COMBINATION JACKET AND SHOULDER SUPPORT

VESTE ET SUPPORT D'EPAULE COMBINES

English Abstract

The present concept is a combination jacket and shoulder support which
includes
jacket including a number of pockets attached to a rear panel of the jacket
and a
shoulder support including forward straps and rear straps for operably
mounting
the shoulder support under an armpit of the jacket for lifting the wearers
arm.
Preferably the jacket further includes at least one upper pocket, at least one
thoracic pocket , and at least one lumbar pocket sewn into the inside of a
rear
panel of the jacket.

Claims

THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED IS DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. Combination jacket and shoulder support comprises;
a) jacket including a number of pockets attached to a rear panel of
the jacket.
b) a shoulder support including forward straps and rear straps for
operably mounting the shoulder support under an armpit of the
jacket for lifting the wearers arm.
2. The combination jacket and shoulder support claimed in claim 1 wherein
the jacket further includes at least one upper pocket, at least one thoracic
pocket , and at least one lumbar pocket sewn into the inside of a rear panel
of the jacket.
3. The combination jacket and shoulder support claimed in claim 2 wherein
the jacket further includes a lower padding portion sewn into the inside of
the rear panel.
4. The combination jacket and shoulder support claimed in claim 1 wherein
the jacket includes shoulder hook and loop portions proximate shoulders of
the jacket for mating with strap hook and loop portions thereby releasably
attaching the shoulder support to the jacket.
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5. The combination jacket and shoulder support claimed in claim 1 wherein
the jacket further includes at least one front strap for maintaining the
jacket
in a closed position.
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Description

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COMBINATION JACKET AND SHOULDER SUPPORT
Field of the Invention
[0001] The present device relates to jackets and more particularly relates to
a
jacket in combination with a shoulder support.
Summary of the Invention
[0002] Combination jacket and shoulder support comprises ajacket including a
number of pockets attached to a rear panel of the jacket and a shoulder
support
including forward straps and rear straps for operably mounting the shoulder
support under an armpit of the jacket for lifting the wearers arm.
[0003] Preferably wherein the jacket further includes at least one upper
pocket,
at least one thoracic pocket, and at least one lumbar pocket sewn into the
inside of
a rear panel of the jacket.
[0004] Preferably wherein the jacket further includes a lower padding portion
sewn into the inside of the rear panel.
[0005] Preferably wherein the jacket includes shoulder hook and loop portions
proximate shoulders of the jacket for mating with strap hook and loop portions
thereby releasably attaching the shoulder support to the jacket.
[0006] Preferably wherein the jacket further includes at least one front strap
for
maintaining the jacket in a closed position.
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Brief Description of the Drawings
[0007] The present concept will now be described by way of example only with
reference to the following drawings in which;
Figure 1 is a front elevational schematic view of a jacket in the closed
position;
Figure 2 is a back elevational schematic view of the jacket showing pockets
in dashed line.
Figure 3 is a front elevational schematic view of a jacket in an open
position showing the pockets.
Figure 4 is a front elevational schematic view of a jacket in an open
position showing pockets with hot and cold packs therein.
Figure 5 is a front plan schematic view of a jacket shown in the closed
position together with a shoulder support deployed onto the jacket.
Figure 6 is a side schematic elevational view of a person shown in dashed
lines together with the shoulder support.
Figure 7 is a front perspective schematic view of the shoulder support.
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Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiments
[0008] The present concept a combination jacket and shoulder support shown
generally as 100 as shown in Figures 1 and 7 is a combination of a jacket
which is
shown in Figures 1 through 4 and a shoulder support 200 shown in Figure 7
combined together as depicted as a combination jacket and shoulder support in
Figures 5 and 6.
[0009] First of all looking more particularly at jacket 101 is shown in the
closed
position 193 in Figure 1 and shown in open position 191 in Figure 3.
[00010] The major components of jacket 101 include right front panel 110, left
front panel 112, rear panel 114, sleeves 116, a shoulder 118 and a collar 120.
Jacket 101 includes a number of pockets which are attached to the rear panel
114
of jacket 101 and include upper pocket 122, thoracic pockets 124, and lumbar
pocket 128. The pockets 122, 124, and 128 are for holding for example hot
packs
182 shown in Figure 4 and/or cold packs 180 shown in Figure 4. Jacket 101 also
includes lower padding 126. The jacket is held in the closed position 193 with
front straps 140 and lower strap 145.
[00011] Referring now to Figure 7 which depicts shoulder support 200 which
includes the following major components namely body support 202, outer skin
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204, a forward end 206, a rear end 208, forward straps 210, rear straps 212
and
strap hook and loop 214.
[00012] Shoulder support 200 is filled with some soft pliable material such as
foam and/or other stuffing which is suitable.
[00013] Should support 200 is shown deployed together with jacket 101 in
Figure 5 which depicts the combination jacket and shoulder support 100.
Shoulder support 200 has a body diameter 220 and a support under the arm
crossing at the arm pit 251 by fastening forward straps 210 and rear straps
212 to
the shoulder hook and loop 130 which meets with the strap hook and loop 214 in
order to hold and support shoulder support 200 in place under the arm pit 251.
In Use
[00014] The reader will note that the pockets namely upper pocket 122,
thoracic
pocket 124, and lumbar pocket 128 can be filled with hot packs 182 and cold
packs 180 and placed within the pockets. Once the desired hot packs 182 and/or
cold packs 180 are placed in the desired positions the jacket can be placed
onto a
person and worn in the closed position 193 as shown in Figure 5.
[00015] Additionally shoulder support 200 is placed under the armpit 251 of
the
person wearing the shoulder support 200 and is shown in Figure 6. The strap
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and loop 214 mate with the shoulder hook and loops 130 to hold in position
shoulder support 200.
[00016] In this manner a person that has been injured can apply heat and/or
cold
to a preselected portion of the body by placing hot packs 182 and/or cold
packs
180 into the various pockets that are available in the rear panel 114 of
jacket 101.
[00017] It is also possible to include pockets in the inside of the right
front panel
110 and the inside of the left front panel 112 however these are not shown in
the
diagrams.
[00018] Additionally different body diameters 220 of should support 200 can be
selected in order to support an arm on shoulder support 200 at different
elevations.
[00019] For example if it is required to hold the arm higher one would use a
shoulder support having a larger body diameter 220. On the other hand if it is
necessary to support the arm in a lower position it is possible to use the
shoulder
support 200 of a lower body diameter 220.
[00020] Additionally the height of shoulder support 200 can be adjusted to be
fitting more closely into the armpit 251 or more loosely further under and
away
from the armpit 251 thereby also being able to adjust the position of the arm
crossing at the armpit 251.
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[00021] It should be apparent to persons skilled in the arts that various
modifications and adaptation of this structure described above are possible
without
departure from the spirit of the invention the scope of which defined in the
appended claim.
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Representative Drawing