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US 2013/0276201 A1Published application
Cold Weather Vented Garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorLuke A. Pezzimenti
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Abstract
The present invention relates to breathable, vented, and insulating cold weather garments. More particularly, the present invention relates to garments with chambers to retain an insulating fill material. Perforations along the seams between the insulating chambers may achieve optimal evaporative moisture transfer from the inside (proximal to the body of a wearer) of the garment to the outside environment.
Claims21
A cold weather vented garment comprising:
- a first inner panel;
- a second outer panel corresponding to the first inner panel;
- a plurality of seams at predetermined locations that join the first inner panel and the second outer panel;
- a plurality of chambers formed between the first inner panel and the second outer panel between the plurality of seams;
- a thermally insulating fill material contained within;
- and
- a plurality of perforations along at least a portion of the plurality of seams.
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A method of making a vented cold weather garment comprising the steps of:
- cutting out a first inner panel and a corresponding second outer panel for each section of the garment;
- placing an adhesive tape on the inner face of one of the panels along predetermined sections of the panel and placing the other panel on top, with its inner face facing down;
- bonding the two panels together by applying energy and pressure to activate the adhesive tape, with resulting seams along the taped regions, and chambers in between the seams;
- perforating at least a portion of the seams;
- and
- filling the chambers with a thermally insulating material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.