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US 11,297,884 B2Granted
Trim piece for an apparel item
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorDonavan Harris
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Abstract
A trim piece is provided herein comprising a first zone adapted to be folded over an edge of an apparel item, a second zone, and a third zone interposed between the first and second zones. The trim piece is positioned on the apparel item such that a majority of the trim piece is positioned on an outer-facing surface of the apparel item.
Claims20
A combination of a lower-body apparel item and a waistband, wherein:
- the lower-body apparel item is formed from a first panel of material comprising an innermost surface and an outermost surface of the lower-body apparel item, wherein the first panel of material extends continuously and terminates at a first terminal end that forms an uppermost edge of a waist opening of the lower-body apparel item;
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- the waistband includes a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface and the second surface extending from a first longitudinal terminal end to a second longitudinal terminal end opposite the first longitudinal terminal end, wherein an entirety of the second surface of the waistband directly abuts the outermost surface of the lower-body apparel item such that the first longitudinal terminal end of the waistband is aligned with the first terminal end of the first panel of material forming the uppermost edge of the waist opening of the lower-body apparel item.
A lower-body apparel item comprising:
- a torso portion formed from a first panel of material, the first panel of material comprising an innermost surface and an outermost surface of the torso portion, wherein the first panel of material extends continuously and terminates at a first terminal end that forms an uppermost edge of a waist opening in the lower-body apparel item;
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- a waistband including a first surface and an opposite second surface, the first surface and the second surface extending from a first longitudinal terminal end to a second longitudinal terminal end opposite the first longitudinal terminal end, wherein an entirety of the second surface of the waistband directly abuts the outermost surface of the torso portion of the lower-body apparel item such that the first longitudinal terminal end of the waistband is aligned with the first terminal end of the first panel of material forming the uppermost edge of the waist opening of the lower-body apparel item and the second longitudinal terminal end of the waistband is positioned below the first longitudinal terminal end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.