UPPER GARMENT WITH A ONE-PIECE BACK PART

Abstract

A short- or long-sleeved upper garment with a high degree of freedom of articulation, in particular for the sport shooting and hunting sector. The upper garment has a one-piece back part with a vertical central area covering the back and the shoulder area of a person. The back part has laterally left and right projecting arm sections respectively with a Top side with a laterally outer End point and a Bottom side with a laterally outer End point. The laterally outer End points of the left and right Top sides respectively coincide with the End points of the left and right Bottom sides respectively. This makes it possible, among other things, to avoid or at least reduce tensions introduced into the back part by arm and shoulder movements and to increase wearing comfort.

Claims

1. An upper garment composed of several parts comprising a front part, a left and a right side part, a left and a right upper arm part and a one-piece back part, wherein the back part has a vertically extending central section and laterally extending left and right arm parts, each arm part having a Top side for connection to the left and right Upper arm part respectively and a Bottom side for connection to the left and right side part respectively wherein the left and right Top sides respectively comprise a lateral inner Starting point and a lateral outer End point, and the left and right Bottom sides each have a laterally inner Starting point and a laterally outer End point, wherein the left and right lateral outer End points of the Top side respectively coincide with the End points of the Bottom side.

2. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the Arm sections extend in lateral direction to cover a substantial part of the upper arms of a person wearing the upper garment.

3. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the central portion of the back part comprises a lower region having left and right substantially vertically running Long sides for covering a back of a wearer and an upper region for covering a shoulder neck portion of a wearer, the Arm sections being disposed laterally on the upper region.

4. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the left and right Starting points, respectively, of the Top sides of the Arm sections of the back part are located substantially at left and right End points, respectively, of a right and a left Shoulder line.

5. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the left and right Top sides of the Arm sections lie dorsal and have an arcuate course.

6. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the left and right Top sides of the left and right Arm sections respectively have a convex course.

7. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the Bottom sides of the left and right Arm sections respectively have a substantially rectilinear course.

8. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the left or right Bottom side of the Arm section extends in a distal-dorsal direction up to an elbow region.

9. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the back part has Left and Right Shoulder flaps for connection to the Front part, which respectively attach between a Left and Right Arm section and a Collar cut-out of the back part and extend ventrally forward over the Left and Right Shoulder lines respectively to cover the shoulders of a wearer.

10. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein the Front part has a lateral left and a lateral right Long side, respectively, wherein the right or left side part has a ventral and a dorsal Long side, wherein a first Subsection of the Ventral Long side of the Side part extending to an Armhole line is connected to a lower Subsection of the Outer side of the Front part wherein a first Subsection of the dorsal Long side of the Side part extending to an Armhole line is connected to the Long side of the Back part, wherein the left and right Upper arm parts each have a first Outer edge, the first Outer edge being connected to the Top side of the left and right Arm sections respectively, wherein the left and right Upper arm parts each have a second Outer edge which is attached to a laterally inner end of the first Outer edge, the second Outer edge being connected to a Subsection of the Outer side of the front part (3L, 3R), wherein the left and right Upper arm part each have a third Outer edge which adjoins the other, caudal end of the second Outer edge, the third Outer edge extends ventrally and is connected to a ventrally-proximally extending Subsection of the ventral Long side of the Side part, so that the left and right upper arm parts, respectively embrace an Outer side of a left and right Upper arm of the wearer.

11. The upper garment of claim 10, wherein the upper garment is an long-sleeved upper garment having left and right long sleeves respectively, each long sleeve comprising an inner medial inner-sleeve and an outer lateral outer-sleeve, wherein the Side part is longitudinally elongated such that the Side part extends to a Sleeve end and forms the entire inner-sleeve, with the outer-sleeve being formed by the Upper arm part, the Arm section of the back part and a Lower arm part, the Lower arm part having a first, a second, a third and a fourth Edge wherein the first edge of the Lower arm portion forms a Sleeve end which together with the Sleeve end of the Side part forms a Sleeve band, wherein the second edge of the Lower arm portion is connected to a distal End section of the ventral Long side of the Side part, wherein the third edge of the Lower arm portion is connected to a distal Subsection of the third Outer edge of the Upper arm part, wherein the fourth edge is connected to a distal End section of the dorsal Long side of the Side part and wherein the Upper arm part has a fourth Edge connected to a Subsection of the Long dorsal side of the Side part.

12. The upper garment of claim 10, wherein the upper arm part extends from proximal to distal and simultaneously winds from ventral to distal in such a way that the upper arm part covers the biceps, the elbow region and the outer forearm of the wearer.

