Sportman's garment with volume reduction arrangement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10111474-B2
Application number	US-201615159564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 19, 2016
Priority date	May 31, 2012
Publication date	Oct 30, 2018
Grant date	Oct 30, 2018

Abstract

A garment comprises a torso portion including a volume reduction arrangement. The volume reduction arrangement includes a first strap that crosses a second strap, a first strap adjustment member, and a second strap adjustment member. The first strap adjustment member is coupled to a right side of the torso portion. A first portion of the first strap is coupled to a left side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the first strap engages the first strap adjustment member on the right side of the torso portion. The second strap adjustment member is coupled to the shell on the left side of the torso portion. A first portion of the second strap is coupled to the right side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the second strap engages the second strap adjustment member on the left side of the torso portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A garment configured to be worn by a human, the garment comprising:
a torso portion including an inner side and an outer side; and
a volume reduction arrangement provided on the torso portion, the volume reduction arrangement including a first strap, a second strap, a first strap adjustment member, and a second strap adjustment member, wherein the first strap is a first elastic cord, the first strap adjustment member is a first cord lock, the second strap is a second elastic cord, and the second strap adjustment member is a second cord lock, and wherein:
a first portion of the first strap is connected to a left side of the torso portion,
the first strap adjustment member is connected to a right side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the first strap engages the first strap adjustment member on the right side of the torso portion,
a first portion of the second strap is connected to the right side of the torso portion,
the second strap adjustment member is connected to the left side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the second strap engages the second strap adjustment member on the left side of the torso portion, and
the first strap crisscrosses the second strap on a lower portion of the torso portion adjacent a waist region of a wearer when worn.

2. The garment of claim 1 wherein the first strap is positioned in a first passage extending between the inner side and the outer side of the of the torso portion, and the second strap is positioned in a second passage extending between the inner side and the outer side of the torso portion, the first passage crisscrossing the second passage on a posterior of the torso portion.

3. The garment of claim 2 wherein the first passage extends from an upper left side to a lower right side of the posterior of the torso portion, and wherein the second passage extends from an upper right side to a lower left side of the posterior of the torso portion.

4. The garment of claim 1 wherein the first strap crisscrosses the second strap at a center region of a posterior of the torso portion.

5. The garment of claim 1 wherein the first strap adjustment member is positioned in a first pocket and the second strap adjustment member is positioned in a second pocket.

6. The garment of claim 1 wherein the outer side of the torso portion has a bright, highly visible color scheme or a camouflaged color scheme.

7. The garment of claim 6 further including a harness passage extending from a posterior of the torso portion, the harness passage including a proximal end connected to the posterior of the torso portion and a distal end that is pivotable about the proximal end of the harness passage, the distal end further comprising a magnetic coupling member configured to releasably couple the distal end to the posterior of the torso portion.

8. The garment of claim 1 wherein the garment is a hunting jacket configured to be worn by a hunter with a harness, the torso portion further including a shell having an anterior side and a posterior side, the posterior side having a bright highly visible color scheme or a camouflaged color scheme.

9. The garment of claim 8 further comprising a harness passage extending from the inner side of the torso portion to the outer side of the torso portion, the harness passage including a proximal end connected to the posterior side and a distal end that is pivotable about the proximal end of the harness passage, the harness passage providing a channel configured to receive a harness strap extending from the proximal end to the distal end of the harness passage.

10. A garment configured to be worn by a human, the garment comprising:
a torso portion including a shell with an inner side and an outer side; and
a volume reduction arrangement provided on the torso portion, the volume reduction arrangement including a first strap, a second strap, a first strap adjustment member, and a second strap adjustment member, wherein
a first portion of the first strap is coupled to the inner side of the shell on a left side of the torso portion,
the first strap adjustment member is coupled to the shell on a right side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the first strap engages the first strap adjustment member on the right side of the torso portion, the second portion of the first strap extending from the inner side of the shell to the outer side of the shell through an opening in the shell on the right side of the torso portion,
a first portion of the second strap is coupled to the inner side of the shell on a right side of the torso portion,
the second strap adjustment member is coupled to the shell on a left side of the torso portion, and a second portion of the second strap engages the second strap adjustment member on the left side of the torso portion, the second portion of the second strap extending from the inner side of the shell to the outer side of the shell through an opening in the shell on the left side of the torso portion, and
the first strap crosses the second strap on a posterior of the shell.

11. The garment of claim 10 wherein the first strap is a first elastic cord, the first strap adjustment member is a first cord lock, the second strap is a second elastic cord, and the second strap adjustment member is a second cord lock, wherein a free end of the second portion of the first strap is disposed outside of the shell, and wherein a free end of the second portion of the second strap is disposed outside of the shell.

12. The garment of claim 11 wherein the first strap is positioned in a first passage extending along the inner side of the shell, and the second strap is positioned in a second passage extending along the inner side of the shell, the first passage crisscrossing the second passage on a posterior of the torso portion.

13. The garment of claim 12 wherein the first strap adjustment member is positioned in a first pocket on a posterior of the right side of the torso portion, and the second strap adjustment member is positioned in a second pocket on a posterior of the left side of the torso portion.

14. The garment of claim 13 wherein the first strap adjustment member is coupled to a first intermediate layer in the first pocket, the first intermediate layer including a hole with the first strap extending through the hole.

15. The garment of claim 10 wherein an outer layer of the shell has a bright, highly visible color scheme or a camouflaged color scheme.

16. The garment of claim 10 further including a harness passage extending from the posterior of the shell, the harness passage including a proximal end connected to the posterior of the shell and a distal end that is pivotable about the proximal end of the harness passage, the distal end further comprising a magnetic coupling member configured to releasably couple the distal end to the posterior of the shell.

17. The garment of claim 10 wherein the garment is a hunting jacket configured to be worn by a hunter with a harness, the shell of the torso portion including an anterior side and a posterior side with a bright highly visible color scheme or a camouflaged color scheme.

18. The garment of claim 17 further comprising a harness passage extending from an interior of the torso portion to an exterior of the torso portion, the harness passage including a proximal end connected to the posterior side and a distal end that is pivotable about the proximal end of the harness passage, the harness passage providing a channel configured to receive a harness strap extending from the proximal end

Assignees

• Under Armour Inc

Inventors

• Keathley Robert

Classifications

• A41D1/04

  Vests, jerseys, sweaters or the like · CPC title

• A41D2400/38

  Shaping the contour of the body or adjusting the figure · CPC title

• A41D13/0007

  Garments with built-in harnesses (safety harnesses A62B35/00) · CPC title

• A41D2600/108

  Hunting · CPC title

• A41D3/00

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