One-piece bodysuit for athletic activities
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsKevin Plank, Kasey Jarvis, Marcus Cheatham, Kathleen Su, Diaa Abbas
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Abstract
A one-piece body suit comprises a collar defining a high neck opening and a torso comprised of a four-way stretch fabric. The torso includes a thoracic region, an abdominal region, and a pelvic region. The thoracic region is connected to the collar and defines arm passages. The abdominal region is connected to the thoracic region. The pelvic region is connected to the abdominal region and defines leg passages. An entry opening for the one-piece body suit is positioned in a back of the torso. The entry opening is free of releasable mechanical fasteners.
Claims17
A one-piece body suit comprising:
- a collar with a collar perimeter defining a high neck opening, wherein the entire collar perimeter is configured to be positioned above the sternum and clavicle of a wearer when the one-piece body suit is worn;
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- a torso comprised of a four-way stretch fabric, the torso including:
- a thoracic region connected to the collar and defining arm passages;
- an abdominal region connected to the thoracic region;
- a pelvic region connected to the abdominal region and defining leg passages;
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- an entry opening for the one-piece body suit positioned in a back of the torso, wherein the entry opening is free of releasable mechanical fasteners, wherein the entry opening is positioned in the thoracic region, elongated in a horizontal direction from a left side to a right side of the torso, and is configured to extend across shoulder blades of a wearer when the one-piece body suit is worn.
A garment comprising:
- a torso comprised of a four-way stretch fabric, the torso designed and dimensioned to completely cover a torso of an adult human;
- a collar connected to the torso and defining a high neck opening centrally positioned on the garment above the torso, wherein an entire perimeter of the collar is configured to be positioned above the sternum and clavicle of the wearer when the garment is worn;
- an entry opening positioned at a back of the torso, the entry opening defined between free edges of overlapping panels of the four-way stretch fabric;
- two arms extending from an upper side the torso;
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- two legs extending from a lower side of the torso;
- wherein the torso, two arms, and two legs form a one-piece body suit, the entry opening configured for doffing and donning the body suit and configured to extend across shoulder blades of a wearer when the garment is worn.
A garment comprising:
- a plurality of fabric panels connected by stitching and forming a one-piece body suit, each of the plurality fabric panels provided by a four-way stretch fabric;
- a high neck opening formed at a top of the one-piece body suit, wherein an entirety of the high neck opening is configured to be positioned above the sternum and clavicle of the wearer when the garment is worn;
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- an entry opening positioned at a back of the one-piece body suit in a thoracic region of the bodysuit below the high neck opening, the entry opening free of releasable mechanical fasteners, wherein the entry opening is configured to extend across shoulder blades of a wearer when the garment is worn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.