Garment That Rolls-up And Temporarily Anchors Into A Quasi-Belt Configuration

Abstract

An upper torso and arms enclosing garment, that is adapted to, when not in use, be rolled-up and temporarily anchored into a quasi-belt configuration and tied around a wearer's waist, includes a torso portion with a loop in its front segment that is configured to allow the loop to be extended away from the torso portion to enclose a loop region which has a cross-sectional area that is adapted to allow the distal end of the garment's sleeve, when in its rolled-up configuration, to pass through this loop region and temporarily anchor it to the torso portion before the distal end is extended away from the torso portion to enable it to be used to tie the garment around a wearer's waist.

I claim: 
     
         1 . An upper torso and arms enclosing garment that is adapted to, when not in use, be rolled-up, around a line that extends between the distal ends of the garment's sleeves when they are extended perpendicularly away from the garment's lateral centerline that extends between its collar and waist edges, and temporarily anchored into a rolled-up, quasi-belt configuration and tied around a wearer's waist, said garment comprising:
 a garment having a torso portion that includes a collar edge, with right and left corners, and a waist edge, a right-side edge, a left-side edge, and a right sleeve portion with a right distal end and a left sleeve portion with a left distal end, and with said right sleeve portion extending from said torso portion at a point that is proximate said collar's right corner, and said left sleeve portion extending from said torso portion at a point that is proximate said collar's left corner,   a loop that is elongated and includes an exterior and an interior surface, and a top loop end and a bottom loop end and a loop centerline therebetween, and which is located proximate said waist edge and oriented so that said loop centerline is approximately perpendicular to said waist edge,   wherein said loop having a configuration that allows said loop to be extended away from said torso portion so as to enclose a loop region beneath the interior surface of loop and said torso portion, and   wherein said loop region has a cross-sectional, surface area that is adapted to allow the distal end of a sleeve portion, when in said rolled-up, quasi-belt configuration, to pass through said loop region, so as to temporarily anchor said rolled-up, sleeve portion to said torso portion, and then be extended away from said torso portion so as to enable said rolled-up sleeve portion to be used to tie said garment, when not in use, around a wearer's waist.   
     
     
         2 . The garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said loop is adhered to said torso portion by affixing the interior surface of each of said loop ends to said torso portion.   
     
     
         3 . The garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.   
     
     
         4 . The garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.   
     
     
         5 . The garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said garment torso portion having a front segment that includes a pocket with a pocket opening,   said loop further includes a right loop and a left loop edge,   one of said loop edges is formed by said pocket opening,   the other loop edge is formed by creating a second opening into said pocket that is oriented so that said second opening is proximate and approximately parallel to said pocket opening.   
     
     
         6 . The garment recited in  claim 5 , wherein:
 said pocket includes a right pocket proximate said garment right edge and a left pocket proximate said garment left edge,   said second opening includes a right opening that is associated with said right pocket and a left opening that is associated with said left pocket.   
     
     
         7 . The garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein:
 said garment torso portion having an exterior and an interior surface and a front segment,   aid loop further includes a right loop and a left loop edge,   said loop edges are formed by creating, in said front segment, openings that extend between said exterior and interior surfaces and are oriented approximately parallel to one another.   
     
     
         8 . The garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.   
     
     
         9 . An upper torso and arms enclosing garment that is adapted to, when not in use, be rolled-up and temporarily anchored into a quasi-belt configuration and tied around a wearer's waist, said garment comprising:
 a garment having a torso portion with a front and a rear segment and including a collar edge, with right and left corners, and a waist edge, and a lateral centerline that extends between said collar and waist edges, a right-side edge, a left-side edge, and a right sleeve portion with a right distal end and a left sleeve portion with a left distal end, and with said right sleeve portion extending from said torso portion at a point that is proximate said right corner of said collar, and said left sleeve portion extending from said torso portion at a point that is proximate said left corner of said collar,   an elongated loop that includes an exterior and an interior surface, and a top loop end and a bottom loop end and a loop centerline therebetween, and which is located proximate said waist edge and oriented so that said loop centerline is approximately parallel to said garment lateral centerline,   wherein said loop is adapted to enable said loop to be extended away from said torso portion to enclose a loop region beneath the interior surface of loop and the underlying segment of said torso portion,   wherein said garment is adapted so that said rolled-up, quasi-belt configuration is achieved by extending said distal ends of said sleeve portions of said garment away from said garment lateral centerline and then rolling up said garment around a roll-up line that extends between the distal ends of said extended sleeve portion in a manner that yields a roll-up sleeve portion that moves down said rear segment of said torso portion, and   wherein said loop region has a cross-sectional area that is adapted to allow the distal end of a sleeve portion, when in said rolled-up, quasi-belt configuration and proximate said waist edge, to move towards said lateral centerline of said garment and pass through said loop region, so as to temporarily anchor said rolled-up, sleeve portion to said torso portion, and then be extended away from said torso portion so as to enable said rolled-up sleeve portion to be used to tie said garment around one's waist.   
     
     
         10 . The garment recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 said loop is adhered to said torso portion by affixing the interior surface of each of said loop ends to said torso portion,   
     
     
         11 . The garment recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.   
     
     
         12 . The garment recited in  claim 10 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.   
     
     
         13 . The garment recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 said front segment of said garment torso portion having a pocket with a pocket opening,   said loop further includes a right loop and a left loop edge,   one of said loop edges is formed by said pocket opening, and   said other loop edge is formed by creating a second opening into said pocket that is oriented so that said second opening is proximate and approximately parallel to said pocket opening.   
     
     
         14 . The garment recited in  claim 13 , wherein:
 said pocket includes a right pocket proximate said garment right edge and a left pocket proximate said garment left edge,   said second opening includes a right opening that is associated with said right pocket and a left opening that is associated with said left pocket.   
     
     
         15 . The garment recited in  claim 9 , wherein:
 said garment torso portion having an exterior and an interior surface and a front segment,   said loop further includes a right loop edge and a left loop edge,   said right and left loop edges are formed by creating, in said front segment, openings that extend between said exterior and interior surfaces and are oriented approximately parallel to one another.   
     
     
         16 . The garment recited in  claim 15 , wherein:
 said loop includes a right loop that is proximate said right-side edge and a left loop that is proximate said left-side edge.