US 11,589,628 B2Granted

Layered thumbhole structure

AssigneeNIKE, Inc.

InventorsStewart D. Horner, Iustinia Koshkaroff, Matthew D. Nordstrom, Derek Skorupski

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Abstract

A tubular sleeve having a proximal end opposite a distal end, a cutout formed through the tubular sleeve proximate the distal end, a first panel having at least a trailing edge and spanning a first portion of the cutout, a second panel having at least a leading edge and a trailing edge and spanning a second portion of the cutout, and a third panel having at least a leading edge and spanning a third portion of the cutout. The second panel may overlap the first panel across the entire width of the cutout such that the second-panel leading edge is distal to the first-panel trailing edge. The third panel may overlap the second panel across the entire width of the cutout such that the third-panel leading edge is distal to the second-panel trailing edge. In some aspects, a mitten may be affixed to an interior surface of the tubular sleeve.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A tubular sleeve comprising:

a distal end opposite a proximal end;
a cutout formed through the tubular sleeve proximate the distal end, the cutout defined in part by a first cutout edge and a second cutout edge, wherein the first cutout edge is positioned across the cutout from the second cutout edge;
a first panel having at least a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge defining at least a portion of a distalmost edge of the tubular sleeve when the tubular sleeve is fully extended, the first panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the first panel overlaps the first cutout edge, spans a first portion of the cutout, and overlaps the second cutout edge;
a second panel having at least a leading edge and a trailing edge, the second panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the second panel overlaps the first cutout edge, spans a second portion of the cutout, and overlaps the second cutout edge, the leading edge of the second panel overlapping the trailing edge of the first panel to define at least a portion of a first aperture, the first aperture being in communication with an interior volume of the tubular sleeve;
and
a third panel having at least a leading edge, the third panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the third panel overlaps the first cutout edge, spans a third portion of the cutout, and overlaps the second cutout edge, the leading edge of the third panel overlapping the trailing edge of the second panel to define at least a portion of a second aperture, the second aperture being in communication with the interior volume of the tubular sleeve.

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A tubular sleeve comprising:

a distal end opposite a proximal end;
a cutout formed through the tubular sleeve proximate to the distal end, the cutout defined in part by a first cutout edge and a second cutout edge, wherein the first cutout edge is positioned across the cutout from the second cutout edge;
a first panel having at least a first side edge, a second side edge, a leading edge, and a trailing edge, the leading edge defining at least a portion of a distalmost edge of the tubular sleeve when the tubular sleeve is fully extended, the first side edge of the first panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the first cutout edge is between the first side edge of the first panel and the second cutout edge, the second side edge of the first panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the second cutout edge is between the second side edge of the first panel and the first cutout edge;
a second panel having at least a first side edge, a second side edge, a leading edge and a trailing edge, the first side edge of the second panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the first cutout edge is between the first side edge of the second panel and the second cutout edge, the second side edge of the second panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the second cutout edge is between the second side edge of the second panel and the first cutout edge, wherein the leading edge of the second panel overlaps the trailing edge of the first panel;
and
a third panel having at least a first side edge, a second side edge and a leading edge, the first side edge of the third panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the first cutout edge is between the first side edge of the third and the second cutout edge, the second side edge of the third panel affixed to the tubular sleeve such that the second cutout edge is between the second side edge of the third panel and the first cutout edge, wherein the leading edge of the third panel overlaps the trailing edge of the second panel.

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A tubular sleeve comprising:

a cylindrical wall extending axially from a proximal end to a distal end, the cylindrical wall having an inner surface enclosing an interior volume and an outer surface opposite the inner surface;
a cutout extending through a portion of the cylindrical wall from the outer surface to the inner surface, proximate to the distal end, the cutout defined in part by a first cutout edge and a second cutout edge, wherein the first cutout edge is positioned across the cutout from the second cutout edge, the cutout having a cutout width measured from the first cutout edge to the second cutout edge when the sleeve is in a relaxed configuration;
a first panel spanning the cutout and having at least a leading edge and a trailing edge, the leading edge of the first panel defining at least a portion of a distalmost edge of the tubular sleeve when the tubular sleeve is fully extended, the first panel having a first length in a transverse direction to a longitudinal axis of the sleeve, the first length being greater than the cutout width;
a second panel spanning the cutout and having at least a leading edge and a trailing edge, the second panel having a second length in a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve, the second length being greater than the cutout width, the second panel affixed to the cylindrical wall such that the leading edge of the second panel overlaps the trailing edge of the first panel and defines at least a portion of a distal thumbhole;
a third panel spanning the cutout and having at least a leading edge, the third panel having a third length in a transverse direction to the longitudinal axis of the sleeve, the third length being greater than the cutout width, the third panel affixed to the cylindrical wall such that the leading edge of the third panel overlaps the trailing edge of the second panel and defines at least a portion of a proximal thumbhole;
and
a mitten affixed to the inner surface proximate the distal end of the tubular sleeve.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/848,320Filed 14 Apr 2020 · continuation
Priority: 19 Feb 2015
Published: US 2020/0237038 A130 Jul 2020
Granted: 28 Feb 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A41D 27/10
Details of garments or of their making: sleeves; Armholes
A41B 1/08
Shirts: details
A41B 7/00
Cuffs
A41D 13/08
Protecting only a particular body part: arm or hand

Family

Application62/118,288Us provisional application · filed 19 Feb 2015
Application62/242,760Us provisional application · filed 16 Oct 2015
Application15/045,465Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Feb 2016
Application15/404,957Parent of this continuation · filed 12 Jan 2017
US 9,681,689 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 20 Jun 2017
US 2020/0237038 A1Pre-grant publication · published 30 Jul 2020
US 10,660,387 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/404,957Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2016/0242469 A1Published application
US 2017/0119073 A1Published application
US 11,589,628 B2This patent

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