Detachable holder for hand warmers

Abstract

A hand warmer assembly and method of using the same. The hand-warmer assembly may include a portable hand-warmer, a pocket, closure mechanism, and a connector. The pocket may be made from an air permeable material and have an opening at one end, with the pocket closed at all other sides. The pocket is provided to be sized and shaped to position a portable hand warmer therein. The opening may be secured with a closure mechanism, such as a flap, zipper, drawstring, hook and loop material such as Velcro® fastener, and/or a magnetic fastener. The connector may include a strap and a clasp, with the strap first end located and connected adjacent the open end of the pocket. A second end of the strap may be coupled to a clasp that is configured to be secured to a sleeve or other clothing material such as a mitten or glove.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A detachable holder for a hand warmer comprising:
 an air permeable pocket being a sealed compartment having a single open end and a cavity defining an inner surface configured to house a hand warmer;   a closure mechanism for reversibly sealing the open end of the pocket; and   a connecting mechanism with a first and second end, the first end being secured to the air permeable pocket and the second end having a gripping mechanism configured to be removeably attached to a garment.   
     
     
         2 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is dimensionally sized and shaped as at least one of a rectangle, a circle, an oval, or a square. 
     
     
         3 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the closure mechanism comprises at least one of a drawstring, a zipper, a hook and loop material, or a magnetic fastener. 
     
     
         4 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the closure mechanism is located on the inner surface of the air permeable pocket. 
     
     
         5 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the connecting mechanism further includes a strap and the gripping mechanism is a clasp. 
     
     
         6 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the first end of the connecting mechanism is located at the open end, a side, a corner, or a closed end of the air permeable pocket. 
     
     
         7 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , wherein the closure mechanism comprises a flap, the flap having a top margin, an inner surface, and an outer surface, and wherein the flap is connected to the pocket. 
     
     
         8 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 7 , wherein the flap further comprises at least one of a hook material and a loop material secured to the inner surface sized and shaped to mate with at least one of a respective loop material and hook material secured to the pocket, such that the mating of the respective hook and loop material closes the open end of the pocket. 
     
     
         9 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 7 , wherein the flap is dimensionally sized and shaped as at least one of a rectangle, a semi-circle, an semi-oval, and a square. 
     
     
         10 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a mobile device, wallet, keychain, makeup accessory, and hand warmer situated within the pocket. 
     
     
         11 . The detachable holder for a hand warmer of  claim 1 , further comprising a garment being removeably connected to the gripping mechanism. 
     
     
         12 . The detachable holder of  claim 11 , wherein the garment is a mitten or a glove. 
     
     
         13 . The detachable holder of  claim 1 , wherein the closure mechanism comprises:
 a first strip connected to a first position on the inner surface; and   a second strip connected to a second position on the inner surface;   wherein the first position opposably faces the second position and the first strip and second strip reversibly connect to each other.   
     
     
         14 . The detachable holder of  claim 13 , wherein the first strip is at least one of a hook material and loop material and the second strip is a respective one of loop material and hook material. 
     
     
         15 . The detachable holder of  claim 1 , wherein the air permeable pocket is formed of at least two materials each having:
 a rectangular shape;   a bottom edge with a first bottom end and a second bottom end;   a first side edge extending from the first bottom end and terminating at a distal first side end;   a second side edge extending from the second bottom end and terminating at a distal second side end; and   a top edge extending between the distal first side end and the distal second side end and the top edges of the at least two materials being left apart to form a single open end.   
     
     
         16 . The detachable holder of  claim 15 , wherein said material is a fabric and said rectangular shape is formed from said fabric in a folded configuration to provide a fabric front surface and a fabric back surface that defines said cavity. 
     
     
         17 . The detachable holder of  claim 16 , wherein said first side edge and said second side edge are each formed by stitches that attach said fabric front surface to said fabric back surface. 
     
     
         18 . The detachable holder of  claim 1 , having a pocket footprint area to reliably position a pocket warmer within the cavity, wherein the pocket footprint area is within 10% of a hand warmer footprint area. 
     
     
         19 . The detachable holder of  claim 18 , wherein the pocket footprint area corresponds to a cavity length that is between 8 cm and 12 cm and a cavity width that is between 5 cm and 8 cm. 
     
     
         20 . A method of providing heat to an interior portion of a glove or mitten, the method comprising the steps of:
 providing the detachable holder of  claim 1 ;   inserting a hand warmer into the air permeable pocket;   sealing the air permeable pocket with the closure mechanism to confine the hand warmer in the pocket;   connecting the gripping mechanism to an edge of the glove or mitten; and   inserting the air permeable pocket of the detachable holder into the interior portion of the glove or mitten.