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  Versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoatUSPTO Application #: 20060096002Title: Versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat Abstract: A versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat includes a coat body, a pair of extension portions, pant coverings, fixing devices and retaining units. The fixing devices are respectively affixed to lower portions of the pant covering, and provide a margin for the pant coverings to displace and extend without affecting free movement of extending and retracting the legs when wearing the pant coverings. Furthermore, when walking along a street, the street surface will not cause damage to the structure of the pant coverings. When the pant coverings are not needed, it can be folded away and retained in the retaining units. Furthermore, the wind and raincoat and a rain-hat structure combination structure is formed within a collar interlayer of the coat body. The coat body is furnished with upper and lower adjoining members, which, after mutual adjoining, form holding space structures for storing the folded pant coverings, and so on. (end of abstract) Agent: Che-wen Lin - Taipei, TW Inventor: Che-Wen Lin USPTO Applicaton #: 20060096002 - Class: 002087000 (USPTO) Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments, Overcoats, Waterproof The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060096002. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] (a) Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat, and more particularly to a full length overcoat structure that provides complete wind and rainproof protection from head to foot, and includes a multiple of different functions and wearing modes to match different weather conditions. The present invention primarily embodies a coat body, pant covering structures and retaining units and a rain-hat structure and rain-hat retaining portion. The pant coverings and the rain-hat can be contained within the retaining units and the rain-hat retaining portion respectively. Moreover, the coat body can be completely folded within a covering unit for convenient carrying by a user. [0003] (b) Description of the Prior Art [0004] The inexpensive price, high mobility and convenience of bicycles and motorcycles have made them an indispensable means of transport for the general public in developing countries. However, when compared to automobiles or other general public means of transport, their main shortcoming is that although a raincoat and rain shoes can be worn to protect the rider from rain to a certain extent, they are not able to completely keep out the wind and rain. For example: when wearing a raincoat in a light rainfall and the light rain suddenly turns into a down-pour, if the rain shoes are not put on in time, not only are the shoes and socks of the person completely soaked, but also the rainwater collects in the shoes. [0005] In order to resolve the aforementioned shortcomings, products have already been developed that consist of shoe coverings joined to a raincoat, as depicted in FIG. 1, which shows a prior art product including a cape raincoat 1, leg coverings 2, male and female fasteners 3, 4 and bottom layers 5, wherein function of the male and female fasteners 3, 4 is not only to join the cape raincoat 1 to the leg coverings 2, but also includes a function to pre-adjust positions of the leg coverings 2 for joining to the cape raincoat 1 according to leg length of the user. Moreover, the bottom layers 5 are used to fit over the shoes worn by the user, thereby providing the leg coverings 2 with a securing and supporting effect. [0006] In addition, there are other prior art products wherein leg coverings are stitched directly to a lower hem of a raincoat (not shown in the drawings), and an elastic strip or belt is longitudinally attached to sides of each of the leg coverings, in replacement of the aforementioned male and female fasteners 3, 4, having function to adjust the length of the leg coverings. However, positions of the leg coverings still need to be pre-adjusted using the elastic strips or the belts according to leg length of the user before wearing, and need to further function together with the bottom layers 5 joined to bottom portions of the leg coverings to secure and provide support thereto. [0007] Regardless of whether the aforementioned prior art products use the male and female fasteners 3, 4, the elastic strips or belts (not shown in the drawings) to vary the length of the leg coverings 2, all such methods require manual adjustment in advance of wearing, and are unable to achieve effectiveness of unhindered automatic adjustment in actual use. If the male and female fasteners 3, 4, elastic strips or belts (not shown in the drawings) are used to adjust the leg coverings 2 to an appropriate length when the user is in a standing position, because the legs of the user need to be bent when riding a bicycle or motorcycle, thus, length of the leg coverings 2 need to be relatively longer than when the user is in a standing position. Hence, when the legs are bent, a pulling effect occurs on the leg coverings 2 that have already been pre-adjusted to an appropriate length when the user was in a standing position, which causes the leg coverings 2 to assume a stretched taut state, and if elastic strips (not shown in the drawings) are longitudinally attached to the sides of the leg coverings 2 for adjusting length of the leg coverings 2 according to leg length of the user, then, if the user is relatively tall and has long legs, causing a stretched taut state in the elastic strips, thus, when the user gets on a motorcycle and bends his legs, the elastic strips and leg coverings 2 are further stretched to a more taut state, thereby causing discomfort to the user. In addition, regardless of what method the aforementioned prior art products use to adjust the length of the leg coverings 2; they all must function together with the bottom layers 5 of the leg coverings 2 that fit over the shoes to secure and support the entire structure. Furthermore, the bottom layers 5 will come in contact with the ground when walking along the road because of the way they are fitted over the shoes, and friction with the ground produced by the walking action results in wear and tear and separation of joins between the bottom layers 5 and the leg coverings 2. [0008] Furthermore, conventional coats are not designed with an aesthetical and functional retaining unit for an attached rain-hat, thereby spoiling the aesthetics and multiformity of the collar and raincoat. Moreover, a prior art rain-hat is unsuitable for wearing over a sports cap worn by the user, which similarly results in a substantial shortcoming in use. [0009] In light of the shortcomings in prior art products, the inventor of the present invention, based on years of actual experience riding a bicycle and motorcycle wearing a raincoat and shoe coverings attentively and circumspectly carried out extensive study, exploration and improvement to ultimately design a new improved structure for a versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat, which not only resolves the long-standing structural problem of a combination weatherproof coat and leg coverings being unable to freely extend, but has also improved the shortcomings and inconvenience of prior art weatherproof coat and rain-hat structures. