Garment pocket with adjustable depth/width and a detachable, rotatable pouch
A sewn garment pocket designed to hold large mobile devices, made from an upper and lower pocket panel attached to the garment and to each other to form the pocket. The design adds a depth-adjusting feature at the lower panel and a width-adjusting feature at the upper panel, and a detachable pouch version that fastens by button and can rotate between horizontal and vertical orientations. Intended users are people who carry phones or similar devices on waistbands or inside garments.
(57) What the patent covered
The main independent claim required a pocket made of a lower portion and an upper portion, both fixedly attached to the garment and sewn together to form the pocket, with a depth-adjusting means on the lower portion and garment for vertical adjustment and a width-adjusting means on the upper portion and garment for horizontal adjustment. A separate independent claim covered a detachable pocket that attaches by a button/buttonhole rotating axis so the pouch can rotate and be attached in horizontal or vertical orientation.
The distinctive part: The specific combination of vertical depth adjustment built into the lower panel plus horizontal width adjustment in the upper panel, together with a rotatable detachable pouch that mounts by a button/buttonhole axis.
Novelty 3/5. Adjustable and detachable garment pouches existed, but integrating a lower-panel depth adjuster and an upper-panel width adjuster as the claimed means was a practical improvement on common sewn pockets.
Making it
cut and sew garment fabric and pocket panels; add interfacing or stitched channels for depth/width adjustment; attach button/buttonhole hardware by sewing or press; final assembly by standard garment sewing lines.
Materials: woven cotton or denim (garment panel), nylon or polyester pocket lining, stiffened interfacing or foam insert for depth control (likely), metal or plastic button/snap
Manufacturability 4/5. Several sewn fabric parts with some added hardware and possibly stitched channels or tabs for adjustment; typical apparel factory work and moderate hand or machine assembly needed.
Is anyone buying?
Comparable products are on sale; this exact design wasn't found. Typical retail price: $15–$99. Several belt/clip rotating phone pouches are sold by US retailers; product pages emphasize rotating/adjustable carry and compatibility with waistbands/belts.
- Atlas46 Flapped Mobile Phone Pouch, Rotating Quick Release · Beaver Tools (Atlas46 product page on Beaver Industrial Supply)$99.00
- XL Vertical Leather Phone Pouch With Rotating Belt Clip · MyBat Pro$15.00
This demand check was run with a web search in the week of Sep 21, 2026. Listings change often, so treat it as a starting point for your own research.
Who buys it: people who carry large phones on their waistband or inside jackets
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 modest: crowded market for phone pockets, user preference for simpler closures, and the patent’s claims focus on particular sewn adjustment means so commercial designs may differ; no legal advice intended.
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.