EXCLUSIVE...SCOTTeVEST PATENT

SCOTTeVEST has applied for and will receive a patent on a PERSONAL ASSISTANT GARMENT for their SeV clothing line. The patent relates to clothing designed to hold electronic devices and other items (such as keys and wallets). Essentially, this is a Design and Utility patent with an eventual goal of incorporation of third party wiring. To put it more into perspective; think about clothing like a base box of a computer, then you add in all the other “stuff”. Eventually, SCOTTeVEST will license Technology Enabled Clothing (TEC) to other clothing companies.

The garments in the patent illustrate clothing designed to hold one or more electronic devices and have internal passageways to route wires. The passageways are segmented to allow for the easy installation of wires. In addition, a horizontal passageway allows for routing of wires from each side of the garment without disturbing other wires neatly fastened in passageway segments.

Recognizing that the use of portable electronic devices has been dramatically increasing as well as the multitude of accessories for these devices, SCOTTeVEST designed a clothing line that has met the needs of the users of this type of equipment. The change in dress codes where people have migrated from business suits to more casual attire and the ever increasing requirements of businesses to have individuals carry a larger assortment of equipment prompted SCOTTeVEST to design and manufacture a clothing line that will meet the ever increasing needs of people. The SCOTTeVEST design provides for individual adaptation of the numerous devices they carry to enable people to carry their items with minimal stress on their body.

The initial invention was designed for a vest but the concepts can and are being fabricated into Jackets, Suit Coats, Shirts and Pants. With a variety of features (most notably the routing of wires), the clothing can house devices and allow at the same time body movement with little restriction. The design of the garments allow for compartmentalized pockets that will prevent contact with other devices and/or beverages that might be stored in pockets to prevent spillage. The design allows for multiple users to be able to wear the vests because of an adjustable waist feature thus enabling them to keep their wiring installed and just replace the devices they need to connect.

A variety of features distinguishes this line of clothing such as the ability to be laundered in an ordinary fashion because all electric components and wiring can be removed easily. Wiring can be routed through different pockets and to the neck area for connection of devices and yet the wires remain hidden and organized. The garment provides for ergonomic housing of portable computers or other electronic devices maintaining unrestrained body movement. There are a multitude of pockets with some having a variety of ways to gain access and several ways of sealing these pockets including zippers, Velcro, snaps and buttons. Pockets range in size so the user can store earbuds to small laptop computers.

The application for the patent was very extensive describing miniscule detail of each feature. SCOTTeVEST will be changing their corporate identity from SeV to S-e-V.

It is expected that this announcement will be public information on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 as U.S. Patent No. 6,826,782