Rear inset pocket for pants that sits flush with the outer fabric
This patent covers pants with a rear pocket formed from two separate pocket panels, an interior panel fastened to the garment’s inner surface and an exterior panel inset into an opening in the outer fabric, so the pocket’s outer face is flush with the surrounding pants. It describes how those panels are sized and joined during manufacturing to create a pouch with an open top; users are outdoor and everyday wearers who want a cleaner, low-profile rear pocket.
(57) What the patent covered
The main claim requires pants having a rear pocket made of an interior panel attached to the inner surface of the pants fabric and an exterior panel inset into an opening in the outer fabric, where the interior and exterior panels are separate (discontinuous) from the pants fabric and at least a portion of the exterior panel’s outer surface is completely flush with the pants’ outer surface adjacent to the opening.
The distinctive part: Specifying a pocket built from separate interior and exterior panels, with the exterior panel inset so its outer face is completely flush with the surrounding outer fabric.
Novelty 3/5. Flush or inset pockets and interior pocket bags already existed in garments; this is a clear construction detail and manufacturing sequence rather than a wholly new garment type.
Making it
Cut outer fabric and pocket panels; stitch or bond an interior panel larger than the outer opening to the garment inner surface; insert and attach a smaller-or-equal-sized exterior panel into the outer opening; stitch or weld the panels together around edges to form the pouch and trim; topstitch or finish the opening so the exterior panel is flush.
Materials: Woven or knit garment fabric (nylon, cotton, polyester blends), Lightweight woven pocket panel (nylon or polyester), Heavier reinforcing fabric or laminated panel (optional), Thread (polyester)
Manufacturability 4/5. Requires several cut textile parts and multiple sewing operations (attaching interior panel, insetting exterior panel, edge finishing); typical of mid-complexity apparel production but doable on standard sewing lines.
Is anyone buying?
Comparable products are on sale; this exact design wasn't found. Typical retail price: $138. Popular travel/day-to-day pant line with multiple concealed pockets including a back-area hidden/zip pocket; strong customer reviews and active online store presence.
- Ascender Chino / Ascender 5 Pocket Pants (Back pocket with... · Bluffworks$138.00
This demand check was run with a web search in the week of Sep 7, 2026. Listings change often, so treat it as a starting point for your own research.
Who buys it: outdoor-minded men and women seeking low-profile/reinforced back pockets
Before you make it
We didn't find any related continuation or divisional patents still in force, although that doesn't rule out design patents, trademarks or unrelated patents covering the same product.
Practical risks are mostly production complexity and fit, ensuring the exterior panel sits perfectly flush needs precise cutting and finishing; crowded market for pocket styling rather than regulatory issues.
Owners occasionally revive lapsed patents (about 1.5% are), and this page is a research lead rather than legal advice, so get a freedom-to-operate opinion before you manufacture anything.