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US 8,850,615 B2Granted
Thermal energy dissipating garment with scalloped vents
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsNathan Demarest, Alexander J. Dedman
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Abstract
A thermal energy dissipating garment may include a first garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a first side and a second garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a vent side. The first garment portion and the second garment portion are discontinuously affixed to each other at defined intervals along a surface of each portion proximate to the first side and the vent side creating a vent seam having a plurality of ducts/scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer. The plurality of scalloped vents are oriented with an angle of attack that redirects air from the exterior of the garment to the interior of the garment to increase air movement along a wearer's skin.
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A garment, comprising:
- a first garment portion having an exterior surface, an opposite interior surface, and a perimeter defined by at least a first side;
- a second garment portion having an exterior surface, an opposite interior surface, and a perimeter defined by at least a vent side;
- wherein the first garment portion and the second garment portion are permanently and discontinuously affixed to each other at defined intervals along the first side and the vent side creating a vent seam having a plurality of scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer;
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- a third garment portion, wherein the first garment portion is configured to be located at an anterior location of a wearer of the garment when in an as-worn position, the second garment portion is configured to be located at a lateral location of the wearer when in the as-worn position, and the third garment portion is configured to be located at a posterior location of the wearer when in the as-worn position.
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A garment, comprising:
- an anterior panel having an exterior surface, an opposite interior surface, and a perimeter including an anterior vent edge;
- a lateral panel having an exterior surface, an opposite interior surface, and a perimeter including a lateral vent edge;
- a scallop vent seam defined by affixing, at discontinuous points, the anterior panel and the lateral panel together proximate to the anterior vent edge and the lateral vent edge, wherein the scallop vent seam provides a plurality of scalloped vents that extend away from a plane defined by the anterior panel and the lateral panel;
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- a posterior panel, wherein the anterior panel is configured to be located at an anterior location of a wearer of the garment when in an as-worn position, the lateral panel is configured to be located at a lateral location of the wearer when in the as-worn position, and the posterior panel is configured to be located at a posterior location of the wearer when in the as-worn position.
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A thermal energy moderating garment, comprising:
- a front panel comprised of an exterior surface, an interior surface, and perimeter defined by at least a front right lateral edge and a front left lateral edge;
- a back panel comprised of an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a perimeter defined by at least a back right lateral edge and a back left lateral edge, wherein the back panel incorporates a plurality of openings through the complimentary exterior surface and the interior surface;
- a right lateral panel comprised of an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a perimeter defined by at least a right vent edge and a right back edge;
- a left lateral panel comprised of an exterior surface, an interior surface, and a perimeter defined by at least a left vent edge and a left back edge;
- wherein the front panel, proximate to the front right lateral edge, is joined at a series of discontinuous locations to the right lateral panel, proximate to the right vent edge, resulting in a right scalloped vent seam, the right scalloped vent seam is comprised of a plurality of scalloped vents configured for extending away from a body of a wearer of the thermal energy moderating garment when in an as-worn position;
- wherein the front panel, proximate to the front left lateral edge, is joined at a series of discontinuous locations to the left lateral panel, proximate to the left vent edge, resulting in a left scalloped vent seam, the left scalloped vent seam is comprised of a plurality of scalloped vents configured for extending away from the body of the wearer of the thermal energy moderating garment when in the as-worn position;
- wherein the back panel, proximate to the back right lateral edge, is joined to the right lateral panel, proximate to the right back edge;
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- wherein the back panel, proximate to the back left lateral edge, is joined to the left lateral panel, proximate to the left back edge.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.