Thermal Energy Dissipating Garment with Scalloped Vents
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsNathan Demarest, Alexander J. Dedman
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Abstract
A thermal energy dissipating garment may include a first garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a first side and a second garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a vent side. The first garment portion and the second garment portion are discontinuously affixed to each other at defined intervals along a surface of each portion proximate to the first side and the vent side creating a vent seam having a plurality of ducts/scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer. The plurality of scalloped vents are oriented with an angle of attack that redirects air from the exterior of the garment to the interior of the garment to increase air movement along a wearer's skin.
Claims20
A garment, comprising:
- a plurality of vent seams, each vent seam of the plurality of vent seams comprising:
- a first garment portion having a first perimeter defined by at least a first side;
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- a second garment portion having a second perimeter defined by at least a vent side, wherein the first garment portion and the second garment portion are permanently and discontinuously affixed to each other at intervals along the first side and the vent side creating a plurality of scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer.
A garment, comprising:
- a first garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a first side;
- a second garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a vent side, wherein the first garment portion and the second garment portion are permanently and discontinuously affixed to each other at intervals along the first side and the vent side creating a vent seam having a plurality of scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer;
- a first sequence of graphical markings at specified locations along a surface of the first garment portion adjacent to the first side, the first sequence of graphical markings having a first spacing;
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- a second sequence of graphical markings at specified locations along a surface of the second garment portion adjacent to the vent side, the second sequence of graphical markings having a second spacing, wherein the first sequence of graphical markings and the second sequence of graphical markings, when used in combination, align the first garment portion and the second garment portion to create the plurality of scalloped vents, and wherein prior to permanently and discontinuously affixing the first garment portion and the second garment portion, the second spacing of the second sequence of graphical markings is greater than the first spacing of the first sequence of graphical markings.
A garment, comprising:
- a plurality of vent seams, each vent seam of the plurality of vent seams comprising:
- a first garment portion having a first perimeter defined by at least a first side;
- a second garment portion having a second perimeter defined by at least a vent side, wherein the first garment portion and the second garment portion are permanently and discontinuously affixed to each other at intervals along the first side and the vent side creating a plurality of scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer;
- a first sequence of graphical markings at specified locations along a surface of the first garment portion adjacent to the first side, the first sequence of graphical markings having a first spacing;
- and
- a second sequence of graphical markings at specified locations along a surface of the second garment portion adjacent to the vent side, the second sequence of graphical markings having a second spacing, wherein the first sequence of graphical markings and the second sequence of graphical markings, when used in combination, align the first garment portion and the second garment portion to create the plurality of scalloped vents, and wherein prior to permanently and discontinuously affixing the first garment portion and the second garment portion, the second spacing of the second sequence of graphical markings is greater than the first spacing of the first sequence of graphical markings.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.