Removable pocket overlays, pocket designs, fabric overlays and uses thereof

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-07-15
YARI PAUL
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While this patent discloses methods and materials to update and repair clothing, once the pocket or patch is applied, it cannot be removed and leave the clothing in tact and unaffected.
The underlying clothing article is not designed to be fashionable or desirable to wear by most of the general public without any of the full pockets attached, especially given that base pads and attachment devices would be exposed and presumably not attractive.

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[0020]Surprisingly, removable pocket overlays, pocket designs and fabric overlays have been designed where the consumer can wear the original piece of clothing and optionally update or change the piece of clothing by applying a removable pocket overlay or removable fabric overlay, wherein the removable overlay or design doesn't form a pocket, but is instead intentionally designed to update and change the look of a piece of clothing. The function of the pocket overlays, pocket designs and fabric overlays is not to create a pocket, but instead to update and / or change a piece of clothing to make it more “wearable” for the consumer on more days.

[0021]Specifically, contemplated embodiments of a removable fashion overlay for clothing comprise: a) at least one piece of fabric overlay material; and b) at least one coupling apparatus, wherein the fabric overlay material is designed to be applied to a piece of clothing using the at least one coupling apparatus and wherein the fabric overlay m...

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Removable fashion overlays for clothing are described herein that comprise: a) at least one piece of fabric overlay material; and b) at least one coupling apparatus, wherein the fabric overlay material is designed to be applied to a piece of clothing using the at least one coupling apparatus and wherein the fabric overlay material does not form a pocket.

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[0001]This application is a Patent Cooperation Treaty Application that is based on U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60 / 906047 filed on Mar. 8, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.FIELD OF THE SUBJECT MATTER[0002]The field of the subject matter is removable pocket overlays, pocket designs and uses thereof.BACKGROUND[0003]Clothing consumers always look for methods to update and extend the useful lifetime of parts of their wardrobe, including pants, jeans, skirts, jackets, vests and shorts. Some of the more expensive pieces of clothing are the same ones that the consumer will want to wear more often, and therefore, its important and desirable for those pieces of clothing to have a different look each time it is worn by the consumer.[0004]U.S. Pat. No. 4,656,673 to Easton et al. (“Easton”) discloses an individual attachable pocket for articles of clothing. The pockets in Easton are iron-on pockets and are therefore designed to be permanent once applied to the c...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D27/08A41D27/20
CPCA41D1/06A41D2400/70A41D27/20A41D27/08
InventorYARI, PAUL
OwnerYARI PAUL