Hooded sweatshirt that converts to a stuffed pillow

Abstract

A hooded sweatshirt that may be converted to a stuffed pillow has a sweatshirt body that is adapted to be worn by a person and a hood attached to the sweatshirt body. The hood has a stuffed-pillow surface and an opposed hood surface. The hood can be reconfigured between a sweatshirt configuration wherein the hood surface faces outward and can cover a head of the person when the person is wearing the sweatshirt body, and a pillow configuration wherein the stuffed-pillow surface faces outward and the sweatshirt body may be stuffed inside the hood so that they together form the stuffed pillow.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hooded sweatshirt that converts to a stuffed pillow, comprising:
 a sweatshirt body that is adapted to be worn by a person; and   a hood attached to the sweatshirt body, the hood formed by a flexible sheet comprising:
 a stuffed-pillow surface and an opposed hood surface that together extend to a perimeter; 
 wherein the hood can be reconfigured between a sweatshirt configuration wherein the hood surface faces outward and can cover a head of the person when the person is wearing the sweatshirt body, and a pillow configuration wherein the stuffed-pillow surface faces outward and the sweatshirt body may be stuffed inside the hood so that they together form the stuffed pillow; and 
 a fastener for removably fastening a first half of the perimeter to a second half of the perimeter to secure the hood in either the sweatshirt or pillow configuration. 
   
     
     
         2 . The hooded sweatshirt of  claim 1 , further comprising decorative features of a stuffed animal disposed on the stuffed-pillow surface. 
     
     
         3 . The hooded sweatshirt of  claim 1 , wherein the fastener is a zipper. 
     
     
         4 . A method for converting a hooded sweatshirt to a stuffed pillow, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing a hooded sweatshirt having a sweatshirt body, and a hood having a stuffed-pillow surface and an opposed hood surface that extend to a perimeter, wherein in a sweatshirt configuration the stuffed-pillow surface is within the hood and the hood surface faces outwardly;   inverting the hood such that the stuffed-pillow surface is exterior to the hood surface, and the hood forms a stuffing space;   stuffing the sweatshirt body inside the stuffing space of the hood; and   closing the perimeter of the hood, such that the sweatshirt body is held inside the stuffing space of the hood and provides stuffing of the stuffed pillow, with the stuffed-pillow surface on the outside of the stuffed pillow.   
     
     
         5 . A hood that converts to a stuffed pillow, comprising:
 a stuffed-pillow surface and an opposed hood surface that together extend to a perimeter;   wherein the hood can be reconfigured between a hood configuration wherein the hood surface faces outward and can cover a head of the person when the person is wearing the hood, and a pillow configuration wherein the stuffed-pillow surface faces outward and the hood forms a stuffing space; and   a fastener for removably fastening a first half of the perimeter to a second half of the perimeter to secure the hood in either the hood configuration or the pillow configuration.   
     
     
         6 . The hood of  claim 5 , wherein the hood is formed by a flexible sheet. 
     
     
         7 . The hood of  claim 5 , further comprising decorative features of a stuffed animal disposed on the stuffed-pillow surface. 
     
     
         8 . The hood of  claim 5 , wherein the fastener is a zipper. 
     
     
         9 . The hood of  claim 5  wherein a stuffing article is attached to the hood and the stuffing article may be stuffed inside the hood so that they together form the stuffed pillow.