US20180199641A1

US20180199641A1 - Tactical garments or personal items with one or more integrated utility wires

Info

Publication number: US20180199641A1
Application number: US15/872,725
Authority: US
Inventors: Dom Raso
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Dynamis Alliance Corp
Priority date: 2017-01-17
Filing date: 2018-01-16
Publication date: 2018-07-19

Abstract

An article of clothing with a storage compartment and a utility wire disposed within the storage compartment.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The disclosure claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/447,055 filed Jan. 17, 2017, which is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE DISCLOSURE

The disclosure generally relates to utility wires and more particularly relates to one or more utility wires embedded within a garment or personal item.

BACKGROUND

Utility wires are used as garrote wires, sewing tools, a suture tool, fishing lines, sawing tools, restraints, and the like. The wires are useful against tensile and compressive forces. The wire can be made in various sizes, and the size of the wire is measured in gauges. Wire gauge is the measurement of wire diameter. A common designation is the British Standard Wire Gauge (SWG) that corresponds to an imperial unit and a metric unit of measurement. The SWG can range from 7/0 to 50, though there is no limit to the diameter size of a wire. The preferred gauge will depend on the intended use of the wire.
The wires are generally without handles on either end. However, handles generally only further frustrate storing wire because the handles will bulge in a concealed and inconspicuous place. In some situations, the wire may be needed for covert operations where movement or noise may alert the presence of others. Fumbling around in a backpack, pants pocket, or other clothing accessory could give away a person's position.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The detailed description is set forth with reference to the accompanying drawings. The use of the same reference numerals may indicate similar or identical items. Various embodiments may utilize elements and/or components other than those illustrated in the drawings, and some elements and/or components may not be present in various embodiments. Elements and/or components in the figures are not necessarily drawn to scale. Throughout this disclosure, depending on the context, singular and plural terminology may be used interchangeably.

FIG. 1 depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment with an integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 4A depicts a magnified view of a tactical garment integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 4B depicts a magnified view of a tactical garment integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 5A depicts a perspective view of a handle of the tactical garment integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 5B depicts a perspective view of a handle of the tactical garment integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 6A depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment with an integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 6B depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment with an integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

