Hood system for a garment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10925340-B2
Application number	US-201815960796-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 24, 2018
Priority date	May 30, 2017
Publication date	Feb 23, 2021
Grant date	Feb 23, 2021

Abstract

Aspects herein are directed to a garment having a hood system comprising an outer hood and a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood. The outer hood is affixed to a neckline opening of the garment along the sides of the neckline opening but is detached from the neckline opening in the back. The yoke structure is selectively attached to the outer hood in two or more disparate locations and is affixed to the neckline opening of the garment at the location at which the outer hood is detached from the neckline opening. The hood system is useable for distributing tension forces generated by pulling the front of the outer hood forward to, for example, cover a wearer's eyes when resting.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A garment having a hood system, the garment comprising:
at least a torso portion having a neckline opening, and an outer hood, wherein the torso portion and the outer hood are coupled at the neckline opening of the torso portion, the outer hood comprising:
at least a first side portion and a second side portion,
a top portion adjacent to the first side portion and the second side portion, the top portion having a front aspect and a back aspect, and
a back portion extending from the back aspect of the top portion and extending from the first side portion to the second side portion, the back portion, the first side portion, and the second side portion defining a base of the outer hood, wherein the base of the outer hood is affixed to the neckline opening of the torso portion at a first location and is unaffixed from the neckline opening of the torso portion at a second location; and
a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood, the yoke structure having a first portion having a first terminal end, a second portion having a second terminal end, a third portion having a third terminal end, a first lateral edge extending between the first terminal end and the third terminal end, and a second lateral edge extending between the second terminal end and the third terminal end, wherein the third terminal end of the yoke structure is affixed to the neckline opening of the torso portion at the second location, wherein the yoke structure is further affixed to the first side portion of the outer hood at the first terminal end and the second side portion of the outer hood at the second terminal end, and further wherein the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge are unaffixed from the outer hood; and
wherein the yoke structure forms a “T” shape with the third portion of the yoke structure forming a stem portion of the “T” and the first portion and the second portion of the yoke structure forming an arm portion of the “T.”

2. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the neckline opening of the torso portion is defined by at least a first side aspect, a second side aspect, and a back aspect.

3. The garment of claim 2 , wherein the first location at which the base of the outer hood is affixed to the neckline opening of the torso portion comprises at least one of the first side aspect or the second side aspect of the neckline opening.

4. The garment of claim 3 , wherein the second location at which the base of the outer hood is unaffixed from the neckline opening of the torso portion comprises the back aspect of the neckline opening.

5. The garment of claim 4 , wherein the first, second, and third portions of the yoke structure integrally extend from one another.

6. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the yoke structure is unaffixed to the outer hood except for at the first side portion of the outer hood and the second side portion of the outer hood.

7. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the outer hood is formed from a non-stretch material.

8. The garment of claim 7 , wherein the yoke structure is formed from an elastically resilient material.

9. A garment having a hood system, the garment comprising:
a torso covering portion having at least a neckline opening;
an outer hood having a base which is at least partially affixed to the neckline opening at a first location and is unaffixed from the neckline opening at a second location,
the outer hood further comprising a first side portion and a second side portion; and
a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood, the yoke structure having a first portion having a first terminal end, a second portion having a second terminal end, a third portion having a third terminal end, a first lateral edge extending between the first terminal end and the third terminal end, and a second lateral edge extending between the second terminal end and the third terminal end, wherein the third terminal end of the yoke structure is affixed to the neckline opening at the second location, wherein the first terminal end of the yoke structure is further affixed to the outer hood at the first side portion of the outer hood, and further wherein the second terminal end of the yoke structure is affixed to the outer hood at the second side portion of the outer hood; and
wherein the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge are unaffixed from the outer hood; and
wherein the yoke structure forms a “T” shape with the third portion of the yoke structure forming a stem portion of the “T” and the first portion and the second portion of the yoke structure forming an arm portion of the “T.”

10. The garment of claim 9 , wherein the neckline opening at least partially defines a circumferential opening having a front aspect, a first side aspect, a second side aspect, and a back aspect when the garment is in an as-worn configuration.

11. The garment of claim 9 , wherein the first side portion and the second side portion are positioned on opposite sides of the outer hood.

12. The garment of claim 9 , wherein the yoke structure is unaffixed to the outer hood except for at the first terminal end and the second terminal end of the yoke structure.

13. The garment of claim 9 , wherein the outer hood is formed from a non-stretch material and the yoke structure is formed from an elastically resilient material.

14. A garment having a hood system, the garment comprising:
at least a torso portion having a neckline opening, and an outer hood, wherein the outer hood is affixed to the neckline opening of the torso portion at a first location and is unaffixed from the neckline opening of the torso portion at a second location; and
a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood, the yoke structure having a first portion having a first terminal end that is affixed to a first side portion of the outer hood, a second portion having a second terminal end affixed to a second side portion of the outer hood, and a third portion having a third terminal end affixed to the neckline opening of the torso portion at the second location, wherein the yoke structure further comprises a first lateral edge extending between the first terminal end and the third terminal end, and a second lateral edge extending between the second terminal end and the third terminal end, each of the first lateral edge and the second lateral edge being unaffixed from the outer hood; and
wherein the yoke structure forms a “T” shape with the third portion of the yoke structure forming a stem portion of the “T” and the first portion and the second portion of the yoke structure forming an arm portion of the “T.”

15. The garment of claim 14 , wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion of the yoke structure integrally extend from one another.

16. The garment of claim 15 , wherein the yoke structure is detached from the outer hood except at the first side portion and the second side portion of the outer hood.

17. The garment of claim 14 , wherein the first location of the neckline opening comprises a first side aspect and a second side aspect of the neckline opening, and wherein the second location of the neckline opening comprises a back aspect of the neckline opening.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Brandt Baron C
• Cruz Karey

Classifications

• A41D1/02

  Jackets · CPC title

• A41D2200/20

  Hoods · CPC title

• A41D3/02

  Overcoats · CPC title

• A41D2400/10

  Heat retention or warming · CPC title

• A42B1/048 Primary

  Detachable hoods · CPC title