Ventilated shirt

• US 5,105,478 A
• Filed: 11/01/1990
• Issued: 04/21/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/1990
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chester F. Pyc
• Original Assignee: Chester F. Pyc
• Inventors: Pyc, Chester F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Schroeder, Werner H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): VANATTA, AMY B
• Application Number:
  US07/607,525
• Time in Patent Office: 537 Days
• Field of Search: 2/DIG. 1, 2/115, 2/77, 2/116, 2/125, 2/54, 2/53, 2/93, 2/105, 2/106, 2/108, 2/113, 2/114
• US Class Current: 2/115
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/26 UV light protection
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/28 Means for ventilation
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/14 Air permeable, i.e. capable of being penetrated by gases waterproof and breathable A41D31/102
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/01 Ventilated garment

Abstract

A ventilated shirt including a shirt body and two sleeves attached thereto along shoulder seams thereof, the shirt body having a pair of elongated, mesh inserts disposed along side seams thereof, and each sleeve having a similar elongated, mesh insert disposed along sleeve seam thereof. An underarm portion of non-mesh material is disposed proximate both sides of each shoulder seam to absorb perspiration. The shirt of the present invention offers protection from damaging solar rays, and yet permits air circulation for comfort and temperature regulation.

Claims

1. A sport shirt comprising:

front and rear panels each having corresponding top, bottom and opposed side edges, said front and rear panels including sleeve cutouts formed on each side edge adjacent the top edge, and a neck cutout formed on the top edge medial of the sleeve cutouts, said front and rear corresponding side edges being joined to each other adjacent said sleeve cutouts for a distance to define a first and second continuous fabric, non-mesh underarm portion, each disposed in an underarm region of the shirt;

a pair of tubular sleeves permanently joined to the front and rear panels at the sleeve cutouts thereof, said sleeves each having a pair of side edges and a wrist edge, said pair of side edges of each sleeve being joined together adjacent the sleeve cutouts for a distance to define a first and second continuous fabric non-mesh sleeve portion thereof, said first underarm portion and sleeve portion, and said second underarm portion and sleeve portion being joined together to provide a first and second non-mesh continuous fabric region disposed in the underarm area of the shirt, said regions serving to absorb perspiration;

a pair of elongated mesh side inserts disposed between the side edges of the front and rear panels along the unjoined portions thereof and joined thereto; and

a pair of elongated mesh sleeve inserts disposed between the side edges of the sleeve along the unjoined portions thereof and joined thereto.

2. The shirt of claim 1 wherein the side edges of each sleeve are further joined together at a wrist portion thereof adjacent the wrist edge thereof.

3. The shirt of claim 1 wherein the respective side edges of the front and rear panels are further joined together at a bottom portion thereof adjacent the bottom edge thereof.

4. The shirt of claim 1 further comprising a high, turn-over collar joined to the front and rear panels along the neck cutout thereof, such that the back of the collar may be flipped up to protect the neck of a wearer from sun damages.

5. The sleeve of claim 1 further comprising a sleeve slit formed in the side edge of each sleeve immediately adjacent the wrist edge thereof.

6. The shirt of claim 1 further comprising a waist slit formed in each side edge of the front and back panels immediately adjacent the bottom edges thereof.

7. The shirt of claim 1 wherein the front and rear panels are further joined together along the top edges thereof between said sleeve cutouts and said neck cutout.

8. A ventilated shirt suitable for golf or other active sports comprising:

a long sleeve shirt including a shirt body having side seams and a pair of sleeves each having an inside seam, said sleeves being permanently attached to said shirt body along shoulder seams;

a continuous fabric non-mesh, underarm portion formed by a portion of each side seam adjacent said shoulder seam and a portion of each sleeve inside seam adjacent said shoulder seam and serving to absorb perspiration;

an elongated mesh, sleeve insert disposed in the inside seam of each sleeve below said underarm portion; and

an elongated mesh, side insert disposed in each side seam of the shirt body below said underarm portion.

9. The shirt of claim 8 wherein each sleeve further comprises a meshless wrist portion formed in each inside seam adjacent a wrist edge thereof.

10. The shirt of claim 9 wherein the shirt body further comprises a meshless bottom portion formed in each side seam adjacent a bottom edge thereof.

11. The shirt of claim 8 further comprising a high, turn-over collar joined to the shirt body, wherein the back of the collar may be flipped up to protect the neck of a wearer from sun damage.

12. The shirt of claim 8 further comprising a sleeve slit formed in the inside edge of each sleeve immediately adjacent a wrist edge thereof.

13. The shirt of claim 8 further comprising waist slits formed in the side seams of the shirt body immediately adjacent a bottom edge thereof.