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US 2026/0174157 A1Published application
Garment including stretch panels
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorsPeter J. Skurla, III, Bethany Rioux
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Abstract
A garment including at least one stretch panel incorporated into the garment. The garment includes a torso portion having a front and back side, a right sleeve attached to the portion, and a left sleeve attached to the torso portion. The at least one stretch panel includes a stretch panel positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right or left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, or a stretch panel positioned at least partially on a forearm portion of the right or left sleeve.
Claims20
An upper garment, comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side, a back side, a top end defining a boundary between the front and back sides, a bottom end opposite to the top end and defining an end of the upper garment, a right boundary between the front and back sides, and a left boundary between the front and back sides;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a back-right stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment and positioned partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right sleeve is attached to the torso portion, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion;
- and
- a back-left stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment, positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, spaced apart from the back-right stretch panel in the upper garment, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-left stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-right stretch panel,
- wherein the back-left stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-right stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-left stretch panel,
- wherein the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels have convex curves such that a first distance between the intermediate points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels is smaller than a second distance between the top points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels and greater than a third distance between the bottom points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel comprises:
- a right back portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a right extension portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is positioned below, and spaced apart from, the top end of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is larger than the right extension portion,
- wherein the right extension portion is positioned below, and spaced apart from, the top end of the torso portion,
- wherein a topmost point of the right back portion is higher, from the bottom end along a longitudinal direction of the torso portion, than a topmost point of the right extension portion,
- wherein the bottom end of the torso portion defines a hem comprising:
- a front portion corresponding to at least part of the front side of the torso portion and extending past a first periphery region onto the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a back portion corresponding to at least part of the back side of the torso portion and extending past the first periphery region onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the first periphery region is at the right boundary between the front and back sides of the torso portion, and
- wherein the front portion overlaps with, and is disconnected from, the back portion in the first periphery region.
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An upper garment, comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side, a back side, a top end defining a boundary between the front and back sides, a bottom end opposite to the top end and defining an end of the upper garment, a right boundary between the front and back sides, and a left boundary between the front and back sides;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a back-right stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment and positioned partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right sleeve is attached to the torso portion, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion;
- and
- a back-left stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment, positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, spaced apart from the back-right stretch panel in the upper garment, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-left stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-right stretch panel,
- wherein the back-left stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-right stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-left stretch panel,
- wherein the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels have convex curves such that a first distance between the intermediate points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels is smaller than a second distance between the top points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels and greater than a third distance between the bottom points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel comprises:
- a right back portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a right extension portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is positioned below, and spaced apart from, the top end of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is larger than the right extension portion,
- wherein a bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel defines a boundary between the back-right stretch panel and a first non-stretch panel extending from the bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel to the bottom end of the torso portion,
- wherein the bottom edge of the back-right stretch panel extends from a first end on the back side of the torso portion, across the right boundary of the torso portion, and to a second end on the front side of the torso portion, the first end corresponding to the bottom point of the first edge of the back-right stretch panel,
- wherein a first distance between the second end of the bottom edge and the bottom end of the torso portion is greater than a second distance between the bottom edge at the right boundary of the torso portion and the bottom end of the torso portion, and the second distance is greater than a third distance between the first end of the bottom edge and the bottom end of the torso portion, and
- wherein the bottom end of the torso portion defines a hem having a front portion corresponding to at least part of the front side of the torso portion and having:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a middle region between the first and second ends of the front portion;
- a first intermediate region between the first end of the front portion and the middle region of the front portion that extends farther downward along a longitudinal direction, relative to a virtual lateral line positioned on the front side of the torso portion between the bottom end and the top end of the torso portion, than each of the first end of the front portion and the middle region of the front portion;
- and
- a second intermediate region between the second end of the front portion and the middle region of the front portion that extends farther downward along the longitudinal direction, relative to the virtual lateral line, than each of the second end of the front portion and the middle region of the front portion.
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An upper garment, comprising:
- a torso portion having a front side, a back side, a top end defining a boundary between the front and back sides, a bottom end opposite to the top end and defining an end of the upper garment, a right boundary between the front and back sides, and a left boundary between the front and back sides;
- a right sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a left sleeve attached to the torso portion;
- a back-right stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment and positioned partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the right sleeve is attached to the torso portion, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion;
- and
- a back-left stretch panel incorporated into the upper garment, positioned at least partially on the back side of the torso portion adjacent to where the left sleeve is attached to the torso portion, spaced apart from the back-right stretch panel in the upper garment, and extending onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-left stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-right stretch panel,
- wherein the back-left stretch panel has a first edge entirely on the back side that faces the back-right stretch panel and that has a top point closest to the top end of the torso portion, a bottom point closest to the bottom end of the torso portion, and an intermediate point between the top and bottom points of the first edge of the back-left stretch panel,
- wherein the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels have convex curves such that a first distance between the intermediate points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels is smaller than a second distance between the top points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels and greater than a third distance between the bottom points of the first edges of the back-right and back-left stretch panels,
- wherein the back-right stretch panel comprises:
- a right back portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a right extension portion comprising the entire part of the back-right stretch panel that is on the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is positioned below, and spaced apart from, the top end of the torso portion,
- wherein the right back portion is larger than the right extension portion, and
- wherein the bottom end of the torso portion defines a hem comprising:
- a front portion corresponding to at least part of the front side of the torso portion and extending past a first periphery region onto the back side of the torso portion;
- and
- a back portion corresponding to at least part of the back side of the torso portion and extending past the first periphery region onto the front side of the torso portion,
- wherein the first periphery region is at the right boundary between the front and back sides of the torso portion,
- wherein the front portion overlaps with, and is disconnected from, the back portion in the first periphery region,
- wherein the front portion has:
- a first end;
- a second end;
- a middle region between the first and second ends;
- a first intermediate region between the first end and the middle region that extends farther downward along a longitudinal direction, relative to a virtual lateral line positioned on the front side of the torso portion between the bottom end and the top end of the torso portion, than each of the first end and the middle region;
- and
- a second intermediate region between the second end and the middle region that extends farther downward along the longitudinal direction, relative to the virtual lateral line, than each of the second end and the middle region.
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