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The present invention broadly comprises an article of manufacture that includes a free hanging garment having an image fixedly attached to the interior of the garment, which when raised, conceals the identity of the wearer and reveals the image fixedly attached to the interior surface of the garment. The free hanging garment includes a hem edge, a waist edge, an exterior surface and an interior surface. The interior surface has the hem edge positioned on one perimeter of the free hanging garment, and the waist edge is on the opposite perimeter of the free hanging garment. The upper portion of the image that is fixedly attached to the interior surface is proximate to the hem edge and the lower portion of the image is distal to said hem edge.

Inventor: Elizabeth Henderson
Current U.S. Classification: 2/69

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Referenced by

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US8184002Jul 14, 2009May 22, 2012Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.Method and device for receiving emergency event alert
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Claims

1. A costume comprising:

A free hanging garment comprising a hem edge, a waist edge, an exterior surface and an interior surface; said interior surface having an image fixedly attached; wherein said hem edge and said waist edge are on opposite perimeters of said free hanging garment, wherein an upper portion of said image is proximate to said hem edge; and a lower portion of said image is distal to said hem edge.

2. The costume of claim 1, wherein said exterior surface is one layer, and said interior surface is a separate layer of said free hanging garment, wherein both layers are connected.

3. The costume of claim 1, further comprising at least one marker on said exterior surface to indicate the hand position at which a wearer should grasp and lift said free hanging garment.

4. The costume of claim 3, wherein said at least one marker is at least one pleat in said free hanging garment.

5. The costume of claim 1, wherein said interior surface is black.

6. The costume of claim 1, wherein said exterior surface is adorned with a multiplicity of decorative elements.

7. The costume of claim 1, further comprising a band attached at the perimeter of said free hanging garment proximate to said waist edge.

8. The costume of claim 1, wherein said upper portion of said image includes a stiffening reinforcement.

9. The costume of claim 1, further comprising a leg garment covering each leg separately, wherein said leg garment has an image fixedly attached to an exterior surface of said leg garment that complements said image on said interior surface of said free hanging garment.

10. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image portrays at least one torso.

11. The costume of claim 9, wherein said image further portrays at least one head connected to said torso.

12. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image portrays a non-human image on said interior surface.

13. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is aligned with said wearer's legs.

14. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is printed onto said interior surface.

15. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is fixedly attached to said interior surface using an adhesive.

16. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is woven into said interior surface.

17. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is embroidered into said interior surface.

18. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is drawn onto said interior surface.

19. The costume of claim 1, wherein said image is first applied to a textile and then fixedly attached to said interior surface.

20. A method of wearing a costume comprising:

suspending a free hanging garment from a wearer's waist, said free hanging garment having an image fixedly attached to an interior surface of said free hanging garment; grasping said free hanging garment; and raising said free hanging garment overhead to reveal the image fixedly attached to said interior surface of said free hanging garment.

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