Fully Integrated Convertible Backpack Garment Assembly

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/677,229, filed Jul. 30, 2024, the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Field of Invention

The invention relates to a convertible backpack garment assembly which folds and converts into a backpack. Specifically, a person can wear this upper garment, for example, a vest over their upper body. If the person later wishes to convert the vest into a backpack, they can do so in accordance with the present invention. Conversely, a person can carry this convertible backpack garment assembly and use it to carry various articles. If the person later wishes to convert the backpack into an upper garment such as, for example, a vest, they can do so in accordance with the present invention. The convertible backpack garment assembly folds into a backpack for a person to carry and converts into an upper garment for a person to wear.

Brief Review of Related Art

For background, there is a large market of clothing designers who create upper garments for people to wear, such as short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweaters, vests, and coats to name a few. Additionally, there is a large commercial market for backpacks, sacks, packs, and other types of bags for people to carry additional items. Further, there is a market for both of these for people who may go hiking on the weekends, hunting, fishing, backpacking across Europe, or just spending time outside. However, not everyone always needs to wear an extra layer of clothing as the temperature fluctuates during the day, and not everyone wants to carry around a bag all day, which can strain a person's back from carrying the weight behind the person's body.

For example, a person may begin the day wearing a jacket, but later decide to take the jacket off as the weather turns warmer and the temperature increases. That person may not want to take the jacket off, because they are concerned about forgetting or losing it. Thus, it would be desirable to have a jacket that can be easily converted into a backpack that can be carried over the shoulder.

Likewise, an outdoor hiker may begin the day wearing a backpack containing gear and other provisions as they begin their hike. However, the hiker may later decide to take the backpack off as the weather could turn colder and the temperature decreases. Thus, it would be desirable to have a backpack that can be easily converted into a jacket that can be ordinarily worn. The problem is what to do with an upper garment that a person does not want to wear anymore, or a backpack that a person does not want to carry anymore. The invention here solves both problems of wearing an upper garment or carrying a backpack around all day. The invention here allows a person to remove an upper garment, convert it into a backpack, and carry it as such. In addition, the invention here allows a person to remove that same backpack, convert it to an upper garment, and wear the upper garment without carrying a backpack.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a person wearing an upper garment or backpack. The present invention allows a person to take off the upper garment, fold it, and zip up the upper garment to create a backpack that a person may carry. The invention here further contains several pockets on the outside portion of the upper garment, and when folded, creates several new pockets on the outside and inside. The invention further may be folded without needing to remove items from said pockets. In addition, the invention here uses straps for the backpack shoulder straps which may be converted to a belt. In addition, the present invention allows for better weight distribution when carrying larger loads. The present invention may be created using any number of different types of materials, including but not limited to, ripstop, polyester, cotton, blends, or other materials. As such, an aspect of the present invention is washability and durability.

The upper garment may be, but is not limited to, short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, sweaters, vests, and coats or other garments. The backpack may be, but is not limited to, backpacks, sacks, packs, or other types of bags for people to carry additional items. The backpack may be, but is not limited to, a handbag, shoulder bag, or other purpose.

The present invention provides for a person to convert an upper garment into a backpack or a backpack into an upper garment. In one preferred embodiment, the convertible backpack garment assembly comprises: a) a front surface having upper portion, a lower portion, a lower left quadrant, and a lower right quadrant; b) a backside surface having upper, lower, left, and right portions; c) a left side expansion zipper with a pulling side and receiving side; d) a right side expansion zipper with a pulling side and receiving side; e) a lower zipper with a pulling side and receiving side; f) two shoulder straps; g) a belt loop; h) a connector ring; and i) several exterior pockets. In one embodiment, the present invention has seventeen pockets, including large or extra capacity pockets, which can be accessed while the present invention is folded or unfolded. The present invention is not to be limited to this number of pockets but is used for the purpose of providing an example.

In one embodiment, the garment is folded in half horizontal so that the upper portion is showing. The garment is then folded in half horizontally, the right side folded over the left side. The lower pulling side zipper is attached to the lower receiving side zipper and zipped up. The left side expansion side pulling zipper is attached to the right-side expansion side receiving zipper and zipped up.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The subject matter disclosed herein is particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the claims at the conclusion of the specification. The foregoing and other objects, features, and advantages of the disclosed embodiments will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description read concurrently with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a frontside perspective view of one embodiment of the unfolded upper garment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a backside perspective view of one embodiment of the unfolded upper garment of the present invention;

FIG. 3. is a frontside perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention of the first fold for the conversion of the upper garment into the backpack;

FIG. 4 is a frontside perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention of the second fold for the conversion of the upper garment into the backpack;

FIG. 5 is a side perspective view of one embodiment of the bottom zipper of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a side perspective view of one embodiment of the side zipper of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a frontside perspective view of one embodiment of the backpack of the present invention

FIG. 8 is a backside perspective view of one embodiment of the backpack of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a left-side perspective view of one embodiment of the expansion zipper of the upper garment of the present invention; and

FIG. 10 is a right-side perspective view of one embodiment of the expansion zipper of the upper garment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to a garment which converts into a backpack; and a backpack that converts into a garment. More particularly, the present invention relates to an upper garment, such as, for example, vests, shirts, and coats, which may be folded and zippered to convert the upper garment into a backpack, such as, for example, sacks, packs, bags, handbags, or shoulder bags. The following description primarily refers to a vest, but it should be understood that any suitable garment, including but not limited to, short sleeve shirts, long sleeve shirts, coats, and jackets, can be assembled in accordance with the present invention. The following description primarily refers to a backpack, but it should be understood that any suitable carrying bag, including but not limited to, sacks, packs, bags, handbags, or shoulder bags can be assembled in accordance with the present invention. Referring to the Figures, one embodiment of a garment of the present invention is shown, and it should be understood that numerous modifications, variations, and alterations may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as set forth in the below appended claims.

