Garment with combined pocket and waist suppressor

Claim 1

AN OUTER GARMENT GENERALLY IN THE FORM OF A JACKET HAVING SLEEVES AND SIDE SEAMS, AND A WAISTBAND DEFINING THE BOTTOM EDGE THEREOF, SAID SIDE SEAM EXTENDING VERTICALLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF SAID SLEEVE TO SAID WAISTBAND, AN OVER-PLACKET HAVING ITS TOP PORTION DISPOSED CENTRALLY OF SAID SEAM, SAID PLACKET HAVING GENERALLY STRAIGHT EDGES ATTACHED LATERALLY OF THE SIDE SEAM AND DIVERGING DOWNWARDLY TO THE BOTTOM OF SAID WAISTBAND IN AN OPEN CONDITION, A SLIDE-TYPE CLOSURE ATTACHED TO THE OPPOSED EDGES OF THE OVER-PLACKET ADAPTED TO REDUCE THE PERIPHERAL EXTENT OF THE JACKET AND WAISTBAND WHEN THE SLIDE-TYPE CLOSURE IS CLOSED THEREBY BRINGING THE OPPOSED EDGES OF THE OVER-PLACKET INTO ENGAGMENT, SLIDE-TYPE CLOSURE INCLUDING A SLIDER ELEMENT DISPOSED AT THE UPPER END OF THE OVER-PLACKET WHEN THE CLOSURE IS IN OPEN CONDITION.