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US 11,825,884 B2Granted
Collar construction for an upper-body garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsShannan C. Carlino, Iustinia Koshkaroff
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Abstract
Aspects herein are directed to an upper-body garment having a collar construction formed from a back collar panel and at least one front collar panel, where each of the back collar panel at the front collar panel comprise terminal ends. The terminal ends of the front collar panel and the back collar panel are in an overlapping relationship at a first side and a second side of a neck opening of the upper-body garment. The terminal ends of the front collar panel are detached from the terminal ends of the back collar panel to provide enhanced stretch at the lateral sides of the neck opening when donning and doffing the upper-body garment.
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An upper-body garment comprising:
- a front portion and a back portion that together define at least a neck opening;
- one or more front collar panels having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the one or more front collar panels affixed to a front side of the neck opening;
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- a back collar panel having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the back collar panel affixed to a back side of the neck opening, wherein the first terminal end of the one or more front collar panels is in an overlapping relationship with the first terminal end of the back collar panel at a first side of the neck opening to form a first intersection point such that the back collar panel is positioned as an outer-most layer at the first intersection point and the one or more front collar panels are positioned as an inner-most layer at the first intersection point, and wherein the second terminal end of the one or more front collar panels is in an overlapping relationship with the second terminal end of the back collar panel at a second side of the neck opening to form a second intersection point such that the back collar panel is positioned as the outer-most layer at the second intersection point and the one or more front collar panels is positioned as the inner-most layer at the second intersection point, and wherein the inferior edge of the back collar panel comprises a first segment that extends inferiorly from the first intersection point to a vertex and a second segment that extends inferiorly from the second intersection point to the vertex to form a V- shape;
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- wherein the overlapping relationship of the first terminal end of the one or more front collar panels and the first terminal end of the back collar panel comprises a triangular-shaped overlap, and further wherein the overlapping relationship of the second terminal end of the one or more front collar panels and the second terminal end of the back collar panel also comprises a triangular-shaped overlap.
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An upper-body garment comprising:
- a front portion and a back portion that together define at least a neck opening;
- a first front collar panel having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the first front collar panel affixed to a first front side of the neck opening;
- a second front collar panel having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the second front collar panel affixed to a second front side of the neck opening;
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- a back collar panel having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the back collar panel affixed to a back side of the neck opening, wherein the first terminal end of the first front collar panel is in an overlapping relationship with the first terminal end of the back collar panel at a first side of the neck opening to form a first intersection point such that the back collar panel is positioned as an outer-most layer at the first intersection point and the first front collar panel is positioned as an inner-most layer at the first intersection point, and wherein the first terminal end of the second front collar panel is in an overlapping relationship with the second terminal end of the back collar panel at a second side of the neck opening to form a second intersection point such that the back collar panel is positioned as the outer-most layer at the second intersection point and the second front collar panel is positioned as the inner-most layer at the second intersection point, and wherein the inferior edge of the back collar panel comprises a first segment that extends inferiorly from the first intersection point to a vertex and a second segment that extends inferiorly from the second intersection point to the vertex to form a V-shape and wherein the superior edge of the back collar panel intersects directly with the first segment at the first terminal end of the back collar panel and intersects directly with the second segment at the second terminal end of the back collar to form a triangular back collar panel.
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An upper-body garment comprising:
- a front portion and a back portion that together define at least a neck opening, the front portion and the back portion formed from a first material having a first stretch characteristic;
- one or more front collar panels having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the one or more front collar panels affixed to a front side of the neck opening;
- a back collar panel having a superior edge, an inferior edge, a first terminal end, and a second terminal end, the inferior edge of the back collar panel affixed to a back side of the neck opening;
- wherein the one or more front collar panels and the back collar panel are formed from a second material having a second stretch characteristic that is greater than the first stretch characteristic, the first terminal end of the one or more front collar panels is in an overlapping relationship with the first terminal end of the back collar panel at a first side of the neck opening to form a first intersection point, and the second terminal end of the one or more front collar panels is in an overlapping relationship with the second terminal end of the back collar panel at a second side of the neck opening to form a second intersection point, and wherein the inferior edge of the back collar panel comprises a first segment that extends inferiorly from the first intersection point to a vertex and a second segment that extends inferiorly from the second intersection point to the vertex to form a V-shape and wherein the superior edge of the back collar panel intersects directly with the first segment at the first terminal end of the back collar panel and intersects directly with the second segment at the second terminal end of the back collar to form a triangular back collar panel;
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- wherein the back collar panel is positioned as an outer-most layer at the first intersection point and the one or more front collar panels is positioned as an inner- most layer at the first intersection point, and further wherein the back collar panel is positioned as the outer-most layer at the second intersection point and the one or more front collar panels is positioned as the inner-most layer at the second intersection point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.