13. The upper garment of claim 10, wherein the upper garment is a short sleeved upper garment having left and right short sleeves respectively, each short sleeve comprising an inner medial inner-sleeve and an outer lateral outer-sleeve, with the right and left inner-sleeves being formed respectively from the Side part, the right and left outer sleeves being formed respectively from the Upper arm part and the Arm section of the back part (2), and wherein the right and left Upper arm part each have a fourth Outer edge opposite the first Outer edge, which together with the Sleeve end of the Side part forms a Sleeve band.

14. The upper garment of claim 1, wherein at least one of the parts is made of a 2-way stretch material or a 4-way stretch material.

15. The upper garment of claim 14, wherein the stretch material is a mechanical stretch material, the elastic properties of which are substantially effected not by the material elasticity of threads used in the material, but by mechanical crimping of threads used in the material.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0048] The invention is described below by way of example using the embodiments shown in the accompanying figures. Further advantageous embodiments and features of the invention result from the description of the figures.

[0049] Thereby show

[0050] FIG. 1 a first example of an upper garment as a jacket according to the invention in a front view (FIG. 1A) and a rear view (FIG. 1B),

[0051] FIG. 2A A back part of the upper garment of FIGS. 1A and 1B as a blank according to the invention,

[0052] FIG. 2B A front part of the upper garment from FIG. 1 as a blank,

[0053] FIG. 2C Left and right side parts, Upper arm parts and Lower arm parts of the upper garment of FIG. 1 as a blank, as well as

[0054] FIG. 3 a second example of an upper garment according to the invention in the form of a short sleeved polo shirt in a front view (FIG. 3A) and a rear view (FIG. 3B).

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0055] FIGS. 1A and 1B show a front and rear view, respectively, of an upper garment 1A according to the invention. The upper garment is a weatherproof hunting j acket composed of several parts. It consists substantially of a one-piece Back part 2, a two-piece Front part 3 connected by a zipper with a left and a right half 3L and 3R, two Side parts 4L and 4R, a left and a right Upper arm part 5L and 5R, and a left and a right Lower arm part 7L and 7R, respectively. The hunting jacket also has a Collar 8 and a Hood 9 attached to it.

[0056] The outer contour of the essential parts of the hunting jacket, i.e. the cut of these parts, are shown in FIGS. 2A to 2C.

[0057] In the simplest case, all pieces may be blanks cut from a single layer fabric joined together at their Outer edges, as will be explained in more detail below. However, the parts may also be complex half-parts composed of multi-layered blanks with details such as pockets, zippers, reinforcement patches, embellishments or the like. In this sense, the term “part” is therefore not necessarily to be understood as made of a single piece. The individual parts may, as in the case of the Front part 3 with the left and right halves 3A and 3B respectively, also be composed of several sub-parts (partial surfaces), unless otherwise indicated.

[0058] The hunting jacket is designed as a long-sleeved upper garment 1A, so that it covers substantially the entire torso and arms of a person or wearer and protects the person from the weather.

[0059] The ‘body’ of the hunting jacket is formed by the Back part 2, the Side parts 3 and the two-piece Front parts 3L and 3R respectively, which are connected by corresponding longitudinal seams at their respective Outer edges.

[0060] First, the contour of the Back part 2, which is essential for the invention, will be described:

[0061] The Back part 2 has a central section Z for covering the back - i.e. a lower back as well as a dorsal shoulder neck area of a wearer - which can be divided into an upper and a lower section O and U respectively. The upper section O corresponds approximately to the region of the upper garment which covers a shoulder neck area, i.e. approximately an area between two shoulder blades of the wearer. The lower section U approximately covers the remaining part of the wearer’s back. In this embodiment, the upper section and the lower section are made in one piece, i.e. seamless. This allows the number of parts required for the upper garment to be reduced. In an alternative embodiment, however, the upper section O and the lower section U could also be made in two parts and joined together by a horizontal seam.

[0062] At the upper section O laterally on the left and right and connected seamlessly are Arm sections 6L, 6R, which protrude laterally outwards like wings. The Arm sections 6L, 6R are bounded above and below (cranially and caudally) respectively by a Top side 60L, 60R and a Bottom side 61L, 61R. The start and end of the top sides can be characterised by a laterally inner Starting point 60L.sub.1 and 60R.sub.1 respectively and a laterally outer End point 60L.sub.2 and 60R.sub.2 respectively. Likewise, the start and end of the bottom sides can be defined by a laterally inner Starting point 61L.sub.1 or 61R.sub.1 and a laterally outer End point 61L.sub.2 or 61R.sub.2.

