IP Library Granted Patent US 12,653,255
Granted Patent B2
US 12,653,255 · App. 18/531,943 · Granted Jun 16, 2026

Set comprising a carrying article and an accessory designed to be stored in a pocket of said article

Inventors: Lucie Boddaert (Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR); Nicolas Lenglet (Villeneuve d'Ascq, FR)
Assignee: DECATHLON
A41D27/207A41D1/04A41D27/205
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Patent No.
US 12,653,255
App. No.
18/531,943
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A set including a carrying article presenting a carrying pocket having an access opening, an accessory intended to be stored in said pocket presenting a free part disposed in the access opening, the access opening being equipped with a duct in which is disposed an elastic cord for retraction of the opening onto the free part, the cord having at least one strand arranged outside the duct to enable the opening to be retracted by pulling on the strand in a tightening configuration, the strand having no device for maintaining its tension outside the duct in the tightening configuration, the strand being arranged to enable it to be maintained in the tightening configuration by cooperation with the free part.

Claims (11)

1 . A set comprising a carrying article which has a structure designed to cover a part of the body of a user, said structure having a carrying pocket comprising a yoke fixed to a periphery of a zone of the structure and having an access opening to the pocket, the access opening formed by a disassociated edge of the yoke, the set further comprising an accessory intended to be stored in the pocket and having a free part arranged in the access opening, the yoke including a hem along the disassociated edge, the access opening being equipped with a duct, formed by the hem along the disassociated edge of the yoke, in which is arranged an elastic cord for retracting the access opening onto the free part of the accessory, the cord having two ends associated with the structure and at least one segment arranged outside the duct to enable the access opening to be retracted by pulling on the at least one segment in a tightening configuration, the at least one segment having no device for maintaining its tension outside the duct in the tightening configuration, the at least one segment being arranged to enable it to be maintained in the tightening configuration by cooperation with the free part.

2 . The set according to claim 1 , the at least one segment forming a loop which is arranged to surround the free part in the tightening configuration.

3 . The set according to claim 1 , the duct comprising two orifices through each of which a portion of the cord passes.

4 . The set according to claim 3 , the orifices being formed on an inside face of the yoke.

5 . The set according to claim 1 , the access opening of the pocket extending into an upper part of the pocket.

6 . The set according to claim 1 , the at least one segment being equipped with a gripping tab to enable it to be arranged in a tightening configuration by manual traction on the tab.

7 . The set according to claim 1 , the accessory being a beverage dispensing container which has an upper neck forming the free part.

8 . The set according to claim 1 , the structure comprising a second pocket for carrying a second accessory, said second pocket comprising a sheath having an access opening, the sheath being associated with the structure by being arranged above the yoke.

9 . The set according to claim 8 , at least one edge of the sheath being dissociated from the structure between two ends of the edge, one of the ends being associated with the structure by means of an elastic link allowing the sheath to be moved away from the yoke.

10 . The set according to claim 1 , the structure forming a vest comprising a back and shoulder straps intended to cover the back and shoulders of the user respectively, the zone equipped with the pocket being formed on one of the shoulder straps.

11 . The set according to claim 10 , the shoulder strap comprising lateral edges, each of which is associated with a respective lateral edge of the yoke.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNOR'S EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 74556 FRAME 256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 13, 2026
From: BODDAERT, LUCIE; LENGLET, NICOLAS
To: DECATHLON
Reel/Frame 075609/0098 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2026
From: BODDAERT, LUCIE; LENGLET, NICOLAS
To: DECATHLON
Reel/Frame 074556/0254 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 2213020 · Dec 8, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240188661A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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