Women's sports top with integrated pocket assembly

• US 8,898,816 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kimberly K. Highfield
• Original Assignee: Kimberly K. Highfield
• Inventors: Highfield, Kimberly K.
• Primary Examiner(s): COLLINS, ANDREW WARREN
• Application Number:
  US13/134,274
• Publication Number:
  US 20120304357A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,278 Days
• Field of Search: 2 6/9, 224/7, 227/2, 290/5, 211/3, 224/8, 211/4, 211/5, 206/320, 206/719, 206/720, 206/38, 450/89
• US Class Current: 2/248
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/002 adapted to accommodate electronic equipment patients' garments for medical monitoring A41D13/1281; luminous ornaments A41D27/085
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0518 Chest
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/205 Pockets adapted to receive a mobile phone or other electronic equipment

Abstract

A garment top includes a body fabric designed for covering a chest of a wearer, and a pocket assembly formed with the body fabric. The pocket assembly comprises a front and a back cooperating to form a pocket for holding an article proximate the chest of the wearer. The back of the pocket assembly incorporates a radiation barrier adapted for residing between the article and the wearer.

Claims

1. A garment top, comprising:

a body fabric designed for covering a chest of a wearer;

a pocket assembly formed with said body fabric, and comprising a front and a back;

said front and back cooperating to form a pocket for holding a radiation-emitting article proximate the chest of the wearer, said pocket comprising a top opening adjacent to and substantially coextensive with a front neckline of said garment top, and said body fabric defining a vertical split extending downward from the front neckline of said garment top and over the front of said pocket assembly; and

the back of said pocket assembly comprising a radiation barrier material adapted for residing between the radiation-emitting article and the wearer, and wherein the front of said pocket assembly and an area of said body fabric outside of said pocket assembly are substantially free of said radiation barrier material.

2. The garment top according to claim 1, and comprising a zipper closure for selectively closing the vertical split at the neckline of said garment top.

3. The garment top according to claim 1, wherein the front of said pocket assembly comprises a see-through fabric layer.

4. The garment top according to claim 3, wherein said see-through fabric layer comprises an open mesh structure.

5. The garment top according to claim 1, wherein the back of said pocket assembly further comprises a moisture barrier.

6. The garment top according to claim 1, wherein the back said pocket assembly further comprises a skin-side liner.

7. The garment top according to claim 6, wherein said skin-side liner comprises a moisture wicking micro-denier polyester.

8. In combination with a mobile phone, a garment top comprising:

a body fabric designed for covering a chest of a wearer;

a pocket assembly formed with said body fabric, and comprising a front and a back;

said front and back cooperating to form a pocket for holding said phone proximate the chest of the wearer, said pocket comprising a top opening adjacent to and substantially coextensive with a front neckline of said garment top, and said body fabric defining a vertical split extending downwardly from the front neckline of said garment top and over the front of said pocket assembly; and

the back of said pocket assembly comprising a radiation barrier adapted for residing between said phone and the wearer, and wherein the front of said pocket assembly and an area of said body fabric outside of said pocket assembly are substantially free of said radiation barrier material.

9. The combination according to claim 8, wherein the front of said pocket assembly comprises a see-through fabric layer.

10. The combination according to claim 8, wherein the back of said pocket assembly further comprises a moisture barrier.