Patent ID: 8756714

Claim:
A ventilated garment comprising: a shell shaped as an outerwear garment so as to be arranged to be worn about a portion of a body of a user, the shell including a ventilated portion; an auxiliary layer attached about a periphery thereof to a periphery of the ventilated portion of the shell so as to define a ventilated area between an outermost layer comprising one of the auxiliary layer and the ventilated portion of the shell and an innermost layer comprising another one of the auxiliary layer and the ventilated portion of the shell; an exterior opening formed in the outermost layer of the ventilated area; a fastener associated with the exterior opening and being arranged to be operable between an open position in which the exterior opening is substantially unobstructed and a closed position in which the exterior opening is closed; a drain opening formed in the outermost layer of the ventilated area adjacent a lowermost portion of the periphery of the auxiliary layer; at least one ventilating opening formed in the innermost layer of the ventilated area such that a lowermost edge of said at least one ventilating opening is spaced above said lowermost portion of the periphery of the auxiliary layer; and a mesh layer supported between the ventilated portion of the shell and the auxiliary layer such that ventilating air can only reach said at least one ventilating opening from the exterior opening by passing through the mesh layer.