Referring to the Figures and Description of the Drawings, it should be understood that “left” refers to the left side of a person wearing the garment vice looking at the garment. Additionally, referring to the Figures, it should be understood that “right” refers to the right side of a person wearing the garment vice looking at the garment. Referring to the Figures and Description of the Drawings, it should be understood that folding refers to the axial plane about which the invention is folded, where a vertical fold describes folding across the vertical plane, such as left to right or right to left. Additionally, it should be understood that a horizontal fold describes folding across the horizontal plane, such as top to bottom or bottom to top.

Referring to the Figures and Description of the Drawings, it should be understood that “zipper” refers to a normal or conventional zipper, where one side, the pulling side, contains the moving slide, and the receiving side, which contains teeth. The following description refers to zippers, but it should be understood that any suitable connecting device works.

FIG. 1 illustrates the front surface torso position of the convertible backpack garment assembly upper garment, including a topside upper garment 1, a bottom upper garment 2, a left-side upper garment 3, and a right-side upper garment 4. FIG. 1 also shows the front surface 5 of the jacket with an integrated collar portion 10, a middle main zipper 11 which extends from the bottom of the front surface 5 to the collar portion 11, and numerous pockets 12. FIG. 1 further shows two straps 13 connected on one side to an upper clip 14 and on the other side each to either a lower left clip 15 or lower right clip 16. The front surface 5 is split into two side members, right side upper garment 4 and left side upper garment 3, by the middle main zipper 11 or other suitable fastening means. When the present invention is folded, the middle main zipper 11 may be unzipped to access further inside pockets 12.

FIG. 2 illustrates the back surface 6 of the convertible backpack garment assembly, including a loop or loops 17 for the straps 13 to go through.

FIG. 3 illustrates the lower half of the front surface torso position of the convertible backpack garment assembly after the first fold. The convertible backpack garment assembly is folded in half horizontally with the top half collar portion 10 and topside upper garment 1 of the torso position folding backwards and the back surface 6 being folded inward on itself, so this area is not visible in FIG. 3, but is still accessible.

FIG. 4 illustrates the lower left quadrant 7 of the front surface 5 of the convertible backpack garment assembly after the second fold. The convertible backpack garment assembly is folded in half vertically with the right half folding under and the left side of the convertible backpack garment assembly being folded over so the frontside lower left quadrant section 7 is visible in FIG. 4. The two shoulder straps 13 are connected to the upper clip 14 and the other side each to said lower left clip 15 or lower right clip 16. The clip is attached to a connector ring stitched to the body of the garment.

FIG. 5 illustrates the bottom zipper 30 with the lower right quadrant 8 of the front surface of the convertible backpack garment assembly facing up. The bottom zipper comprises a bottom zipper pulling side 31 and a bottom zipper receiving side 32. The bottom zipper pulling side 31 and bottom zipper receiving side 32 are fastened together and zipped closed to create the bottom of the backpack.

FIG. 6 is a side view that illustrates the first side zipper with the lower right quadrant 8 of the front surface 5 of the convertible backpack garment assembly facing up. The side of the backpack is zipped closed using a side zipper 33. The side zipper comprises the right expansion zipper pulling side 24 and the left expansion zipper receiving side 25, shown in FIGS. 9-10. The right expansion zipper pulling side 24 and the left expansion zipper receiving side 25 are fastened together and zipped closed to create one side of the backpack.

FIG. 7 illustrates one embodiment of the convertible backpack garment assembly of the invention after the convertible backpack garment assembly has been converted to a backpack with the lower right quadrant 8 of the front surface 5 of the convertible backpack garment assembly facing up in the backpack structure.

FIG. 8 illustrates one embodiment of the convertible backpack garment assembly of the invention after the convertible backpack garment assembly has been converted to a backpack with the lower left quadrant 7 of the front surface 5 of the convertible backpack garment assembly facing up in the backpack structure.

FIG. 9 illustrates the left expansion zipper 20 on the left side of the convertible backpack garment assembly between the front surface 5 and back surface 6. The left expansion zipper 20 comprises a left expansion zipper pulling side 21 and a left expansion zipper receiving side 22. The left expansion zipper pulling side 21 and left expansion zipper receiving side 22 are fastened together and zipped up to tighten the convertible backpack garment assembly to the user. The left expansion zipper pulling side 21 and left expansion zipper receiving side 22 are unfastened and separated to expand the jacket for the user. To convert the convertible backpack garment assembly into a backpack, the left expansion zipper 20 should be unfastened.

FIG. 10 illustrates the right expansion zipper 23 on the right side of the convertible backpack garment assembly between the front surface 5 and back surface 6. The right expansion zipper 23 comprises a right expansion zipper pulling side 24 and a right expansion zipper receiving side 25. The right expansion zipper pulling side 24 and right expansion zipper receiving side 25 are fastened together and zipped up to tighten the convertible backpack garment assembly to the user. The right expansion zipper pulling side 24 and right expansion zipper receiving side 25 are unfastened and separated to expand the jacket for the user. To convert the convertible backpack garment assembly into a backpack, the right expansion zipper 23 should be unfastened.