Hooded garment with detachable multipurpose sleeves

Abstract

A garment includes a hood portion and a sleeve portion detachably engaged at its proximal end with the hood portion, e.g., by snaps. Each sleeve of the sleeve portion has a hand pocket at its distal end that a person wearing the garment can insert her hands into when the sleeve portion is attached to the hood portion. Also, each sleeve portion at its proximal end is open so that when detached from the hood portion, a person can place her arms into the sleeve portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A garment, comprising:
 a hood portion configured to fit over a person's head, the hood portion comprising first detachable closure elements; and   a sleeve portion defining proximal and distal ends, the sleeve portion comprising second detachable closure elements detachably engageable with the first detachable closure elements of the hood portion to detachably engage the sleeve portion with the hood portion, the sleeve portion comprising left and right hollow sleeves, each sleeve comprising a respective hand pocket adjacent a distal end of the respective sleeve such that a person wearing the garment can insert her hands into the hand pockets when the sleeve portion is attached to the hood portion, each sleeve being open adjacent its respective proximal end so that when the sleeve portion is detached from the hood portion, a person can place her arms into the respective sleeves.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one hand pocket comprises an outer palm portion made of at least one silicone pad. 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one hand pocket comprises an outer palm portion made of at least one foam elongated member. 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise buttons. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise snaps. 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise hook-and-eye closure elements. 
     
     
         7 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise zipper elements. 
     
     
         8 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the hood portion comprises a top region and at least one protrusion extending upwardly from the top region. 
     
     
         9 . The garment of  claim 8 , wherein the protrusion comprises a front and the garment comprises at least one light emitting diode (LED) supported on the protrusion and visible from the front of the protrusion. 
     
     
         10 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the garment is made of faux fur. 
     
     
         11 . A method, comprising:
 detachably attaching open proximal ends of respective left and right sleeves to a hood portion that is wearable to cover the head of a person;   the sleeves having closed distal ends forming hand pockets and openings adjacent the closed distal ends at wrist locations on the sleeves through which a person can pass her hands into the respective hand pockets when the sleeves are attached to the hood portion; and   detaching the left and right sleeves from the hood portion to enable a person to pass the open proximal ends of the sleeve up her arms until her hands are disposed in the hand pockets.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising detachably attaching the sleeves to the hood portion using snaps. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising energizing at least one light emitting diode (LED) on the hood portion or one of the sleeves. 
     
     
         14 . A garment comprising:
 a hood configured to be worn on a person's head;   left and right sleeves with respective open proximal ends detachably engaged with the hood adjacent the open proximal ends of the sleeves;   respective left and right-hand pockets enclosing distal ends of the respective sleeves, a respective opening formed in each sleeve adjacent each hand pocket to permit a person to place her hands through the openings into the hand pockets when the open proximal ends are detachably engaged with the hood.   
     
     
         15 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein the left and right sleeves are detachable from the hood to permit a person to pass her arms through the respective proximal ends of the sleeves and place her hands in the hand pockets while still wearing the hood. 
     
     
         16 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein at least one hand pocket comprises an outer palm portion made of at least one silicone pad. 
     
     
         17 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise buttons. 
     
     
         18 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first or second detachable closure elements comprise snaps. 
     
     
         19 . The garment of  claim 14 , wherein the hood portion comprises a top region and at least one protrusion extending upwardly from the top region. 
     
     
         20 . The garment of  claim 14 , comprising at least one light emitting diode (LED) supported on the garment.