Fishing garment with removable pockets with fastening means on both pocketsides

Claim 1

A garment particularly adapted for wear by fishermen comprising, in combination: a support member in a generally square configuration having side edges and end edges, an oval head opening centrally disposed therein with the larger axis of the oval being parallel with the end edges and with the smaller axis of the oval parallel with the side edges, the long axis constituting about 50 percent of the length of the end edges and the short axis constituting about 15 percent of the length of the side edges, a slit extending between the center of one of the end edges and the head opening to facilitate donning and removal of the garment with a tie string formed in the support member adjacent to the slit to facilitate opening and closing of the garment; a plurality of pockets, the pockets having an interior and an exterior and also having a back face and a front face with means coupling the back face and front face along their sides and bottom extent and with a flap extending downwardly from the top of the back face over the front face; coupling means interconnecting the support means and the pockets; and coupling means including a plurality of strips of pile type fasteners secured to the exterior of the support member in spaced relationship parallel to the side edges and a plurality of strips of pile type fasteners secured to the interior of the pockets in spaced relationship parallel with the end edges and a plurality of strips of pile type fasteners secured to the exterior of at least some pockets in spaced relationship parallel with the side edges.