[0063] The End points 60L.sub.2 and 60R.sub.2 of the Top sides 60L, 60R and the End points 61L.sub.2 and 61R.sub.2 of the Bottom sides 61L, 61R coincide on the left and right respectively. The Top side 60L, 60R and the Bottom side 61L, 61R are - in contrast to other cuts for upper garments - not parallel and connected at the outer, lateral end by an additional end side, but have a laterally converging Top and Bottom side.

[0064] The Starting points 60L.sub.1, 60R.sub.1, 61L.sub.1, 61R.sub.1 of the Top sides 60L, 60R and of the Bottom sides 61L, 61R lie in the present embodiment, seen laterally, at approximately the same height, and approximately at the same height as laterally and vertically running boundary lines of the Central section Z, here designated as Long sides 20L and 20R. The upper starting points 60L.sub.1 and 60R.sub.1 are located approximately at the level of the anatomical position of the shoulder joints of the wearer or, equivalently, at a laterally outer end 22L.sub.E and 22R.sub.E of a left and right Shoulder line 22L and 22R, respectively, as shown in particular in FIG. 2A. In other words, the Arm sections 6L and 6R, viewed laterally, each start approximately at the height of an armhole, i.e. the transition from the torso covering section of the upper garment 1A to the sleeves, and extend over an entire height H of the upper section O of the Back part 2.

[0065] The armholes or the edges of the parts forming the armhole are indicated in the figures by the dot-dashed lines L .

[0066] The shape left and right Top side 60L, 60R is curved and slopes outwards and downwards, i.e. convex. The shape of the left or right Bottom side 61L, 61R is approximately straight. Top and Bottom sides 60L, 60R and 61L, 61R respectively are completely dorsal oriented. The left and right Arm sections 6L and 6R respectively are entirely on the back of the upper garment and do not extend ventrally.

[0067] Back part 2 is connected to dorsal Long sides 41L, 41R of side parts 4L, 4R or their corresponding subsections 410L, 410R up to the level of the armhole (line L) via Long sides 20L and 20R, as can also be seen in FIG. 2C. The Side parts 4L, 4R are connected via ventral Long sides 40L, 40R or corresponding Subsections 401L, 401R up to the level of the armhole (Line L) of the left or right Side part 4 with the left or right half 3A, 3B of the Front part 3 via lower Sections 301L, 301R of the Outer Sides 30L, 30R of the Front part 3L, 3R.

[0068] In order to avoid seams at or near the Shoulder lines 22L, 22R, a left and a right Shoulder flap 21L, 21R respectively are arranged on the Back part 2 along the Shoulder lines 22L, 22R on the left and on the right of the collar cut-out 250, which extend over the Shoulder lines 22L, 22R onto the front side of the upper garment 1A, here up to the level of the anatomical position of a wearer’s collar bone. With ventral end sides 210L, 210R, the Shoulder flaps 21L, 21R are then connected to Collar edges 303L, 303R of the Front part 3 located at the upper end.

[0069] The hunting jacket is substantially mirror-symmetrical with respect to a sagittal plane, the anatomical median plane, which is why, for reasons of clarity, the suffixes L, R for the left and right sides will be spared in the following for ease of reading. Thus, e.g. the sleeve or the upper arm part 5 represents a left and a right sleeve or upper arm part 5L or 5R respectively.

[0070] The sleeve is formed by the Arm section 6 of the Back part 2, the Upper arm part 5, the Lower arm part 7 and a distal area of the Side part 4, the area above the arm line L of the Side part 4, see area with Subsections 402 to 403 and 411 to 413 in FIG. 2C.

[0071] The Upper arm part 5 is formed on four sides with two arcuate and opposing Outer edges, namely a first and a third Outer edge 51 and 53, and two likewise opposing Outer edges, the second and fourth Outer edges 52 and 54.

[0072] As can be seen in particular from FIGS. 1A and 1B, the upper arm part 5 is cut in such a way that in the upper garment 1A it forms a frontal (ventral) outer arm of the sleeve, extends obliquely in the distal direction and slopes downwards (caudally) onto the back of the upper arm into an elbow region EB, i.e. embraces an elbow of the wearer, and thus forms a textile hinge along the natural bend line of an arm.

