WO2006027765A1

WO2006027765A1 - Device and method of modifying a jacket

Info

Publication number: WO2006027765A1
Application number: PCT/IL2004/000827
Authority: WO
Inventors: David Meged; David Ezra Solomon; Mordechai Kimchi; Shai Zohar
Original assignee: Bagir Co. (1961) Ltd.
Priority date: 2004-09-09
Filing date: 2004-09-09
Publication date: 2006-03-16

Abstract

An attachable lapel cover on a jacket (104) that includes a fastener on the back face so that the attachable lapel (107) can be connected to a fastener on a permanent lapel. The jacket (104) may be convertible into a tuxedo by attaching the permanent lapel of the jacket to the attachable lapel cover with a shiny fabric on the outer surface of the attachable lapel (107). A jacket (104) including a pocket (301) having a pouch extandable to outside of the jacket to assume the shape of a flap pocket (304) outside of the jacket (104). An inside of a shoulder portion (807) of a jacket having a compartment with an opening for inserting and removing a padding (900).

Description

DEVICE AND METHOD OF MODIFYING A JACKET Background of the Invention

The range of styles of men's outerwear generally necessitates that a man have several different jackets or coats. These may include for example a business suit, a tuxedo and an informal jacket that may be used for social gatherings. A business suit may be heavily structured with padding in the shoulders to give a broad appearance, and may have smooth pockets to provide clean lines to the jacket. An informal jacket may hang more loosely off the shoulder and may have flap pockets that hang outward from the suit to give a busier, more informal look. A tuxedo may have satiny lapels and buttons.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the invention may include a pocket of a man's jacket that may have a pouch that may be pulled from inside an outer shell of such jacket to outside of such outer shell, where such pouch may assume a form of an external flap pocket. In some embodiments the pouch may include a fastener to hold such pouch against such outer shell of the jacket. In some embodiments, extending a pocket pouch outside an outer shell of a garment may include adjusting the pocket pouch to a form of a flap pocket; and fastening such pocket pouch against such outer shell of the garment.

Embodiments of the invention may include a jacket that may include a first side of a first fastener on an inside of such jacket, a first side of a second fastener on a lapel of such jacket, a detachable lapel cover that may have a second side of a such first fastener on an inner side of such detachable lapel cover, and a second side of such second fastener on a back side of such attachable lapel cover; where such lapel cover is to cover such lapel and is to attach to such jacket by such first fastener and by such second fastener.

Embodiments of the invention may include a method of connecting a first fastener on a lapel of a jacket to a first fastener on a lapel cover, folding an inner edge of such lapel cover under such lapel of such jacket, and connecting a second fastener on an inside of such jacket, to a second fastener on such inner edge of such lapel cover.

Embodiments of the invention may include a jacket having a compartment that may be disposed in a shoulder of such jacket, such compartment to hold a padding for a shoulder of such jacket. Such compartment may have an opening from which a padding may be inserted and removed easily and without the need for stitching or for opening a seam of a lining of such jacket. In some embodiments of the invention there may be included a method of opening a compartment in a jacket shoulder without opening a stitching in such jacket and inserting a padding into a compartment of such jacket shoulder.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Embodiments of the invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a man's jacket with attachable lapels, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 2A is a close up view of an attachable lapel in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2B is a schematic diagram of a button with an attachable cover in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3A is flow chart of a method for attaching a lapel to a jacket in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3B is a flow chart of a method of converting a man's jacket into a tuxedo in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a garment with an inward pocket that is convertible into a flap pocket in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a view of an inside shell of a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 6 is a front view of a garment with one or more pouches extended outside of an outer shell of a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; Fig. 7 is a flow chart of a method of extending a pocket pouch from an inside of a garment to an outside of a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 8 is a view of a jacket turned inside out showing a shoulder pad compartment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 9 is a schematic drawing of a shoulder pad being inserted into a compartment in a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 10 is a diagram of a garment with a pad that was inserted into a compartment in an inside of a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and

Fig. 11 is a flow chart of a method of inserting a pad into a shoulder of a garment without opening a stitching of such garment and without stitching such padding into such garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In the following description, various aspects of the present invention will be described. For purposes of explanation, specific configurations and details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details presented herein. Furthermore, well-known features may be omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the present invention. Various examples are given throughout this description. These are merely descriptions of specific embodiments of the invention. The scope of the invention is not limited to the examples given.

