0002] This invention relates to a sweatshirt or sweater that can
be rolled up to form a travel pillow having a hood to cover the
user's head and face if desired.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0003] Travelers seek comfort and rest while traveling on plane,
train, boat or any other transportation system. However, if the
traveler wants to rest or take a nap while traveling, it is
difficult to find a comfortable position to support one's head.
Having a pillow to support your head and neck comfortably has
always been a concern. Various travel pillows have been designed
and sold in the past. There are inflatable pillows, pillows jammed
into stuff sacks, pillows that have their own carrying case, and
pillows made of numerous materials. A shortcoming of all of these
pillows is that they have a single function, namely they function
as a pillow only.
[0004] Travelers also like to have an article of clothing that is
easy to put on, provides warmth when needed, is easy to transport
and is wrinkle resistant. Generally, travelers prefer sweatshirts
or sweaters as they are comfortable, warm, easy to store, wrinkle
free and easily stored. In addition. these articles of clothing can
have a hood attached to the collar which provides additional warmth
and the ability to cover one's head and eyes if trying to block out
the ambient light and can provide a level of privacy.
[0005] There has never been designed a combination pillow and
sweatshirt that provides both of these functions in a singular
device, all within its own carrying pouch. The inventive device
functions as a sweatshirt that is easily and quickly transformed
into a pillow with or without the use of a hood at the top of the
sweatshirt. The sweatshirt is easy to store as it folds into
itself. When unfolded, it can be worn as a sweatshirt or tied
around the user's waist.
[0006] Applicant's invention is a sweatshirt, sweater or jacket
(which will be referred to herein as a "sweatshirt" or "sweater")
with a storage compartment or pouch formed in the top of the
sweatshirt. In the first embodiment, the user simply folds or rolls
up the sweatshirt and stuffs it into a pouch sewn into the collar
of the sweatshirt. When rolled up and stored in this manner the
sweatshirt becomes a pillow. If the sweatshirt has a hood, the
sweatshirt can be used with or without the hood.
[0007] In a second embodiment, wherein the sweatshirt has a double
hood, one being an exterior hood and the other being an interior
hood, the interior hood can function as the pouch that receives the
rolled-up sweatshirt. The hood has drawstrings to adjust the
firmness of the pillow and hold the pillow in place on the user.
The outer hood can be used in the conventional manner when the
sweatshirt is rolled up and stored in the inner hood.
[0008] In a third embodiment, the sweatshirt has a double hood
similar to the second embodiment, one being the exterior hood and
the other being the interior hood. A flexible liner is sewn into
the interior of the interior hood. A rectangular pocket with an
open bottom is sewn into the flexible liner to form a pouch having
three closed sides and an open bottom. The sweatshirt body is
folded into the pouch and drawstrings tighten the pouch to keep the
sweatshirt in the pouch and to adjust the firmness of the pillow.
The pouch opening can be supplied with a closure to close the
bottom and keep the folded sweatshirt from falling out. The outer
hood can still be used as in the conventional manner when the
sweatshirt is rolled up and stored in the pouch.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the inventive
sweatshirt/pillow.
[0010] FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the pouch sewn into the collar
and flipped upward 180.degree. from the normal position.
[0011] FIG. 3 is an enlarged front perspective view of the pouch
being pulled open by the user.
[0012] FIG. 4 is a front perspective view of the sweatshirt being
positioned to be rolled up.
[0013] FIGS. 5 and 6 are front perspective views as the sweatshirt
is being rolled up.
[0014] FIG. 7 is a front perspective view of the rolled-up
sweatshirt ready to be pushed into the partially open pouch.
[0015] FIG. 8 is a front perspective view of the sweatshirt being
pushed into the pouch.
[0016] FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the sweatshirt after
it is stored in the pouch and the hood is pulled away from the
pouch to form the pillow.
[0017] FIG. 10 is a side perspective view of the user placing the
hood of the sweatshirt over his head.
[0018] FIG. 11 is a side perspective view of the hood placed over
the user's head with the pillow positioned at the user's neck.
[0019] FIG. 12 is a side perspective view of the hood and pillow
placed behind the user's neck.
[0020] FIG. 13 is a front perspective view of an alternate
embodiment in which the sweatshirt has a first or outer hood and a
second or inner hood within the first hood.