FIG. 6C depicts a perspective view of a tactical garment with an integrated utility wire in accordance with one or more embodiments of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Described below are embodiments of tactical garments and/or personal items with one or more integrated utility wires. As used herein, the terms “wire,” “utility wire,” and “selectively removable wire” are interchangeable and refer to a thin, sometimes flexible single or interwoven multitude of wires of varying gauges. Also used herein, the term “tactical garment” refers to an article of clothing, personal accessories, and other everyday objects with a use beyond covering a body part. In some instances, the utility wire may be used as a garrote, sewing tool, suture, fishing lines, saw, restraint, and the like. The utility wire can be disposed, integrated, or concealed anywhere in or on clothing, personal accessories, and everyday objects. For example, the utility wire can be concealed or hidden in a pouch, a pocket, placket, label, lapel, hem, collar, cuff, seam, or under a flap to name a few. The utility wire, when disposed in the garment, can have a straight configuration, a coiled configuration, a serpentine configuration, a free-form configuration, or any other suitable configuration. The utility wire is separable (e.g., removable) from the clothing, personal accessories, and other everyday objects.
In some embodiments, the tactical garments with the integrated utility wire may be a garment with a compartment embedded within the garment. The compartment may be temporary or permanent. The compartment may be a pocket, pouch, flap, cross-stitching, or other compartment made of material attached to the garment. The compartment can be closed to house a selectively removable wire by a variety of methods or fasteners. The compartment may be temporary because the owner may detach the wire from the compartment in a time of need, such as self-defense. The compartment may be temporary because it is configured to tear away from the garment with sufficient force exerted on the wire. In other embodiments, the compartment may be permanent and allow the owner to reload the compartment with the wire. One benefit to a dedicated compartment for the selectively removable wire is easy access to a garrote or restraint, and the user would be able to quickly retrieve the utility wire from the stored location. The selectively removable wire may be bound within the compartment by adhesive, woven material, welded, or another temporary binding method. A used herein, the term “user” refers to an individual who is wearing or carrying the tactical garment. The wire may also be coupled to at least two handles on either end. In some embodiments, the handles help provide a firm grip on either end of the utility wire. A firm grip on the handles can ensure a user's grasp of the handles does not slip, especially in an emergency. In other instances, only one end of the wire may include a handle.
The tactical garment may be a variety of clothing including an armband, an arm warmer, a bracelet, a necklace, jewelry, a glove, a sleeve, a shoulder pad, an elbow pad, a belt, suspenders, a coat, a sport coat, a jacket, a flak jacket, a flight jacket, a military jacket, a vest, a gilet, a blazer, a windbreaker, a sweater, a hoodie, a shirt, a t-shirt, a v-neck shirt, a crew neck shirt, a polo shirt, a turtle neck, a long sleeve shirt, a short sleeve shirt, an undershirt, a parka, a raincoat, a tunic, a dress, a shoe, a sneaker, a boot, a slipper, footwear, hosiery, a leg warmer, leggings, tights, stockings, a sandal, a sock, a suit, a gown, a hat, a visor, a bra, a baseball cap, a helmet, a scarf, a beanie, a mask, an earmuff, a headscarf, a compression garmet, shorts, trousers, pants, sweatpants, cargo pants, henley, tank tops, bandana, swim trunks, purses, computer cases, cell phone cases, wallets, key chains, scarf, underwear, a swimsuit, jeans, a one-piece suit, a body suit, a body stocking, a flight suit, a jumpsuit, a poncho, a cloak, a shawl, a wrap, a skirt, a jersey, a brace, a diving suit, a tracksuit, parachute pants, tactical wear, tactical shirts, tactical pants, and military fatigues.
The utility wire can be made of any suitable material. Exemplary suitable materials include ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWP) threads such as Spectra Shield, Dyneema, and Dacron, metals such as stainless steel and titanium, rope or cordage, fishing line, piano wire, guitar strings, nylon, polyvinylidene fluoride, polyethylene, and the like. The utility wire, or a portion thereof, can have a coating material thereon. For example, the wire can have a rubber coating on either end of the wire to facilitate two-handed gripping of the wire.
The utility wire can also include a handle feature that facilitates handling/separation of the utility wire from the clothing, personal accessory, or other everyday objects. The handle feature can be, for example, a rubber coating on one or both ends of the wire to facilitate gripping of the wire. The handle feature can also be a tab, a knot, an eye, a bar, and the like.
The utility wire can be any suitable length. In certain embodiments, the utility wire can have a length ranging from about 5 centimeters to about 100 meters. In one exemplary embodiment, the utility wire may be about 1 to 4 meters in length. The utility wire can have any suitable thickness. In some embodiments, the utility wire can have a thickness ranging from about 1 micrometer to about 5 centimeters.
These and other embodiments of the disclosure will be described in more detail through reference to the accompanying drawings in the detailed description of the disclosure that follows. This brief introduction, including section titles and corresponding summaries, is provided for the reader's convenience and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims or the proceedings sections. Furthermore, the techniques described above and below may be implemented in a number of ways and in a number of contexts. Several example implementations and contexts are provided with reference to the following figures, as described below in more detail. However, the following implementations and contexts are but a few of many.
FIG. 1 shows a garment 120 with an integrated utility wire 100. In some instances, the garment 120 may be a jacket 102. The utility wire 104 may be embedded in the jacket 102. In other instances, the integrated utility wire 100 may not be coupled to a jacket 102, but may be bound to another article of clothing, personal accessory, or everyday object. The jacket 102 may be made of Kevlar, neoprene, cotton, denim, flax, wool, ramie, silk, leather, synthetic material, or some combination thereof. The jacket 102 may include a compartment 108. As used herein, “temporary compartment” and “compartment” are interchangeable and refer to a separate section of a structure or a container in which certain items can be kept separate from others. The compartment 108 is not limited to an enclosed space. In some embodiments, as seen in FIG. 1, the compartment 108 is a break-away cross-stitching. In some instances, the compartment 108 may be a permanent compartment. For example, a permanent compartment may be embodied by a flap that temporarily binds to the jacket 102. The flap may open and close by a fastener to allow access to the wire. In other instances, the compartment 108 may be a pocket, pouch, placket, label, lapel, hem, collar, cuff, seam. One benefit to a temporary compartment is the quick and easy accessibility of a utility wire 104. For example, the compartment 108 may be a piece of material configured to break-away from the jacket 102 when the wire 104 is pulled from the compartment 108.
As seen in FIG. 1, the utility wire 104 is bound to the jacket 102 by the compartment 108. In some embodiments, the utility wire 104 may be exposed on the exterior of a jacket 102 or another garment 120. The utility wire 104 may be a single strand of material or multiple interwoven strands of material. The utility wire 104 may couple to a handle 106. In some instances, the utility wire 104 may have multiple handles. As seen in FIG. 1, the handle 106 may be exposed outside the compartment 108. Exposing the handle 106 outside the compartment 108 may be beneficial because the user can easily grip the handle to remove the utility wire 104 from the compartment 108. The handle 106 may bind to the wire by various methods or mechanisms. For example, the wire 104 may have one or more threaded ends. The handle 106 may also have a cavity, as seen in some embodiments, where the interior walls may be threaded. The wire 104 and handle 106 can be bound at the cavity and threaded end. In other instances, the wire 104 and handle 106 may be bound by adhesive, weld, fastener, or other coupling method.
