US 11,998,071 B2Granted

Vented garment

AssigneeNIKE, Inc.

InventorLuke A. Pezzimenti

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Abstract

The technology described herein relates to vented and insulating garments having an interior garment assembly comprising an interior panel and a middle panel attached at one or more seams defining chambers for retaining thermally-insulating fill material. The seams have a first plurality of openings extending through the interior and middle panels. An exterior garment assembly has a second plurality of openings positioned on the exterior garment assembly such that the second plurality of openings are offset from the first plurality of openings when the exterior garment assembly is worn with the interior garment assembly. The offsetting of the openings may achieve moisture vapor or air transfer from the inside the garment to the outside environment. The exterior garment assembly and the interior garment assembly may be discrete garment pieces or may be attached at one or more locations.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An upper body vented garment configured to cover a core area of a wearer, the upper body vented garment comprising:

an interior panel having a plurality of interior openings that extend through the interior panel;
and
an insulated panel comprising a middle panel and an exterior panel joined to each other along a plurality of seams, wherein the middle panel is located between the interior panel and the exterior panel, wherein one or more seams of the plurality of seams have a plurality of exterior openings that extend through the one or more seams of the plurality of seams, wherein each of the plurality of seams comprises a seam width that extends between a first seam edge and a second seam edge, and wherein each of the plurality of exterior openings are positioned between the first seam edge and the second seam edge of the one or more seams,
wherein the interior panel is attached to the insulated panel at one or more locations, wherein the interior panel and the insulated panel are spaced apart at an area where the interior panel and the insulated panel are not attached, wherein at least a first portion of the plurality of interior openings is offset from at least a second portion of the plurality of exterior openings in the area where the interior panel and the insulated panel are not attached to each other, and wherein at least one indirect passage fluidly connects the plurality of interior openings and the plurality of exterior openings in the area where the interior panel and the insulated panel are not attached to each other.

1 more element

An upper body garment comprising:

at least one front panel and a back panel having a vented-insulation section that comprises:
an interior panel having a plurality of interior openings that extend through the interior panel;
and
an insulated panel comprising a middle panel and an exterior panel joined to each other along a plurality of seams, wherein the middle panel is located between the interior panel and the exterior panel, wherein one or more seams of the plurality of seams have a plurality of exterior openings that extend through the one or more seams of the plurality of seams, wherein each of the plurality of seams comprises a seam width that extends between a first seam edge and a second seam edge, and wherein each of the plurality of exterior openings is positioned between the first seam edge and the second seam edge of the one or more seams,
wherein the interior panel is attached to the insulated panel at one or more locations, wherein the interior panel and the insulated panel are spaced apart at an area where the interior panel and the insulated panel are not attached to each other, wherein at least a first portion of the plurality of interior openings of the interior panel is offset from at least a second portion of the plurality of exterior openings of the insulated panel, and wherein at least one indirect passage fluidly connects the first portion of the plurality of interior openings and the second portion of the plurality of exterior openings in the area where the interior panel and the insulated panel are not attached to each other.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/843,684Filed 17 Jun 2022 · continuation
Priority: 7 Oct 2015
Published: US 2022/0322772 A113 Oct 2022
Granted: 4 Jun 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A41D 27/28
Details of garments or of their making: means for ventilation
A41D 1/04
Garments: vests, jerseys, sweaters or the like
A41D 27/04
Linings: removable linings
A41D 31/125
Hygroscopic; Water retaining: moisture handling or wicking function through layered materials

Family

Application14/877,199Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 7 Oct 2015
Application15/254,749Parent of this continuation · filed 1 Sep 2016
US 10,111,480 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 30 Oct 2018
US 2022/0322772 A1Pre-grant publication · published 13 Oct 2022
US 11,406,148 B2Parent of this continuation
Application15/254,749Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 2017/0099898 A1Published application
US 2017/0099899 A1Published application
US 11,998,071 B2This patent

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