US 11,986,028 B2
Equestrian pants garments
Mimie Wong, Alameda, CA (US)
Assigned to Ariat International, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US)
Filed by Ariat International, Inc., San Leandro, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/687,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,966, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354192 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 1/086 (2018.01)
CPC A41D 1/086 (2013.01) 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pants garment configured to be worn by an equestrian, the pants garment comprising:
a right leg portion and a left leg portion, wherein each of the right leg portion and the left leg portion comprises:
a distal end region;
a hip abductor support panel that extends inferiorly from a waistband portion of the pants garment, wherein the hip abductor support panel is configured to provide compression and support to at least a portion of the equestrian's hip abductor muscle group when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian;
a knee stabilization panel that extends inferiorly from an inner thigh of the equestrian to an outer knee area of the equestrian when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian, wherein the knee stabilization panel is configured to provide compression and support to a respective knee joint and quadriceps muscle of the equestrian when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian;
a calf panel extending superiorly from the distal end region, wherein the calf panel is configured to provide compression and support to a respective calf muscle of the equestrian when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian; and
an inner panel region devoid of seams that extends inferiorly from a groin region of the pants garment to an interface with the calf panel, wherein the interface is configured to be distal to a respective knee of the equestrian when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian, and wherein the knee stabilization panel and the hip abductor support panel do not extend into the inner panel region; and
a lumbar panel positioned on a posterior side of the pants garment, wherein the lumbar panel extends laterally across both the right leg portion and the left leg portion, such that the lumbar panel is configured to provide compression and support to a lumbar region of the equestrian when the pants garment is worn by the equestrian.