Article of apparel
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorKyle S. Blakely
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Abstract
An article of apparel is configured to be worn on a torso of a wearer. The article of apparel includes a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel. The first textile panel is spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel. An elastic textile material spans the gap and extends from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the article of apparel. The first textile panel and the second textile panel possess a first elongation value, and the elastic textile material possesses a second elongation value that is greater than the first elongation value.
Claims20
An article of apparel configured to be worn on a torso of a wearer, the article of apparel comprising:
- a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel, the first textile panel spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel, wherein the plurality of textile panels possess a first elongation value;
- and
- an elastic textile material spanning the gap and extending from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the article of apparel, the elastic textile material possessing a second elongation value that is greater than the first elongation value.
An article of apparel comprising:
- a first textile layer;
- and
- a second textile layer coupled to the first textile layer, the second textile layer including:
- a first grasp-resistant fabric panel coupled to the first textile layer, and
- a second grasp-resistant fabric panel coupled to the first textile layer, wherein the first fabric panel is oriented in spaced relation from the second fabric panel to define a gap between the first and second fabric panels along a first surface of the first textile layer, wherein each of the first fabric panel and the second fabric panel possesses an elongation that is less than a first elongation possessed by the first textile layer.
A method of forming an athletic jersey, the method comprising:
- providing an elastic textile material possessing a first elongation value;
- and
- joining a plurality of textile panels to the elastic textile material, the plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel each possessing a second elongation value that is substantially less than the first elongation value, the first textile panel spaced apart from the second textile panel on the elastic textile material to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the athletic jersey, wherein the elastic textile material spans the gap and extends from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the athletic jersey.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.