Apparatus for weighted apparel
Provided is a weighted shirt comprising a shirt bottom disposed beneath a shirt body, the shirt bottom comprising an outer bottom and an inner bottom, a bottom stitch configured to join the inner bottom to the outer bottom, and a hem cavity bound by at least the outer bottom, the inner bottom, the inflection point, and the bottom stitch. The weighted shirt may comprise a weight disposed within the hem cavity, where the hem cavity is sized to accept the weight. The weight may be an annular member, where the weight comprises an outer face, an inner face, an upper part, and a lower part.
1. A weighted shirt comprising:
a shirt bottom disposed beneath a shirt body, the shirt bottom comprising:
an outer bottom and an inner bottom,
wherein the shirt body, the outer bottom, and the inner bottom are composed of a continuous material;
an inflection point formed by vertex of the outer bottom and the inner bottom;
a bottom stitch configured to join the inner bottom to the outer bottom;
a hem cavity bound by at least the outer bottom, the inner bottom, the inflection point, and the bottom stitch;
a weight comprising an outer face, an inner face, an upper part, and a lower part, the weight disposed within the hem cavity,
wherein the hem cavity is sized to accept the weight,
wherein the weight is an annular member extending around an entire circumference of the shirt bottom; and
a stay surface configured to conceal the weight, the stay surface disposed between the outer face and the outer bottom,
wherein the stay surface is a separate structure from the weight,
wherein the stay surface is an annular member extending around the entire circumference of the shirt bottom, and
wherein the stay surface is taller than the weight.
2. The weighted shirt of claim 1 , wherein the inner face is rounded and the outer face is flat.
3. The weighted shirt of claim 2 , wherein the inner face is flat and the outer face is rounded.
4. The weighted shirt of claim 1 , wherein the weight comprises a weight cavity and a weighted material, the weight cavity configured to accept the weighted material.
5. The weighted shirt of claim 4 , wherein the weighted material is sand.
6. The weighted shirt of claim 4 , wherein the weighted material is water.
7. The weighted shirt of claim 1 , wherein a cross section of the stay surface is a thin tall rectangle.
8. The weighted shirt of claim 1 , further comprising a top stitch disposed above the bottom stitch, the top stitch configured to join the inner bottom and the outer bottom.