Flowing zipper vent system for garments

Abstract

A garment including one or more flowing zipper vents (e.g., opposing slider pairs on a zipper, etc) sewn onto a seam of the garment. The garment can include pants legs, wherein each of the pant legs respectively incorporate the fasteners, which when opened allow for venting of air to the interior of the pants to cool a wearer's legs. The garment can include sleeves, wherein each of the sleeves respectively incorporate the fasteners, which when opened allow for venting of air to the interior of the sleeves to cool a wearer's arms. Breathable mesh material can be included with the flowing zipper vent, inside the garment, to hold the garment together and protect skin from full exposure.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO PROVISIONAL APPLICATION[0001]This patent application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 612,466 entitled, “Pants Garment Apparatus With Intermittent Fastener for Venting,” which was filed on Mar. 19, 2012 and is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This patent application also claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 648,798 entitled “Flowing Zipper Vent System for Garments,” which was filed on May 18, 2013 and which is incorporated hereby reference in its entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present invention is generally related to devices and techniques for cooling a garment wearer. More particularly, the present invention is related to a flowing zipper vent system for use in pant legs and sleeves on garments.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Working or playing hard in extremely warm conditions can be uncomfortable and dangerous to the human body. Under ce...

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[0009]It is also a feature of the present invention to provide a flowing zipper vent system for garments including a zipper tape sewn along the inner or outer seam of a pant leg or sleeve, at least one opposing slider pair integrated along said zipper tape and breathable mesh sewn within the garment and along the seam and along zipper tape. The at least one opposing slider pair allows the garment to vent and air to flow into the garment and cool a person wearing the garment when the at least one opposing slider pair are pulled apart to create a vent.

[0010]It is another aspect of the disclosed embodiments to provide zippers for a garment venting apparatus that incorporates at least one zipper head pair that is movable along the majority length of a leg or sleeve along the leg or sleeve seam. Incorporating the zipper within and along a seam allows it to be hidden and is also a logical location for a full-length zipper system. A breathable mesh material can also be incorporated along the entire opening created by the flowing zipper system. The mesh can hold together the main garment material if the zipper system is opened entirely or in a manner that reveals a large opening for venting. The mesh also keeps skin from being completely exposed and provides privacy.

[0011]In an alternate embodiment, more than one opposing slider pair (sliders facing each other to create an opening when pulled apart, or to close an opening when moved towards each other) is incorporated along a zipper tape. Zipper stops can be located and the far ends of the zipper opening (i.e., near the bottom of the leg and near the waist on a pant leg). A flowing zipper vent can be created by opening an opposing slider pair and allows for vented opening of varying size in more than one location along a leg or arm seam. For example, a user can create an opening in the thigh area as well as beneath the knee when two opposing slider pairs are used. As another example, whether one or more opposing sliders pairs are used along a pant seam, a user can decide to open the entire length of a seam for maximum venting. This would be an ideal feature for a construction worker taking a break. The main garment material would remain around the users leg because the mesh material maintains the general shape of the pant leg by keeping the material close together, but vented, behind the zipper.

Problems solved by technology

Working or playing hard in extremely warm conditions can be uncomfortable and dangerous to the human body.

Such is the case in construction occupations where materials and tools can present a problem to exposed skin of workers, and in motorsports where the risk of a wipe out can pose a risk to skin.

One of the difficulties with wearable pants is the inability to cool a wearer's legs, particularly in hot and / or humid weather.

The problem also exists where protective jackets are used.

At worksites, for example, workers routinely find themselves struggling in such weather because their legs become warm in garments that are typically heavy and unbreathable, such a denim workpants.

The discomfort of becoming warm makes it difficult to work efficiently, particularly when wearing work pants or jeans.

In other cases, such as in-door situations, buildings can become hot and humid.

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