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0010] The primary objective of the present invention is to provide a structure for pant coverings connected to a wind and raincoat, structured to comprise a coat body, a pair of extension portions, pant coverings, fixing devices and retaining units, wherein the fixing devices are provided with fastening members to tightly secure the pant coverings to the legs of a user, thereby providing a securing function that prevents bottom open ends of the pant coverings from falling down and coming in contact with the ground. Furthermore, because of a structural configuration that includes top open ends of the pant coverings mutually connected to the extension portions, thus, when the user is bending and stretching his legs, the top open ends and the mutually connected extension portions accommodate bending and stretching movements of the legs to a certain extent by means of an automatic pulling adjustment configuration, without causing an uncomfortable pulling effect. [0011] A second objective of the present invention is to provide the structure for pant coverings connected to a wind and raincoat with the pant coverings that further comprise a soft lining cloth and a hard waterproof cloth joined thereto. When the pant coverings are needed, the extension portions, the pant coverings and the fixing devices are removed from the retaining units and fitted to the legs of the user, thereby achieving the function to protect the body and legs from rain. Moreover, the soft lining cloth and the hard waterproof cloth joined thereto further provide allowances for bending and stretching movements of the legs of the user, thereby effectively achieving free extendibility of the pant coverings structure when the user is bending and stretching his legs. [0012] Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide the structure for pant coverings connected to a wind and raincoat with a rain-hat, a retaining portion, a retaining opening and a cover, wherein one end of the rain-hat is joined to an inside of the retaining portion; and the retaining portion is formed within an interlayer of a collar of the coat body. When the rain-hat structure is not needed, the rain-hat can be folded and placed into the retaining portion. Moreover, outward appearance of the retained rain-hat structure does not affect aesthetics of the general collar. Function of the cover is to cover the retaining opening and prevent rainwater from entering therein. [0013] A fourth objective of the present invention is to provide the wind and raincoat with a rain-hat structure able to cover a brim portion of a sports cap, whereby, when needed, the rain-hat is pulled out from the retaining opening of the retaining portion. The rain-hat further comprises a brim, a brim pocket, a brim opening and a brim cover. The brim is designed at the front of the rain-hat and assumes a circular-arc form having an interlayer, within which forms the brim pocket. The brim cover can be pulled out from the brim opening, and has the function to slip over a brim portion of a sports cap worn by the user. [0014] A fifth objective of the present invention is to provide lower ends of the coat body of the wind and raincoat with the upper and lower adjoining members, which, after mutual adjoining, form the holding spaces that are used for storing the folded extension portions, pant coverings and fixing devices. The original coat body of knee-length forms a jacket of hip length after mutual adjoining of the upper and lower adjoining members, which can be worn as a casual coat to keep the body warm on cold, dry days. [0015] A sixth objective of the present invention is to provide folding lower end extended portions that provide structures that enable using bottom edges or circumferences of the lower ends of the coat body to remove or retain structural members of the wind and raincoat. When storing away, the lower adjoining members attached to the lower end extended portions are juxtapositioned and adjoined to the corresponding upper adjoining members, thereby retaining the lower end extended portions together with the folded extension portions and pant coverings within the retaining units attached to the lower ends of the coat body by means of covering portions. [0016] A seventh objective of the present invention is to provide the wind and raincoat with a covering unit joined to an inner side of the coat body corresponding to the back of a person, which is used to hold the entire folded coat body, the extension portions, the pant coverings, the fixing devices and the retaining units and the rain-hat structure. The covering unit is a pocket or a single sheet, and is able to completely cover the folded coat body, thereby achieving a function to conveniently carry and store the wind and raincoat. [0017] To enable a further understanding of said objectives and the technological methods of the invention herein, brief description of the drawings is provided below followed by detailed description of the preferred embodiments. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0018] FIG. 1 shows a structural schematic view of a prior art raincoat in use. [0019] FIG. 2 shows a structural schematic view depicting a front portion longitudinal opening raincoat of the present invention being worn. [0020] FIG. 3 shows an exploded structural view of an embodiment depicting joining of pant coverings to retaining units according to the present invention. [0021] FIG. 4 shows a structural schematic view depicting a raincoat longitudinally opening on two sides of the present invention being worn. Continue reading... Full patent description for Versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Versatile head-to-foot wind and raincoat patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. 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