Reference is made to Fig. 1 , a schematic diagram of a man's jacket with attachable lapels in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In some embodiments an attachable lapel 100 may be shaped as an elongated triangle, congruent to or approximating the shape of permanent lapel 102 of jacket 104 to which the lapel 100 may be attached. An outside face 107 of attachable lapel 100 may be constructed for example of a shiny fabric such as satin, silk or other material such as may be similar to the material that may typically be used for edges and lapels of a tuxedo. Other materials, other shapes and other colors may be used. A reverse, inner or back side of a top, outside corner 105 of attachable lapel 100 may be fitted with a fastener, such as for example a button 108, that may be inserted into a second side of a fastener, such as for example a button hole 106, on a top corner of permanent lapel 102. Other fasteners may be used and other locations for such fasteners may be used. For example, in some embodiments, a pin such as a decorative pin may be used to attach a top corner of attachable lapel 100 to permanent lapel 102. Reference is made to fig. 2, a close up view of an attachable lapel 100 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. An inner edge or inner side 200 of attachable lapel 100 may be creased along fold 202 so that such inner side 200 may be folded under permanent lapel 102 to reach an inner shell of jacket 104. Inner side 200 may be fitted with fasteners such as for example button holes 209.

Under permanent lapel 102, along the inner shell of jacket 104, may in some embodiments be a lining 204 of jacket 104. In some embodiments, an edge of lining 204 adjacent to lapel 102 may be fitted with a double folded layer of lining 208A and 208B. Between such double folded layers 208A and 208B of lining 204 may be attached a set of fasteners such as for example buttons 210 that may be arranged to match the position and placement of button holes 209 when attachable lapel 100 is attached to permanent lapel 102. Fasteners other than buttons, such as a zipper, snaps, Velcro, etc may be used. In some embodiments, fasteners such as buttons 210 may be recessed or hidden within double layers 208A and 208B of lining 204 so that fasteners such as buttons 210 are visible only when one layer such as for example layer 208A is peeled or folded back from layer 208B. In some embodiments, fasteners such as buttons 210 may be attached to an inner area of jacket 104 other than lining 204. Lining 204 may be a single layer of lining, and buttons 210 need not be hidden in lining 204.

In operation, attachable lapel 100 may be placed over permanent lapel 102. A first fastener such as button 108 may be inserted into button hole 106. Inner edge or inner side 200 may be folded under the inside of permanent lapel 102 contiguous to for example an inner shell of jacket 104 so that the end of inner side 200 is flush with lining 204 and reaches the area between folded layers 208A and 208B of lining 204. One layer, such as folded layer 208A may be separated, pulled or peeled back from the other layer 208B to expose the fasteners such as for example buttons 210 that may be attached for example to lining 204 between folded layers 208A and 208B. Buttons 210 may be inserted into button holes 209 so that attachable lapel 100 is securely held over permanent lapel 102. The process may be repeated for example with a second attachable lapel 100 that may be fitted over the permanent lapel on the other side of jacket 104. In some embodiments a pocket of a jacket 104 may include a pocket cover flap 110 that extends outside of the outer shell of the jacket 104. In some embodiments, a rim 112 of the pocket may be constructed of a shiny material such as for example the material that is on the outside face 107 of attachable lapel 100. When the jacket 104 is to be worn as a tuxedo, pocket cover flap 110 may be tucked into the pocket and the shiny material at the rim 112 of the pocket may be exposed.

In some embodiments, buttons 210 may be attached to inner side 200 of attachable lapel 100, and button holes 209 may be on an inner shell of jacket 104 just under the inside of permanent lapel 102. Reference is made to Fig. 2B, a schematic diagram of a button with an attachable cover in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In some embodiments, button 250 may be for example a button along a front or cuff of jacket 104. Button 250 may in some embodiments have a set of threading holes 252 through which thread may be sewn to for example attach button 250 to jacket 104. Button cover 254 may be shaped to approximate the size of button 250, and may be covered with a fabric or material for example similar to, or matching the material of outside face 107 of attachable lapel 100 described in Fig. 1 of this application. On an underside of button cover 254 may be one or more small posts 256 that may be pressed into threading holes 252 to attach button cover 254 to button 250. In some embodiments, button covers 254 may be a piece of material with an elastic rim that fits over button 250.