[0021] FIG. 14 is a perspective view similar to FIG. 3 showing the
pouch being pulled opened.
[0022] FIGS. 15 and 16 are front perspective views of the alternate
embodiment with the sweatshirt being rolled up.
[0023] FIG. 17 is a perspective view of the pouch being pulled open
so that it can receive the rolled-up sweatshirt.
[0024] FIG. 18 is a perspective view of the rolled-up sweatshirt
stored in the pouch.
[0025] FIG. 19 is a side perspective view of the hood placed over
the user's head with the pillow positioned at the user's neck.
[0026] FIGS. 20 through 22 illustrate a third alternate embodiment
in which an inner lining is sewn inside the first or inner hood
forming a pouch in the inner hood.
[0027] FIG. 23 is another alternate embodiment similar to the third
embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 20 through 22 except the inner
lining is sewn into the outer (and only) hood.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0028] Turning first to FIG. 1 there is illustrated the first
embodiment of the inventive sweatshirt/pillow 10. Although the word
"sweatshirt" is used throughout, it is meant to include such
articles of clothing worn bout the user's torso including, but not
limited to a sweatshirt, shirt, sweater, jacket, or windbreaker.
The sweatshirt 10 is illustrated as a hooded sweatshirt having a
body 12 and sleeves 14. The sweatshirt has a collar 15 at the top
of the 12 in a conventional manner. There is a hood 16 which has
drawstrings 17 on either side in order to tighten the hood around
the user's head. There is a pouch 18 formed from a front sheet of
material 20 and a rear sheet of material 22. The front and rear
sheets 20 and 22 are joined, generally by sewing, along two sides
24, 26 and a bottom edge 28. A top 30 does not have the front and
rear sheets 20, 22 sewn together, but rather only the top of the
rear sheet 22 is attached to the collar 15 thus forming an open top
in the pouch 18. The rear sheet 22 is attached to the collar 15 by
sewing, hook and loop fasteners, buttons, zippers or other suitable
means. Optionally the pouch 18 may have soft flexible anchoring
loops 32, 34 which attach to buttons on the inside of the
sweatshirt 10 to secure the pouch 18 in place while being worn as a
sweatshirt. The pouch 18 is preferably made of soft flexible
material that provides a comfortable surface when it is in contact
with the user. Preferred materials are cotton or a cotton/polyester
blend. The comfort and flexibility allows the pouch to perform the
functions it is designed to perform as will be more fully described
below.
[0029] As seen in FIG. 2, the pouch 18 has been flipped upward
180.degree. so that the bottom edge 28 and top 30 are easily seen.
In this mode, the bottom edge 28 is now oriented on top and the top
30 is now disposed below the bottom edge 28. Because the top edge
of the front sheet 20 is sewn to the collar, the rear sheet 22 can
be raised and lifted away from the front sheet 20, as seen in FIG.
3. This forms an opening 36, similar to a pocket, towards the top
edge 30 of the pouch 18.
[0030] FIGS. 4-9 are progressive photographs of the sweatshirt 10
being folded and rolled up into the pouch 18. FIG. 4 illustrates
the hooded sweatshirt 10 with the sleeves 14 folded inwardly across
the 12. FIG. 5 shows the body 12 of the sweatshirt 10 being rolled
upward towards the pouch 18. FIG. 6 illustrates the hooded
sweatshirt 10 being further rolled up toward the pouch 18. FIG. 7
shows the hooded sweatshirt rolled up to the collar 15 and to the
top 30 with the pouch 18 flipped upward into the direction of the
hood 16. The opening 36 in the top 30 is being spread to an open
position by the user. FIG. 8 shows the user stuffing the sweatshirt
10 into the opening 36 in the pouch 18. FIG. 9 shows the entire
sweatshirt 10 completely stuffed into the pouch 18 so that the only
part of the sweatshirt 10 that is outside of the pouch 18 is the
hood 16.
[0031] FIG. 10 shows the user placing the hood 16 over his head
while the pouch 18 drops down past his head and lies adjacent to
his neck as illustrated in FIG. 11. The stored sweatshirt 10 now
forms the pillow. In this position, the drawstrings 17 are
tightened and the hood 16 not only covers the users head but can
cover the user's eyes for added light blockage and ease of napping.
