Layered thumbhole structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11839248-B2
Application number	US-202217704965-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2022
Priority date	Feb 19, 2015
Publication date	Dec 12, 2023
Grant date	Dec 12, 2023

Abstract

A sleeve cuff is provided for a sleeve including an anterior patch affixed to the sleeve and covering at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, a distal strap affixed to the sleeve and spanning over at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, and the distal strap overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch to form an aperture for receiving a thumb therethrough. The sleeve cuff has a plurality of configurations, including at least a closed configuration where the aperture is closed and minimizes the wearer's exposure to wind and air elements therethrough, and an opened configuration where the aperture is opened and minimizes the air penetration around the received thumb.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tubular sleeve comprising:
a distal end opposite a proximal end;
a cutout formed through the tubular sleeve proximate the distal end, the cutout defined in part by a first cutout edge portion and a second cutout edge portion, wherein the first cutout edge portion is positioned across the cutout from the second cutout edge portion;
a distal strap having a distal strap trailing edge, wherein the distal strap is affixed to the tubular sleeve proximate the distal end of the tubular sleeve such that the distal strap overlaps the first cutout edge portion, spans the cutout, and overlaps the second cutout edge portion, wherein:
a first side edge of the distal strap is joined to the tubular sleeve at a first position, the first position being spaced circumferentially away from the cutout; and
a second side edge of the distal strap is joined to the tubular sleeve at a second position, the second position being spaced circumferentially away from the cutout; and

an anterior patch having an anterior patch leading edge spaced away from the distal end and extending across the cutout, the anterior patch leading edge continuously overlapping the distal strap trailing edge from the first cutout edge portion to the second cutout edge portion to define at least a portion of an aperture, the aperture having a perimeter and being in communication with an interior volume of the tubular sleeve;
wherein the anterior patch has at least one trailing edge and wherein the at least one trailing edge of the anterior patch is affixed to the tubular sleeve at one or more cutout edge portions located proximally up the tubular sleeve in a direction away from the anterior patch leading edge and towards the proximal end of the tubular sleeve, such that the anterior patch completely covers a portion of the cutout located proximally up the tubular sleeve from the anterior patch leading edge.

2. The tubular sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the aperture is configured to be manipulated to form a plurality of configurations, the plurality of configurations including a closed configuration and an open configuration.

3. The tubular sleeve of claim 2 , wherein the closed configuration comprises the distal strap trailing edge overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch across the cutout from the first cutout edge portion to the second cutout edge portion.

4. The tubular sleeve of claim 2 , wherein the open configuration comprises the distal strap trailing edge overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch from the first cutout edge portion to a first point of intersection and from the second cutout edge portion to a second point of intersection, the first point of intersection and the second point of intersection both being intermediate to the first cutout edge portion and the second cutout edge portion, and the distal strap trailing edge not overlapping the anterior patch between the first point of intersection and the second point of intersection.

5. The tubular sleeve of claim 4 , wherein a radial distance between a center point of the anterior patch leading edge and a central axis that extends axially down the tubular sleeve from the proximal end to the distal end is greater in the open configuration than in the closed configuration.

6. The tubular sleeve of claim 1 , further comprising: the at least one trailing edge of the anterior patch having a first side edge, a second side edge, and a rearward edge; the cutout further defined by a rear cutout edge portion; and wherein the first side edge of the anterior patch extends proximally from the anterior patch leading edge and adjacent to the first cutout edge portion to the rearward edge, the rearward edge extends transversely across the tubular sleeve from the first side edge to the second side edge of the anterior patch and adjacent to the rear cutout edge portion, and the second side edge of the anterior patch extends distally from the rearward edge to the anterior patch leading edge and adjacent to the second cutout edge portion.

7. The tubular sleeve of claim 6 , further comprising:
a first seam portion, a second seam portion, and a third seam portion,
wherein the first side edge of the anterior patch is affixed to the first cutout edge portion with the first seam portion, wherein the second side edge of the anterior patch is affixed to the second cutout edge portion with the second seam portion, and wherein the rearward edge is affixed to the rear cutout edge portion with the third seam portion.

8. The tubular sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the distal strap extends across the cutout from the first cutout edge portion to the second cutout edge portion in a transverse direction to a longitudinal axis of the tubular sleeve.

9. The tubular sleeve of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the distal strap and the anterior patch comprise a woven material or a knit material.

10. A method of manufacturing a tubular sleeve having a cuff for receiving a thumb through an aperture, wherein the tubular sleeve extends between a first end and a second end, the first end including the cuff, the tubular sleeve including a cutout through a wall of the tubular sleeve, the cutout having at least a first cutout edge portion and a second cutout edge portion positioned across the cutout from the first cutout edge portion, the method comprising the steps of:
affixing a first side edge of a distal strap to the tubular sleeve proximate to, but spaced circumferentially away from, the first cutout edge portion;
affixing a second side edge of the distal strap to the tubular sleeve proximate to, but spaced circumferentially away from, the second cutout edge portion, wherein the distal strap extends from the first side edge, across the cutout, to the second side edge; and
affixing an anterior patch to the tubular sleeve such that the anterior patch spans at least a portion of the cutout and such that the distal strap trailing edge continuously overlaps an anterior patch leading edge from the first cutout edge portion to the second cutout edge portion to form the aperture, the aperture having a perimeter and being in communication with an interior volume of the tubular sleeve,
directly affixing an anterior patch first side edge to the first cutout edge portion with a first seam portion;
directly affixing an anterior patch second side edge to the second cutout edge portion with a second seam portion; and
wherein the anterior patch leading edge is spaced away from the first end of the tubular sleeve.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the distal strap trailing edge is longer than the anterior patch leading edge.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Horner Stewart D
• Koshkaroff Justinia
• Nordstrom Matthew D

Classifications

• A41D27/10 Primary

  Sleeves; Armholes · CPC title

• A41B1/08

  Details · CPC title

• A41B7/00

  Cuffs (A41B1/00, A41B3/00 take precedence; cuff links A44B5/00) · CPC title

• A41B7/02

  Closures for cuffs · CPC title

• A41D3/08

  Capes · CPC title