Inner liner for garment suitable for athletic activities

• US 5,218,720 A
• Filed: 08/18/1992
• Issued: 06/15/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/1991
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Red Lion Manufacturing, Inc. (Summit Golf Brands, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Gary A. Tolton
• Inventors: Tolton, Gary A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Crowder, Clifford D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HALE, GLORIA M
• Application Number:
  US07/931,344
• Time in Patent Office: 301 Days
• Field of Search: 2/97, 2/85, 2/69, 2/102, 2/93, 2/94, 2/108, 2/272, 2/DIG. 1, 2/DIG. 4, 2/86, 2/87, 2/115
• US Class Current: 2/97
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/04 Vests, jerseys, sweaters or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/10 Sleeves; Armholes
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 2/04 Free swing garment

Abstract

An outer garment suitable for a variety of athletic endeavors is disclosed. The garment comprises an outer shell formed of a lightweight, waterproof material, and an inner liner of mesh-like material secured to the shell. The liner includes a back panel, and first and second front panels. A resilient insert, yieldable in all directions, is situated in the back panel to fit against the back of the wearer. Fasteners extend laterally about the liner, and manipulation of said fasteners draws the liner snugly about the torso of the wearer, without causing "bunching" of the jacket. "Bunching" is unsightly, and also interferes with the athletic activities envisioned by the wearer.

Claims

1. An outer garment suitable for wear during athletic activities, said garment comprising:

a) an outer shell formed of a material having sufficient porosity to allow perspiration vapor from the body of the wearer to escape therethrough;

b) said shell comprising a first front panel, a second front panel, a back panel secured to said first and second front panels and extending therebetween, and a pair of sleeves;

c) fastener means for joining said first and second front panels together about the chest and stomach of the wearer;

d) an inner liner formed of a porous, meshlike material;

e) said inner liner comprising a back panel, and first and second front panels;

f) said first and second front of said panels inner line being secured to the corresponding front panels of said outer shell for movement therewith;

g) a resilient, yieldable insert secured within the back panel of said liner to fit against the back of the wearer;

h) manually operable means situated between said back panel and said first and second front panels of said liner for pulling selected areas of said liner away from said shell;

i) said manually operable means being manipulated by the wearer of the garment to draw said front panels of said liner closely about the sides and stomach of the wearer while retaining said insert in contact with the back of the wearer; and

j) said insert being yieldable in all directions in response to movement of the wearer, without interfering with such movement.

2. An outer garment as defined in claim 1 wherein an opening is formed in the rear panel of said liner, and said insert is sewn into said opening.

3. An outer garment as defined in claim 1 wherein said insert covers a large area of the back of the wearer.

4. An outer garment as defined in claim 1 wherein several vanishing pleats are formed in the panel of the shell back of said garment, said vanishing pleats being expandable at the top to allow free movement of the shoulders of the wearer and vanish, at the lower end thereof, into the body of the back panel of the shell of the garment.

5. An outer garment as defined in claim 1 wherein said manually operable means comprise parallel straps with two ends attaching horizontally about said rear panel and said front panels of said liner and secured thereto, snap fasteners secured to one end of said straps, and receptacles secured to the other end of said straps.

6. An outer garment as defined in claim 5 wherein a first plurality of straps are secured to said rear panel of said liner and said first front panel of said liner, and a second plurality of straps are secured between said rear panel of said liner and said second front panel of said liner, said first and second plurality of straps being aligned with each other.

7. An outer garment as defined in claim 1 wherein said first front panel of said garment includes a top and a lower end and terminates, at its lower end, in a bottom section of folded-over material, said second front panel of said garment includes a top and a lower end and terminates, at its lower end, in a bottom section of folded over material, and a band of resilient material extends between said first and second front panels across the lower end of the back panel of said shell to draw the garment against the body of the wearer in the vicinity of the waist.