Insulated garment, insulating and wicking feature and method
OwnerJonathan A. Levyinventor
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Abstract
A garment includes a garment body formed of at least one fabric. At least one padded portion is coupled to the garment body so as to extend inwardly of the garment body and at least partially occupy a volume defined by a space between a portion of the garment body and a correspondingly positioned portion of a wearer's body. A method includes disposing padding configured to be accommodated in a region of a body of the wearer which is spaced apart from a portion of a garment body of the exercise garment when worn so as to be inwardly projecting of the garment body in a position generally corresponding to the region of the body of the wearer, to thereby insulate and/or wick moisture away from the skin.
Claims19
A method of providing enhanced comfort to a wearer of a garment, comprising:
- providing the garment which includes a garment body which when worn by the wearer creates a hollow space between at least one region of the garment body and at least one anatomically recessed region of a body of the wearer, the hollow space being located between adjacent body regions that protrude further than the at least one anatomically recessed region of the wearer;
- providing padding corresponding to said at least one anatomically recessed region of the body of the wearer;
- disposing the padding within said at least one region of the garment body, said padding being positioned to be inwardly projecting of the garment body to at least partially occupy said hollow space, said padding being confined to said hollow space corresponding to each said at least one anatomically recessed region such that another region adjacently surrounding said hollow space remains unpadded;
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- placing the garment on the body of the wearer such that said padding at least partially occupies said hollow space between the at least one region of the garment body and the at least one anatomically recessed region of the body of the wearer.
A garment, comprising:
- a garment body comprised of at least one fabric, said garment body being adapted to be worn by a wearer such that a hollow space is present between at least one region of the garment body and at least one anatomically recessed region of the wearer when the at least one fabric of the garment body is tensioned between adjacent body regions that protrude further than the at least one anatomically recessed region;
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- at least one padded portion coupled to said garment body and positioned within said at least one region so as to extend inwardly of the garment body and at least partially occupy the hollow space, each said at least one padded portion being confined to said hollow space corresponding to each said at least one anatomically recessed region, another region of said garment body adjacently surrounding said hollow space remaining unpadded.
A garment, comprising:
- a garment body comprised of at least one fabric, said garment body being adapted to be worn by a wearer such that an open volume containing air is created between at least one region of the garment body and at least one anatomically recessed region located between adjacent body regions when the at least one fabric of the garment body extends between the adjacent body regions when the garment is worn;
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- at least one padded portion carried on said garment body being positioned within said at least one region of the garment body so as to extend inwardly of the garment body and at least partially occupy the open volume, each said at least one padded portion being confined to each said at least one anatomically recessed region, other regions of the garment body corresponding to said adjacent body regions when the garment is worn by the wearer remaining unpadded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.