Women's undergarment with security pockets

Abstract

A woman's undergarment with a security pocket placed below the waist band of the garment in the area below the navel. An undergarment with a security pocket adapted to hold a passport, with another pocket within the main pocket adapted to hold credit cards. An undergarment with a security pocket adapted to hold a credit card. An undergarment with a removable security pocket, which can be used with one or more other undergarments.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of Invention[0002]The present invention related generally to the field of undergarments, and more specifically to a woman's undergarment with security pockets.[0003]2. Description of Related Art[0004]All too often it is difficult for women to safeguard their purses or shoulder bags, especially when traveling in high crime areas in which tourists are targeted. In addition, credit cards are frequently carried which, if stolen, may involve more loss in today's electronic world than the theft of cash. Although men certainly face risks with regard to theft, women may be targeted because of their greater likelihood of carrying a purse, which can be “snatched”, and also because typically women are not as physically strong as men and may be less able to fend off a thief.[0005]In today's security conscious travel environment, however, a passport may be needed during one's daily travel outing as identification. The theft of a passport may render one u...

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Problems solved by technology

All too often it is difficult for women to safeguard their purses or shoulder bags, especially when traveling in high crime areas in which tourists are targeted.

In addition, credit cards are frequently carried which, if stolen, may involve more loss in today's electronic world than the theft of cash.

Although men certainly face risks with regard to theft, women may be targeted because of their greater likelihood of carrying a purse, which can be “snatched”, and also because typically women are not as physically strong as men and may be less able to fend off a thief.

The theft of a passport may render one unable to prove one's identity and nationality, with much greater inconvenience and repercussion than perhaps would have occurred in earlier times. In order to balance the need for the carrying of a passport and credit cards with the risk of theft and the inconvenience of their loss, a need may develop for a more secure, or hidden, method of carrying these items.

Pouch or purse-type article holders have been provided in the prior art for wearing on various parts of the body, such as the wrist, ankle, or thigh.. These holders have been limited in where the purse can be worn.

Obviously, if it is not covered by clothing, its advantage will have been lost.

Thus, the types of fashion that can be used with such items is restricted.

Some travelers may utilize a pair of pants with an inner pocket, with the hope that a pickpocket will not be able to penetrate into the inner pocket.

While this approach may have benefit, it again restricts the user to limited items of clothing to wear while traveling.

A drawback of this approach is that many of today's fashions, especially summer fashions, involve a bare midriff, which may make it difficult if not impossible to hide the inner belt portion of the money belt.

In addition, the sheer or tight nature of some fashions may make the inner belt, if worn below the belt line of the outwear, visible to observers, thus negating the stealth aspect of such a device.

Further, such an item can be uncomfortable, may move around, and typically has a dangling elastic band.

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