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Granted Patent B2
US 8,613,112 · App. 12/994,775 · Granted Dec 24, 2013

Article of clothing particularly intended to be used along with electronic devices

Inventors: Massimiliano Santucci (Argelato, IT); Domenico Santucci (Argelato, IT)
Assignee: Massimiliano Santuccio
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Patent No.
US 8,613,112
App. No.
12/994,775
Granted
Dec 24, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An article of clothing comprises a garment ( 11 ) for covering at least partially the bust of the user wearing the garment. The garment has a case ( 2 ) for at least an electronic device ( 3 ) provided with controls for setting its functioning. The case ( 2 ) has a transparent window ( 4 ) which allows the user to see what is contained in the case ( 2 ), and which is deformable so that the user can manually actuate the controls. The case is fixed on the outer side of the garment ( 11 ), at the bust or upper limbs of the user, in such a position and an arrangement that it can be reached directly by the sight of the user so that he/she can see therein through the window ( 4 ).

Claims (9)

1. An article of clothing comprising:

a garment ( 11 ) configured to cover at least partially a bust of a user wearing the garment, the garment having at least one case ( 2 ), configured to accommodate at least one electronic device ( 3 ) having controls for setting functions thereof, the case ( 2 ) having a transparent window ( 4 ) for observing the electronic device disposed in said case ( 2 ), the transparent window being disposed adjacent the controls and being deformable so that said user can actuate said controls by acting on and deforming said window, the case ( 2 ) being fixed on an outer side of said garment ( 11 ), at the bust or upper limbs of the user, in such a position and an arrangement that the user can see the controls through the window ( 4 );

wherein the case ( 2 ) has opening and closing apparatus ( 5 ), the case being changeable from an opening functioning arrangement in which said electronic device ( 3 ) can be alternately put in or taken out from the case ( 2 ), to a closing functioning arrangement in which the electronic device ( 3 ) is completely enclosed in the case ( 2 ), such that the electronic device is prevented from coming out accidentally therefrom;

the garment having a coulisse ( 6 ), having an interior having an inner volume which communicates with an interior of the case ( 2 ) by a first buttonhole ( 61 ), and with an exterior of the case by a second buttonhole ( 62 ), a filiform element ( 7 ) for transmitting signals therein, said coulisse ( 6 ) configured to accommodate the filiform element therein; and,

wherein said filiform element ( 7 ) is a cable for electrically transmitting signals, the cable provided with a waterproof coating and being made of a stainless material, the cable having a male jack ( 71 ) at one end and having a female jack ( 72 ) at another end thereof, said cable ( 7 ) being accommodated in the coulisse ( 6 ) by arranging the cable on a sleeve of the garment, an upper edge of the coulisse stitched onto the cable so that said female jack ( 72 ) is fixedly located at the second buttonhole ( 62 ), said male jack ( 71 ) being located inside the case ( 2 ), the upper edge preventing the cable from being removed accidentally from the coulisse ( 6 ).

2. The article of clothing according to claim 1 , wherein the case ( 2 ) is made of a waterproof material.

3. The article of clothing according to claim 1 , characterized in that the case ( 2 ) is substantially sealed when in the closing functioning arrangement.

4. The article of clothing according to claim 1 , wherein said second buttonhole ( 62 ) is placed at a head of the user.

5. The article of clothing according to claim 1 , characterized in that said interior of the coulisse ( 6 ) and said interior of said case ( 2 ) sealingly communicate with respect to each other through said first buttonhole ( 61 ), said coulisse ( 6 ) being made from a waterproof material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 9, 2011
From: SANTUCCIO, DOMENICO
To: SANTUCCIO, MASSIMILIANO
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Priority Claims (1)
IT BO2008A0338 · May 28, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110185469A1 · Aug 4, 2011