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US 11,357,277 B2Granted
Support shirt with sleeve reinforcement regions
AssigneeInzer Advance Designs, Inc.
InventorJohn Inzer
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Abstract
A support shirt including a shirt body and a pair of shirt body sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper shirt body is provided. The sleeves are attached to the shirt body at sleeve body holes, with each of the sleeves including sleeve reinforcement regions extending at least a portion of the distance from the sleeve holes to an outer edge of the sleeves. The sleeve reinforcement regions extend substantially along a centerline extending longitudinally across the sleeves and the upper sleeve body to stabilize and provide support to the shoulders of a wearer during an upward lifting motion.
Claims20
A support shirt comprising:
- a shirt body comprising a front panel and a back panel joined together at body seams;
- a pair of sleeves attached to said front panel of said shirt body, said sleeves entirely spaced away from said back panel of said shirt body, said sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper portion of said shirt body, said sleeves each comprising a first end attached to said shirt body at a respective sleeve body hole located on said front panel of said shirt body, each of said sleeves further comprising an opposite second end;
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- a respective sleeve reinforcement region on each of said sleeves, each of said sleeve reinforcement regions comprising a length of fabric stitched to each of said sleeves and extending at least a portion of a distance from said respective sleeve body hole to an outer edge of said respective sleeve, said outer edge located at said respective second end, said sleeve reinforcement regions each extending along a centerline extending longitudinally across said respective sleeves and said upper portion of said shirt body.
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A support shirt comprising:
- a shirt body comprising a front panel and a back panel joined together at body seams;
- a pair of sleeves attached to said front panel of said shirt body, said sleeves entirely spaced away from said back panel of said shirt body, said sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper portion of said shirt body, each of said sleeves including a first end attached to said shirt body at a respective sleeve body hole located on said front panel of said shirt body, each of said sleeves further comprising a second end;
- and a respective sleeve reinforcement region on each of said sleeves, each of said sleeve reinforcement regions extending at least a portion of a distance from said respective sleeve body hole to an outer edge of said respective sleeve, said outer edge located at said respective second end, said sleeve reinforcement regions each comprising one or more layers of fabric stitched to said respective sleeve at a respective coupling seam, said sleeve reinforcement regions each extending substantially along a centerline extending longitudinally across said respective sleeves and said upper portion of said shirt body.
A support shirt comprising:
- a shirt body comprising a front panel and a back panel joined together at body seams;
- a pair of sleeves comprising a first fabric attached to said front panel of said shirt body, said sleeves entirely spaced away from said back panel of said shirt body, and said sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper portion of said shirt body, said sleeves each having an interior surface and an exterior surface, said sleeves each comprising a first end attached to said shirt body at a respective sleeve body hole located on said front panel of said shirt body, each of said sleeves further comprising a second end;
- and a respective sleeve reinforcement region on each of said sleeves, each of said sleeve reinforcement region comprising a second fabric stitched to said respective sleeve beginning at a respective one of said sleeve body holes and extending at least a portion of a distance from said respective sleeve body hole to an outer edge of said respective sleeve, said outer edge located at said respective second end, said sleeve reinforcement regions extending substantially along a centerline extending longitudinally across said respective sleeves and said upper portion of said shirt body, said second fabric of each sleeve reinforcement region overlying said first fabric of said respective sleeve on at least one of said interior surface and said exterior surface of said respective sleeve.
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