Ventilated garment
View Patent ↗A ventilated garment is provided. Another aspect of the present invention employs a jacket having a body portion with sleeves and a torso, and a removable shell portion having a sleeve and a laterally elongated chest and/or back segment. A further aspect of the present invention provides aesthetically pleasing interfaces between air permeable and air blocking segments.
1. A garment comprising:
an air permeable material extending at least a majority of a lateral distance between opposite garment armpit areas;
an upper zipper attachment system to secure a top portion of a wind resistant shell to cover the air permeable material, the upper zipper attachment system extending horizontally across a top chest portion of the garment, around exterior portions of garment sleeve areas, and horizontally across a first upper torso back portion of the garment; and
a lower zipper attachment system to secure a bottom portion of the wind resistant shell to cover the air permeable material, the lower zipper attachment system extending horizontally across a bottom chest portion of the garment, around the armpit areas, and horizontally across a second upper torso back portion of the garment.
2. The garment of claim 1 further comprising the wind resistant shell removable from the air permeable material that is underlying.
3. The garment of claim 2 wherein the wind resistant shell further comprises a right chest segment, a right sleeve segment, the first and second upper torso back portions, a left sleeve segment and a left chest segment, all being attached together and removable from the underlying air permeable material as a single piece.
4. The garment of claim 1 further comprising an air permeable sleeve section permanently secured to the laterally extending air permeable material.
5. The garment of claim 1 further comprising:
a first wind resistant material permanently attached to a lower edge of the air permeable material to cover a lower torso area; and
a second wind resistant material permanently attached to an upper edge of the air permeable material to cover shoulder areas.
6. The garment of claim 1 wherein the air permeable material is a mesh textile material.
7. The garment of claim 1 wherein the garment is a motorcycle jacket further comprising body armor internally attached thereto.
8. A garment comprising:
a jacket body comprising an air permeable material extending at least a majority of a lateral distance between opposite garment armpit areas, the air permeable material having a longitudinal dimension from a first zipper system to a second zipper system less than an elongated lateral dimension that extends from the opposing garment armpit areas, the air permeable material including a mesh material located on a right chest area, a right sleeve, a back area, a left sleeve and a left chest area; and
a wind resistant shell removably attached to the jacket body and covering the mesh material at the areas with a single piece, comprising a right chest segment, a substantially cylindrical right sleeve segment that completely covers an outer circumference of the right sleeve, a back segment, a substantially cylindrical left sleeve segment that completely covers an outer circumference of the left sleeve, and a left chest segment.
9. The garment of claim 8 further comprising at least an upper zipper removably coupling an upper portion of the wind resistant shell to the jacket body.
10. The garment of claim 8 wherein the mesh material is located on a torso area above a theoretical line substantially between the armpits areas.
11. The garment of claim 8 wherein the mesh material continuously extends between the armpit areas and is separated by a central and substantially vertical attachment system when a garment user is in a standing orientation.
12. The garment of claim 8 wherein the garment is a motorcycle jacket further comprising body armor internally attached to the jacket body.