US 11,944,134 B2
Article of warmth with integrated and concealed battery retention pocket
Alain Desmeules, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Brooke Erin De Santis, Quebec (CA)
Filed by Brooke Erin DeSantis, Montreal (CA)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,050.
Prior Publication US 2023/0284712 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 13/005 (2006.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/0058 (2013.01) [A41D 27/20 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrically heated article of warmth adapted to generate heat to a user person's body, said article of warmth comprising at least one integrally formed pocket having a dimension to support and conceal one or more batteries at desired locations and orientations therein as determined by said user person for the comfort of said user person, said pocket being formed between opposed fabric materials interconnected to one another to define a hollow concealed pocket space to receive and position said one or more batteries therein, an opening in one of said opposed fabric materials for access to said hollow concealed pocket space, said opposed fabric materials each defining an inner surface facing one another in said hollow concealed pocket space, one of said inner surfaces of said opposed fabric materials being formed entirely of a sticky material which exhibits a binding retention force when positioned against a further binding surface provided entirely on the other of said inner surfaces, said one or more batteries being retained at said desired locations and orientations by said binding retention force created by said opposed binding surfaces being placed in contact with one another adjacent peripheral edges of said one or more batteries.