Cycling upper garment

Abstract

A cycling upper garment is provided at least a pair of ventilation arrangements being constructed such that sufficient ventilation performance can be obtained. The cycling upper garment has an upper garment main body, a pair of sleeves, and a pair of ventilation arrangements. The sleeves are attached to both sides of the upper garment main body and each of the sleeves has a cuff. Each ventilation opening extends from one of the sleeves adjacent a bottom hem of the upper garment main body in such a fashion as to pass through an underarm portion. Each ventilation opening has an air passage part made of an air permeable material and an open-close part configured to cover the air passage part in such a fashion that the air passage part can be selectively opened and closed from the outside.

1 . A cycling upper garment for a rider to wear when riding a bicycle, comprising: 
 an upper garment main body;    a pair of sleeves attached to both sides of the upper garment main body, each of the sleeves having a cuff; and    at least a pair of ventilation arrangements, with each of the ventilation arrangements extending from a corresponding one of the sleeves to a bottom hem of the upper garment main body such that the each of the ventilation arrangements extend through an underarm portion formed between the upper garment main body and the sleeves, and each of the ventilation arrangements having an air passage part made of an air permeable material and an open-close part configured and arranged to selectively exposed and covered the air passage part from outside of the cycling upper garment.    
   
   
       2 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 each of the sleeves has a seam for making the sleeve into a tubular shape; and    the upper garment main body includes 
 a front body section with the sleeves sewn onto an upper, outside portion of the front body section, and  
 a back body section arranged facing opposite the front body section and having the sleeves sewn thereto.  
   
   
   
       3 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend along the seams of the sleeves to the underarm portions.    
   
   
       4 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend between the front body section and the back body section from the underarm portions.    
   
   
       5 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend generally vertically along the front body section from the underarm portions.    
   
   
       6 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend generally vertically along the back body section from the underarm portions.    
   
   
       7 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend to positions near the cuffs.    
   
   
       8 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend through the cuffs to free ends of the sleeves.    
   
   
       9 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend to positions near the bottom hem of the upper garment main body.    
   
   
       10 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the ventilation arrangements extend through the bottom hem of the upper garment body to a bottom edge of the upper garment body.    
   
   
       11 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the air passage part includes a perforated mesh part having numerous through holes.    
   
   
       12 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the open-close part includes a sliding fastener that is configured and arranged to open and close the passage part.    
   
   
       13 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the open-close part includes a hook-and-loop fastener that is configured and arranged to open and close the passage part.    
   
   
       14 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 2 , wherein 
 the front body section includes a pair of first sleeve attaching parts arranged on both outward sides of an upper portion of the front body section and curved diagonally such that shoulders of the rider protrude there-beyond, and a pair of first front-to-back attaching parts arranged below the first sleeve attaching parts on both outward sides of the front body section;    the back body section includes a pair of second sleeve attaching parts arranged on both outward sides of an upper portion of the back body section and curved diagonally such that the shoulders of the rider protrude there-beyond, and a pair of second front-to-back attaching parts arranged below the second sleeve attaching parts on both outward sides of the back body section and are connected to the first front-to-back attaching parts;    each of the sleeves includes first and second sleeve forming parts that extend in a curved fashion from both sides of the cuff and are connected together, a first seam part that is sewn to the first sleeve attaching part and has a V-shaped cut part that is cut in a V-shape from the first sleeve forming part, a second seam part that extends from the second sleeve forming part and is sewn to the second sleeve attaching part, and a neck opening that joins the first and second seam parts; and    a first angle formed by an intersection of a first straight line that is a substantially perpendicular bisector with respect to the cuff and a second straight line that runs along an apex of the rider's shoulder from the neck opening toward a shoulder opening is equal to or larger than 30° and smaller than or equal to 90°.    
   
   
       15 . The cycling upper garment recited in  claim 1 , wherein 
 the upper garment main body and the sleeves have been subjected to a waterproofing treatment.