A coat having a thickness of material in a chest region that is thinner than a thickness of material in the sleeves in order to allow a safety harness to be tightened snuggly against the chest of a wearer of the coat. A vest may be worn over the coat to augment the thermal insulating properties of the torso region of the coat when it is not being used with a safety harness. Alternatively, the coat may include a chest cover attached at the sides of the torso region, with the chest cover being opened at the front of the chest to provide access to the chest region for tightening of the safety harness, and closed after the harness is tightened to provide additional thermal insulation. Sleeves of the coat may include an outer material which can be removed for use of the coat in warmer temperatures.

This art disclosed here is relevant to a conventional head covering, typically known as a hood, having a closed top, back and sides and open in the front for the wearers face. A hood is typically attached to a garment.

Specifically, this invention is a device, preferably a rust-resistant wire or wire/plastic combination, which is inserted into the front facial drawstring opening of a hood and runs the full length of the front edge, or a portion of, as desired. The ends of the device are coated with plastic, latex, paint, felt or tape to guard against damaging the material of the hood as the device is inserted. However, the coating is optional for the device to be used as intended.

When the device is inserted into the drawstring opening of a hood, it creates an improved hood with a stabilized front edge that assists in shielding the wearers face from wind, rain or snow when the hood is positioned on the wearer's head. The device also keeps the wearer's field of vision from being obstructed by the edge of the hood sagging down in front of the wearer's eyes. The device also allows the hood to be shaped to the wearer's preference.

An additional advantage of the device is that it alleviates close contact of the hood on the wearer's hair thus minimizing damage to a hairstyle.

A further advantage is the device is easy for a consumer to insert into most hood garments with a drawstring opening.

An article of water resistant clothing that includes a water resistant underlay layer. The water resistant underlay layer includes at least one compression panel to compress a portion of a body of a user wearing the water resistant clothing. The article of swimwear includes a water resistant overlay layer disposed over the water resistant underlay layer. The water resistant overlay layer exposes at least a portion of the water resistant underlay layer through material of the water resistant overlay layer. The article of water resistant clothing includes a set of fasteners embedded in at least one of the water resistant underlay layer or the water resistant overlay layer to couple the water resistant underlay layer to the water resistant overlay layer.

A jacket that is worn by a person walking a dog includes a main torso covering portion which can be closed to protect and provide warmth to the wearer's torso. A leash that can be utilized as a belt can be used to snuggly fit the jacket around the user's waist. The jacket also includes an exterior pocket that includes a roll of waste bags, typically in a roll. The exterior pocket includes an opening on the front surface of the pocket where a grommet is typically attached around the perimeter of the opening. The bag is pulled through the opening in the grommet to gain access to the bag. The lead bag is removed from the roll along the perforation separating the bags such that the walker can manually remove a bag from the pocket and tear the first bag away from the following bag while leaving the following bag in a position that is easily gripped for the next required cleaning.

Hooded scarf with combination side pockets and closure option is disclosed. The synergistic use of hood, side pockets, closure apparatus, and no restriction in length allows an individual of any size/weight/arm length ergonomically correct and secure access/retrieval to and from pockets while provided hand and neck warmth, in addition to allowing greater flexibility for wear options (i.e. reversibility and styling options). The closure apparatus expands wear and fashion possibilities while eliminating aforementioned issues with dangling scarf ends (including safety) and makes an accessory design available as an apparel item.

A double hooded garment is provided having a protective head hood cover and a protective face hood cover wherein the head hood cover and the face hood cover are integral with each other as well as the garment so as to form a single unitary article.

A backpack with a detachable hood attached to the top of the backpack allowing protection from the sun, snow, ice, wind rain and other weather elements that can be detached to obtain a more professional look when needed. The straps of the backpack will be attached to the hack of the backpack and will be braided giving a suspenders and professional look.

An apparel item having a cord lock for restricting the movement of a hood on an article of apparel. The cord lock may have a first end, a second end, and an intervening portion. The cord lock may be positioned on an outer-facing surface of a back panel of the apparel item proximate to a neckline area of the apparel item.

Headwear for partially covering a hat is described wherein the hat has a crown and a headband region. The headwear comprises a piece of material of an irregular shape which has an aperture located closer to a side portion of the headwear material than other sides of the material. The aperture size is adjustable so as to permit the headwear material to be fixable to the hat about the headband region of the hat and to leave the crown of the hat uncovered by the material. The specification also discloses a hood for clothing having an adjustable sized aperture so as to permit the hood material to be fixable to the hat about the headband region of the hat and to leave the crown of the hat uncovered by the material while the hood is still part of the clothing such as a sweat shirt.

A detachable bag for holding objects includes a detachable front panel, a central hollow compartment, a detachable back panel, a detachable hood, and at least two shoulder straps. The detachable front panel includes a fastening member positioned along a perimeter of the detachable front panel for fastening the detachable front panel to the central hollow compartment. The central hollow compartment accommodates multiple objects, for example, books, etc. The central hollow compartment includes fastening members positioned along opposing perimeters of the central hollow compartment. The detachable back panel includes a fastening member, positioned along a perimeter of the detachable back panel for fastening the detachable back panel to the central hollow compartment. The detachable hood includes at least two fastening members for fastening the detachable hood to the shoulder straps. The shoulder straps are attached to the detachable back panel and include fastening members for removably attaching the detachable hood.