IP Library Granted Patent US 12,108,814
Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,814 · App. 17/773,459 · Granted Oct 8, 2024

Garment body of fan-equipped garment and fan-equipped garment

Inventors: Hiroshi Ichigaya (Tokyo, JP); Takeo Kurumizawa (Tokyo, JP); Yohei Oki (Tokyo, JP); Naokatu Furuya (Tokyo, JP); Hidehito Nakanishi (Tokyo, JP); Shohji Inomata (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
A41D13/0053A41D1/002A41D27/28
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Patent No.
US 12,108,814
App. No.
17/773,459
Granted
Oct 8, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A main garment body is formed using a cloth that is gas-impermeable or is gas-permeable to the extent that the cloth can be inflated by the introduction of air by a ventilator. The garment body includes a connector to which the ventilator is attached, an air outlet that discharges air introduced by the ventilator, and a spacer member that keeps a space between the garment cloth and a body of a wearer and/or between the garment cloth and other clothes worn over the garment body.

Claims (13)

1. A garment body for a fan-equipped garment, the garment body being constituted by garment cloth that is not breathable or has breathability to an extent that the garment cloth can be inflated by introduction of air by a ventilator, and comprising:

a connector to which the ventilator is attachable;

an air outlet to discharge air introduced by the ventilator; and

a spacer member that maintains a space between the garment cloth and a body of a wearer,

wherein the spacer member comprises:

a mesh member connected to the garment cloth; and

a spacer removably stored against the mesh member, and wherein the spacer comprises:

a back inner spacer provided on an inner side of a back part of the garment body, and adapted to extend from an upper part of the connector over at least a portion of shoulders of the wearer on an inner side of the garment body; and

a front inner spacer provided on an inner side of a front part of the garment body, and adapted to extend from a front of the wearer's trunk over at least a portion of the shoulders of the wearer on the inner side of the garment body.

2. A fan-equipped garment, comprising:

the garment body according to claim 1 ;

the ventilator, which introduces air inside the garment body; and

a power source that supplies power to the ventilator.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2026
From: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
To: KUCHOFUKU CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075800/0879 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2022
From: ICHIGAYA, HIROSHI; KURUMIZAWA, TAKEO; OKI, YOHEI; FURUYA, NAOKATU; NAKANISHI, HIDEHITO; INOMATA, SHOJI
To: SFT LABORATORY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059714/0671 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-198625 · Oct 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220386712A1 · Dec 8, 2022
Cited By (1)
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