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US 10,646,769 B1Granted
Discrete shoulder sleeve for a shoulder-pad system
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBryan N. Farris, David Turner
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Abstract
A shoulder-pad system includes various components, including a set of shoulder pads that comprises a right-shoulder pad assembly, a left-shoulder pad assembly, an anterior plate, and a posterior plate. Each shoulder-pad assembly may include an epaulette and a discrete shoulder sleeve that is releasably attachable to the epaulette. The discrete shoulder sleeve may further include an epaulette attachment mechanism that releasable attaches the discrete shoulder sleeve to the epaulette when the epaulette is positioned within the cavity.
Claims20
A shoulder-sleeve garment comprising:
- a cuff including a band of textile forming a tubular body;
- a shoulder pocket coupled to the cuff, the shoulder pocket including one or more textile panels coupled to one another to form a cavity, the one or more textile panels comprising a top panel having a top-panel medial portion and a side panel having a side-panel medial portion that is attached to the top-panel medial portion;
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- an epaulette-attachment mechanism attached to the shoulder pocket, the epaulette-attachment mechanism being releasably attachable to an epaulette of a shoulder-pad system,
- wherein the cavity is configured to receive the epaulette and wherein the side-panel medial portion is configured to be positioned medially relative to the epaulette when the epaulette is positioned within the cavity.
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A shoulder-pad system comprising:
- a set of shoulder pads including an anterior plate assembly, a posterior plate assembly, a left-side shoulder assembly, and a right-side shoulder assembly, each of the left-side shoulder assembly and the right-side shoulder assembly comprising:
- an epaulette having a epaulette profile;
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- a discrete shoulder sleeve that is removably attachable to the epaulette and that comprises:
- an epaulette-attachment mechanism that releasably attaches to the epaulette;
- a shoulder pocket coupled with the epaulette-attachment mechanism and including one or more textile panels coupled to one another to form a cavity, the one or more textile panels at least partially encasing the epaulette when the epaulette is positioned in the cavity, the one or more textile panels comprising a top panel having a top-panel medial portion and a side panel having a side-panel medial portion that is attached to the top-panel medial portion, the side-panel medial portion being positioned medially relative to the epaulette when the epaulette is positioned in the cavity, and
- a cuff coupled to the shoulder pocket and including a band of textile forming a tubular body.
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A method of donning a shoulder-pad system, the method comprising:
- placing a set of shoulder pads onto shoulders of a wearer, the set of shoulder pads including an anterior plate assembly, a posterior-plate assembly, a left- side shoulder assembly including a left epaulette, and a right-side shoulder assembly including a right epaulette;
- affixing a left-side discrete shoulder sleeve over the left epaulette, the left- side discrete shoulder sleeve comprising one or more textile panels coupled to one another to form a left-side cavity, the left-side discrete shoulder sleeve comprising a left-side shoulder pocket comprising a top panel having a top-panel medial portion and a side panel having a side-panel medial portion attached to the top- panel medial portion, wherein the side-panel medial portion is positioned medially relative to the left epaulette when the left epaulette is positioned within the left-side cavity;
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- affixing a right-side discrete shoulder sleeve over the right epaulette, the right-side discrete shoulder sleeve comprising one or more textile panels coupled to one another to form a right-side cavity, the right-side discrete shoulder sleeve comprising a right-side shoulder pocket comprising a top panel having a top-panel medial portion and a side panel having a side-panel medial portion attached to the top-panel medial portion, wherein the side-panel medial portion is positioned medially relative to the right epaulette when the right epaulette is positioned within the right-side cavity, the left-side discrete shoulder sleeve and the right-side discrete shoulder sleeve being detached from an upper-body garment that at least partially covers the anterior plate assembly and the posterior plate assembly.
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