US 11,889,877 B2
Garment with adaptive ventilation
Grant H. Simmons, Portland, OR (US); and Patrick Williams, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/275,593.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/678,679, filed on May 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2019/0365000 A1, Dec. 5, 2019
Int. Cl. A41D 27/28 (2006.01); A41D 31/14 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 27/28 (2013.01) [A41D 31/14 (2019.02); A41D 2500/10 (2013.01); A41D 2500/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a torso portion defining a neckline opening, a waist opening, a first arm opening, and a second arm opening; and
a flap located on a back aspect of the torso portion a predefined distance superior to the waist opening, the flap having an attachment edge, the flap comprising a first face and a second face opposite the first face, the first face formed from a first yarn type, the first yarn type comprising a plurality of bi-component filaments, each bi-component filament comprising a polyamide polymer and a terephthalate polymer, the second face formed from a second yarn type, the second yarn type comprising a polymeric composition different from the bi-component filament on the first face, wherein the flap further comprises a distal edge and an intervening length between the attachment edge and the distal edge, wherein the attachment edge integrally extends from a backing layer and the distal edge is unaffixed from the backing layer, wherein the first face of the flap faces the backing layer.