Patent Publication Number: US-2019174834-A1

Title: Thermally insulated garment assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to insulated garments and more particularly pertains to a new insulated garment for retaining body heat. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a shirt that may be worn. The shirt is comprised of a thermally insulating material to minimize heat transfer between a user and ambient air. The shirt has short sleeves such that the shirt only thermally insulates the user&#39;s torso. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a front perspective view of a thermally insulated garment assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a front view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a back view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a front view of an alternative embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new insulated garment embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the thermally insulated garment assembly  10  generally comprises a shirt  12  that is comprised of a thermally insulating material to minimize heat transfer between a user  14  and ambient air. The thermally insulating material may be a proprietary thermal material such as Thinsulate or the like, fleece, a mixture of synthetic materials and any textile known to have thermally insulating qualities. The shirt  12  has short sleeves  16  such that the shirt  12  only thermally insulates the user&#39;s torso  18 . In this way the shirt  12  enhances comfort for the user  14  by reducing arm perspiration when the shirt  12  is worn beneath additional clothing. Moreover, the shirt  12  may be manufactured in a variety of sizes thereby accommodating various sizes of male and female users. 
     The shirt  12  has a body  20 , a neckband  22  and a pair of sleeve cuffs  23 . The neckband  22  defines a neck opening  24  in the shirt  12  and the user&#39;s neck  26  is extended through the neck opening  24  when the shirt  12  is worn. The neckband  22  is comprised of an elastic material to tighten around the user&#39;s neck  26 . In this way the neckband  22  inhibits body heat from passing between the neckband  22  and the user&#39;s neck  26 . 
     Each of the sleeve cuffs  23  defines an arm opening  28  in an associated one of the sleeves  16 . Each of the user&#39;s arms  30  is extended through the arm opening  28  in the associated sleeves  16 . Additionally, each of the sleeve cuffs  23  is comprised of an elastic material wherein to tighten around the user&#39;s arms  30 . In this way the sleeve cuffs  23  inhibit body heat from passing between the sleeve cuffs  23  and the user&#39;s arms  30 . In an alternative embodiment  32  as shown in  FIG. 5 , the neckband  22  may define a v-neck opening and the shirt  12  may be manufactured with no sleeves  16 . 
     In use, the shirt  12  is selectively worn beneath other articles of clothing or independently to enhance retaining body heat. In this way the shirt  12  helps the user  14  to stay warm in cold conditions such as fall and winter. The short sleeves  16  of the shirt  12  allow the user&#39;s arms  30  to release heat thereby reducing arm perspiration. Thus, the shirt  12  allows for greater comfort for users  14  who would be too warm in a long sleeved, thermally insulating shirt. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.