Garment for upright sleeping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022015465-A1
Application number	US-202117338946-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 4, 2021
Priority date	Jul 14, 2020
Publication date	Jan 20, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

Aspects herein are directed to an upper-body garment that facilitates upright sleeping. The garment includes an inner hood with a mesh elastic panel that is adapted to be positioned across the wearer's forehead helping to anchor the inner hood on to the wearer's head. The inner hood includes a low stretch or no stretch center panel. The center panel extends from the mesh elastic panel, down the center back of the inner hood, and further extends on to a back aspect of a torso portion of the garment where it forms a center portion of the back of the upper-body garment. Because the center panel has low stretch or no stretch, the wearer's head and neck are held in an upright or generally upright position when the inner hood is donned. The upper-body garment further includes a large volume outer hood positioned external to the inner hood.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An upper-body garment comprising:
a torso portion defining a neck opening and a waist opening, the torso portion having a front aspect and a back aspect; an outer hood affixed to the neck opening at both a first end and a second end of an unaffixed portion of the outer hood to form an opening, wherein the opening is located at the back aspect of the torso portion; and an inner hood positioned internal to the outer hood, a center panel of the inner hood affixed to the outer hood at the first end and the second end of the unaffixed portion of the outer hood, the center panel of the inner hood further affixed to a top of the outer hood.

2 . The upper-body garment of claim 1 , wherein the center panel of the inner hood extends through the opening and forms at least a portion of the back aspect of the torso portion.

3 . The upper-body garment of claim 2 , wherein the center panel is formed from a low stretch or no stretch material.

4 . The upper-body garment of claim 1 , wherein the center panel includes a low stretch or no stretch film material affixed to a first surface of the center panel.

5 . The upper-body garment of claim 1 , wherein the center panel of the inner hood is affixed to the top of the outer hood at a location that is spaced posteriorly from a hood opening edge of the outer hood.

6 . The upper-body garment of claim 1 , wherein the inner hood further includes a right panel and a left panel, each of the right panel and the left panel having a medial edge, a lateral edge, and a lower edge.

7 . The upper-body garment of claim 6 , wherein the medial edge of each of the right panel and the left panel are affixed to the center panel.

8 . The upper-body garment of claim 7 , wherein the lateral edge of the each of the right panel and the left panel are substantially unaffixed from the outer hood.

9 . The upper-body garment of claim 8 , wherein the lower edge of the each of the right panel and the left panel are unaffixed from the neck opening of the torso portion.

10 . An upper-body garment comprising:
a torso portion defining a neck opening and a waist opening, the torso portion having a front aspect and a back aspect, wherein the back aspect includes a center panel; an outer hood continuously affixed to the neck opening except for a first location at the back aspect of the torso portion to form an opening; and an inner hood positioned internal to the outer hood, wherein the center panel of the back aspect of the torso portion extends through the opening and forms at least part of the inner hood.

11 . The upper-body garment of claim 10 , wherein the center panel is affixed to a first end and a second end of the opening.

12 . The upper-body garment of claim 11 , wherein the center panel is further affixed to a top of the outer hood at a location that is spaced posteriorly from a hood opening edge of the outer hood.

13 . The upper-body garment of claim 12 , wherein remaining areas of the center panel are unaffixed from the outer hood.

14 . The upper-body garment of claim 10 , wherein the center panel extends to the waist opening of the torso portion.

15 . The upper-body garment of claim 10 , wherein the inner hood includes a right panel and a left panel, each of the right panel and the left panel having a medial edge, a lateral edge, and a lower edge.

16 . The upper-body garment of claim 15 , wherein the medial edge of each of the right panel and the left panel are affixed to the center panel.

17 . The upper-body garment of claim 16 , wherein the lateral edge of the each of the right panel and the left panel are substantially unaffixed from the outer hood.

18 . The upper-body garment of claim 17 , wherein the lower edge of the each of the right panel and the left panel are unaffixed from the neck opening of the torso portion.

19 . A method of manufacturing an upper-body garment having a torso portion with a neck opening and a waist opening, the method comprising:
continuously affixing an outer hood to the neck opening of the torso portion except for a first location at a back aspect of the torso portion to form an opening; positioning an inner hood internal to the outer hood; and affixing a center panel of the inner hood to a first end and a second end of the opening and to a top of the outer hood at a location that is spaced posteriorly from a hood opening edge of the outer hood.

20 . The method of manufacturing the upper-body garment having the torso portion with the neck opening and the waist opening of claim 19 , further comprising affixing a low stretch or no stretch film material to a first surface of the center panel.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Dickson Gregory
• Hatfield Tobie D
• Ji hee
• Judelson Daniel A
• Williams Ii Peter P

Classifications

• A41D27/18

  Cloth collars · CPC title

• A41D2200/20

  Hoods · CPC title

• A41D3/00 Primary

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

• A41D3/02 Primary

  Overcoats · CPC title