Extra Pocket aka The X-Pocket

Abstract

The Extra Pocket is a hanging, stand-alone holding vehicle which allows a person to store items from their worn apparel pockets/pocketbooks until a later time. This makes for a tidier, neater way of living. The Extra Pocket will also allow one to remember where their items are at all times.

1 - 3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The X-Pocket is a stand-alone, hanging extra pocket(s), which will be constructed in a variety of fabrics and styles. Its primary use on a daily basis, is to temporarily hold items which are held in a person's pocket, or pocketbook (such as, but not limited to: cell phones; wallets; keys; and make-up). The purpose of the X-Pocket is to keep all carried items previously held in one's pockets and pocketbook together when the carried items are no longer being held in the aforementioned places. Another benefit in placing pocketed and pocketbook items in the X-Pocket is that one will never forget where those items are located. 
     
     
         5 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claim 4 , is comprised of: one or more pockets with, or without a liner; a permanent, or interchangeable hanging attachment; a bendable, light-weight material such as, but not limited to, a piece of plastic. It will be constructed of a variety of materials such as, but not limited to: denim; leather; plastic; rubber; cotton; and rayon. 
     
     
         6 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claims 4  and  5 , is fashioned after pockets placed on articles clothing (such as, but not limited to: pants/slacks; shirts/blouses; jackets; and coats). 
     
     
         7 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claim 4 , and dependent on the material recited in  claim 5 , will be hung by a variety of hanging attachments connected to the top of the X-Pocket. Permanent attachments such as a hanger or a loop, will be sewn into the X-Pocket and covered with the same fabric that the X-Pocket is covered with. Nonpermanent, or interchangeable attachments will have be fastened to the X-Pocket by, but not limited to, buttons or snaps. 
     
     
         8 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claims 4 ,  5 , and  7 , can be hung on: door knobs; drawer pulls on bureaus and nightstands (both knob pulls and handle/bracket pulls); hooks; rods in clothes closets; rails of hospital beds; beach chairs; and more. 
     
     
         9 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claim 4 , depending on the size of one's hand, will be constructed of various sizes such as, but not limited to: regular and large (approximately 8 inches by 10 inches, and 10 inches by 12 inches respectively). 
     
     
         10 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claim 4 , will be designed for left-handed people, right-handed people, or designed for the use of either hand. 
     
     
         11 . The X-Pocket as recited in  claims 4  and  8 , have similarities in three of the disclosures of U.S. Pat. No. 2,710,638 to Ford (COMBINED HANGER AND UTILITY BAG Application dated Jul. 1, 1954). The Ford patent discloses:
 A) ‘in order that such articles may not be misplaced and forgotten when the guest leaves’; 
 B) ‘the utility bag is adapted to be hung on a hook or closet door or upon a bar in the closet’; 
 C) ‘especially the hanging apparatus (garment hanger  17 ) being covered by the material of the utility bag’. 
 
       While these disclosures are similar, the design, and purpose of each invention is different.
 D) Ford's utility bag is at least 4 to 8 times larger than the X-Pocket. It also folds to place into a piece of luggage or it may be placed upon a shelf when not in use (see 40 on page 2 of Ford's patent). While the X-Pocket can be placed in a piece of luggage, and used at one's destination, it is not designed to fold. 
 E) The purpose of the X-Pocket is to be a holding vehicle of items usually held in one's pockets or pocketbooks, and is to be used daily. Unlike Ford's patent, which is used for travelers to place articles of clothing and other accessories (2 nd  and 3 rd  paragraphs of page 1 in Ford's patent) and to be used upon travel. 
 F) Ford's invention is a bag with multiple pockets. The X-Pocket is an actual pocket, or a structure of pockets (much like the right front pockets on a pair of blue jeans). 
 G) In my patent search there have been thousands of existing patents under the search criteria of ‘pockets’. Each item investigated revealed pockets which were built in to the invention. Again, Ford's invention falls under this category, unlike the X-Pocket, which is a hanging extra pocket. 
 H) The hanger portion of the X-Pocket, shown in the Drawing section on page  114  ( FIG. 1A  and  FIG. 1B ), shows only a partial hanger, the curved portion at the top and a straight line at the bottom. Both the curved loop and the straight line will be covered with the fabric used to make the X-Pocket. Ford's invention does not disclose that the loop portion of the hanger was covered, only the bottom lined portion. The same is true of the other cited patents sent with the Office Action Summary Dated Apr. 15, 2015.