Protective garment with expandable shoulder portions
AssigneeLion Group, Inc.
InventorsKathryn Ann York, Calvin Clark Brant
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Abstract
A coat including a garment portion having a body portion configured to cover a torso of a wearer, and a pair of sleeves coupled to the body portion and configured to cover a wearer's arms. The coat further includes a pleat positioned adjacent to one of the sleeves, wherein the pleat is movable between an expanded position and a retracted position. The coat also has at least one piece of elastic material coupled to the garment portion and configured to bias the pleat to the retracted position.
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A coat comprising:
- a garment portion including a body portion configured to cover a torso of a wearer, a pair of sleeves coupled to the body portion and configured to cover a wearer's arms, and a pleat positioned adjacent to one of the sleeves, wherein the pleat is movable between an expanded position and a retracted position;
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- at least one piece of elastic material coupled to the garment portion and configured to bias the pleat to the retracted position.
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A coat comprising:
- a garment portion including a body portion configured to cover a torso of a wearer, a pair of sleeves coupled to the body portion and configured to cover a wearer's arms, and at least one pleat positioned adjacent to one of the sleeves, wherein the pleat is movable between an expanded position and a retracted position, wherein the pleat extends generally circumferentially at least about 150 degrees around the one of the sleeves at a shoulder of the coat, wherein the pleat extends continuously from a back of the coat to a front of the coat, and wherein at least part of the pleat is located at a top of the shoulder of the coat.
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A coat comprising:
- a garment portion including a body portion configured to cover a torso of a wearer, a pair of sleeves coupled to the body portion and configured to cover a wearer's arms, and a pleat positioned adjacent to one of the sleeves, wherein the pleat is movable between an expanded position and a retracted position, wherein at least part of the pleat is located on a back of the coat and at least part of the pleat is located on a front of the coat, and wherein the pleat is configured generally as an inverted “U” in side view.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.