Garment with integrated measuring apparatus

Abstract

A garment with an integrated measuring device. For example, a pair of boxer shorts may have a cloth ruler stitched into the fly area of the boxer shorts. Any object which may be near the fly area of the boxer shorts may be sized up by opening the fly and inserting or extending an object through the fly or placing an object along the axis of the measuring device. The demarcations of measurement may be in inches, centimeters or any other unit of measure and may or may not be numbered. In addition, the actual demarcations may be smaller than an inch for example to make any object next to the measure device appear to be larger than it actually is. The garment may be shorts, boxer shorts, pants, pajamas, a bra, a sports bra, a shirt, a sock or any other garment.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] Embodiments of the invention described herein pertain to the field of garments. More particularly, but not by way of limitation, one or more embodiments of the invention are implemented as garments with integrated measuring devices. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] There are no known garments that integrate with measuring devices. For example, there are no known boxer shorts that have a measuring device built into the fly of the boxer shorts. There are no known garment based measuring devices that have demarcations that are actually not to scale so that objects measured with the measuring device appear larger than they actually are. [0005] For at least the limitations described above there is a need for a garment with an integrated measuring device. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0006] One or more embodiments of the invention are implemented as garments with integrated measuring devices. A garment wi...

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Benefits of technology

[0011] In other embodiments of the invention, functionality is provided for altering the appearance of another item of clothing. For example, a sock embodiment may have a top that overlaps a boot and displays a desired pattern and desired color. The sock embodiment may or may not comprise measuring device or the measuring device may be covered when the top of the sock of pulled up and over the top of the boot. This embodiment allows for one type of boot to appear as many different boots by changing out the sock with another sock that has a different pattern and / or color. Although the sock embodiment looks like part of the boot, it is a separate garment that allows for the alteration of the appearance of the boot.

[0012] Selling items of clothing with integrated measuring devices may provide for increased sales as the novelty of the invention spreads. A garment integrated with a measuring device may be constructed with the measuring device sewn for example into the garment. In this embodiment the measuring device may be constructed from cloth and have printed or stitches demarcation lines, symbols or icons.

Problems solved by technology

There are no known garments that integrate with measuring devices.

There are no known garment based measuring devices that have demarcations that are actually not to scale so that objects measured with the measuring device appear larger than they actually are.

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