Reference is made to Fig. 3A, a flow chart of a method of attaching a lapel to a jacket in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In block 220 a first fastener of an attachable lapel may be connected to a fastener on a permanent lapel of a jacket. In some embodiments such fastener may be or include a button and button hole, one or more snaps, hook and loop fasteners such as Velcro fasteners or other fasteners on the back of the attachable lapel. In some embodiments the button hole may be on the permanent lapel, and the button may be on a back of the attachable lapel. In block 222, an inner side of the attachable lapel may be folded under the permanent lapel towards the inner shell of the jacket. In block 224 one or more fasteners along such inner edge may be connected to a set of fasteners on an inner shell of the jacket. The fasteners on the inner shell of the jacket may be positioned to match the placement of the fasteners on the attachable lapel when it is positioned over the permanent lapel. In some embodiments, the fasteners on the inner shell of the jacket may be hidden between a double folded layer of lining so that a layer must be peeled back to expose the fasteners. Other operations or series of operations may be used.

Reference is made to Fig. 3B, a flow chart of a method of converting a man's jacket into a tuxedo in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In block 230, a lapel cover or attachable lapel may be attached over a permanent lapel of a jacket. An attachable lapel may be affixed over a permanent lapel using for example one or more fasteners such as buttons on a jacket and button holes on attachable lapels. Other fasteners may be used. In block 232, one or more button hole covers may be fitted over or attached to buttons of such jacket. The button hole covers may be covered for example with a fabric or material similar to the material on a face of the attachable lapel. Other operations or series of operations may be used.

Reference is made to Fig. 4, a schematic diagram of a garment with inward pocket pouches that may be converted into a garment with flap or outer pockets in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Garment 300 may have one or more pockets 302 that may open on a front of such garment 300. In Fig. 4, pockets 302 may be for example typical suit-jacket pockets whose pouches 301 are not visible from the outside of the garment 300. Such pouches 301 are shown in Fig. 4 as dashed lines below pocket cover 304 to indicate that they are not seen from outside of garment 300. In some embodiments, garment 300 may be a man's jacket. Other garments such as overcoats, women's outerwear, shirts or pants are also possible.

Reference is made to Fig. 5, a view of an inside shell of garment 300 in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In some embodiments, one or more layers of pouch 301 of one or more pockets 302 may be shaped as a flap pocket. In some embodiments, a flap pocket may be a pocket whose pouch rests outside of an outer shell of a garment 300. In some embodiments, one or more layers of pouch 301 such as for example a ventral layer of such pouch 301 , may be fashioned of a material or fabric similar, identical or otherwise matching in color, texture and appearance to an outer shell of garment 300. In some embodiments, pouch 301 may be attached to garment 300 for example only along one or more top seams of pocket 302, such as for example along the opening of pocket 302. The connection of pouch 301 to the top seam of pocket 302 may allow pouch 301 to be pulled or extended from the inside of garment 300 to the outside of garment 300. When extended outside of garment 300, the front face of pouch 301 may be pulled downward and flattened against the outside shell of garment 300 to assume the form, shape or appearance of a flap pocket. In some embodiments, when pouch 301 is not extended outside of garment 300, pouch 301 may be situated between an outer shell of garment 300 and an inner lining of garment 300 so that it is not visible from inside of garment 300.

In some embodiments pocket 302 may have a pocket cover flap 304 that may be tucked into pocket 302 and hidden from view or may be extended outside of the outer shell of garment 300 so that it can be seen from the outside.

In some embodiments, one or more of a first side of fastener 402 may be attached or sewn into an inside seam of pouch 301 , and a second side of fastener 402 may be sewn or attached under the outside shell of garment 300 contiguous to pocket 302. Fastener 402 may hold a bottom portion of pouch 301 against the front outer shell of garment 300 so that the pouch 301 is securely held against the garment 300 when the flap pocket pouch 301 is extended outside of the outer shell. In some embodiments, fastener 402 may be one or more thin magnets, or a magnet and a magnetically responsive element, a first side of which may be sewn or otherwise attached to a lower portion of pouch 301 , and a second side of which may be sewn or otherwise attached to an inner side of an outer shell of garment 300 contiguous to pocket 302. When pouch 301 is extended outside of garment 300, the attraction of the two magnets may hold flap pocket securely against the outer shell of garment 300. In some embodiments fastener 402 may be a zipper 404, a first side of which is sewn into pouch 301 and a second side of which is sewn into the outer shell of garment 300 contiguous to pocket 302. In some embodiments, such zipper 404 may be hidden in a seam of garment 300 so that it is not visible when pouch 301 is drawn into garment 300. When pouch 301 is extended outside of garment 300, the zippers 404 may be joined together to securely hold pouch 301 against the outside of garment 300.