[0073] The Lower arm part 7 is formed on four sides with edges 71 to 74. The edge 71 is arranged opposite the edge 73 and forms a part of a sleeve end of the sleeve of the upper garment 1A. The third edge 73 is concave in shape and is connected to the Upper arm part 5 via a distal portion 530 of the third Outer edge 53 of the Upper arm part 5. The edges 72 and 74 are approximately straight and extend in a proximal-distal direction on a front and back side, respectively, of the sleeve in the region of a forearm.

[0074] The area of the Side part 4 lying above the armhole line L substantially forms a medially inner part of the sleeve (inner sleeve). The strip-shaped side part 4 forms a lateral flank of the upper garment 1A with a lower area, cf. subsections 401, 410 of Long sides 40, 41 up to the armhole line L in FIG. 2C. As the side part 4 extends over the entire length of the upper garment 1A, cross seams in the area of the armhole, which would hinder the freedom of movement of an extremity, can be avoided.

[0075] The front and rear Long side 40, 41 of the Side part 4 can be divided into several Subsections in the proximal-distal direction: The front (ventral) Long side 40 has Subsections 401, 402 and 403. The rear (ventral) Long side 41 has the flank section 410, as well as first, second and third rear subsections 411, 412 and 413.

[0076] Starting in the proximal-distal direction from the arm hole, the Side part 4 is connected at the back (dorsal) via the first subsection 411 to the Bottom side 61 of the arm section 6 of the Back part 2, via the second subsection 412 to the fourth Outer edge 54 of the Upper arm part 5 and via the distal subsection or End section 413 to the fourth edge 74 of the Lower arm part 7.

[0077] On the front side (ventral), the Side part 4 is connected in a proximal-distal direction, starting from the armhole, via the second Subsection 402 to a Subsection of the third Outer edge 53 of the Upper arm part 5, and via the third End section 403 to the second Edge 72 of the Lower arm part 7.

[0078] The first Outer edge 51 of the Upper arm part 5 has a contour adapted to the contour of the Top side 60 of the Back part 6 and is connected to the Top side 60 over the entire length of the Top side 60. The second Outer edge 52 is rounded and runs along the armhole line L of the upper garment 1B, whereby the second Outer edge 52 is connected at the front (with a ventrally located section of the Outer edge 52) to an upper end section 302 of the Front part 3, the Upper Collar edge 303, and over the remaining section of the Outer edge 52 to the Shoulder flap 21.

[0079] In the embodiment example, the Back part 2, the Upper arm part 5 and the Side part 4 are manufactured as 2-way stretch material, each with a main stretch direction, as indicated in the figures by the double arrows marking the main stretch direction. The main stretch direction of the Back part 2 extends laterally. The main direction of extension of the Side part 4 and the Upper arm part 5 are each oriented along a longitudinal extension with respect to the Long sides 40 and 51 and 53 respectively, cf. FIG. 2C.

[0080] Overall, this results in a sleeve with a high degree of freedom of articulation, in which joints or seams are positioned outside of natural movement and flexion lines of an arm or a shoulder, so that the joints or seams cause no or only minimal stiffening along these movement and flexion lines. In the upper garment, vertical joints where the outer edge of one part runs perpendicularly towards the outer edge of another part are also completely avoided, so that force peaks in these joints or connection points are mitigated and can always be divided into different force directions and thus the forces can be broadly distributed over large areas of the upper garment.

[0081] Furthermore, the convex shape of the top side 60 of the arm section 6 of the Back part 2 means that forces generated when the arm is stretched, which are introduced via the elbow EB into the Upper arm part 5 when a forearm is bent sharply, for example, can be distributed over the entire length of the top side 60 of the arm section on an Upper arm. Areas of high pressure with a high load on the arm of a wearer can thus be avoided.

[0082] FIGS. 3A and 3B show a second example of an upper garment according to the invention in a front and rear view, respectively. In contrast to the first example of FIGS. 1A to 2C, the outer garment 1B is a short-sleeved polo shirt, i.e. an outer garment. With the exception of the sleeves, the design of the upper garment 1B is comparable to that of the first example, so that in this respect reference can be made to the previous explanations. Obvious differences such as, for example, the one-piece design of the Front part 3 - without a zip fastener, but instead with a non-continuous button placket -, the absence of pockets or, for example, the use of a single-layer pique fabric for the parts of the upper garment 1B are conceivable as alternative forms of design. In contrast to the side part 4 of the upper garment 1A, the side part 4 of the upper garment 1B is at the dorsal side, i.e. at the subsections 410 of the longitudinal edges 41, not running vertically in a straight line, but is composed of a partial line tapering outwards and a partial line tapering inwards. The Front part 3 is also laterally wider than the Front part 3 of the upper garment 1A.

