Article of clothing including a substrate material and a flocking material
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsBruce Y. Moore, David Turner
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Abstract
An article of clothing is provided and includes a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface. The substrate material forming a body-receiving portion and a limb-receiving portion extending from the body-receiving portion, whereby the body-receiving portion includes a first opening sized for circumscribing a neck of the wearer and the limb-receiving portion includes a second opening sized for circumscribing a limb of the wearer. A flocking material is arranged adjacent the inner surface of the substrate material proximate at least one of the first opening and the second opening.
Claims20
An article of clothing comprising:
- a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface, the substrate material forming a pair of pants having a waist opening and a leg portion extending from the waist opening, the leg portion including a first end attached to the waist opening, a second end disposed at an opposite end of the leg portion than the first end and defining a leg opening operable to circumscribe a leg of a wearer, and a joint portion configured to coincide with a knee joint of the wearer at the same time that the waist opening is configured to reside around a waist of the wearer and the leg portion is configured to reside around a leg of the wearer;
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- a flocking material arranged upon the inner surface of the substrate material between the first end of the leg portion and the second end of the leg portion and fully circumscribing the joint portion of the substrate material, the flocking material including a plurality of flocking material line segments formed from the flocking material and connected in an intersecting relationship to define a gap exposing the inner surface of the substrate material and operable to receive the knee joint of the wearer during use, the flocking material operable to surround the knee joint at the gap.
An article of clothing comprising:
- a substrate material including an inner surface and an outer surface disposed on an opposite side of the substrate material than the inner surface, the substrate material forming a pair of pants having a waist opening and a leg portion extending from the waist opening, the leg portion including a first end attached to the waist opening, a second end disposed at an opposite end of the leg portion than the first end and defining a leg opening operable to circumscribe a leg of a wearer, and a joint portion spaced apart from the first end and the second end and configured to coincide with a knee joint of the wearer at the same time that the waist opening is configured to reside around a waist of the wearer and the leg portion is configured to reside around a leg of the wearer;
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- a flocking material arranged upon the inner surface of the substrate material and fully surrounding the joint portion to define a gap exposing the inner surface of the substrate material and operable to receive the knee joint of the wearer during use, the flocking material including a plurality of flocking material line segments formed from the flocking material and connected in an intersecting relationship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.