Article of apparel including concealed weapon pocket

摘要

An article of apparel includes a concealed weapon pocket positioned at a location on the article of apparel which allow for easy access by a user, such as a lower side portion of a coat or jacket, for example. The front panel includes an upper portion that is releasably secured about its top edge and upper side edges to the main panel, and a lower portion that is fixably secured about its bottom and lower side edges to the main panel. A flap associated with a front cargo pocket may be grasped by hand and moved in a generally forward and downward direction to expose the upper portion of the concealed weapon pocket. The user may then grasp and deploy a weapon disposed in the pocket with minimized structural interference from any portion of the pocket or surrounding apparel structure.

主权项

1. An article of apparel, comprising:
a main panel having a front side; a first panel having a front side, a rear side, and first periphery, said first periphery including a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side, said first panel fixably secured to said main panel along a fixed first seam including said bottom side and a fixed portion of a total vertical extent of each of said left and right sides, said first panel releasably secured to said main panel along a releasable second seam including said top side and a releasable portion of said total vertical extent of each of said left and right sides by hook and loop fastener strips; said fastener strips including first strips fixably secured to and extending respectively along said rear side of said first panel and along said top side and said portions of said vertical extents of each of said left and right sides of said first panel, and second strips fixably secured to and extending along portions of an underlying periphery of said front side of said main panel corresponding to respective locations of said first strips, said first and second strips releasably securable to one another; a first pocket defined between said main panel and said first panel, said first pocket defining an upper portion and a lower portion; said lower portion bounded by said front side of said main panel, said rear side of said first panel, and said fixed first seam, and said upper portion bounded by said front side of said main panel, said rear side of said first panel, and said releasable second seam, said upper portion exposable upon release of said releasable second seam; a second panel defining a second periphery substantially co-extensive with said first periphery, said second periphery including a top side, a bottom side, a left side, and a right side, said second panel fixably secured to said first panel along said bottom side and along each of said left and right sides, with a second pocket defined between said first and second panels; and a flap fixably secured along said top side of said first panel, said flap overlapping said top side of said second panel.