CPC A41D 13/015 (2013.01) [A41B 9/06 (2013.01); A41B 9/12 (2013.01); A41C 3/0057 (2013.01); A41C 3/12 (2013.01); A41D 1/06 (2013.01); A41D 13/0512 (2013.01); A41D 13/0518 (2013.01); A41D 13/0543 (2013.01); A41C 3/144 (2013.01); A41D 2300/326 (2013.01); A41D 2500/50 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A protective shirt comprising:
a shirt made of garment material, the shirt having a center portion, two sleeve opening portions, a neck portion, an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein a section of a front portion of the shirt defines a clavicle/collarbone area disposed beneath the neck portion; and
at least a trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad with an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side disposed between the outer surface and the inner surface of the shirt, and when the shirt is being worn by a user the at least the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad is formed
to overlay the clavicle/collarbone area of the user,
with the lower side above a breast area of the user, and with the left side and the right side extending laterally from a center point between an area defined by above a lower portion of each of the two sleeve opening portions;
wherein the at least a first portion of the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad symmetrically extends from the center point below a top of the shirt to one sleeve opening portion of the two sleeve opening portions on a left side of the shirt and symmetrically extends from the center point below the top of the shirt to another sleeve opening portion on a right side of the shirt, defining an arc from a distal end of a left clavicle to the distal end of a right clavicle when worn by the user, and wherein the at least the first portion of the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad and the garment material at the clavicle/collarbone area form a clavicle/collarbone guard, and wherein the upper side of the at least the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad includes an upper portion at the distal end of a right clavicle and the upper portion at the distal end of a left clavicle extends above the center point; and
a back portion comprising the garment material, wherein the back portion is stitched to a front portion to form the shirt;
at least a second portion of the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad with an upper side, a lower side, a left side, and a right side disposed between the outer surface and the inner surface of the back portion, and when the shirt is being worn by a user the at least the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad is formed to substantially mirror a shape and size of the first portion of the trapezoidal-shaped cushioning pad on the front portion.
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