Patent ID: 8689362
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A seamless sun protective neckwear garment of clothing adapted for shielding a chin, neck, upper chest, upper back, and portion of the shoulders from the sun when worn by a wearer, comprising: a pliable, elasticized, resilient, continuous single tubular body generally ship decanter in shape made with an ultraviolet blocking fabric having an ultraviolet protection factor of at least 30 UPF; the ship decanter tubular body including two generally opposed openings, a top full-circle opening and a larger bottom full-circle opening integrally seamlessly joined by two laterally opposed generally parallel vertically aligned substantially identical concave sides at two laterally opposed top right and left end points and two laterally opposed bottom right and left end points; the top opening comprises a first diameter and the bottom opening comprises a second diameter approximately twice as large as the top opening diameter, wherein the top opening is defined by a front top fabric edge and a back top fabric edge, the front top fabric edge and the back top fabric edge each having the top right and top left end points with a front top midpoint located between each right and left end points and a back top midpoint located between each right and left end bottom convex fabric edge and back bottom convex fabric edge of said bottom opening being substantially convex in shape, such that the front and back bottom convex fabric edges form a singularly smooth continuous curved bottom edge with the bottom opening, the singularly smooth continuous curved bottom edge has a circumferential length which is in continuous contact with the skin of the wearer when worn, a most convex front bottom fabric edge and a most convex back bottom fabric edge being a further distance from the front top fabric edge and the back top fabric edge, respectfully, than the right bottom and left bottom end points; the ship decanter tubular body including a top chin collar portion and a bottom bib portion integrally seamlessly formed by a neck portion seamlessly disposed therebetween wherein the bottom bib portion includes two laterally opposing shoulder portions integrally seamlessly formed thereof; the ship decanter tubular body having a front side and a back side substantially identical having an exterior surface and an interior surface substantially identical, and the ship decanter tubular body extends a distance over a wearer's neck, upper chin, upper chest, upper back, and portion of shoulders of a wearer when worn; the front side and back side each having a medial axis; the top chin collar portion includes a horizontally aligned circumferential top straight fabric edge defining the full-circle top opening, the top chin collar portion extends a distance around the chin of the wearer and the back portion of the wearer's head; the bottom bib portion includes a horizontally aligned circumferential convex bottom fabric edge, the front bottom convex fabric edge and the back bottom convex fabric edge defining the full-circle bottom opening, the bottom bib portion extends a distance over a portion of the wearer's shoulders, upper chest and upper back; a front bib portion seamlessly formed to a back bib portion; the front bib portion extends a distance over the wearer's upper chest and a portion of the wearer's shoulders, and extends a distance down to a position at or below the sternum; the back bib portion extends a distance over the wearer's upper back and a portion of the wearer's shoulders, and extends a distance to a position at or below the first thoracic vertebra of the wearer; and the neck portion having a tubular configuration sized with a third diameter smaller than the top opening diameter, the tubular neck portion extends snugly circumferentially around the wearer's neck; and wherein the front side and back side are seamlessly formed by a knitting process of using a double needle bar raschel machines.