A jacket with a collar pouch that becomes a stuffed neck pillow
A wearable jacket whose collar contains a zippered pouch holding a fabric pillow shell; you unzip and remove the pouch, open its zipper, stuff the rolled jacket (arms into the pillow’s arm cavities, body into the central cavity) and reseal to form a neck pillow. Designed for travelers who want to carry a pillow without extra luggage space.
(57) What the patent covered
The main claim covered a jacket with a body and two arms plus a collar that has an interior cavity accessible through an opening in the rear of the collar, and a pouch whose exterior surface is attached to a surface of that cavity. The pouch is removable through the rear collar opening and is used to receive the jacket material to form the pillow. The method claim required removing the pouch from the collar cavity, placing the jacket’s arms and rolled body into corresponding regions of the pouch, and sealing the pouch to make the neck pillow.
The distinctive part: Folding the jacket into a pouch that lives in a cavity inside the rear of the collar, with the pouch’s exterior attached to the cavity surface.
Novelty 3/5. Converting garments into storage items and jackets with hidden pockets were already common; this ties a specifically placed collar cavity and a stitched/attached pouch to the standard neck-pillow shape, which is a practical but not radical change.
Making it
Cut and sew garment panels for jacket; stitch collar with an internal cavity and attach a preformed pouch to the collar interior; fit zippers into collar opening and pouch opening; final assembly and quality check.
Materials: woven outer shell (polyester or nylon), lightweight lining (polyester), fabric pillow pouch (polyester/cotton), nylon or metal zippers
Manufacturability 4/5. Typical garment construction with an extra sewn pouch and two zippers; needs standard clothing tooling and sewing lines but no special hardware or electronics.
Is anyone buying?
This design, or something very close to it, is on sale now. Typical retail price: $75–$150. Multiple US retailers offer a jacket with a built-in neck pillow pouch; strong customer interest evidenced by reviews and active product pages.
- Pillow Pac Puffer Jacket · Weatherproof Garment$150.00
- Weatherproof Men's Packable Neck Pillow Zip-Front Quilted Jacket · Macy's$75.00
- Pillow Pac Jacket (PillowPac) – Men's Pillow Pac Jacket · Navy Online Shop (U.S. Navy Exchange / US Navy Store)
This demand check was run with a web search in the week of Sep 28, 2026. Listings change often, so treat it as a starting point for your own research.
Who buys it: frequent travelers who want one garment to double as a neck pillow
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 issues include comfort/bulk tradeoffs (collar size needed to store a full jacket), durability of the pouch and zippers, and a crowded market for travel apparel; patent lapsed so no active protection but check for other overlapping patents or trademarks.
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.