US 12,220,011 B2
Stabilized pockets for sports apparel
Jack Mackenzie Miller, Archdale, NC (US)
Filed by Jack Mackenzie Miller, Archdale, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,538.
Application 17/967,538 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/150,539, filed on Jan. 15, 2021, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/962,286, filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0047078 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A41B 1/08 (2006.01); A41D 27/20 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 27/208 (2013.01) [A41B 1/08 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shirt for use by a wearer while exercising, the shirt comprising in combination:
front and back panels and first and second sleeves, the panels and sleeves being constructed primarily from a breathable material consisting of approximately 92% polyester, the front and back panels defining a neck opening, the first and second sleeves each defining an arm opening having a first diameter, each sleeve further including a forward extent, a rearward extent, and a side extent therebetween, each side extent adapted to be positioned over a side of the wearer's shoulder;
a first pocket positioned upon the side extent of the first sleeve and a second pocket positioned upon the side extent of the second sleeve, each pocket including an opening, upper and lower surfaces, and three sides edges, and a lower edge, a first polyurethane layer sewn to the upper surface of each pocket along all four sides via double stitching, a second polyurethane layer sewn to the lower surface of each pocket along all four sides via double stitching, each pocket further including a zipper for selectively providing access to the opening, whereby the polyurethane layers create a water proof interior for each of the pockets; a pair of stabilizing sleeves, each stabilizing sleeve being secured to the arm opening of said sleeves and at a distance from lower edge of the pockets, each stabilizing sleeve having a second diameter that is approximately twenty percent smaller than the first diameter, each stabilizing sleeve being formed primarily from elastane and functioning to tightly adhere to an upper arm of the wearer and thereby stabilize any objects held in the associated pocket; said sleeves comprises short sleeves.