Functional article of clothing

Abstract

An upper body article of clothing has a hood and a pump for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas. The inflatable inner space extends along parts of the hood around the neck and over the head of a person wearing the article.

Claims

1. An upper body article of clothing, comprising: a hood and means for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas, the inflatable inner space extending along parts of the hood around a neck and over a head of a person wearing the article, and a first adjustable strap extending over the head wherein the first adjustable strap, that extends over the head, is connected to fastening means on shoulders of the article of clothing for fastening the first adjustable strap.

2. The article of clothing of claim 1 wherein the inflatable inner space further extends along parts of the hood covering ears and to cheeks and cheek bones of the person wearing the article.

3. The article of clothing of claim 1 wherein the means for filling the airtight inner space in the hood with air or other gas is a hand pump.

4. The article of clothing of claim 3, wherein the hand pump is of a manually operated type having a valve that is air-filled by a rubber ball and a soft tube for transferring air via the soft tube to said inner space by pressing the rubber ball.

5. An upper body article of clothing, comprising: a hood and means for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas, the inflatable inner space extending along parts of the hood around a neck and over a head of a person wearing the article, and a first adjustable strap extending over the head, wherein the means for filling the airtight inner space in the hood with air or other gas is a hand pump of a manually operated type having a valve that is air-filled by a rubber ball and a soft tube for transferring air via the soft tube to said inner space by pressing the rubber ball, wherein the rubber ball is placed inside the article of clothing and the tube extends inside the article of clothing between the rubber ball and the hood.

6. An upper body article of clothing, comprising: a hood and means for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas, the inflatable inner space extending along parts of the hood around a neck and over a head of a person wearing the article, and a first adjustable strap extending over the head, wherein the inflatable inner space in the hood has a form with integral neck and head portions, the head portions extending on top and over the head and the neck portion extending behind the neck, the inflatable inner space leaving free a back of the person wearing the article.

7. An upper body article of clothing, comprising: a hood and means for filling an airtight inflatable inner space in the hood with air or other gas, the inflatable inner space extending along parts of the hood around a neck and over a head of a person wearing the article, and a first adjustable strap extending over the head, wherein the inflatable inner space in the hood has a form with neck and head portions, that is selectively inflatable, the head portion extending on top and over the head and the neck portion extending behind the neck, the inflatable inner space leaving free a back of the person wearing the article.

8. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the first adjustable strap, that extends over the head, has adjusting means for adjusting the first adjustable strap.

9. The article of clothing of claim 7, wherein a pair of second adjustable straps extends around shoulders and armpits of the person wearing the article and the first adjustable strap extends over the head, the first adjustable strap is fastened to the second adjustable straps.

10. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the article is a jacket, hoodie, coat, vest, blouse, dress, sweatshirt, t-shirt, tunica, shirt, shoulder clothing, collar or cape.

Description

FIGURES

(1) FIG. 1 shows a front view of the article of clothing of the invention

(2) FIG. 2 shows a side view of the article of clothing of the invention

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(3) FIG. 1 shows a front view of an article of clothing 1 of the invention, which in FIG. 1 is a jacket having a hood 2 extending around the head by leaving the face free. Inside the hood 2, there is an inflatable inner space 3 that extends integrally around the neck and over the head of a person wearing the article as is shown by dotted lines 4. The inflatable inner space 3 is thus formed in order to support both the neck and the head and therefor extends in vertical direction up and over the head and down again and horizontally around the neck and over the ears and to the chins and chin bones. Thereby, the article also reduces environmental disturbing sounds. The hood 2 but not the inner space also extends over the back of the head.

(4) The inflatable inner space 3 has an inlet for air shown by reference number 5 through which the space 3 can be filled to a desired extent by air. The means for filling the airtight inflatable inner space 3 in the hood 2 with air has a valve 6 air-filled by a rubber bail 7 and a soft tube 8 of e.g. latex for transferring gas or air into the inner space. The soft tube 8 is indicted with another dotted line. The air is filled by pressing the rubber bail 7 whereby the air is passed through the soft tube 8 into the inner space 3 of the hood 2. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the rubber ball 7 is placed inside the article of clothing 1, such as in a pocket 9, and the tube 8 is extending preferably inside the article of clothing 1, e.g. through a lining in the article, between the rubber ball 7 and the hood 2.

(5) The article of the invention is in the preferable embodiment of FIG. 1 further equipped with straps to adjust the position of the hood 2 and thereby the head to keep the head in a static position.

(6) In FIG. 1, a pair of adjustable first straps 10 with adjusting means 13 is in use extending around the shoulders and the armpit. The pair of the first adjustable straps 10 thus forms an enclosed loop around the shoulder joints and follows a path by passing and underneath the armpits. Another adjustable strap 11 with adjusting means 12 transversal to the first straps 10 is extending over the head, the transversal strap 11 being fastened to the straps 10 of the first pair.

(7) Said transversal adjustable strap 11 that is extending over the head can be connected directly to the first straps 10 or by means of fastening means situated in the first straps 10 at the shoulders of the article of clothing 1.

(8) FIG. 2 shows a side view of the article of clothing of the invention. The same reference numbers applies as in FIG. 1. The form of the inners pace 3 can be better seen in FIG. 2 showing its form to support both the neck and the head.

(9) While the present invention has been described in accordance with preferred compositions and embodiments, it is to be understood that certain substitutions and alterations may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the following claims.