US 11,717,038 B2
Pad for a garment, padded garment and method of manufacturing same
Josh Robert Gordon, Herzogenaurach (DE); Nina Maria Ludwig, Nuremberg (DE); Bobbie John Monahan, Herzogenaurach (DE); and Brady Campbell Anderson, Nuremberg (DE)
Assigned to adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed by adidas AG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/731,677.
Application 16/731,677 is a division of application No. 14/572,095, filed on Dec. 16, 2014, granted, now 10,548,357.
Application 14/572,095 is a division of application No. 12/617,344, filed on Nov. 12, 2009, granted, now 8,931,119, issued on Jan. 13, 2015.
Claims priority of application No. 09167637 (EP), filed on Aug. 11, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2020/0128888 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. A41D 13/015 (2006.01); A41D 13/05 (2006.01); A41D 31/28 (2019.01); B32B 3/10 (2006.01); B32B 3/26 (2006.01); B29C 45/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/015 (2013.01) [A41D 13/05 (2013.01); A41D 31/28 (2019.02); B32B 3/10 (2013.01); B32B 3/26 (2013.01); A41D 13/0153 (2013.01); A41D 13/0158 (2013.01); B29C 45/00 (2013.01); Y10T 156/1062 (2015.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing a padded garment, the method comprising:
forming a one-piece monolithic pad comprising an overall thickness measured between a first surface and a second surface, and interconnected elements made from a first compressible foamed material; and
attaching the interconnected elements of the one-piece pad to a fabric of the garment,
wherein the pad has a non-deformed state and a deformed state,
wherein when the pad is in the non-deformed state, each interconnected element is spaced apart from adjacent interconnected elements, and at least two adjacent interconnected elements extend essentially parallel to one another and are curved,
wherein when the pad is in the non-deformed state, the one-piece pad defines a first void and a second void extending entirely through the overall thickness of the pad such that each interconnected element is spaced apart from adjacent interconnected elements and the first void and the second void are each enclosed by at least two adjacent interconnected elements,
wherein when the pad is in the non-deformed state the first void and the second void extend essentially parallel to one another, and
wherein when the pad is deformed at least one of the first void or the second void is expanded.