FIG. 2 depicts one embodiment of a utility wire 104 bound to two handles 106. As shown in FIG. 2, the utility wire 104 is flexible. In other instances, the utility wire 104 may be rigid. The handles 106 bound to either end of the utility wire 104 may be cylindrical. The handles 106 may be of varying shapes and sizes. For example, the handles 106 may be a polymer coating to the ends of the utility wire 104 or the handles may have indentures configured for a user's hands.
FIG. 3 depicts a compartment 122 that covers the utility wire (not pictured). The compartment 122, in this embodiment, is a flap coupled to a jacket 102. The compartment 122 may be configured to rotate about the y-axis 110. In some instances, the temporary compartment 108 is a single layer of material bound by stitching to the jacket 102. In other instances, the compartment 122 is multiple layers of fabric. The compartment 122 may permanently attach to the jacket 102 at the y-axis 110. The compartment 122 may permanently attach to the jacket 102 at the y-axis 110 side, but may temporarily attach to the jacket 102 on each other side by a binding mechanism. For example, the compartment 122 may bind to the jacket 102 by hook-and-loop, zipper, thread, or other non-permanent method.
The compartment 122, as depicted in FIG. 3, provides a space specifically designed to store a utility wire. The compartment 122 may be multiple layers where the utility wire is woven into the material. In the same embodiment, the compartment 122 may hide any handle attached to the utility wire as well. One benefit of concealing the handle and the utility wire is to be inconspicuous. The compartment 122 may tear away from the jacket 102, thus exposing the utility wire. Multiple utility wires 104 may be embedded in a jacket 102. As seen in FIG. 3, the jacket 102 may also have a slot 112 configured to temporarily store a utility wire 104. The slot 112 may be reloaded with the utility wire 104 if the wire is removed. The utility wire 104 may have a handle 106 that is an O-ring. The utility wire 104 may be bound within the slot 112 by one end being anchored within the slot 112. For example, the utility wire 104 end not projecting from the slot 112 may be bound within the slot 112 by adhesive, stitching, or other non-permanent method. The binding within the slot 112 is configured to break-away from the utility wire 104 when a force acts in parallel with the temporary slot's 112 opening. The binding, for example, can be a mild adhesive that binds to the utility wire 104 within the slot 112 and fractures when the utility wire 104 is pulled in a lateral direction.
FIGS. 4A and 4B depict magnified views of the utility wire 104. The utility wire 104, as shown in FIG. 4A, has a serrated edge. Serrated edges may be useful to cut through surfaces. In other embodiments, as in FIG. 4B, the utility wire 104 may be smooth around the wire. Smoother wire may be easier to transport as well as provide safer handling for a user than a serrated edge.
The utility wire 104, as depicted in FIG. 4A, has two handles 106. In some instances, the utility wires may have more or less than two handles 106. In the same embodiment, the handles 106 have a rounded, flat side and a side with indentures. Each indenture may fit a finger of the user. In other embodiments, as seen in FIG. 4B, the handles may be handles 106 that bind parallel to the utility wire 104. A parallel handle may be beneficial because storage can be more compact within a tight space. The handles 106 may be a coating to the utility wire, such as a solidified rubber surface coating the ends of the utility wire 104.
FIGS. 5A and 5B depict two embodiments of handles 106 that may attach to utility wire. In some instances, as in FIG. 5A, the handle may have a series of ridges 126. The series of ridges 126 may allow a user to position their hands appropriately to avoid any blockage of the utility wire (not pictured). In other embodiments, as in FIG. 5B, the handle 106 may be rounded. The handle 106 may have a cavity 124. The cavity 124, as previously discussed, may have a threaded interior to bind to a utility wire with a threaded end. In some instances, the cavity 124 may be injected with an adhesive to couple the utility wire.
The utility wire may be embedded in various different tactical garments 120. In some embodiments, as in FIGS. 6A-6C, the tactical garments 120 may be pants 114, shirt 116, or hat 118. In other embodiments, the tactical garments 120 may be a variety of other clothing, accessories, or personal items. Each tactical garment 120 has a compartment. The compartments may be temporary or permanent. In FIG. 6A, the compartments are a flap 108A and a channel 108B. The flap 108A may bind to the pants 114 by hook and loop attachment, buttons, zipper, or other temporary fastener. The flap 108A may be configured to tear away from the pants 114 with sufficient force. For example, if a user grabs one end of the flap 108A and asserts a force perpendicular to the surface of the pants 114, the flap 108A may be removed. Under the flap 108A can exist a space for the utility wire that is embedded within the pants 114. For example, the utility wire may be disposed within a cavity defined between two layers of material forming the pants. The cavity may include at least one open end, which may be covered by a flap, to provide access to the utility wire disposed within the cavity. In some instances, the cavity may be a channel or the like embedded within the garment. The channel 108B may be configured to conceal the utility wire. The channel 108B may be configured to tear away from the pants 114 to reveal the utility wire. In some embodiments, the channel 108B may have opposing ends open to receive a utility wire. The wire may have a handle configured to remove the utility wire with sufficient force acting in a parallel direction as the channel 108B. In some instances, as in FIG. 6B, the tactical garment is a shirt 116. The shirt 116 may have a slot 112, similar to the slot in FIG. 3, configured to receive a utility wire 104 with a handle 106. Pulling the handle 106 may remove the utility wire 104 from the slot 112. The utility wire 104 may be anchored within the compartment 108 by binding one end within the compartment 108. The binding, for example, can be a mild adhesive that binds to the utility wire 104 within the slot 112 and fractures when the utility wire 104 is pulled in a lateral direction. In other embodiments, as in FIG. 6C, the tactical garment may be a hat 118. The hat 118 may have a compartment 108. The compartment 108 may be cross-stitching, similar to the stitching in FIG. 1, configured to break-away when a force pulls the handle 106 of the utility wire 104 in a direction away from the hat 118.
The tactical garments and the temporary compartments are not limited to a particular compartment or structure of temporary compartment. The temporary compartments described may be interchangeable on any particular garment. As previously discussed, the temporary compartments are configured to store the utility wire in an inconspicuous place. The temporary compartment may be on the interior or exterior of the garment.
Although specific embodiments of the disclosure have been described, numerous other modifications and alternative embodiments are within the scope of the disclosure. For example, any of the functionality described with respect to a particular device or component may be performed by another device or component. Further, while specific device characteristics have been described, embodiments of the disclosure may relate to numerous other device characteristics. Further, although embodiments have been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the disclosure is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described. Rather, the specific features and acts are disclosed as illustrative forms of implementing the embodiments. Conditional language, such as, among others, “can,” “could,” “might,” or “may,” unless specifically stated otherwise, or otherwise understood within the context as used, is generally intended to convey that certain embodiments could include, while other embodiments may not include, certain features, elements, and/or steps. Thus, such conditional language is not generally intended to imply that features, elements, and/or steps are in any way required for one or more embodiments.

