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US 8,479,316 B2Granted
Upper garment having a pre-tensioned band and method for making the same
AssigneeDashAmerica, Inc.
InventorsPeter Curran, Cyndi Saggus
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Abstract
This invention generally relates to an upper garment. More specifically, the present invention relates to an upper garment having a pre-tensioned waistband.
Claims15
An upper garment, comprising:
- a upper garment shell having opposing inner and outer surfaces, a waist edge, a collar edge and a pair of wrist cuff edges;
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- a first pre-tensioned elastomeric band having opposing upper and lower first edges and opposing first distal ends, wherein the first lower edge is attached to the waist edge to form a first pre-tensioned-upper garment edge and wherein the upper edge is positioned adjacent to and tilted away from the inner surface of the upper garment shell.
A jacket, comprising:
- a jacket shell having opposing inner and outer surfaces, a waist edge, a collar edge and a pair of wrist cuff edges;
- and
- a pre-tensioned elastomeric waist band having opposing upper and lower edges and opposing distal ends, wherein the lower edge is attached to the waist edge to form a substantially smooth pre-tensioned-jacket waist edge substantially devoid of valleys and ridges, wherein the pre-tensioned elastomeric waist band is positioned adjacent to the inner surface of the jacket shell, wherein the distal ends of the pre-tensioned elastomeric waist band are attached to at least one of each other and the jacket shell, wherein the upper and lower edges of the pre-tensioned elastomeric waist band have differing tensions and wherein the pre-tensioned elastomeric band is sufficiently pre-tensioned to substantially form a seal between a wearer of the jacket and the pre-tensioned band when the pre-tensioned elastomeric band is positioned between the wearer and the jacket shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.