Apparel – Body garments – Shirts
Patent
1995-05-15
1997-03-11
Crowder, C. D.
Apparel
Body garments
Shirts
2 783, 2108, 2125, A41B 100
Patent
active
056089139
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to upper body garments such as shirts, jackets, and any garments for which it is desirable to leave great freedom of movement to the arm.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
For golf, and above all for tennis, this freedom has been sought by using shirts and jackets in which all of the dimensions have been increased.
But such an increase in size is unattractive in appearance and it still does not provide full freedom to the arms when they are stretched in a golf swing or while serving in tennis when one arm is moved to throw the ball and then the other to hit it.
As a result, before serving, tennis players instinctively raise the armholes of their garments to loosen their sleeves.
However that precaution does not prevent the bottom portions of the sleeves being retained by the body where the sleeve is attached at the armhole.
OBJECT AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is mainly to reduce such retention.
According to the invention, sportswear garments, in particular shirts and jackets, include stretch gussets placed on either side of the body and on the undersides of the sleeves, wherein said gussets are triangular and symmetrical, and wherein their axes of symmetry coincide with the locations of traditional seams, their sides being sewn to the remainder of the garment, and their bases coinciding with each other and with the bottom portions of the armholes.
The gussets are sewn together via said bases or else they are made from a single piece of fabric that is approximately lozenge-shaped.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention appear from the following description of particular embodiments given purely by way of non-limiting example and with reference to the figures in which:
FIG. 1 shows a garment of the invention with an arm raised, the gussets being made of 2 and 2 rib fabric and comprising a single piece; and
FIG. 2 shows two gussets of stretch netting under the same conditions.
MORE DETAILED DESCRIPTION
In FIG. 1, there can be seen a stretch piece 12 constituted by a single piece of fabric having two tips in the form of isosceles triangles 1 and 2 whose edges are sewn respectively along the side of the body and along the underside of the sleeve. By way of example, this piece of fabric is made of 2 and 2 rib fabric using Nm 75/1 yarn instead of the single piqu e fabric generally used for golf and tennis shirts.
To achieve the object of the invention using gussets of 2 and 2 rib fabric, the ribs must be perpendicular to the axes (not shown) of the gussets.
To show the characteristics of the stretch gussets compared with single piqu e with small ribs, four gussets having the dimensions 50 cm long by 20 cm wide have been tested as follows: ribs.
One end of each piece was fixed while its other end was loaded with 200 grams, giving an elongation:
In FIG. 2, there can be seen two gussets 1 and 2 made of open stretch net capable of stretching at least in the axial direction of the gussets (not shown).
Using the net fabric, sweat from the armpits is mostly eliminated through the fabric. The gussets 1 and 2 are united via their bases at the armpit 6 or in the bottom portion of the armhole.
For example, when using a large ratio of LYCRA spandex yarn it is easy to obtain the same elasticity as with a 2 and 2 rib fabric in the axial direction of the gussets, and it is also easy to obtain the same elasticity in the direction perpendicular to the axes of the gussets, thereby improving the freedom of horizontal movement for the arms, e.g. during forehand and backhand strokes while playing tennis.
Naturally, numerous variants may be applied, in particular by substituting equivalent technical means, without thereby going beyond the scope of the invention.
1. A garment for covering the upper torso having armhole on each side; at the armholes; each sleeve; sides; opposite-isosceles-triangle-like shape with two equal sides; a base, in which the base is shorter in length than the equal sides; and an axis of symmetry passi
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