US 12,290,120 B2
Outerwear having enhanced hood
Miroslav Rybak, Putnam Valley, NY (US)
Assigned to Miroslav Rybak, Putnam Valley, NY (US)
Filed by Miroslav Rybak, Putnam Valley, NY (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,145.
Application 17/955,145 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/924,484, filed on Jul. 9, 2020, granted, now 11,672,286.
Application 16/924,484 is a continuation of application No. 15/843,386, filed on Dec. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,743,593, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/442,275, filed on Jan. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0329364 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 3/00 (2006.01); A41B 7/00 (2006.01); A41D 27/04 (2006.01); A41D 27/10 (2006.01); A42B 1/04 (2021.01); A42B 1/048 (2021.01)
CPC A41D 3/00 (2013.01) [A41B 7/00 (2013.01); A41D 27/04 (2013.01); A41D 27/10 (2013.01); A42B 1/04 (2013.01); A42B 1/048 (2013.01); A41D 2200/20 (2013.01); A41D 2300/33 (2013.01); A41D 2400/44 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a torso portion having an upper end and a lower end, and a zipper extending vertically between the upper and lower ends of the torso portion;
a hood attached to the upper end of the torso portion, the hood having a passage therein with a first opening and a second opening at about a neck of the hood;
a first drawstring extending outward from the first opening and a second drawstring extending outward from the second opening;
a plurality of catch plates comprising a first pair of catch plates and a second pair of catch plates, the first pair of catch plates and the second pair of catch plates each being attached to the torso portion at a front end thereof, the second pair of catch plates being disposed vertically below the first pair of catch plates, the first and the second pair of catch plates each affixed to the garment laterally so that one of the pair of catch plates is affixed on either side of the zipper;
a first slider slidingly coupled to a first end of the first drawstring and a second slider slidingly coupled to a second end of the second drawstring, the first and second sliders configured to magnetically secure the first and second drawstring ends to the first pair of catch plates, wherein the first pair of catch plates are located on the front end of the torso portion of the garment to attract the first and second sliders when the hood is not cinched, and wherein the second pair of catch plates are located on the front end of the torso portion of the garment to attract the first and second sliders when the hood is fully cinched with the first drawstring and the second drawstring.