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US 2017/0280792 A1Published application
Aquatic sport performance garment with arms-up construction and method of making same
AssigneeRoka Sports, Inc.
InventorsKurt R. SPENSER, Robert A. CANALES, Mark C. STEPHENS, Nathan TRACY
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Abstract
An aquatic sport performance garment configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the wearer moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A garment having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating, sealing collar and sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration.
Claims20
An aquatic sports performance garment comprising:
- an upper torso portion comprising;
- an aquatic sports performance garment material;
- a left sleeve portion having a left shoulder region, a left armpit region and a left sleeve outer edge;
- a right sleeve portion having a right shoulder region, a right armpit region and a right sleeve outer edge;
- a neck region comprising a single free-floating flexible collar with a neck opening;
- wherein the aquatic garment material in the left shoulder region, the left armpit region, the right shoulder region, the right armpit region comprises a multi-directional liner having a multi-directional flexibility configured to reduce fatigue of a user,
- wherein the left sleeve portion of the garment is biased in an arms-up configuration, such that the left sleeve outer edge extends out generally anteriorly from a coronal plane of the garment at an angular range from about −15.0° to at least about +100.0° relative to a transverse plane transecting the upper torso at or about a top of the left shoulder region and a top of the right shoulder region, and wherein the left sleeve portion of the garment is further positioned approximately parallel to a sagittal plane of the garment, when the garment material is at rest, prior to being worn by the user,
- wherein the right sleeve portion of the garment is biased in an arms-up configuration, such that the right sleeve outer edge extends out generally anteriorly from the coronal plane of the garment at an angular range from about −15.0° to at least about +100.0° relative to the transverse plane, and wherein the right sleeve portion of the garment is further positioned approximately parallel to the sagittal plane of the garment, when the garment material is at rest, prior to being worn by the user, and
- wherein the collar portion comprises a multi-directional liner in the aquatic garment material that is patterned and configured to move with and improve flexibility in the left shoulder region, left armpit region, right shoulder region and right armpit region, and
- wherein the single free-floating flexible collar comprises flexible garment material configured to seal around a neck of the user to reduce or prevent water from entering the garment through the neck opening.
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A method of manufacturing an aquatic sports performance garment comprising:
- providing an aquatic sports performance material;
- patterning an upper torso portion comprising;
- a neck region;
- a chest (pectoralis) region;
- an upper back (trapezius) region;
- an upper (latissimus dorsi) region,
- an abdominal region;
- a lateral oblique (oblique abdominal) region;
- and
- a mid-to-low back (thoraco-lumbar) region;
- wherein the neck region comprises a single free-floating flexible collar with a neck opening,
- patterning a left sleeve portion having a left shoulder region, a left armpit region and a left sleeve outer edge;
- patterning a right sleeve portion having a right shoulder region, a right armpit region, and a right sleeve outer edge;
- wherein the aquatic garment material in the left shoulder region, the left armpit region, the right shoulder region, the right armpit region comprises a multi-directional liner having a multi-directional flexibility configured to reduce shoulder fatigue of a user,
- wherein the left sleeve portion of the garment is biased in an arms-up configuration, such that the left sleeve outer edge extends out generally anteriorly from a coronal plane of the garment at an angular range from about −15.0° to about +100.0° relative to a transverse plane transecting the upper torso at or about a top of the left shoulder region and a top of the right shoulder region, and wherein the left sleeve portion of the garment is further positioned approximately parallel to a sagittal plane of the garment, when the garment material is at rest, prior to being worn by a user,
- wherein the right sleeve portion of the garment is biased in an arms-up configuration, such that the right sleeve outer edge extends out generally anteriorly from the coronal plane of the garment at an angular range from about −15.0° to about +100.0° relative to the transverse plane, and wherein the right sleeve portion of the garment is further positioned approximately parallel to the sagittal plane of the garment, when the garment material is at rest, prior to being worn by the user,
- wherein the collar portion is configured to move with and improve flexibility in the left shoulder region, left armpit region, right shoulder region and right armpit region, and
- wherein the single free-floating flexible collar is configured to seal around a neck of the user to reduce or prevent water from entering the garment through the neck opening.
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