公开(公告)号：WO2018226658A1

公开(公告)日：2018-12-13

申请号：PCT/US2018/036004

申请日：2018-06-05

Applicant: WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

Inventor： RILEY, Alex

IPC: A41D3/04 ,  A41D3/08

CPC classification number: A41D3/04 ,  A45F3/04 ,  A45F2003/001

Abstract: A protective garment, such as a raincoat or windbreaker has an attached accessory extending from the shoulder region between backpack straps for covering the backpack and shedding precipitation such as snow and rain. The garment accessory includes a flexible planar material coupled in a water shedding engagement with a rear facing portion (back) of the garment, such that the flexible planar material is adapted to shed water over a created void adjacent the rear facing portion, the void resulting from a backpack or other load suspended from straps extending over a shoulder portion of the outerwear above the coupling. A slot in the rear facing portion is adapted to receive the deformed flexible planar material when not deployed over the void, and a zippered receptacle or pouch on an opposed side of the rear facing portion is in communication with the slot for receiving the deformed flexible planar material.