[0083] With regard to the sleeve design of the upper garment 1B, the sleeves are substantially - due to the mirror image design, the denotations L and R for the left and right sides are omitted in the description - formed from the arm sections 6 of the Back part, the Upper arm parts 5 and areas of the Side parts 4 lying above an arm hole line L, i.e. the sleeve is designed in three parts. These areas of the side parts form the inner sleeves of the upper garment 1B. The Upper arm parts 5 are formed on four sides with four Outer edges 51 to 54, whereby on the back side (dorsal) first Outer edges 51 are connected to the Top sides 60 of the Arm sections 6, second Outer edges 52 are connected to a distal End section of dorsal Long sides of the Side parts 4 and on the front side (ventral) third Outer edges 53 are connected to distal End sections of front (ventral) Long sides of the Side parts 4. The fourth Outer edges 54 form a Sleeve end and, in connection with Sleeve ends 42 of the Side parts 4, a Sleeve band of the Sleeves.

[0084] This cut allows the sleeves of the upper garment 1B to follow shoulder and arm movements of a wearer with only slight relative displacement of the individual parts with respect to the respective contacting surfaces of the parts contacting the wearer’s skin.

[0085] The exemplary upper garments 1A and 1B can follow movements of upper extremities very well, allow a high degree of freedom of articulation, offer a high degree of wearing comfort, and can be manufactured in an advantageous manner and at low cost due to a small number of parts.

List of Reference Signs

[0086] L Armhole line

[0087] Z Vertical central section

[0088] U Lower section

[0089] O Upper section

[0090] EB Elbow area

[0091] H Height of the upper section O

[0092] 1A, 1B Upper garment

[0093] 2 Back part

[0094] 20L, 20R Long side (left or right)

[0095] 21L, 21R Shoulder flap (left or right)

[0096] 210L, R Connection edge of the Shoulder flap for the Front part

[0097] 22L, 22R Shoulder line (left or right)

[0098] 22L.sub.E, 22R.sub.E End point of the Shoulder line (left or right)

[0099] 250 Collar cut-out of the Back part

[0100] 3 / 3L, 3R Front part

[0101] 30L, 30R Outer side of the Front part (left or right)

[0102] 301L, 301 Lower subsection of the Outer side of the Front part (left and right)

[0103] 302L, 302R Upper Subsection of the Outer side of the Front part (left and right)

[0104] 303L, 303R Collar edge of Front part

[0105] 4L, 4R Side part (left or right)

[0106] 40L, 40R Ventral Long side of the Side part

[0107] 41L, 41R Dorsal Long side of the Side part

[0108] 42L, 42R Sleeve end of the side part (left or right)

[0109] 401L, 401R First subsection of the ventral Long side (left or right)

[0110] 402L, 402R ventral-proximal subsection (402L, 402R) of the ventral Long side (left and right respectively).

[0111] 403L, 403R Distal End section of the ventral Long side (left or right)

[0112] 410L, 410R First Subsection

[0113] 411L, 411R Second Subsection

[0114] 412L, 412R Third Subsection

[0115] 413L, 413R Distal End section of the dorsal Long side

[0116] 5L, 5R Upper arm part (left and right)

[0117] 51L, 51R first Outer edge of the Upper arm part (left and right)

[0118] 52L, 52R Second Outer edge of the Upper arm part (left and right)

[0119] 52L.sub.A, 52R.sub.A caudal end of the second Outer edge at the armhole (left and right)

[0120] 53L, R Third Outer edge of the Upper arm part (left and right)

[0121] 54L, R Fourth Outer edge of the Upper arm part (left and right)

[0122] 6L, 6R Arm sections (left and right)

[0123] 60L, 60R Top side (left and right)

[0124] 61L, 61R Bottom side (left and right)

[0125] 60L.sub.1, 60R.sub.1 Starting point of the Top side (left and right)

[0126] 61L.sub.2, 61R.sub.2 End point of the Bottom side (left and right)

[0127] 7L, 7R Lower arm part (left and right)

[0128] 71L, 71R first edge of Lower arm part section (left and right), Sleeve end

[0129] 72L, 72R Second edge of the Lower arm part (left and right)

[0130] 73L, 73R Third edge of the Lower arm part (left and right)

[0131] 74L, 74R Fourth edge of the Lower arm part (left and right)

[0132] 8 Collar

[0133] 9 Hood