IP Library Granted Patent US 12,220,006
Granted Patent B2
US 12,220,006 · App. 17/556,016 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Wrap skirt

Inventor: Anna Elizabeth Jordaan (North Vancouver, CA)
Assignee: Amer Sports Canada Inc.
A41D1/14
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Patent No.
US 12,220,006
App. No.
17/556,016
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wrap skirt may include a skirt panel having a top waist portion, a first end and a second end, a first portion of a first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first end and the second end, a second portion of the first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the first end, a first portion of a second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first and end the second, and a second portion of the second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the second end. The first connector is configured to retain the top waist portion about a waistline of a person as an overlapping portion of the skirt panel is wrapped and subsequently retained in place by the second connector.

Claims (33)

1. A wrap skirt comprising:

a skirt panel having a top waist portion, a first end and a second end;

a first portion of a first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first end and the second end;

a second portion of the first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the first end;

a first portion of a second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first end and the second end;

a second portion of the second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the second end,

wherein the first portion of the first connector mechanically interlocks with the second portion of the first connector to retain the top waist portion about the waistline of the person as an overlapping portion of the skirt panel is wrapped and subsequently retained in place by mechanical interlocking of the first portion of the second connector with the second portion of the second connector;

a sleeve extending along the top waist portion; and

a webbing slidably positioned within the sleeve, wherein the first portion of the first connector is carried by a first end portion of the webbing and wherein the second portion of the second connector is carried by a second end portion of the webbing.

2. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the skirt panel has an inner face to face towards the waist and thighs of the person wearing the wrap skirt and an outer face, opposite the inner face, which is to face away from the waist and thighs of the person wearing the wrap skirt, wherein the sleeve has a first opening on the inner face of the skirt panel through which the first portion of the first connector extends and has a second opening on the outer face of the skirt panel through which the second portion of the second connector extends.

3. The wrap skirt of claim 2 further comprising a flexible tether having a first end portion connected to the webbing and a second end portion anchored to the skirt panel.

4. The wrap skirt of claim 1 further comprising a flexible tether having a first end portion connected to the webbing and a second end portion anchored to the skirt panel.

5. The wrap skirt of claim 4 , wherein the flexible tether is anchored to the skirt panel within the sleeve.

6. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the second connector comprises a buckle slidably and adjustably positioned along the webbing.

7. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the webbing comprises a catch carried by the webbing between the first portion of the first connector and a mouth of the sleeve, the catch being configured to inhibit movement of the first portion of the first connector into the sleeve.

8. The wrap skirt of claim 7 , wherein the catch comprises a hook to engage the mouth of the sleeve.

9. The wrap skirt of claim 8 , wherein the webbing is folded over itself and secured to itself to form the hook.

10. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has a length of at least 4 inches and no greater than 24 inches.

11. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the first connector comprises a snap connector and wherein the second connector comprises a buckle connector.

12. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the first connector is slidably positioned along the webbing to slide along the webbing.

13. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has a first opening through which the webbing exits the sleeve and a second opening through which the webbing exits the sleeve, wherein the first opening is between the first portion of the first connector and the first portion of the second connector and wherein the second opening is between the first portion of the first connector and the first portion of the second connector.

14. The wrap skirt of claim 1 further comprising a band fixedly secured to and extending from the first end, the band supporting the second portion of the first connector.

15. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein the webbing is slidable relative to the sleeve such that pulling one of the first portion of the first connector and the second portion of the second connector further out of the sleeve shortens an extent to which the other of the first portion of the first connector and the second portion of the second connector extends from the sleeve.

16. The wrap skirt of claim 1 , wherein both the first end portion and the second end portion of the webbing are exposed and reside between the second portion of the first connector and the first portion of the second connector.

17. A wrap skirt comprising:

a skirt panel having a top waist portion, a first end and a second end;

a first portion of a first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first end and the second end;

a second portion of the first connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the first end;

a first portion of a second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion between the first end and the second end;

a second portion of the second connector coupled to the skirt panel proximate the top waist portion proximate the second end,

wherein the first portion of the first connector mechanically interlocks with the second portion of the first connector to retain the top waist portion about the waistline of the person as an overlapping portion of the skirt panel is wrapped and subsequently retained in place by mechanical interlocking of the first portion of the second connector with the second portion of the second connector;

at least one sleeve extending along the top waist portion; and

at least one webbing slidably positioned within the at least one sleeve, wherein the first portion of the first connector is carried by a first end portion of the at least one webbing and wherein the second portion of the second connector is carried by a second end portion of the at least one webbing.

Assignments (4)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 23, 2026
From: WILMINGTON TRUST (LONDON) LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: AMER SPORTS CANADA INC.
Reel/Frame 074147/0881 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2024
From: AMER SPORTS CANADA INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST (LONDON) LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066790/0678 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2024
From: AMER SPORTS CANADA INC.
To: WILMINGTON TRUST (LONDON) LIMITED, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 066790/0792 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2021
From: JORDAAN, ANNA ELIZABETH
To: AMER SPORTS CANADA INC.
Reel/Frame 058432/0071 →
Continuity (1)
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