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US 12,557,855 B2Granted
Garment including stretch panels
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsPeter J. Skurla, III, Bethany Rioux
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Abstract
A garment including at least one stretch panel incorporated into the garment. The garment includes a torso portion having a front and back side, a right sleeve attached to the portion, and a left sleeve attached to the torso portion. The at least one stretch panel includes a stretch panel positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right or left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, or a stretch panel positioned at least partially on a forearm portion of the right or left sleeve.
Claims13
An upper garment, comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side, a back side, a top end defining a boundary between the front and back sides, and a bottom end opposite to the top end;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a back-right stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment and positioned partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right sleeve is attached to the torso portion, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion;
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- a back-left stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment, positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, spaced apart from the back-right stretch panel in the upper garment, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein each of the back-right and back-left stretch panels has a first edge facing a virtual back longitudinal center line extending along a longitudinal direction, and across a center, of the back side of the torso portion, and having a top point along the first edge that is closest to a top end of the torso portion defining a boundary between the front and back sides,
- wherein a distance between the top points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels is greater than a minimum distance between the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel comprises:
- a right back portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a right extension portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the bottom end defines an end of the upper garment,
- wherein the top end defines the entire boundary between the front and back sides that is between a neck opening of the upper garment and the right sleeve and the entire boundary between the front and back sides that is between the neck opening and the left sleeve,
- wherein the right back portion of the back-right stretch panel is positioned below, and spaced apart from, the top end of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is larger than the right extension portion, and
- wherein a bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel defines a boundary between the back-right stretch panel and a first non-stretch panel, the first non-stretch panel extending from the bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel to the bottom end of the torso portion, a lowest portion along the bottom edge of the stretch panel being spaced apart from the bottom end of the torso portion by 25% to 45% of a maximum longitudinal length between the bottom end and the top end of the torso portion, and
- wherein the entire back-right stretch panel is on the torso portion, and a second non-stretch panel in the right sleeve has an edge extending along the entire boundary between the right sleeve and the torso portion,
- wherein the bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel extends from a first end on the back side of the torso portion, across the right boundary of the torso portion, and to a second end on the front side of the torso portion, and
- wherein a first distance between the bottom edge at the right boundary of the torso portion and the bottom end of the torso portion is greater than a second distance between the first end of the bottom edge and the bottom end of the torso portion.
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A garment, comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side and a back side;
- a right sleeve comprising a right upper arm portion coupled to the torso portion and a right forearm portion coupled to the right upper arm portion;
- a left sleeve comprising a left upper arm portion coupled to the torso portion and a left forearm portion coupled to the left upper arm portion;
- a right-sleeve stretch panel incorporated into the garment, positioned at least partially on the right forearm portion, and shaped and sized to extend circumferentially at least partially around the right sleeve;
- a first non-stretch panel incorporated into the garment, positioned on the right sleeve between the torso portion and the right-sleeve stretch panel, and joined to the right-sleeve stretch panel;
- a second non-stretch panel incorporated into the garment, positioned on the right sleeve between the right-sleeve stretch panel and a right cuff of the right sleeve, and joined to the right-sleeve stretch panel;
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- a left-sleeve stretch panel incorporated into the garment, positioned at least partially on the left forearm portion, and shaped and sized to extend circumferentially at least partially around the left sleeve,
- wherein the right-sleeve stretch panel has a first edge proximal to the torso portion and extending circumferentially at least partially around the right sleeve,
- wherein a top line of the right sleeve extends between a distal end of the right sleeve and a top end of the torso portion, and a bottom line of the right sleeve extends between the distal end of the right sleeve and a right armpit portion of the garment,
- wherein a distance along the top line between the distal end of the right sleeve and the first edge of the right-sleeve stretch panel is less than a distance along the bottom line between the distal end of the right sleeve and the first edge of the right-sleeve stretch panel,
- wherein the right-sleeve stretch panel is entirely spaced apart from the distal end of the right sleeve,
- wherein a top portion of the right-sleeve stretch panel is entirely on the right forearm portion, the top portion of the right-sleeve stretch panel comprising the entire part of the right-sleeve stretch panel that is along the top line of the right sleeve,
- wherein the right-sleeve stretch panel has a second edge distal to the torso portion and extending circumferentially at least partially around the right sleeve, and
- wherein a distance along the top line between the distal end of the right sleeve and the second edge of the right-sleeve stretch panel is less than a distance along the bottom line between the distal end of the right sleeve and the second edge of the right-sleeve stretch panel.
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