US20140123368A1

US20140123368A1 - Jeans with detachable moveable pockets

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Publication number: US20140123368A1
Application number: US13/668,243
Authority: US
Inventors: Stephen Shamy; Thomas McKean McDermott
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-11-03
Filing date: 2012-11-03
Publication date: 2014-05-08

Abstract

Jeans are disclosed with detachable removeable pockets that can be place anywhere on the jeans or legs. This detachable pockets may be affixed to the jeans using zipper, snaps, buckles, Velcro, adhesives, and the like. When pockets become worn, they may be replaced. The pockets may be embroidered with graphic designs, color, or ornamental fixtures for associating the jeans wearer with teams, organizations, or social classes. The detachable pockets may be used to change the color or appearance of the jeans, as well as to carry personal effects.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to jeans, and more particularly relates to designer jeans with detachable pockets.
2. Description of the Related Art
Jeans are well-known in the art, being used for designer and utilitarian purposes. Typically, in most variations, jeans comprise denim fabric with tubular legs and one or pockets for storing personal effects.
Designer jeans proliferate in the industry. Often designer jeans are embroidered with color and/or ornamental designs for ascetic effect, and may be color-coded with other outerwear at the leisure of a user.
Although jeans differ in size and dimensions to accommodate the differing body sizes their wearers, there exists no means in the industry of customizing a pair of jeans (e.g. of changing it color or configuration). The color, size and pocket configuration of jeans are static and immutable without resewing or otherwise permanently modified the fabric.
Wearers of designer jeans come to identify with a brand of jeans, or a particular pair of jeans, and often wish to customize the way, appearance or manner in which the wearer displays the jeans to others. Poorer cross-segments of the population choose to wear jeans with the waistband around a wearer's upper-thighs to associate themselves with gangs or drug-dealers. Fashionable women may prefer skin tight jeans that contour their hips and legs, etc. Though these users would prefer to be able to personalize the configuration of the jeans themselves, including the number of position of pockets, no means exist in the art of doing so.
Because jeans also often bear markings associating a user with a particular organization, such as a logo of a professional football team or university, there exists a need in the industry to provide wears with the ability to quickly modify jeans to reassociate the wearer with a different organization, style, or to match outer vestings of the user. Current methods and apparati do not readily meet these needs. It is therefore desirable that jeans be provided which meet these needs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

