Granted Patent B2

US 12,408,710 · App. 17/873,949 · Granted Sep 9, 2025

Inventors: Baron C. Brandt (Portland, OR); Kevin C. Sze (Portland, OR)

Assignee: NIKE, Inc.

A41D13/0053A41D1/04A41D13/0058

Abstract

Claims (22)

1. A system comprising:

an upper-body garment that includes a pocket;

the pocket comprising a stretch material on a front portion of the pocket and a non-stretch material on a back portion of the pocket;

a shoulder strap disposed over a shoulder region of the upper-body garment; and

an icepack configured to be removably positioned in the pocket, the icepack comprising a first aperture, a second aperture, and a plurality of flexion areas that extend away from the first aperture, wherein the shoulder strap is configured to fasten the icepack to the upper-body garment through the second aperture.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the non-stretch material on the back portion of the pocket comprises one or more non-elastomeric yarns.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the stretch material on the front portion of the pocket comprises a stretch-woven material.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the upper-body garment includes an inner layer that forms the back portion of the pocket.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the front portion of the pocket includes a lower margin, which comprises the non-stretch material of the back portion of the pocket.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein a first end of the shoulder strap comprises a male end of a connecting element and a female end of the connecting element, the male end and the female end being configured to couple to form a loop, wherein the icepack extends from the loop.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the icepack comprises a width of about 10 cm and a length of about 30 cm to about 36 cm.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the shoulder strap is a first shoulder strap, the system further comprising a second shoulder strap, wherein the shoulder strap is fastened to the icepack and the second shoulder strap is fastened to a second icepack.

9. An upper-body cooling garment system comprising:

an upper-body garment comprising a pocket; and

one or more icepacks, each of the one or more icepacks comprising a first aperture, a plurality of flexion areas that extend away from the first aperture, and a second aperture, wherein the plurality of flexion areas extending away from the first aperture are configured to allow the icepack to conform to a wearer's body when the upper-body cooling garment system is worn;

wherein the pocket is configure to receive a first icepack of the one or more icepacks; and

a shoulder strap disposed over a shoulder region of the upper-body garment and configured to secure to the first icepack via the second aperture.

10. The upper-body cooling garment system of claim 9 , wherein the pocket comprises a stretch material formed using one or more elastomeric yarns.

11. The upper-body cooling garment system of claim 9 , wherein: the pocket is on a front portion of the upper-body garment; and the upper-body garment further comprises an additional pocket on a back portion of the upper-body garment.

12. The upper-body cooling garment system of claim 9 , wherein an outer portion of the pocket includes a lower margin, which comprises a non-stretch material of an inner portion of the pocket.

13. The upper-body cooling garment system of claim 9 , further comprising a slider mechanism forming an edge of the pocket.

14. The upper-body cooling garment system of claim 9 further comprising, a second pocket configured to receive a second icepack of the one or more icepacks, the second icepack; and a second shoulder strap configured to secure to the second icepack via the second aperture of the second icepack.

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