Claims

1. An article of clothing, comprising:

a storage compartment attached to and/or embedded within the article of clothing; and

a utility wire disposed within the storage compartment.

2. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the utility wire attaches to at least one handle, the at least one handle has a cavity configured to receive a first end of the utility wire.

3. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the storage compartment is removable from the article of clothing.

4. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the utility wire comprises a single strand of material.

5. The article of clothing of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of fabric layers, wherein the storage compartment is embedded between the plurality of fabric layers.

6. The article of clothing of claim 1, wherein the storage compartment further comprises an opening for accessing the utility wire.

7. The article of clothing of claim 6, wherein the storage compartment further comprises an access flap to cover the opening.

8. An article, comprising:

a garment;

a compartment embedded within the garment; and

a selectively removable wire with a first end and a second end, wherein the selectively removable wire is temporarily disposed within the compartment.

9. The article of claim 8, wherein the selectively removable wire is serrated.

10. The article of claim 8, wherein the selectively removable wire is smooth.

11. The article of claim 8, wherein the selectively removable wire further comprises a first end and a second end, the selectively removable wire attaches to at least one handle at the first end and/or the second end.

12. The article of claim 8, wherein the compartment comprises stitching tethered to the selectively removable wire.

13. The article of claim 8, wherein the compartment comprises a fastener selected from the group consisting of a zipper, buttons, snaps, hook and loop, grommets, and rivets.

14. The article of claim 8, wherein the selectively removable wire further comprises at least one handle, the at least one handle comprises a material selected from the group consisting of metal alloy, plastic, rubber, and wood.

15. The article of claim 8, wherein the selectively removable wire comprises a material selected from the group of metal alloy, nylon, polyethylene, Kevlar, and cloth.

16. The article of claim 8, wherein the compartment is removable.

17. The article of claim 8, wherein the compartment is porous.

18. The article of claim 8, wherein the compartment is solid.

19. A method for detaching a utility wire from a tactical garment, a temporary compartment embedded within the garment, the utility wire having a first end and a second end, wherein the utility wire couple to the temporary compartment via a binding mechanism, and at least one handle attached to the utility wire, the method comprising:

destroying the binding mechanism such that the utility wire and the temporary compartment are separated.

20. The method for detaching a utility wire from a tactical garment of claim 19, wherein the binding mechanism is selected from the group of adhesive, woven fiber, mechanical weld, and magnets.