US 12,290,115 B2
Garments
Ryder Magnus Iain Meggitt, Dunfermline (GB); Jonathan Ian Campbell, Glasgow (GB); and Eilidh Alexandra Earle-Mitchell, Glasgow (GB)
Assigned to Coolside Limited, Glasgow (GB)
Appl. No. 18/020,726
Filed by Coolside Limited, Glasgow (GB)
PCT Filed Aug. 10, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/052060
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 10, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/034304, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 17, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2012437 (GB), filed on Aug. 10, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329370 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 13/11 (2006.01); A41D 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1161 (2013.01) [A41D 23/00 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a sheet of fabric material;
a wearer attachment device, the wearer attachment device being configured to allow the garment to be attached to the neck or head of the wearer; and
one or more releasable fastening devices;
wherein the sheet of fabric is configurable between a first unfolded position and a second folded position;
wherein in the second folded position the sheet of fabric is folded into the shape of a face mask that, in use, allows the garment to cover at least a portion of the wearer's mouth and nose;
wherein the sheet of fabric is held in the second folded position by the one or more releasable fastening devices;
wherein the sheet comprises one or more predetermined fold lines configured to determine, at least in part, how the sheet of fabric is foldable from the first unfolded position to the second folded position; and
wherein in the second folded position, the fold lines form frame members of a frame, wherein the frame members formed by the fold lines provide support to the garment in the second folded position, such that the fold lines assist in holding, or maintaining, the sheet of fabric in the second folded position.