Reference is made to Fig. 6, a front view of a garment with one or more pouches extended outside of the outer shell of the garment to take on the form of flap pockets in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In some embodiments, pocket cover flaps 304 may also be extended outside of the outer shell of garment 300.

Reference is made to Fig. 7, a flow chart of a method of extending a pocket pouch from an inside of a garment to an outside of a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In block 700 a pocket pouch may be pulled or extended from inside an outer shell of a garment to outside an outer shell of a garment. In block 702, the pocket pouch may be adjusted to its full length and size to form the shape and position of a flap pocket on the outside of the garment. In block 704, a fastener on or inside of pocket pouch may secure the pocket pouch to an outside shell of the garment. In some embodiments, such fastener may be for example a pair of magnets, two sides of a zipper or other suitable fasteners. Other operations or series of operations may be used.

Reference is made to Fig. 8, a view of a jacket turned inside out showing a shoulder pad compartment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Inside lining 800 of garment 802 may be configured with a compartment 803 or pocket built into the upper and outer edge 804 of the shoulder of garment 802. The opening 807 of compartment 803 may be accessed from for example a slit or part in the layers of lining 800 running from for example a direction of the neck of a wearer to for example the direction of the outer edge 804 of a shoulder. Other configurations of the slit or opening 807 of compartment 803 are possible. Compartment 803 may be formed by for example one or more layers of lining 800 in the shoulder of garment 802. A seam or for example line of stitches may be sewn into the two layers of lining 800 in the shape of for example a triangle to join the two layers into the form of a compartment 803. In some embodiments, the vertex 805 of the triangle may point towards a neck of the wearer, or the neck area of the garment, and the base of the triangle may be the outer edge 804 of the shoulder of garment 802. Other shapes or orientations may be used for compartment 803, and other means of forming compartment 803 may be used. In some embodiments, the shape and size of compartment 803 may match the shape and size of shoulder pad 900 as may be generally commercially available.

Reference is made to Fig. 9, a schematic drawing of a shoulder pad being inserted into a pouch in a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Shoulder pad 900 may be constructed of for example foam, cotton or other suitable material as are typically used for adding shape or bulk to garments. Pad 900 may be inserted into opening 807 and adjusted into place in compartment 803. Reference is made to Fig. 10, a diagram of a garment with a pad inserted into a compartment in a garment in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. The shape and size of compartment 803 may hold pad 900 snugly so that pad 900 does not move around as garment 802 is worn or removed from a wearer's body. In some embodiments there is no need to sew pad 900 into position within compartment 803 to hold it in place. Opening 807 may re-assume its closed position after pad 900 has been inserted into compartment 803, and such opening need not be sewn or otherwise secured into a closed position. Pad 900 may be easily and repeatedly inserted or removed to suit for example the desired look or fit of garment 802 on a wearer. In some embodiments the sides of opening 807 may be fashioned with excess lining and large, folded cuffs so that the opening 807 is not easily visible and so that pad 900 is not generally seen unless the two sides of opening 807 are purposely pulled apart. In some embodiments, opening 807 can be easily opened by and closed with ones fingers and without the need for stitching or breaking apart sewn seams of lining 800.

Reference is made to Fig. 11, a flow chart of a method of altering a shape of a jacket shoulder in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In block 1100 a compartment in for example a jacket shoulder may be opened. Such opening may be performed by hand without the need to tear apart a seam of the lining or otherwise separate stitches in the lining. In block 1102, a shoulder pad may be inserted into the pouch and held snugly in place within the pouch. In some embodiments there may be no need to stitch or otherwise attach the pad to the lining or elsewhere to the garment. In some embodiments the easy insertion and removal of a shoulder padding may make alterations of a garment easier, cheaper and more efficient.

It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that embodiments of the invention are not limited by what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Rather the scope of at least one embodiment of the invention is defined by the claims below.

Claims

CLAIMSWe claim:

1. A pocket of a man's jacket comprising a pouch that may be pulled from inside an outer shell of said jacket to outside of said outer shell, said pouch to assume a form of an external flap pocket.

2. The pocket as in claim 1 , comprising a fastener to hold said pouch against said outer shell of said jacket.

3. The pocket as in claim 2, wherein said fastener is a magnet.

4. The pocket as in claim 2, wherein said fastener is a zipper.

5. The pocket as in claim 1 , wherein a side of said pouch is fashioned of a same material from which said outer shell is fashioned.

