Garment having improved contact areas
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorWilliam K. Mickle
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Abstract
An athletic padding arrangement includes a garment made of a fabric and a plurality of resilient bulge shaped gripping members disposed on the fabric. The gripping members provide at least one high friction area on the garment, each of the gripping members is uniform in composition. At least one protective pad is releasably positioned on the garment with and underside of the protective pad in contact with the at least one high friction area. The gripping members exert a frictional force on the underside of the protective pad that is greater than the frictional force exerted by the fabric on the protective pad. The garment may be, for example, a shirt or a pant comprised of a compression fabric with moisture wicking properties.
Claims17
An athletic padding arrangement configured to be worn by a human, the athletic padding arrangement comprising:
- a shirt without an attached pant, the shirt including a compression fabric and a plurality of resilient bulge shaped gripping members disposed on the compression fabric, the gripping members providing at least one high friction area on the shirt, including a high friction area on a front shoulder portion and a high friction area on a rear shoulder portion, each of the gripping members uniform in composition;
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- at least one protective shoulder pad releasably positioned on the shirt with an underside of the protective pad in contact with the high friction area on the front shoulder portion and the high friction area on the rear shoulder portion, wherein the gripping members exert a frictional force on the underside of the protective pad that is greater than the frictional force exerted by the fabric on the protective pad.
An athletic garment arrangement for a human body, the athletic garment arrangement comprising:
- a protective padding member configured to be worn on an upper portion of the human body, the protective padding member including a padded portion and a rigid portion;
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- a shirt with a front shoulder portion and a rear shoulder portion but without an attached pant, the shirt positioned between the protective padding member and the upper portion of the human body, the shirt comprising:
- a fabric, and
- gripping members fixed on the fabric on the front shoulder portion and the rear shoulder portion, the gripping members releasably engaging the protective padding member, the gripping members comprised of a material exerting a frictional force on the protective padding member that is greater than the frictional force exerted by the fabric on the protective padding member.
An athletic garment arrangement for a human body, the athletic garment arrangement comprising:
- a shirt without an attached pant, the shirt comprising a fabric, the shirt including a front shoulder portion and a rear shoulder portion;
- protective padding releasably positioned on the shirt and at least partially covering the front shoulder portion and rear shoulder portion;
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- a plurality of gripping members disposed on the fabric at the front shoulder portion and the rear shoulder portion such that the plurality of gripping members are in releasable contact with at least a portion of the protective padding, the gripping members comprising discrete elements of a material exerting a frictional force on an underside of the protective padding that is greater than the frictional force exerted by the fabric on the protective padding.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.