US 12,075,862 B2
Fitness clothing with protective padding
Nicole Biscuiti, Delray Beach, FL (US); and Scott Bisucuiti, Delray Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to CHESTEE, Inc., Boynton Beach, FL (US)
Filed by CHESTEE, Inc., Delray Beach, FL (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,953.
Application 17/722,953 is a continuation of application No. 16/242,533, filed on Jan. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,304,460.
Application 17/722,953 is a continuation of application No. 14/577,354, filed on Dec. 19, 2014, granted, now 10,172,397, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/918,831, filed on Dec. 20, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232909 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 13/015 (2006.01); A41B 9/06 (2006.01); A41B 9/12 (2006.01); A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41C 3/12 (2006.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01); A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A41C 3/14 (2006.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.