Garment having head-and face cover

Abstract

The invention is directed to a garment with an attached head-and-face cover, such as a ski mask, and a hood. The head-and-face cover has eye openings and a mouth opening. The garment has a body portion and a collar. When the head-and-face cover is not deployed on a head and face of the wearer, the head-and-face cover is inserted into a storage structure. The storage structure may be a pouch that dangles from the garment body portion by a connecting piece. In another embodiment, the storage structure may be a pocket sewn to the hood or to the front portion or back portion of the garment body portion.

1 . (canceled)  
   
   
       2 . (canceled)  
   
   
       3 . (canceled)  
   
   
       4 . (canceled)  
   
   
       5 . The garment of  claim 4  wherein the storage structure has a fastener to further secure the head-and-face cover in the storage structure.  
   
   
       6 . (canceled)  
   
   
       7 . The garment of  claim 4  wherein the storage structure is a pouch suspended from the collar portion by a connecting piece, wherein the pouch is a fragment of resiliently expandable material sewn to the head-and-face cover along a periphery of the pouch, and wherein the pouch is invertible so that when the head-and-face cover is rolled and pushed against the pouch, the fragment of material turns inside out to enclose the head-and-face cover.  
   
   
       8 . (canceled)  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 8  wherein the storage structure is a pouch suspended from the garment body portion near the collar by a connecting piece, wherein the pouch is a fragment of resiliently expandable material sewn to the head-and-face cover along a periphery of the fragment of material, and wherein the pouch is invertible so that when the head-and-face cover is rolled and crumpled into a compact mass and pushed against the fragment of material, the fragment of material turns inside out to form the pouch and enclose the head-and-face cover.  
   
   
       10 . The garment of  claim 9  wherein the connecting piece is attached to the pouch and the collar via stitching.  
   
   
       11 . (canceled)  
   
   
       12 . (canceled)  
   
   
       13 . The garment of  claim 9  wherein the pouch is attached to a back portion of the body portion circumferential to the collar.  
   
   
       14 . The garment of  claim 8  wherein the storage structure is a pocket wherein the pocket is a piece of material attached to one of the garment body portion and the hood along sides and a bottom of the pocket, the pocket having an open top to receive the head-and-face cover.  
   
   
       15 . The garment of  claim 14  wherein the pocket is attached to a back portion of the body portion.  
   
   
       16 . (canceled)  
   
   
       17 . (canceled)  
   
   
       18 . The garment of  claim 17  further comprising a pouch suspended from the body portion by a connecting piece, wherein the pouch is a fragment of resiliently expandable material sewn to the ski mask along a periphery of the fragment of material, and wherein the pouch is invertible so that when the ski mask is rolled and crumpled into a compact mass and pushed against the fragment of material, the fragment of material turns inside out to form the pouch and enclose the ski mask.  
   
   
       19 . The garment of  claim 17  further comprising a pocket, wherein the pocket is a piece of material attached to one of the garment body portion and the hood along a periphery of the pocket and wherein the pocket has an open top to receive the ski mask.  
   
   
       20 . The garment of  claim 19  wherein at least one of the garment, the head-and-face cover and the pocket is waterproof.  
   
   
       21 . A garment for a person comprising: 
 a garment body portion that substantially covers a torso of the person;    a hood attached to the garment body portion; and    a rollable head-and-face cover attached to the hood, such that the hood is external to the head-and-face cover, wherein the head-and-face cover resiliently engages a head and face of the person when the head-and-face cover is in a deployed position.    
   
   
       22 . The garment of  claim 21  wherein, when the head-and-face cover is deployed and the hood is in an up position, the hood is positioned over a top and back of the head-and-face cover to form an insulating air layer about the head of the person between the head-and-face cover and the hood.  
   
   
       23 . The garment of  claim 21  wherein the head-and-face cover operates independently from the hood, such that: 
 (E) the head-and-face cover may be deployed or not deployed irrespective of the position of the hood; and    (F) the hood may be positioned in the up or down position irrespective of the deployment or non-deployment of the head-and-face cover.    
   
   
       24 . The garment of  claim 21  further comprising a pocket attached to the hood such that the head-and-face cover is rolled and crumpled into a compact mass for insertion into the pocket for compact storage of the head-and-face cover when the head-and-face cover is not in the deployed position.  
   
   
       25 . The garment of  claim 24  wherein the pocket has a fastener to further secure the head-and-face cover in the pocket.  
   
   
       26 . The garment of  claim 24  wherein the pocket is a piece of material attached to the garment body portion along sides and a bottom of the pocket and wherein the pocket has an open top to receive the head-and-face cover.  
   
   
       27 . A garment for a person, the garment comprising: 
 a body portion to substantially cover a torso of the person;    a unitary head-and-face cover to substantially cover and resiliently engage a head and face of the person to shield the head and face from wind, the head-and-face cover being in a deployed position when the head-and-face cover is covering the head and face of the person;    a hood attached to the garment body portion; and    a pocket attached to the hood inside the hood such that the head-and-face cover is rolled and crumpled into a compact mass for insertion into the storage structure for compact storage of the head-and-face cover when the head-and-face cover is not in the deployed position.    
   
   
       28 . The assembly of  claim 27  wherein at least one of the garment, the pocket, the hood and the head-and-face cover is water impermeable.  
   
   
       29 . The assembly of  claim 27  wherein the head-and-face cover is constructed from an elastic material that resiliently engages the head and face of the person when the head-and face cover is deployed.  
   
   
       30 . The garment of  claim 27  wherein the pocket is a piece of material attached to the hood along sides and a bottom of the pocket and wherein the pocket has an open top to receive the head-and-face cover.  
   
   
       31 . The garment of  claim 27  further comprising a drawstring to secure the hood by tying the drawstring around a chin of the person.  
   
   
       32 . A garment for a person, comprising: 
 a garment body portion that substantially covers a torso of the person;    a hood attached to the garment body portion, wherein the hood covers a back and a top of a head of the person when the hood is in the up position and wherein the hood dangles behind an upper back of the person when the hood is in the down position; and    a ski mask attached to the hood inside the hood, such that the hood is external to the ski mask.    
   
   
       33 . The garment of  claim 32  wherein the ski mask resiliently engages a head and face of the person when the ski mask is in a deployed position.  
   
   
       34 . The garment of  claim 32  wherein the ski mask is rollable in a direction substantially parallel to a spine of the person.  
   
   
       35 . The garment of  claim 32  further comprising a pocket, wherein the pocket is a piece of material attached to the hood along a periphery of the pocket and wherein the pocket has an open top to receive the ski mask.  
   
   
       36 . The garment of  claim 35  wherein at least one of the garment, the head-and-face cover, the hood and the pocket is waterproof.