Patent ID: 8950013
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A grip garment for assisting a user in carrying an item, said garment comprising: an article of clothing adapted to be worn on the torso of the user and at least partially covering a user's shoulders, said article comprising a flexible material having an inside surface and outside surface, said article having a left side, a right side, a back side and a front side, the right side and left side being generally parallel to the sagittal plane of a torso, at least one lateral grip area, a serratus anterior area and an external oblique area located on the right side and left side of said article, wherein said lateral grip area has an overall length that extends from the serratus anterior area to the external oblique area and said lateral grip area extends from said front side to said back side; and a. friction material applied to said lateral grip area to form a frictional surface extending above said outside surface of said article, said frictional surface adapted to be in contact with an item carried under the arm of a user to resist the relative motion of the item with respect to said grip area.