Nike, Inc.

The Procter Gamble Company

Sauder Manufacturing Company

Baron Carl Brandt

Kevin C Sze

Iustinia Koshkaroff

Daniela Grogro

Andrea J Staub

Dallas Lund

Karey B Cruz

Benjamin Janes Beck

David Andrew Dalton

Rebecca Pirkl Hurd

Daniel A Judelson

Tyler C Lynch

Nina Nguyen

Arne Ben Colman

Douglas Arthur Marsden

William Michael Cannon

Benjamin J Beck

Richard Michael Harper

Glen V Walter

Benjamin Jacob Clare

Alexander J Dedman

Ryan P Henry

John Allen Wooton

Anthony J Warncke

Melissa Ann Kreuzer

Blair W Wieland

Jacob R Arnold

Alice Fockele

Payton A Rose

Phyllis Michele Lininger

Bowman Wang

Phyllis Michele Liniger

Oliver B McLachlan

Aspects herein are directed to a textile, and garments produced from the textile, having one or more insulation zones and one or more pile zones where the pile zones seamlessly extend from the insulation zones. The textile includes a first woven layer, a second woven layer, and a nonwoven layer positioned between the first and second woven layers. In the insulation zone, the first woven layer, the second woven layer, and the nonwoven layer are unaffixed from each other. In the pile zone, fibers/filaments from the nonwoven layer are entangled with fibers, filaments and yarns from each of the first woven layer and the second woven layer.

Textile having insulation zones and pile zones

Aspects herein are directed to a cooling garment. The cooling garment can include a vest configured to be worn by a wearer. One or more pockets on the vest may be configured to receive one or more icepacks. The one or more pockets may include a stretch material on a front portion of the one or more pockets. The one or more pockets can further include a non-stretch material on a back portion of the one or more pockets.

Flexible cooling garment system

Aspects herein are directed to a composite nonwoven textile that includes non-linear entangled seams and method and systems for producing the same. The composite nonwoven textile includes at least a first nonwoven layer, a second layer, and a fill material positioned between the first nonwoven layer and the second layer. When the composite nonwoven textile is formed into a garment, the regions between the non-linear entangled seams may help store and retain heat to provide insulation, and the non-linear entangled seams may help prevent shifting or drift of the fill material.

Nonwoven textile with non-linear entangled seams suitable for garments

Nonwoven entanglement system and methods of manufacture

Aspects herein provide for a support garment having a vibration damping structure that is positioned between the breast contacting surfaces of the support garment. The vibration damping structure has a shape and/or material characteristics that enable it to substantially fill the space defined by a medial aspect of the wearer's breasts and the wearer's sternum. This positioning and placement facilitate the damping structure's ability to absorb and dissipate impact forces generated at least through the medial-to-lateral movement of the wearer's breasts during, for example, athletic activities.

Support garment

A cooling headgear is disclosed. Absorbent material within the headgear retains cold water. When worn by a user, the headgear holds the cold water to the head of the user, cooling the user.

Cooling assembly

Aspects herein are directed to a garment having a hood system comprising an outer hood and a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood. The outer hood is affixed to a neckline opening of the garment along the sides of the neckline opening but is detached from the neckline opening in the back. The yoke structure is selectively attached to the outer hood in two or more disparate locations and is affixed to the neckline opening of the garment at the location at which the outer hood is detached from the neckline opening. The hood system is useable for distributing tension forces generated by pulling the front of the outer hood forward to, for example, cover a wearer's eyes when resting.

Hood system for a garment

Aspects herein disclose a sleeve construction for a garment comprising a right sleeve with a first pocket located superior to an elbow area of the sleeve. The pocket opening of the first pocket is positioned on an anterior aspect of the right sleeve and the pocket space extends across the anterior aspect of the right sleeve. The garment further comprises a left sleeve having a second pocket located superior to an elbow area of the left sleeve. The pocket opening of the second pocket is positioned on a medial aspect of the left sleeve and the pocket space extends across the posterior aspect of the left sleeve.

Sleeve construction for a garment

Aspects herein relate to a garment or article system having an internal layer and an external layer, the external layer has an inner surface facing the internal layer and an outer surface facing an external environment. Specifically, the garment or article system comprises a first slider mechanism affixed to the internal layer and a second slider mechanism affixed to the external layer. The first slider mechanism affixed to the internal layer is coupled to the second slider mechanism affixed to the external layer so that a pull or a directional force applied to the second slider mechanism is transferred to the first slider mechanism to reversibly transition the first slider mechanism from an open state in a first direction to a closed state in a second direction, and while maintaining the second slider mechanism in a closed state regardless of the direction of the directional force applied.

Articles incorporating a coupled slider system

A modular protective structure may be formed from an impact absorbing material formed into a repeating pattern of one or more geometrical shapes that may be assembled to a size, shape, and/or configuration desired to protect an athlete from impact. The thickness of the structure may vary in a repetitive fashion along at least a first axis of the structure, and may further vary in a repetitive fashion along a second axis of the structure.

Modular impact protection system for athletic wear

A clasp includes a hook component and a catch component, which may be used to releasably attach two ends of an article. Among other elements, the hook component may include a stem (for manually operating the clasp) and a cantilevered lip suspended above the stem to form a slot for receiving a part of the catch component. In addition, the catch component may include a slot-engaging portion that is coupled between the stem and the cantilevered lip.

Clasp

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Baron Carl Brandt