Outerwear with retractably-tethered hand covering

Abstract

An outerwear garment having sleeves, where at least one sleeve has a closeable pocket of a size to contain a hand covering. A retractable tether, such as a shock cord or bungee cord, is attached at one end to the hand covering and the other end to the closeable pocket. The retractable tether may be detachably attached to the hand covering, closeable pocket, or both, via a fastener such as snaps. The pocket may be closed via a zipper, snaps, or hook at loop fasteners.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An outwear garment comprising:
 a body to conform to a human torso, said body include a pair of sleeves wherein each sleeve has a proximal end adjoined to the outerwear body and a distal end;   at least one sleeve including an closeable pocket; said pocket being of a size and shape to enclose a hand covering; and   a hand covering being connected to the closeable pocket by a retractable tether.   
     
     
         2 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the tether is a shock cord. 
     
     
         3 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the tether is detachable from the closeable pocket. 
     
     
         4 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the tether is detachable from the hand covering. 
     
     
         5 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 3  wherein the tether is further detachable from the hand covering. 
     
     
         6 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 5  wherein the tether is detachable to the closeable pocket and hand covering via leather snaps. 
     
     
         7 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the closeable pocket is an interior pocket positioned at the distal end of the sleeve. 
     
     
         8 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the pocket includes a small opening configured to allow the retractable tether to pass through. 
     
     
         9 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 7  wherein the tether is detachable from the closeable pocket. 
     
     
         10 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the pocket is closeable via a zipper. 
     
     
         11 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the pocket is closeable via snaps. 
     
     
         12 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the pocket is closeable via hook and loop fasteners. 
     
     
         13 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the pocket is located near the distal end of the sleeve. 
     
     
         14 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 13  wherein the pocket is interior to the sleeve. 
     
     
         15 . The outerwear garment according to  claim 1  wherein the zipper of the pocket is positioned longitudinally of the sleeve. 
     
     
         16 . An arrangement for retaining a hand covering to a jacket, said arrangement comprising:
 a jacket having a formed sleeve and a cuff; said sleeve including a zippered pocket being of a size for a hand covering; said zippered pocket being placed longitudinally on the sleeve;   a bungee cord tethered to a glove and the jacket via a bungee cord; and   said bungee cord detachable to the glove and jacket via leather snaps.