IP Library Granted Patent US 8,347,415
Granted Patent B2
US 8,347,415 · App. 12/066,568 · Granted Jan 8, 2013

Sport garment having an improved comfortableness

Assignee: Alpinestars Research SRL
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Patent No.
US 8,347,415
App. No.
12/066,568
Granted
Jan 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A garment for sport activities prevailingly made of substantially inextensible materials comprises additional flaps ( 140 ) of extensible elastic materials supplementing the conventional stretchable inserts ( 130 ). When the wearer of the garment is of anormal anatomic typology, the supplementary flaps ( 140 ) are concealed inside the garment but are adapted to be freely exposed on the garment outer surface by a manual actuation of zippers ( 135 ) in case of a different anatomic typology. Each additional flap ( 140 ) is attached at a first lateral side ( 136 ) to an insert ( 130 ) and at the opposite lateral side ( 137 ) to a zone of the garment which is made of substantially inextensible materials. Thus, the garment fits adequately and comfortably to the wearer's body also in correspondence of parts of the body which can be of various shapes and/or dimensions.

Claims (32)

1. A garment for sports activities, the garment comprising:

a substantially inextensible material;

a plurality of inserts for accommodating various shapes and dimensions of a body of a wearer, the plurality of inserts comprising a stretchable elastic material;

a flap supplementing a first insert of the plurality of inserts, the flap comprising a stretchable textile material; and

an adjustable closure means having a first side connected to the first insert and a second side connected to the substantially inextensible material;

wherein the flap has a first side connected to the first side of the adjustable closure means and a second side connected to the second side of the adjustable closure means;

wherein the flap

in a first state, when the adjustable closure means are fully closed, is normally concealed inside the garment and is in an unextended condition, and

in a second state, when the adjustable closure means are at least partially opened through the manual actuation by the wearer, is exposed at an outer surface of the garment, the flap is an at least partially extended condition.

2. Garment for sport activities according to claim 1 , further comprising a vest inseparably joined to a pair of trousers with long legs to constitute a suit wherein the garment is provided with said inserts supplemented by the additional flap in correspondence of a lower limb of the wearer.

3. A garment for sports activities, the garment comprising:

a substantially inextensible material forming a vest and a pair of trousers having long legs;

a plurality of inserts for accommodating various shapes and dimensions of a body of a wearer, the plurality of inserts comprising a stretchable elastic material;

a plurality of flaps supplementing the plurality of inserts, each of the flaps comprising a stretchable textile material; and

an adjustable closure means having a first side connected to the first insert and a second side connected to the substantially inextensible material;

wherein each of the flaps has a first side connected to the first side of the adjustable closure means and a second side connected to the second side of the adjustable closure means;

wherein the flap

in a first state, when the adjustable closure means are fully closed, is normally concealed inside the garment and is in an unextended condition, and

in a second state, when the adjustable closure means are at least partially opened through the manual actuation by the wearer, is exposed at an outer surface of the garment, the flap is an at least partially extended condition; and

wherein another of the plurality of flaps another of the plurality of inserts are disposed in correspondence with an arm of the wearer.

4. A garment for sports activities, the garment comprising:

a substantially inextensible material forming a vest and a pair of trousers having long legs;

a plurality of inserts for accommodating various shapes and dimensions of a body of a wearer, the plurality of inserts comprising a stretchable elastic material;

a plurality of flaps supplementing the plurality of inserts, each of the flaps comprising a stretchable textile material; and

an adjustable closure means having a first side connected to the first insert and a second side connected to the substantially inextensible material;

wherein each of the flaps has a first side connected to the first side of the adjustable closure means and a second side connected to the second side of the adjustable closure means;

wherein the flap

in a first state, when the adjustable closure means are fully closed, is normally concealed inside the garment and is in an unextended condition, and

in a second state, when the adjustable closure means are at least partially opened through the manual actuation by the wearer, is exposed at an outer surface of the garment, the flap is an at least partially extended condition; and

wherein one of the plurality of flaps and one of the plurality of inserts are disposed in correspondence with a chest of the wearer.

5. Garment for sport activities according to claim 1 , characterized in that the garment is provided with said inserts ( 130 ) supplemented by additional flaps ( 140 ) in correspondence of the calves of the wearer.

6. Garment for sport activities according to claim 1 , characterized in that the adjustable closure means ( 135 ) of said additional flaps ( 140 ) are zippers ( 135 ) so that the first side ( 136 ) at which each additional flap ( 140 ) is attached to the associated stretchable insert ( 130 ) and the second side ( 137 ) at which the flap ( 140 ) is attached to a part ( 112 ) of the garment made of substantially inextensible materials, consist in the two textile ribbons bearing the two rows of teeth of said zipper ( 135 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2008
From: MAZZAROLO, GIOVANNI
To: ALPINESTARS RESEARCH SRL
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20080250551A1 · Oct 16, 2008