US 12,302,969 B2
Article of apparel
Kyle S. Blakely, Baltimore, MD (US)
Assigned to Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed by Under Armour, Inc., Baltimore, MD (US)
Filed on Jan. 11, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,996.
Application 18/409,996 is a continuation of application No. 17/589,305, filed on Jan. 31, 2022, granted, now 11,871,806.
Application 17/589,305 is a continuation of application No. 16/552,941, filed on Aug. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,234,470, issued on Feb. 1, 2022.
Application 16/552,941 is a continuation of application No. 16/011,104, filed on Jun. 18, 2018, granted, now 10,420,380, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 16/011,104 is a continuation of application No. 15/597,203, filed on May 17, 2017, granted, now 10,010,118, issued on Jul. 3, 2018.
Application 15/597,203 is a continuation of application No. 14/597,051, filed on Jan. 14, 2015, granted, now 9,655,389, issued on May 23, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/926,996, filed on Jan. 14, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0306747 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 13/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/04 (2006.01); A41D 31/18 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 31/185 (2019.02) [A41D 1/04 (2013.01); A41D 13/0015 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article of apparel comprising:
a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel, the first textile panel spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel, wherein each of the plurality of textile panels possesses an elongation value; and
an elastic textile material positioned in the gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel, the elastic textile material possessing an elongation value that is at least ten times greater than the elongation value of each of the first textile panel and the second textile panel.