US 11,986,034 B2
Vented lower-body garment
Ronald David Rafn, Portland, OR (US)
Assigned to NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed by NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US)
Filed on Oct. 30, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/086,027.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/934,670, filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0137193 A1, May 13, 2021
Int. Cl. A41D 27/28 (2006.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 27/28 (2013.01) [A41D 1/06 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lower-body garment having a torso region defining a waist opening, the lower-body garment comprising:
a first leg portion extending from the torso region and having a distal opening, the first leg portion comprising:
a first plurality of horizontally oriented panels extending at least partially across a back aspect of the first leg portion, around a medial aspect of the first leg portion, and at least partially across a front aspect of the first leg portion, each of the first plurality of horizontally oriented panels including a first terminal end and a second terminal end, the first plurality of horizontally oriented panels including an upper panel having a top edge and a bottom edge, wherein the top edge is adjacent and spaced apart from a crotch region of the lower-body garment, wherein the crotch region is located where each of the first leg portion and a second leg portion extend from the torso region of the lower-body garment, and a lower panel having a top edge, and wherein the bottom edge of the upper panel overlaps the top edge of the lower panel from 4 mm to 4 cm to form a vent opening between the bottom edge and the top edge, and wherein the vent opening extends continuously in a horizontal direction from a portion of the front aspect around the medial aspect and to the back aspect of the first leg portion, and wherein a mesh liner layer is positioned internal to the upper panel and the lower panel,
wherein the lower panel begins at the vent opening, which is between the bottom edge of the upper panel and the top edge of the lower panel, and ends at a location midway between the crotch region and an end of the first leg portion, and
wherein at least a first front panel extending from adjacent the waist opening of the torso region to the distal opening of the first leg portion, the first front panel extending across a first reference line that passes through the first terminal end of at least one of the first plurality of horizontally oriented panels and is parallel to a front midline of the lower-body garment; and
a second leg portion extending from the torso region and having a distal opening, the second leg portion comprising:
a second plurality of horizontally oriented panels extending at least partially across a back aspect of the second leg portion, around a medial aspect of the second leg portion, and at least partially across a front aspect of the second leg portion, each of the second plurality of horizontally oriented panels including a first terminal end and a second terminal end; and
at least a second front panel extending from adjacent the waist opening of the torso region to the distal opening of the second leg portion, the second front panel extending across a second reference line that passes through the first terminal end of at least one of the second plurality of horizontally oriented panels and is parallel to the front midline of the lower-body garment.