Pants having waistband for receiving flexible restraints

a technology of flexible restraints and waistbands, which is applied in the field of pants having waistbands for receiving flexible restraints, can solve the problems of inability to reuse restraints, unacceptable visual cues of undercover police status, etc., and achieve the effect of convenient tucking and removal

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-08-04
5 11 INC
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The patent describes a pants garment with a slender tunnel or pocket in the waistband. This tunnel can be formed by existing layers of material or additional layers added to the waistband. The tunnel has an opening that allows for easy access and can accommodate flexible restraints. The tunnel can be narrow or wide enough to allow for easy insertion and removal of the restraints. The tunnel can also have a seam where it meets the remainder of the pants garment. The flexible restraints can remain in place until they are intentionally removed. The technical effect of this design is to provide a convenient and comfortable way to secure the pants garment to the wearer.

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The patent text discusses the use of flexible restraints by law enforcement officers and the challenges they face in carrying them. The technical problem addressed in the text is the need for tactical storage and concealment of flexible restraints to allow officers to carry them without being visually identified as carrying a tool.

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[0011]In the following description, various embodiments of the present invention will be described. For purposes of explanation, specific configurations and details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments. However, it will also be apparent to one skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without the specific details. Furthermore, well-known features may be omitted or simplified in order not to obscure the embodiment being described.

[0012]Referring now to the drawings, in which like reference numerals represent like parts throughout the several views, FIG. 1 shows an example of a pants garment 100 (hereinafter pants 100) having features for storing, accessing, and / or concealing flexible restraints 116 such as flexible restraints. Such features may include tunnels, e.g., features provide a passage through at least some portion of the pants 100. The flexible restraints 116 may be formed of plastic and / or any other suitably flex...

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A pants garment is provided with features for storing and/or concealing flexible restraints such as plastic restraints commonly used by law enforcement. A restraint tunnel may extend along a waistband of the pants garment and include an opening. The opening may be sized and arranged so as to facilitate, when a flexible restraint is stored in the tunnel, removal of the flexible restraint from the tunnel through the opening when the plastic restraint is grasped and pulled by fingers of the wearer from a position along at least one of the interior side or the exterior side of the pants garment when the pants garment is worn by the wearer. The tunnel may attach to the interior of the pants along the waistband, or may be incorporated into the waistband with an opening to the exterior or interior side of the pants garment.

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