Pocketed sweatshirt

Abstract

The current invention is a zipper-less pocketed sweatshirt having a shirt constructed of sweatshirt material with an outside surface and an inside surface. The sweatshirt has an opening in the breast area extending from the outside surface to the inside surface, allowing access through the material. Additionally, there is a free-floating pocket attached around the opening in the sweatshirt, wherein the pocket is adjacent the inside surface and accessible from outside the sweatshirt.

1 . A zipper-less, pocketed sweatshirt comprising: 
 a shirt constructed of sweatshirt material with an outside surface and an inside surface;    the sweatshirt has an opening in the breast area extending from the outside surface to the inside surface allowing access through the material; and    a pocket attached around the opening in the sweatshirt, wherein the pocket is adjacent the inside surface, and accessible from outside the sweatshirt.    
   
   
       2 . The sweatshirt of  claim 1  further comprising ribbing extending along the opening in the sweatshirt.  
   
   
       3 . The sweatshirt of  claim 2  further comprising a ribbed waist band on the sweatshirt, and wherein the ribbing along the opening has knitted lines parallel with knitted lines into the waist band ribbing.  
   
   
       4 . The sweatshirt of  claim 3  wherein ribs around the opening and on the sleeve cuffs, waist band and a collar all have the knitted lines extending substantially parallel to one another.  
   
   
       5 . The sweatshirt of  claim 1  wherein the pocket is a single piece of material folded on one side and stitched on two other sides, forming a pocket with three closed sides and one open side allowing entry into the pocket.  
   
   
       6 . The sweatshirt of  claim 5  wherein the only open side of the pocket is stitched to the sweatshirt around the opening.  
   
   
       7 . The sweatshirt of  claim 6  wherein the three closed sides of the pocket are free from stitching to the sweatshirt so as to be free-floating.  
   
   
       8 . The sweatshirt of  claim 1  further comprising a hood attached around a collar area of the sweatshirt.  
   
   
       9 . A pocketed shirt comprising: 
 a shirt having outside and inside surfaces;    an opening in a breast area of the shirt from the outside surface to the inside surface; and    a free-floating pocket inside the shirt attached proximate the opening and accessible from outside the shirt through the opening.    
   
   
       10 . The shirt of  claim 9  further comprising ribbing proximate the opening.  
   
   
       11 . The shirt of  claim 10  wherein the pocket is attached to the shirt only with horizontal stitching both above and below the opening.  
   
   
       12 . A sweatshirt article of clothing constructed from knit sweatshirt material comprising: 
 a body shaped to fit a human torso;    two sleeves extending from an upper portion of the body so that two human arms can pass therethrough;    an opening in a top portion of the body for a human head to pass therethrough;    an opening in a breast area of the body, the opening extending from outside the material to inside the material so that items can pass through the opening; and    a free floating pocket attached inside the body only around the opening for holding the items which pass through the opening in the breast area.    
   
   
       13 . The sweatshirt of  claim 12  further comprising ribbing attached adjacent the opening in the breast area.  
   
   
       14 . The sweatshirt of  claim 13  further comprising a waistband attached to a waist area of the body, the waistband constructed from ribbing.  
   
   
       15 . The sweatshirt of  claim 14  further comprising cuffs attached to the sleeves opposite the body, the cuffs constructed from ribbing.  
   
   
       16 . The sweatshirt of  claim 15  further comprising a collar on a neck area of the body, the collar constructed from ribbing.  
   
   
       17 . The sweatshirt of  claim 16  wherein the ribbing of the opening, the waist band, the cuffs and the collar all having lines extending substantially vertically.  
   
   
       18 . The sweatshirt of  claim 12  wherein the pocket is constructed from a single piece of fabric folded back onto itself and stitched on two sides, creating a cavity within the pocket for holding the items.  
   
   
       19 . The sweatshirt of  claim 12  wherein the pocket is construction from two pieces of fabric stitched together creating an accessible cavity within the pocket for holding the items.  
   
   
       20 . The sweatshirt of  claim 12  wherein the pocket has opposite sides and a bottom which are free from stitching to the body.