US 12,343,583 B2
Weighted clothing items
Adam Levinsohn, Morristown, NJ (US)
Assigned to LEVINSOHN TEXTILE CO., INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed by LEVINSOHN TEXTILE CO., INC., New York, NY (US)
Filed on May 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/744,184.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/188,909, filed on May 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0362615 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 21/065 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/065 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0603 (2013.01); A63B 21/4007 (2015.10)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weighted article of wear for daily wear, the weighted article of wear comprising:
a front panel configured to cover a front of a wearer and comprising a plurality of front panel chambers, each of the front panel chambers of the plurality of front panel chambers further comprising a first plurality of weighted pellets positioned therein, wherein:
each of the front panel chambers are defined by a front seam line that separates each of the front panel chambers from an adjacent front panel chamber for preventing the first pluralities of weighted pellets from moving between adjacent front panel chambers;
the front panel includes a chest panel configured to support a chest of the wearer, the chest panel comprising a chest panel chamber subset of the front panel chambers, each panel chamber of the chest panel chamber subset further comprising a chest panel weighted pellet subset of the first pluralities of weighted pellets positioned therein, wherein each of the chest panel chamber subset is defined by a chest seam line subset of the front seam lines that separates each of the chest panel chamber subset from an adjacent panel chamber of the chest panel chamber subset for preventing the chest panel weighted pellet subsets from moving between adjacent panel chambers of the chest panel chamber subset; and
the front panel includes a lower front body panel configured to support a lower front body of the wearer, the lower front body panel comprising a lower front panel chamber subset of the front panel chambers, each of the lower front panel chamber subset further comprising a lower front panel weighted pellet subset of the first pluralities of weighted pellets positioned therein;
a rear panel configured to cover a rear of the wearer and comprising a plurality of rear panel chambers, each of the rear panel chambers of the plurality of rear panel chambers further comprising a second plurality of weighted pellets positioned therein, wherein:
each of the rear panel chambers are defined by a rear seam line that separates each of the rear panel chambers from an adjacent rear panel chamber for preventing the second pluralities of weighted pellets from moving between adjacent rear panel chambers; and
the rear panel includes an upper rear body panel configured to support an upper rear body of the wearer, the upper rear body panel comprising an upper rear panel chamber subset of the rear panel chambers, each of the upper rear panel chamber subset further comprising an upper rear panel weighted pellet subset of the second pluralities of weighted pellets positioned therein, wherein each of the upper rear panel chamber subset is defined by an upper rear seam line subset of the rear seam lines that separates each of the upper rear panel chamber subset from an adjacent panel chamber of the upper rear panel chamber subset for preventing the upper rear panel weighted pellet subsets from moving between adjacent panel chambers of the upper rear panel chamber subset; and
a shoulder panel configured to cover a shoulder of the wearer and comprising a plurality of shoulder panel chambers, each of the shoulder panel chambers of the plurality of shoulder panel chambers further comprising a third plurality of weighted pellets positioned therein, wherein:
the shoulder panel accounts for approximately 5%-15% of an overall weight of the weighted article of wear, the lower front body panel accounts for approximately 20%-25% of the overall weight of the weighted article of wear, the chest panel accounts for approximately 25%-30% of the overall weight of the weighted article of wear, and the upper rear body panel accounts for approximately 35%-45% of the overall weight of the weighted article of wear;
the first, second, and third pluralities of weighted pellets are distributed within the front panel chambers, the rear panel chambers, and the shoulder panel chambers, respectively, such that each of the front panel, the rear panel, and the shoulder panel have a different weight; and
the first, second, and third pluralities of weighted pellets are not redistributable by the wearer.