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US 12,520,893 B2Granted
Insulated paneling for active sports
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorPeter J. Skurla, III
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Abstract
An active-insulation paneling component and garments including an active-insulation paneling component. The active-insulation paneling component includes insulated panels separated by gussets. The gussets are configured to expand upon an outward pulling force to allow the active-insulation paneling component and/or garment to expand even where the active-insulation paneling component and/or garment are not manufactured from elastic materials.
Claims19
A jacket comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side and a back side, the torso portion including a plurality of insulated segments extending laterally;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a collar;
- an active-insulation paneling component incorporated into the back side of the torso portion and attached to at least one of the plurality of laterally extending insulated segments, wherein the active-insulation paneling component includes alternating insulated panels and gussets, each of the insulated panels and gussets extending in a vertical direction, wherein each of the insulated panels is defined by a pair of finishing stitch lines that seal the insulated panels and fix folds of the gussets and different pairs of formation stitch lines;
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- an elastic band directly attached to each of the gussets,
- wherein the active-insulation paneling component is configured to expand from a closed state to an expanded state upon application of a pulling force, due to movement of at least one of the right sleeve or the left sleeve, to reduce range-of-motion restrictions of the jacket, and
- wherein the elastic band is configured to assist with retraction of the active-insulation paneling component from the expanded state to the closed state.
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A jacket comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side and a back side, the torso portion including a plurality of insulated segments extending laterally;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a collar;
- an active-insulation paneling component incorporated into the back side of the torso portion and attached at least one of the plurality of laterally extending insulated segments, wherein the active-insulation paneling component includes alternating insulated panels and gussets, each of the insulated panels and gussets extending in a vertical direction, the insulated panels including:
- a first insulated panel positioned on a left half of the jacket;
- a second insulated panel positioned to the left of the first insulated panel, the first insulated panel at least partially overlapping the second insulated panel;
- a third insulated panel positioned on a right half of the jacket;
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- a fourth insulated panel positioned to the right of the third insulated panel, the third insulated panel at least partially overlapping the fourth insulated panel;
- the gussets including:
- a first gusset, formed between the first insulated panel and the second insulated panel, wherein a fold of the first gusset points towards a lateral center of the jacket;
- a second gusset, formed between the third insulated panel and the fourth insulated panel, wherein a fold of the second gusset points towards the center of the jacket;
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- an elastic band directly attached to each of the gussets,
- wherein the active-insulation paneling component is configured to expand from a closed state to an expanded state upon application of a pulling force, due to movement of at least one of the right sleeve or the left sleeve, to reduce range-of-motion restrictions of the jacket, and
- wherein the elastic band is configured to assist with retraction of the active-insulation paneling component from the expanded state to the closed state.
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A jacket comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side and a back side, the torso portion including a first laterally extending insulated segment and a second laterally extending segment adjacent to the first laterally extending insulated segment;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a first vertically extending insulated panel positioned on a left half of the jacket, the first vertically extending insulated panel being connected to the first laterally extending insulated segment;
- a second vertically extending insulated panel positioned to the left of the first vertically extending insulated panel, the first vertically extending insulated panel at least partially overlapping the second vertically extending insulated panel, and the second vertically extending insulated panel being connected to the first laterally extending insulated segment;
- a first gusset formed between the first vertically extending insulated panel and the second vertically extending insulated panel, the first gusset having a first fold running along a length of the first gusset;
- a third vertically extending insulated panel positioned on a right half of the jacket, the third vertically extending insulated panel being connected to the first laterally extending insulated segment;
- a fourth vertically extending insulated panel positioned to the right of the third vertically extending insulated panel, the third vertically extending insulated panel insulated panel at least partially overlapping the fourth vertically extending insulated panel, and the fourth vertically extending insulated panel being connected to the first laterally extending insulated segment;
- a second gusset formed between the third vertically extending insulated panel and the fourth vertically extending insulated panel, the second gusset having a second fold running along a length of the second gusset;
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- an elastic band directly attached to each of the first gusset and the second gusset,
- wherein the first gusset and the second gusset are configured to expand, upon application of a pulling force due to movement of at least one of the right sleeve or the left sleeve, to reduce range-of-motion restrictions of the jacket, and
- wherein the elastic band is configured to assist with retraction of the active-insulation paneling component from the expanded state to the closed state.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.