Scarf system with sleeve pockets

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

People wear heavy coats and jackets when it's cold, and have to take it off and carry the coats and jackets around when it is hot. The present invention is a “Scarfie” or scarf with sleeves, which allows a person to wear it in place of a jacket, and would not have to take it off and carry it around when the environment turns warm. The present scarf has sleeves at the ends of the scarf for inserting arms and hugging themselves to keep warm when the weather turns cooler.

Any feature or combination of features described herein are included within the scope of the present invention provided that the features included in any such combination are not mutually inconsistent as will be apparent from the context, this specification, and the knowledge of one of ordinary skill in the art. Additional advantages and aspects of the present invention are apparent in the following detailed description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows an inside isometric view of the scarf with hood.

FIG. 2 shows an outside isometric view of the scarf with hood and hood pocket.

FIG. 3a shows a person inserting her arms into the apertures.

FIG. 3b shows a person inserting her arms into the apertures and wrapping the scarf around herself.

FIG. 4 shows a scarf with draw strings embedded at the top edge.

FIG. 5 shows a scarf being wrapped around the waist.

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

Referring now to FIG. 1-5, the present invention features a rectangular scarf system 100 that can be used in place of a jacket. The scarf system 100 comprises a scarf 101 having a first scarf end 110 and a second scarf end 112. The scarf comprises an inside layer 200, an outside layer 210, a top edge 118, and a bottom edge 119. The scarf has a height 114 of a human torso 116, for example from the shoulder down to the lower back, or in some embodiments about 1 foot to about 2 feet. The scarf has a width 115 from the first scarf end 110 to the second scarf end 112. In some embodiments, the scarf further comprises a first aperture 120 disposed on the inside layer 200 of the scarf toward the first scarf end 110, and also a second aperture 122 disposed on the inside layer 200 of the scarf toward the second scarf end 112. The first aperture 120 allows access to a permanently sealed first sleeve pocket 130 that is formed at the first scarf end 110, and the second aperture 122 allows access to a permanently sealed second sleeve pocket 132 that is formed at the second scarf end 112. Further, the scarf has the following features: (i) the first aperture (120) and the second aperture (122) being the only two access opening into the scarf (101), (ii) the first aperture (120) and second aperture (122) are each independently formed through the inside layer (200), (iii) the first and second sleeve pockets are independently sealed from each other, (iv) the first (130) and second (132) sleeve pockets are independently located between the inside (200) and outside layer (210), and (v) the inside layer (200) forms the first (130) and second (132) sleeve pockets and the inside layer (200) also forms a non-pocket region of the scarf.

In some embodiments, the first and second sleeves 130/132 have a dimension of a depth 140 of at least 16 inches, and a width 142 of at least 17 inches. The dimension of the first and second sleeves can accommodate an insertion of a hand up to an elbow of a person wearing the scarf. For example, when a person wears the scarf 100 around her neck, she'can easily insert her arm up to the elbow into the sleeve.

In some embodiments, the first and second sleeves 130/132 have a dimension of a depth 140 of at least 16 inches, and a width 142 of at least 17 inches. The dimension of the first and second sleeves can accommodate an insertion of a hand up to an elbow of a person wearing the scarf. For example, when a person wears the scarf 100 around her neck, she can easily insert her arm up to the elbow into the sleeve.

In some embodiments, the scarf 100 further comprises a hood 150 disposed at a top edge 118. In some embodiments, the scarf 100 further comprises a hood 150 disposed at a top edge 118 of the scarf as well as a hood pocket 152 for storing the hood 150. In some embodiments, the scarf 100 further comprises a drawstring 160 embedded along a top edge 118 of the scarf.

As used herein, the term “about” refers to plus or minus 10% of the referenced number.

Various modifications of the invention, in addition to those described herein, will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description. Such modifications are also intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims. Each reference cited in the present application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

Although there has been shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications may be made thereto which do not exceed the scope of the appended claims. Therefore, the scope of the invention is only to be limited by the following claims.

The reference numbers recited in the below claims are solely for ease of examination of this patent application, and are exemplary, and are not intended in any way to limit the scope of the claims to the particular features having the corresponding reference numbers in the drawings.