Concealed pocket system
View Patent ↗A concealed pocket system is described herein. The concealed pocket system has a concealed pouch assembly disposed on a clothing garment. A concealed pocket of the concealed pouch assembly is disposed within a hand pouch and has at least one access point to a storage area of the concealed pocket. The concealed pocket system enables users to securely store items in the clothing garment, while effectively hiding points of access to the storage area of the concealed pocket, thereby providing an additional layer of security.
1. A pullover sweatshirt ( 10 ) consisting of a torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ), a hood, two sleeves, two sleeve cuffs, a waistband, a torso portion, and a concealed pocket assembly ( 200 ) disposed on said torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ), wherein the concealed pocket assembly ( 200 ) consists of:
a) a concealed pocket ( 205 ) constructed from a rectangular-shaped cloth, wherein a concealed pocket bottom edge ( 220 ), a concealed pocket first side edge ( 230 ), and a concealed pocket second side edge ( 240 ) of the concealed pocket ( 205 ) are permanently attached to the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ) via a first stitching ( 250 );
b) a hand pouch ( 300 ) constructed from a cloth having six sides including two curved side, wherein a hand pouch bottom edge ( 320 ) of the hand pouch ( 300 ) overlaps the concealed pocket bottom edge ( 220 ) such that the concealed pocket bottom edge ( 220 ) is sandwiched between the hand pouch bottom edge ( 320 ) and the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ),
wherein the hand pouch bottom edge ( 320 ), a portion of a hand pouch first side edge ( 330 ) of the hand pouch ( 300 ), and a portion of a hand pouch second side edge ( 340 ) of the hand pouch ( 300 ) are permanently attached to the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ) via a second stitching ( 350 ),
wherein a remaining unattached portion of the hand pouch first side edge ( 330 ) forms a first hand slot ( 510 ) and a remaining unattached portion of the hand pouch second side edge ( 340 ) forms a second hand slot ( 520 ); and
c) a first zipper ( 400 ) consisting of a first zipper end ( 401 ), a second zipper end ( 402 ), a first zipper side ( 410 ), a first row of zipper teeth ( 415 ) disposed on the first zipper side ( 410 ), a second zipper side ( 420 ), a second row of zipper teeth ( 425 ) disposed on the second zipper side ( 420 ), and a zipper slider ( 430 );
wherein the first zipper end ( 401 ) is disposed at an intersection ( 231 ) of a concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ) and the concealed pocket first side edge ( 230 ),
wherein the second zipper end ( 402 ) is disposed at an intersection ( 241 ) of a concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ) and the concealed pocket second side edge ( 240 ),
wherein the zipper slider is configured to interlock the first row of zipper teeth ( 415 ) with the second row of zipper teeth ( 425 ) and to separate the interlocked first and second rows of zipper teeth ( 415 , 425 ),
wherein the first zipper side ( 410 ), a concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ) of the concealed pocket ( 205 ), and a hand pouch top edge ( 310 ) of the hand pouch ( 300 ) are permanently attached to each other via a third stitching ( 450 ) such that the concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ) is sandwiched between the hand pouch top edge ( 310 ) and the first zipper side ( 410 ),
wherein the second zipper side ( 420 ) is permanently attached to the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ) via a fourth stitching ( 460 ) such that the first zipper ( 400 ) is sandwiched between the concealed pocket ( 205 ) and the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 );
wherein the concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ) is aligned with the hand pouch top edge ( 310 ), wherein the hand pouch top edge ( 310 ) is at least equal in length to the concealed pocket top edge ( 210 ), wherein the hand pouch bottom edge ( 320 ) is longer than the concealed pocket bottom edge ( 220 ), wherein the concealed pocket first and second side edges ( 230 , 240 ) are at most equal in length to the hand pouch first and second side edges ( 330 , 340 ),
wherein the concealed pocket ( 205 ) is disposed between the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ) and the hand pouch ( 400 ) such that the concealed pocket ( 205 ) is hidden within the hand pouch ( 400 ) and concealed from view,
wherein an interior pouch compartment ( 360 ) of the hand pouch ( 300 ) is only accessible through the first hand slot ( 510 ) and the second hand slot ( 520 ), and
wherein the first zipper ( 400 ) is disposed between the concealed pocket ( 205 ) and the torso-covering garment surface ( 15 ).