Apparel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10104926-B2
Application number	US-201615185402-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 17, 2016
Priority date	Jun 17, 2016
Publication date	Oct 23, 2018
Grant date	Oct 23, 2018

Abstract

A garment may include a waist portion having a fabric portion; a circumferential tightening device configured to tighten the waist portion, the circumferential tightening device including a first reversible tab and a second reversible tab spaced from each other along a circumferential direction, each tab attached to surface of the fabric portion at a proximal end of the reversible tab; each of the fabric portions having a fabric aperture formed therein and configured to allow the distal end of the corresponding tab to be inserted into the corresponding fabric apertures.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A garment comprising:
a waist portion having a fabric portion;
a circumferential tightening device configured to tighten the waist portion, the circumferential tightening device comprising a first reversible tab and a second reversible tab spaced from each other along a circumferential direction, each of the first and second reversible tabs attached to a first surface of the fabric portion at a proximal end of the first and second reversible tabs; and
a fly portion, the fly portion comprising a fly reinforcement such that when the garment is reversed an exterior facing surface of a fly lies flat, wherein
the fabric portion includes an aperture formed therein and is configured to allow the distal end of a corresponding reversible tab to be inserted into a corresponding aperture.

2. The garment of claim 1 , wherein each of the tabs includes a tab aperture.

3. The garment of claim 2 , wherein the circumferential tightening device further comprises:
a tightening element configured to be inserted into the tab aperture on each of the first and second reversible tabs and configured to tighten the waist portion through engagement with the tabs.

4. The garment of claim 1 , wherein each of the fabric apertures includes an aperture reinforcement structure configured to reinforce the fabric aperture, attached to the first surface the fabric portion.

5. The garment of claim 4 , wherein the fabric aperture reinforcement structure includes an aperture of the same dimension as the aperture formed in the fabric portion.

6. The garment of claim 4 , wherein a fabric aperture reinforcing structure is disposed around each of the apertures.

7. The garment of claim 4 , wherein the fabric aperture reinforcement comprises one of additional fabric, stitching, polymer or rubber material, adhesive, or a structure attached with heat bonding.

8. The garment of claim 2 , wherein the tab aperture is a grommet.

9. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the garment is a lower body garment.

10. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the garment is an upper body garment.

11. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the fly reinforcement comprises one of additional fabric, stitching, polymer or rubber material, adhesive, or a structure attached with heat bonding.

12. A garment comprising:
a waist portion having a first and second fabric portion defining a space separating the fabric portions;
a circumferential tightening device configured to tighten the waist portion, the circumferential tightening device comprising a first reversible tab and a second reversible tab spaced from each other along a circumferential direction, each of the first and second reversible tabs attached to a first surface of the fabric portion at a proximal end of the first and second reversible tabs; and
a fly portion, the fly portion comprising a fly reinforcement such that when the garment is reversed an exterior facing surface of a fly lies flat, wherein
each of the fabric portions have an aperture formed therein and configured to allow the distal end of a corresponding reversible tab to be inserted into a corresponding aperture.

13. The garment of claim 12 , wherein the first and second fabric portions are part of the same continuous fabric.

Assignees

• Reebok Int Ltd

Inventors

• WITEK Danielle
• Stableford Emily

Classifications

• A41B1/08

  Details · CPC title

• A41D3/00

  Overgarments (fur garments A41D5/00; for children A41D11/00; professional or sporting protective garments A41D13/00) · CPC title

• A41D1/22

  Clothing specially adapted for women, not otherwise provided for · CPC title

• A41D13/0015

  Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088 · CPC title

• A41F9/025 Primary

  Adjustable belts or girdles · CPC title