The tightening of the drawstrings results in the hood assuming the
position in FIG. 11 with the pouch now acting as a pillow to
support the user's head. FIG. 12 illustrates the invention with the
hood removed from the top of the user's head and pushed down on top
of the pouch 18 to give added support to the back of the user's
neck.
[0032] The second embodiment is illustrated in FIGS. 13-19. In FIG.
13 there is illustrated a sweatshirt having a first or outer hood
16 and a second or inner hood 38 within the first hood 16. For
clarification, we will call the hood 16 the outer hood and the
second hood 38 the inner hood. In FIG. 14 the inner hood 38 is seen
as it is pulled away from the outer hood 16. The sweatshirt 10 is
then rolled up as in the first embodiment. In FIG. 15 the
sweatshirt's sleeves 14 are being folded onto each other across the
body 12. In FIG. 16, the body 12 and sleeves 14 are being rolled up
toward the inner hood 38. FIG. 17 shows the inner hood 38 being
opened to receive the body 12 and sleeves 14 and in FIG. 18 the
body 12 and sleeves 14 have been stuffed into the inner hood 38. In
this manner, the body 12 and sleeves 14 are stored in the inner
hood 38, which functions as a pouch, rather than in a separate
pouch as described in the first embodiment.
[0033] FIG. 19 shows the user with the outer hood 16 over the
user's head and the inner hood 30 with the sleeves 14 and body 12
stuffed within it, functioning as a pillow behind the user's head.
As in the previous embodiment, the drawstrings 17 can be used to
tighten the inner or outer hoods to maintain the stuffed body 12
and sleeves 14 within the inner hood 38 while tightening the outer
hood 16 around the user's head.
[0034] FIG. 20 through FIG. 22 illustrate the third embodiment,
which is a variation of the double hood embodiment. A soft,
flexible inner lining 40 is sewn inside the inner hood 38. The
lining 40 is sewn around its outer edges into the inner hood 38 but
a portion of the lowermost portion of the liner 42 is left unsewn.
FIG. 21 is an enlarged view of the hoods in which a lining 40 is
stitched to form a rectangular storage region or pouch 44 within
the lining 40. Stitching 46 goes from each side of the inner hood
38 for several inches, then the stitching 46 goes vertically upward
toward the crown of the inner hood 38 for approximately six to nine
inches, but in no case all the way to the top or crown of the inner
hood 38. Then the stitching 46 proceeds toward the center to form
the substantially rectangular pouch 44 with an opening 48 at the
bottom of the pouch 44. However, it must be noted that the pouch 44
does not have to be rectangular, and in fact it may be semicircular
in shape. The important point is that it is sufficiently large to
hold the entire sweater when the sweatshirt body 12 and sleeves 12
are rolled up and stuffed into the pouch 44.
[0035] In this third embodiment, the sweatshirt body 12 and sleeves
14 are folded and rolled as previously described. The rolled body
12 and sleeves 14 are stuffed into the pouch 44 through the opening
48 at the bottom of the pouch 44. The drawstrings 17 on the inner
hood 38 are used to tighten the pouch 44 to keep the folded
sweatshirt inside the pouch and to adjust the compression on the
sweatshirt which in turn adjusts the firmness of the pillow. The
pouch 44 can be provided with a button hole 50 to receive a button
52 for keeping the opening 48 closed and so that the sweatshirt
does not inadvertently come out of the pouch. The button 52 also
can be used to keep the pouch 44 closed when the sweatshirt 10 is
being worn as a sweatshirt and not being used as a pillow. A
Velcro.RTM. hook and loop fastener, zipper, or other similar device
for providing a closure means can similarly be used for the same
function.
[0036] FIG. 23 illustrates a design similar to that which is
illustrated in FIG. 22 except that it is used with the single hood,
not the double hood. The pouch 44 is sewn into the hood 16 with an
open bottom 48. In all other aspects, it functions as described in
the embodiment shown in FIGS. 20 through 22.
[0037] Thus, there has been provided a combination sweatshirt and
travel pillow that fully satisfies the objects set forth above.
While the invention has been described in conjunction with specific
embodiments, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications
and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in
light of the foregoing description. Accordingly, it is intended to
embrace all such alternatives, modifications and variations as fall
within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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