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US 10,362,820 B2Granted
Cold weather vented garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsLuke A. Pezzimenti, Lindsey V. J. Martin, Irena Ilcheva
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Abstract
The present invention relates to breathable, vented, and insulating cold weather garments. More particularly, the present invention relates to garments with chambers to retain an insulating fill material. Perforations along the seams between the insulating chambers may achieve optimal evaporative moisture transfer from the inside (proximal to the body of a wearer) of the garment to the outside environment.
Claims5
A method of making a garment comprising:
- aligning a first panel of material with a second panel of material, wherein the first panel of material and the second panel of material are shaped to form a back section of the garment, wherein a superior portion of the back section of the garment is configured to cover an upper portion of a wearer's back that is proximate to a neck of a wearer and wherein an inferior portion of the back section of the garment is configured to cover a lower portion of the wearer's back proximate to a waist of the wearer, when the garment is in an as worn configuration;
- affixing the first panel of material and the second panel of material together at a first plurality of seams located in the superior portion of the back section and a second plurality of seams located in the inferior portion of the back section to form one or more chambers defined by the first panel of material, the second panel of material, and at least one seam in the first plurality of seams located in the superior portion of the back section of the garment, and at least one seam in the second plurality of seams located in the inferior portion of the back section of the garment;
- perforating one or more of the first plurality of seams located in the superior portion of the back section of the garment to create at least one perforation on the one or more of the first plurality of seams located in the superior portion of the back section of the garment, wherein the at least one perforation extends through the one or more of the first plurality of seams, through the first panel of material, and through the second panel of material, and not creating any perforations on the second plurality of seams located in the inferior portion of the back section of the garment;
- filling the one or more chambers with one or more of down and synthetic fibers;
- and
- using the back section to form the garment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.