Lower-body garment with leak protection features
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsShannan C. Carlino, Cara Jackson, Iustinia Koshkarooff, Raegen A. Stauffer, Iris Lo
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Abstract
A lower-body garment that has built-in leak protection. The built-in leak protection can be achieved through an integral gusset or an internal assembly that is positioned interior to an exterior layer that forms the lower-body garment. The internal assembly can include a front torso portion, a back torso portion, and a crotch portion. The crotch portion can include a spacer fabric layer configured to be positioned adjacent to a wearer's body surface, and a moisture-barrier layer secured to the spacer fabric layer and configured to be face outward.
Claims28
A lower-body garment comprising:
- an external layer forming an exterior torso portion, the exterior torso portion having a waist opening, a first leg portion including a first leg opening, and a second leg portion including a second leg opening;
- an internal assembly positioned internal to the external layer, the internal assembly comprising:
- an interior front torso portion comprising a front upper edge secured to the external layer a first distance away from the waist opening;
- an interior back torso portion comprising a back upper edge secured to the external layer a second distance away from the waist opening, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance;
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- a crotch panel between the interior front torso portion and the interior back torso portion, and positioned between the first leg opening and the second leg opening of the exterior torso portion, the crotch panel comprising a spacer fabric layer and a moisture-barrier layer secured to the spacer fabric layer.
A lower-body garment comprising:
- a torso portion comprising a first leg opening and a second leg opening;
- and a crotch portion between the first leg opening and the second leg opening, wherein the crotch portion of the lower-body garment comprises a textile layer comprising a durable water repellant (DWR) treatment on an inner facing surface of the textile layer and a composite textile, wherein the composite textile comprises a spacer fabric and a moisture-barrier layer, and wherein the moisture-barrier layer comprises a thermoplastic polymer film,
- wherein at least a portion of the moisture-barrier layer is layered between the spacer fabric and the textile layer,
- wherein when the lower-body garment is in an as-worn configuration, the spacer fabric is positioned adjacent to a skin surface of a wearer, wherein the spacer fabric comprises a side edge proximate the first leg opening;
- and wherein material from the textile layer of the crotch portion wraps over the side edge of the spacer fabric to form a hem.
A lower-body garment comprising:
- a torso portion comprising a first leg opening and a second leg opening;
- and a crotch portion between a first leg opening and a second leg opening, wherein the crotch portion of the lower-body garment comprises a textile layer comprising a durable water repellant (DWR) treatment on an inner facing surface of the textile layer and a composite textile;
- the composite textile comprising:
- a spacer fabric layer, and a moisture-barrier layer secured to the spacer fabric layer,
- wherein at least a portion of the moisture-barrier layer is layered between the spacer fabric layer and the textile layer,
- wherein when the lower-body garment is in an as-worn configuration, the spacer fabric layer is positioned adjacent to a skin surface of a wearer, wherein the spacer fabric layer comprises a side edge proximate the first leg opening;
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- wherein material from the textile layer of the crotch portion wraps over the side edge of the spacer fabric layer to form a hem.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.