From the foregoing discussion, it should be apparent that a need exists for jeans with a detachable pockets and ornamental effects. Beneficially, such an apparatus would overcome many of the difficulties with prior art by providing a means for changing the color and pocket configuration of the jeans at will.
The present invention has been developed in response to the present state of the art, and in particular, in response to the problems and needs in the art that have not yet been fully solved by currently available apparati and methods. Accordingly, the present invention has been developed to provide jeans formed of denim comprising: two tubular leg members, each leg member defining a passageway for receiving a human leg, the leg members having open distal end, the leg members extending downward from a cylindrical body member; a cylindrical body member for receiving a lower portion of a human torso, the body member having an open upper end; a plurality of first zipper sides affixed to the jeans, each zipper side disposed in u-shaped fashion on an exterior surface of the jeans, the zipper sides for receiving a corresponding zipper side on a detachable pocket; a plurality of detachable pockets, the detachable pockets having a left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and a lower edge, each detachable pocket comprising: a second zipper side circumscribing the left lateral edge, the right lateral edge, the lower edge; a zipper slide; wherein each detachable pocket is affixable to the jeans vis-à-vis the second zipper side engaging a first zipper side on the jeans.
The jeans may further comprise a plurality of identically dimensioned pockets permanently affixed to the jeans. The jeans may further comprise one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with snaps. In some embodiments, the jeans further comprise one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with one of Velcro, buckles and magnets.
Each of the plurality of detachable pockets may bear an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.
A second independent embodiment of jeans formed of denim is disclosed comprising: two tubular leg members, each leg member defining a passageway for receiving a human leg, the leg members having open distal end, the leg members extending downward from a cylindrical body member; a cylindrical body member for receiving a lower portion of a human torso, the body member having an open upper end; a plurality of female Velcro patches affixed to the one of the leg members, each Velcro patch for engaging a corresponding male Velcro patch affixed to an inner flap of a detachable pocket; a plurality of detachable pockets, the detachable pockets having an inner flap, an outer flap, left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and a lower edge, each detachable pocket comprising: a male Velcro patch affixed to an exterior surface of the inner flap; wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets is affixable to the jeans with the male Velcro patch.
Each of the plurality of detachable pockets may vary in shape from each other detachable pocket. Each detachable pocket may be shaped as one of triangular, square, rectangular, circular or polynomial. Each of the plurality of detachable pockets may bears an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.
A third independent embodiment of jeans formed of denim comprising: two tubular leg members, each leg member defining a passageway for receiving a human leg, the leg members having open distal end, the leg members extending downward from a cylindrical body member; a cylindrical body member for receiving a lower portion of a human torso, the body member having an open upper end; a plurality of male snap members affixed to the one of the leg members, each male snap member for engaging a corresponding female snap member to a detachable pocket; a plurality of detachable pockets, the detachable pockets having an inner flap, an outer flap, left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and a lower edge, each detachable pocket comprising: a female snap member affixed to the detachable pocket for receiving a male snap member affixed to a tubular leg; wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets is affixable to the jeans with the snap members.
Each of the plurality of detachable pockets may vary in shape from each other detachable pocket. Each detachable pocket may be shaped as one of triangular, square, rectangular, circular or polynomial. Each of the plurality of detachable pockets may bear an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.
These features and advantages of the present invention will become more fully apparent from the following description and appended claims, or may be learned by the practice of the invention as set forth hereinafter.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order that the advantages of the invention will be readily understood, a more particular description of the invention briefly described above will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments that are illustrated in the appended drawings. Understanding that these drawings depict only typical embodiments of the invention and are not therefore to be considered to be limiting of its scope, the invention will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 is a side forward perspective view of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of jeans in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a forward perspective view of jeans in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a forward perspective view of the inner surface of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a forward perspective view of the outer surface of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 10 is a forward perspective view of jeans in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Reference throughout this specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” or similar language means that a particular feature, structure, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present invention. Thus, appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment,” “in an embodiment,” and similar language throughout this specification may, but do not necessarily, all refer to the same embodiment.
Furthermore, the described features, structures, or characteristics of the invention may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments. In the following description, numerous specific details are provided to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. One skilled in the relevant art will recognize, however, that the invention may be practiced without one or more of the specific details, or with other methods, components, materials, and so forth. In other instances, well-known structures, materials, or operations are not shown or described in detail to avoid obscuring aspects of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a side forward perspective view of a detachable pocket 100 in accordance with the present invention. The jeans 100 comprise a detachable pocket 102, a coil zipper 104, and a zipper slide 106.
The detachable pocket 102 comprises an outer flap and inner flap which may be permanently affixed to one another with thread, adhesive or the like. The outer flap may be detachable affixed to the inner flap with a zipper 104, snaps, buckles and the like.
The inner flap is detachable affixable to jeans using one or more of Velcro, snaps, zippers, buckles, adhesive, magnets, and the like. In various embodiments, the inner flap comprises male or female Velcro members which engage corresponding male or female Velcro patches permanently affixed in select locations on the jeans, such as on the lower, middle or upper legs, or areas of the jeans covering the buttocks, groin, love handles, and/or the like.
FIG. 2 is a rear perspective view of jeans 200 in accordance with the present invention. The jeans 202 comprises a jean body 200, a flap patch pocket 202 a, and a flap patch pocket 202 b.
The flap patch pockets 202 a-b may be permanently affixed to the jean body 200 as shown or may be detachably and affixable in any place of choice on the jeans 202.
FIG. 3 is a forward perspective view of jeans 300 in accordance with the present invention. The jeans 300 comprise a jean body 202, a fly 302, a detachable pocket 304 a, a detachable pocket 304 b, a tubular leg 306 a, and a tubular leg 306 b.
The detachable pockets 304 a-b may be affixed anywhere on the jean body 202.
FIG. 4 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket 400 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pocket 400 comprises a detachable pocket 102 and a Velcro back 402.
In the shown embodiment, the Velcro back 402 of the detachable pocket 400 engages a corresponding Velcro pad permanently affixed to the jean body 200.
The Velcro pocket 400 may be of any shape or size, including circular, square, rectangular, triangular, ovoid, polygonial, or irregularly-shaped.
In various embodiments, the outer surface of the pocket 400 may peel away, and may adhere to the pocket 400 using adhesive or static electricity.
FIG. 5 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket 500 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pocket 500 comprises an outer flap 502, an inner flap 504, and a button 506.
In the shown embodiment, the outer flap 502 and the inner flap 504 form the pocket. The flaps 502-504 are affixed to one another around most, but not all, of their perimeter. The non-affixed portion defines the pocket opening through which items or personal effects are inserted and stored.
In the shown embodiment, the pocket 500 is affixed to the jeans 200 using snaps. The snap 506 may be affixed to the pocket 500 and/or the jean body 202. One or more snaps 506 may affix the outer flap 502 to inner flap 504.
FIG. 6 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket 600 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pocket 600 comprises an outer flap 502, a zipper slide 106 a, and a zipper slide 106 b.
The detachable pocket 600 may be affixed to the jeans 200 using one or more zippers and/or one or more zipper flaps 106 a-b. The outer flap 502 may also be affixed to the inner flap 502 using the one or more zippers or alternative sets of zippers.
The detachable pockets may vary in size, shape, color or ornamental design born on the outside of the detachable pockets. In some embodiments, the detachable pockets indicate an association or affiliation with a team, school, organization, or the like. The detachable pockets may comprise flexible, transparent polymeric panels for displaying printed mater disposed behind the panel, which printed mater may be there disposed by the wearer of the jeans 300.
FIG. 7 is a forward perspective view of the inner surface of a detachable pocket 700 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pockets 700 comprises a inner flap 504 and a zipper side 702.
The detachable pocket 700 is sectioned to show only the inner flap 504 which attached to an outer flap 502 using the zipper side 702 which engages a corresponding zipper side 702 on the outer flap 502.
FIG. 8 is a forward perspective view of the outer surface of a detachable pocket 800 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pocket 800 comprises an outer flap 502 and a zipper slide 702.
The detachable pocket 800 engages the inner flap 504 of the detachable pocket 700. In some embodiments, the outer flap 502 is transparent such that a decorative design on the inner flap 504 is visible. In other embodiments, both in the inner flap 502 and the outer flap 502 are transparent such that a decorative design on the jeans themselves is visible.
FIG. 9 is a forward perspective view of a detachable pocket 900 in accordance with the present invention. The detachable pocket 900 comprises a detachable pocket 106, an inner flap 504, a zipper slide 106, and a fastener 902.
The detachable pocket 900 shows a permutation of the assembled detachable pocket 700 described above. The inner flap 504 may be larger in surface area than the outer flap 502, with the extruding portions used to affix the detachable pocket 900 to affix the detachable pocket 900 to the jean body 202 using the fastener 902.
The fastener 902 may comprise a snap, magnet, Velcro or the like. In the shown embodiment, the fastener 902 is a recess defined by the inner flap 504 through which a fastening component affixed to the jeans is inserted.
FIG. 10 is a forward perspective view of jeans 1000 in accordance with the present invention. The jeans 1000 comprise a jean body 202 and an inner surface 1002.
The inner surface 1002 may be permanently affixed to the jeans 1000 and may comprise a piece of fabric to which a detachable pocket 900 is affixed as further described above. In some embodiments, the inner surface 1002 comprises a material which is thicker and more rigid than the material constituting the outer flap 502. In other embodiments, the inner flap 1002 is less rigid. In various embodiments, the inner flap 1002 may be disposable.
The present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from its spirit or essential characteristics. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the invention is, therefore, indicated by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description. All changes which come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. Jeans formed of denim comprising:

