Garment with improved sleeve movement

Abstract

A garment for covering the upper portion of a body has sleeves connected to the trunk portion with gussets provided across at least the armpit areas to provide extraordinary expansion and collapse of the armpit areas of the sleeve and thus provide the capability of extraordinary rotation of the sleeves to a position higher than the shoulder portion of the garment. A method for connecting the sleeves to the trunk portion of the garment to allow for such sleeve rotation is also shown

1 . A garment covering the upper portion of a body, comprising: 
 a. a trunk portion for covering at least an upper torso of said body;    b. a sleeve extending from said trunk portion for covering at least a portion of an arm of said body, said sleeve having at least one seam connecting said sleeve to said trunk portion, said seam extending generally across at least an armpit of said body; and,    c. gusset means within said at least one seam for extendably connecting at least an underside of said sleeve to said trunk portion.    
   
   
       2 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said trunk portion includes a shoulder portion, and wherein further said at least one seam connecting said sleeve to said trunk portion extends to said shoulder portion.  
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 2  wherein said sleeve further comprises an outer extremity, and wherein said trunk portion comprises an hem parallel to the bottom of said trunk portion, and wherein when said garment is laid flat, said outer extremity of said sleeve is above a line parallel to said trunk portion hem and running through said seam connecting said sleeve to said trunk portion at the shoulder portion of said seam.  
   
   
       4 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein said gusset means comprises a first gusset seamed to said sleeve by a first gusset sleeve seam and further seamed to said trunk portion by a first gusset trunk seam, and wherein said first gusset is expandable and collapsible.  
   
   
       5 . The garment of  claim 4  wherein said gusset means further comprises a second gusset seamed to said first gusset by a second gusset sleeve seam, and further seamed to said trunk portion by a second gusset trunk seam, and wherein said second gusset is expandable and collapsible.  
   
   
       6 . A garment for covering the upper portion of a body having an arm and an armpit, said garment having a trunk portion including a shoulder portion for covering the upper portion of a torso of said body and a sleeve portion covering at least a portion of said arm, the improvement comprising: 
 expandable and collapsible garment means extending generally across the armpit and connected to said sleeve and to said trunk portion for allowing said sleeve to rotate above said shoulder portion of said trunk when said garment means is expanded.    
   
   
       7 . A garment for covering the upper portion of a body having an arm and an armpit, said garment having a trunk portion for covering the upper portion of a torso of said body and a sleeve portion covering at least a portion of said arm, said trunk portion having at least one trunk seam connecting said sleeve to said trunk portion, the improvement comprising: 
 at least a first gusset positioned between said trunk seam extending at least across said armpit and extendably, and at least a portion of said sleeve whereby connecting at least a portion of said sleeve to said trunk portion of said garment.    
   
   
       8 . The garment of  claim 7 , wherein said improvement further comprising a second gusset positioned between said first gusset and said trunk portion.  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 7  wherein said garment comprises a shirt.  
   
   
       10 . The garment of  claim 7  wherein said at least first gusset fits substantially close to said armpit.  
   
   
       11 . The garment of  claim 7  wherein said trunk portion further comprises a bottom hem, wherein said sleeve further comprises an outer extremity, and wherein when said garment is laid flat, at least a portion of the outer extremity of said sleeve lies above a line passing through said trunk seam and parallel to said bottom hem.  
   
   
       12 . A method for connecting a sleeve to a trunk portion of a garment for covering the upper portion of a body, comprising the step of: 
 connecting said sleeve to said trunk portion by at least a lower seam means comprising flexible material, for expanding and collapsing said flexible material, said lower seam means extending generally across the armpit of said body.