Garment with integrated storage
View Patent ↗A vest having an upper portion integrally formed with a lower portion wherein the upper portion has an abbreviated length in the front tapered to a long lower rear portion that includes inner storage compartments configured to receive and store a plurality of items. The present invention includes an outer layer and an inner layer wherein an upper storage compartment and a lower storage compartment are formed on the inner layer within the upper portion of the vest. The lower storage compartment includes a wall member stitched to the inner layer to create an interior volume with an opening along the top thereof. The upper storage compartment includes an outer wall member having a closure mechanism at the top thereof providing access to a first storage partition and a second storage partition that are arranged in a vertical orientation. An outer pocket member is formed on the lower portion.
1 . A vest having integrated storage wherein the vest comprises:
a body, said body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion having a neck member integrally formed with a torso portion, said neck member and said torso portion having a rear aperture, said torso portion being contiguous with said lower portion, said lower portion having a lower edge wherein the lower edge tapers downward from a front area of the body to a rear area of the body, said front area of said body being adjacent front of a wearer and said rear area of said body being adjacently below a buttocks region of a wearer, said body having an outer layer and an inner layer;
a lower storage compartment, said lower storage compartment having a wall member secured to the inner layer of said body, said lower storage compartment having an opening along a top edge thereof, said lower storage compartment being rectangular in shape;
an upper storage compartment, said upper storage compartment being secured to said inner liner proximate said lower storage compartment, said upper storage compartment having an outer wall member, said outer wall member having a closure mechanism secured along a top edge thereof, said outer wall member being separable from said inner liner along said closure mechanism to expose a first storage partition and a second storage partition, wherein said first storage partition is disposed within an interior volume of said upper storage compartment.
2 . The vest having integrated storage as recited in claim 1 , wherein said lower portion of said body further includes at least one outer pocket member, said at least one outer pocket member formed on the outer layer of the body, said at least one outer pocket member having an opening providing access to an interior volume that is intermediate the inner layer and outer layer of said body.
3 . The vest having integrated storage as recited in claim 2 , wherein said second storage partition having a wall member and an opening along a top edge thereof.
4 . The vest having integrated storage as recited in claim 3 , wherein said first storage partition and second storage partition are arranged in a vertically stacked formation.
5 . The vest having integrated storage as recited in claim 4 , wherein said outer layer of said body is manufactured from a first material and said inner layer of said body is manufactured from a second material.