two tubular leg members, each leg member defining a passageway for receiving a human leg, the leg members having open distal end, the leg members extending downward from a cylindrical body member;

a cylindrical body member for receiving a lower portion of a human torso, the body member having an open upper end;

a plurality of first zipper sides affixed to the jeans, each zipper side disposed in u-shaped fashion on an exterior surface of the jeans, the zipper sides for engaging a corresponding zipper side on a detachable pocket;

a plurality of detachable pockets, the detachable pockets having a left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and a lower edge, each detachable pocket comprising:

a second zipper side circumscribing the left lateral edge, the right lateral edge, the lower edge;

a zipper slide;

wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets is affixable to the jeans with the second zipper side engaging a first zipper side on the jeans.

2. The jeans of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of identically dimensioned pockets permanently affixed to the jeans.

3. The jeans of claim 1, further comprising one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with snaps.

4. The jeans of claim 1, further comprising one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with one of Velcro, buckles and magnets.

5. The jeans of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets bears an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.

6. Jeans formed of denim comprising:

a plurality of female Velcro patches affixed to the one of the leg members, each Velcro patch for engaging a corresponding male Velcro patch affixed to an inner flap of a detachable pocket;

a plurality of detachable pockets, the detachable pockets having an inner flap, an outer flap, left lateral edge, a right lateral edge, and a lower edge, each detachable pocket comprising:

a male Velcro patch affixed to an exterior surface of the inner flap;

wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets is affixable to the jeans with the male Velcro patch.

7. The jeans of claim 1, further comprising one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with snaps.

8. The jeans of claim 1, further comprising one or more detachable pockets affixable to one or more of the leg members with magnets.

9. The jeans of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets varies in shape from each other detachable pocket.

10. The jeans of claim 9, wherein each detachable pocket is shaped as one of triangular, square, rectangular, circular or polynomial.

11. The jeans of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets bears an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.

12. Jeans formed of denim comprising:

a plurality of male snap members affixed to the one of the leg members, each male snap member for engaging a corresponding female snap member to a detachable pocket;

a female snap member affixed to the detachable pocket for receiving a male snap member affixed to a tubular leg;

wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets is affixable to the jeans with the snap members.

13. The jeans of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets varies in shape from each other detachable pocket.

14. The jeans of claim 13, wherein each detachable pocket is shaped as one of triangular, square, rectangular, circular or polynomial.

15. The jeans of claim 12, wherein each of the plurality of detachable pockets bears an ornamental design which differs from each ornamental design on each other of the plurality of detachable pockets.