The present invention relates to a garment. More particularly, the present invention relates to a sporting garment for removably receiving at least one article of clothing, as well as to corresponding sock, attachment member, and garment kits.
Known in the art are undergarments for hockey players. Such hockey undergarments include mesh shorts, compression shorts, compression pants, full length one-piece underwear, padded girdles and player pants. Often these undergarments also include a jock portion.
Velcro® is typically located on the front and back of the upper portion of the leg to hold up hockey socks. Referring to
Known to the Applicant are U.S. Pat. Nos. 1,970,129; 2,599,769; 2,617,990; 3,501,774; 4,811,427; 5,539,927; 5,608,915; 6,701,533; 6,782,559; 7,937,767; and 8,146,170. However, the teachings of these documents do not resolve the aforementioned drawback.
Hence, in light of the aforementioned, there is a need for an improved system which, by virtue of its design and components, would be able to overcome some of the above-discussed prior art concerns.
The object of the present invention is to provide a device which, by virtue of its design and components, satisfies some of the above-mentioned needs and is thus an improvement over other related sport undergarments known in the prior art.
In accordance with the present invention, the above mentioned object is achieved, as will be easily understood, by a garment such as the one briefly described herein and such as the one exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a sporting garment for removably receiving at least one article of clothing, comprising:
According to another aspect, there is provided a garment kit for removably receiving at least one article of clothing, comprising:
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a garment kit for being worn by a person, comprising:
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a sock for removably attaching to a sporting garment having two leg portions, each leg portion having a central division extending along a length of each leg portion corresponding to a front portion and a rear portion of the legs of the person, thereby dividing each leg portion into lateral sides, the sock comprising an attachment member positioned on at least one of the lateral sides of the sock, the attachment member being positioned, shaped, and sized so as to removably attach the sock to at least one of the lateral sides of the leg portion.
According to yet another aspect, there is provided an attachment member for a sporting garment having two leg portions, each leg portion having a central division extending along a length of each leg portion corresponding to a front portion and a rear portion of the legs of a person, thereby dividing each leg portion into lateral sides, the attachment member being removably mountable to at least one of the lateral sides of at least one of the leg portions.
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a garment comprising:
Preferably, a first and a second attachment members are mounted respectively on each of the lateral sides of each leg portion.
Preferably, each of the attachment members is mounted to a corresponding lateral side such that the attachment member in question is located on said lateral side at a level above the knee of a person wearing the garment. In other embodiments, the attachment member may be located on the lateral side at a level which is substantially aligned with the knee of a person wearing the garment.
Still preferably, each leg portion is configured to allow free movement of the sock with respect to the garment on the front and rear sides, when the sock is attached to the leg portion. In other words, the sock is preferably unattached at the front and/or rear sides of each leg portion, and only at the lateral, sides or in close proximity thereto.
Preferably, the attachment member is a hook-and-loop fastener, although other types of attachment members are within the scope of the present disclosure.
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a kit comprising:
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a kit comprising:
According to yet another aspect, there is provided a pair of socks for cooperating with a garment having two leg portions, each leg portion having a front side and a rear side corresponding respectively to a front portion and a rear portion of a person wearing the garment, and opposing lateral sides between the front and rear sides, each sock comprising:
The objects, advantages and features of the present invention will become more apparent upon reading of the following non-restrictive description of preferred embodiments thereof, given for the purpose of exemplification only, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
In the following description, the same numerical references refer to similar elements. The embodiments, geometrical configurations, materials mentioned and/or dimensions shown in the figures or described in the present description are preferred embodiments only, given for exemplification purposes only.
Moreover, although the preferred embodiment of the present invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings comprises components such as a Velcro® fastener, a flap, etc., and although the preferred embodiment of the garment and corresponding parts thereof consists of certain geometrical configurations as explained and illustrated herein, not all of these components and geometries are essential to the invention and thus should not be taken in their restrictive sense, i.e. should not be taken as to limit the scope of the present invention. It is to be understood, as also apparent to a person skilled in the art, that other suitable components and cooperations thereinbetween, as well as other suitable geometrical configurations may be used for the garment according to the present invention, as will be briefly explained herein and as can be easily inferred herefrom, by a person skilled in the art, without departing from the scope of the invention.
Broadly described, the garment according to the present invention, as exemplified in the accompanying drawings, is a garment for practicing a sport, such as hockey, and configured to attach a sock at lateral sides of the garment, in order to reduce the pulling effect of conventional hockey garments when socks are attached at the front and rear (i.e. over the knee of the user of the garment), and thus minimize the energy exerted by hockey players to counter this pulling effect.
According to an embodiment of the present, as illustrated in
Attachment members, and more particularly hook-and-loop fasteners 24, such as Velcro®, are mounted on each lateral side 20, 22 of each leg portion 14, as can be seen in
A sock may thus be secured to the garment 10 by adherence to the fasteners 24 on the lateral sides 20, 22 of each leg portion 14.
In alternate embodiments, the socks may each be provided with cooperating fasteners on corresponding lateral sides thereof, as can be easily understood by the skilled person.
Referring back to
Another embodiment of the present is illustrated in
The attachment members 24 can be mounted to any portion of the lateral sides 20, 22. Optionally, each of the attachment members 24 can be mounted to a section 28 of the corresponding leg portion 14 which spans from a knee level of the garment 10 to a waist level of the garment 10. Further optionally, the attachment members 24 can be mounted within this section 28 at knee level such that the attachment members 24 align with the knee of a person wearing the garment 10, or such that the attachment members 24 are positioned above this knee level (see
Advantageously, and as exemplified in
In the context of the present, a “lateral side” corresponds to a lateral side region of each leg portion of the garment.
In the context of hockey equipment, it is to be understood that the garment may be mesh shorts, compression shorts, compression pants, a full length one-piece underwear, padded girdle, player pants, and/or the like.
Moreover, although the above-described optional embodiments are directed to hockey equipment, it is to be understood that the present invention may provide a garment for other sports or utility where it is desirable to attach a sock or lower leg garment to an upper leg garment while promoting free movement of the leg of a person wearing the lower and upper leg garments.
Moreover, in alternate embodiments, the attachment member may be provided by any suitable fastener or securing mechanism, which may include a button, hook, elastic, loop, cord, clip, which may cooperate with a corresponding fastening component on the sock. It is to be understood also that multiple attachment members may be mounted on any given lateral side of any leg portion. It is to be understood also that any attachment member may have any suitable shape and size, such as rectangular, circular, triangular, polygonal, etc.
It is to be understood that the above-described attachment member may be provided separately to be mounted on the garment, or as part of a kit together with the garment. Still alternatively, another kit may include the garment and one or more corresponding pairs of socks. Still alternatively, the attachment member may be provided on the sock, positioned to align with the lateral side of the garment.
Numerous other modifications could be made to the above-described garment, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The above-described embodiments are considered in all respect only as illustrative and not restrictive, and the present application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations thereof, as apparent to a person skilled in the art.
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61823180 | May 2013 | US |