Patent ID: 11944144
Assignee: NIKE, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A lower-body garment comprising:
a torso portion having a waist opening;
a waistband comprising a first material layer coupled to the torso portion, the first material layer having an external surface, an internal surface opposite the external surface, a top edge forming an upper terminal edge of the lower-body garment, and a bottom edge opposite the top edge; and
a multilayer belt loop structure affixed to the first material layer of the waistband and comprising:
an inner material layer;
an outer material layer affixed to the inner material layer and spaced apart from the inner material layer to form a pocket between the inner material layer and the outer material layer;
a top terminal end at which the inner material layer and the outer material layer are affixed to the first material layer;
a bottom terminal end at which the inner material layer and the outer material layer are affixed to the first material layer;
an intervening portion that is between the top terminal and the bottom terminal end and that is unaffixed from the first material layer, such that a through space is formed between the multilayer belt loop and the first material layer, the through space being configured to slidably receive a belt;
a first side edge extending between the top terminal end and the bottom terminal end and along which the inner material layer and the outer material layer are affixed to close a portion of the pocket; and
a second side edge that is opposite the first side edge and that extends between the top terminal end and the bottom terminal end, wherein the inner material layer and the outer material layer are non-continuously attached along the second side edge to form a pocket opening to the pocket, and wherein, along the first side edge and the second side edge, both the inner material layer and the outer material layer angle outward as they extend from the top terminal end to the bottom terminal end to form a bottom portion of the pocket that is larger than a top portion of the pocket and that is configured to retain items stowed in the pocket.