Shirt sleeves with pompoms

Abstract

Pompoms are removably attachable to the cuff portions of a long sleeve garment. The pompoms can be easily removed from the sleeves to allow the pompoms to be worn on the user's wrists independently of the garment. The pompoms are attached to the sleeves with use of cooperating releasable fasteners such as, but not limited to, hook and loop fasteners, hook and eye fasteners, snaps, or rows of loops and buttons encircling the wrist portion of the sleeve. A band on the pompoms has an arrangement of releasable fasteners to allow the pompoms to be adjustably secured around the user's wrists when separated from the garment sleeves. Examples of materials used for the pompoms include string, synthetic raffia, ribbons, fringe, yarn, plastic streamers, paper strips or feathers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cheering garment comprising:
 a long sleeve shirt including a right long sleeve and a left long sleeve, and the right and left long sleeves each terminating at an open free end surrounded by a wrist portion;   a pair of pompoms each including a wristband structured and disposed to be fitted about a user's wrist, and a plurality of strands attached to the wristband and extending therefrom and terminating at free ends;   a first arrangement of cooperating releasable fasteners on the wrist portion of the right and left long sleeves and the wristband of each of the pompoms for releasably attaching the pompoms to the wrist portions of the right and left long sleeves; and   the wristband of each of the pompoms being structured and disposed for securing the pompoms on the user's wrist independently of the right and left long sleeves so that the pompoms can be worn on the user's wrists without wearing a shirt.   
     
     
         2 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  wherein the wristbands of the pompoms include a second arrangement of releasable fasteners thereon for adjustably securing the wristbands around the user's wrists. 
     
     
         3 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 2  wherein the wristband of each of the pompoms further includes a main wristband portion and a wrist flap extending along an upper edge of the main wristband portion, and the second arrangement of releasable fasteners are on the main wristband portion and one component of the first arrangement of cooperating releasable fasteners are on the wrist flap, and the wrist flap being structured and disposed to be folded over onto itself to conceal the one component of the first arrangement of cooperating releasable fasteners when the pompoms are worn on the user's wrists independently of the shirt. 
     
     
         4 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 3  wherein the first arrangement of cooperating releasable fasteners includes one component of male and female snap fasteners on the wrist portion of the right and left sleeves and another cooperating component of male and female snap fasteners on the wristband of each of the pompoms. 
     
     
         5 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 3  wherein the second arrangement of releasable fasteners includes one component of male and female snap fasteners at one end of the main wristband portion and another cooperating component of male and female snap fasteners at an opposite end of the main wristband portion. 
     
     
         6 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of strands of each pompom are made of yarn. 
     
     
         7 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of strands of each pompom are made of raffia. 
     
     
         8 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of strands of each pompom are made of plastic streamers. 
     
     
         9 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  wherein the plurality of strands of each pompom are made of feathers. 
     
     
         10 . The cheering garment as recited in  claim 1  further including at least two buttons attached to the wrist portion of each of the right and left sleeves and a ribbon structured and disposed to be wrapped about the at least two buttons to gather the wrist portion snug around the user's wrist.