6. The pocket as in claim 1 , comprising a pocket cover flap.

7. A method comprising: extending a pocket pouch outside an outer shell of a garment; adjusting said pocket pouch to a form of a flap pocket; and fastening said pocket pouch against said outer shell of said garment.

8. The method as in claim 7, comprising extending a pocket cover flap over an opening of said flap pocket.

9. The method as in claim 7, wherein said fastening comprises connecting a magnet inside of said pouch to a magnetically responsive element inside of said outer shell.

10. The method as in claim 7, wherein said fastening comprises zippering a zipper in said pocket pouch to a zipper in said outer shell.

11. A man's jacket comprising: a first side of a first fastener on an inside of said jacket; a first side of a second fastener on a lapel of said jacket; and a detachable lapel cover having a second side of a said first fastener on an inner side of said detachable lapel cover, and a second side of said second fastener on a back side of said attachable lapel cover; wherein said lapel cover is to cover said lapel and is to attach to said jacket by said first fastener and by said second fastener.

12. The jacket as in claim 11 , wherein said first side of said first fastener comprises a plurality of buttons.

13. The jacket as in claim 11 , comprising a lining to cover said first fastener, wherein said lining is peeled back to expose said first fastener.

14. The jacket as in claim 11, wherein said first side of said second fastener comprises a button hole.

15. The jacket as in claim 11 , wherein said detachable lapel cover comprises a shiny fabric on an outside face of said detachable lapel cover.

16. The jacket as in claim 11 , comprising a button cover to fit over a button of said jacket, said button cover comprising a shiny fabric on said button cover's outer side.

17. The jacket as in claim 11 , wherein said first side of a first fastener comprises a zipper.

18. A method of covering a lapel on a man's jacket comprising: connecting a first fastener on said lapel of said jacket to a first fastener on a lapel cover; folding an inner edge of said lapel cover under said lapel of said jacket; and connecting a second fastener on an inside of said jacket, to a second fastener on said inner edge of said lapel cover.

19. The method as in claim 18, wherein connecting a first fastener on said lapel of said jacket to a first fastener on a lapel cover comprises connecting a button on a back side of said lapel cover to a button hole on said lapel.

20. The method as in claim 18, wherein connecting a second fastener on an inside of said jacket to a second fastener comprises connecting a button on said inside to a button hole on said lapel cover.

21. The method as in claim 18, comprising covering said lapel of said jacket with said lapel cover having a shiny fabric on said lapel cover's outer face.

22. The method as in claim 18, comprising peeling back a layer of an inside lining of said jacket to expose said second fastener on said inside of said jacket.

23. A method of converting a man's jacket into a tuxedo, comprising: attaching a lapel cover to a lapel of said jacket; and attaching a button cover to a button of said jacket.

24. The method as in claim 23, wherein said attaching said lapel cover comprises: connecting a first button on said lapel cover to a first button hole on said lapel; and connecting a second button on an inside of said jacket to a second button hole on said lapel cover.

25. The method as in claim 23, wherein attaching a button cover to a button of said jacket comprises pressing a plurality of posts on an underside of said button cover into a plurality of holes in said button of said jacket.

26. A man's jacket comprising a compartment disposed in a shoulder of said jacket to hold a padding for said shoulder, said compartment having an opening from which a padding may be inserted and removed.

27. The jacket as in claim 26, wherein said opening runs parallel to an apex of said shoulder.

28. The jacket as in claim 26, wherein said compartment is triangular in shape, having an apex of said triangle pointed towards a neck area of said jacket, and a base of said triangle on an outer edge of said shoulder of said jacket.

29. The jacket as in claim 26, comprising two layers of lining in said shoulder.

30. The jacket as in claim 29, wherein said compartment is formed by said two layers of lining.

31. The jacket as in claim 26, comprising a removable shoulder pad.

32. The jacket as in claim 26, wherein said opening is closed without stitching.

33. A method of altering a shape of a jacket shoulder, the method comprising: opening a compartment in said jacket shoulder; and inserting a padding into said compartment.

34. The method as in claim 33, wherein said opening comprises separating two layers of lining in said shoulder.

35. The method . as in claim 33, wherein said opening is opening an unstitched side of said opening of said compartment.

36. The method as in claim 33, comprising allowing said pouch to close on its own after said inserting.

37. The method as in claim 33, comprising closing said compartment by pressing one side of an opening of said compartment to another side of said opening of said compartment.