Blackout hoodie

Abstract

A blackout hoodie for blocking transmission of light to a user's eyes having a body portion with an upper front portion and a front section opening, a rear section forming the back, right and left sides of the hoodie and covering the neck of a user, a portion of the interior upper front portion being a material which blocks the transmission of light through the hoodie, the upper front portion being capable of being pulled down over the user's forehead to cover the user's eyes, a passage around the perimeter of the front section opening through which a cinching mechanism may be threaded to allow the user to adjust the size of the front section opening, a flexible nose bridge, positioned in the passage at the midpoint of the perimeter of the front section opening allowing the bridge to conform to the shape of the user's nose blocking transmission of light from beneath the nose bridge portion.

We claim: 
     
         1 . A blackout hoodie for blocking the transmission of light to the eyes of the user comprising:
 a body portion having an upper front portion and a front section having a perimeter forming an opening to allow the face of the user to initially remain uncovered;   a rear section of the body portion forming a back side and right and left sides of the hoodie and covering the neck of a user;   a portion of an interior of the upper front portion being made of a material which blocks the transmission of light through the hoodie to the user's eyes:   the upper front portion being capable of being pulled down over the user's forehead to cover the eyes of the user;   the front section provided with a passage around the perimeter through which a cinching mechanism may be threaded from one side of the passage to the other side of the passage to allow the user to adjust the size of the front section opening;   a flexible nose bridge positioned adjacent the passage at the midpoint of the perimeter of the front section opening;   the nose bridge being flexible to allow the user to conform the bridge to the shape of the user's nose to block out the transmission of light from beneath the nose bridge portion of the hoodie;   wherein the user may adjust the size of the front section opening by pulling on the ends of the cinching mechanism to pull the upper front portion of the hoodie over the eyes of the user to block out the transmission of light from beneath the nose bridge portion of the hoodie.   
     
     
         2 . The blackout hoodie of  claim 1  wherein the exterior of the rear section of the body portion is made from any soft, pliable clothing material, including for example, cotton, polyester, nylon, rayon, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The blackout hoodie of  claim 1  wherein a portion of the interior upper front portion is made of a smooth soft material capable of blocking the transmission of light. 
     
     
         4 . The black-out hoodie of  claim 1  wherein the cinching mechanism is a drawstring. 
     
     
         5 . The black-out hoodie of  claim 4  wherein the cinching mechanism is a drawstring with a cordlock movably attached to each end of the drawstring. 
     
     
         6 . The black-out hoodie of  claim 1  wherein the hoodie is an integral part of another apparel item. 
     
     
         7 . The black-out hoodie of  claim 1  wherein the hoodie is provided with clips to attach the hoodie to another apparel item or a pillow.