Running Shirt with Quick Release Sleeves

Abstract

A running shirt with quick release sleeves. The shirt comprises a torso portion, a pair of quick release removable sleeves, and a pair of quick release zippers, one at each sleeve.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 . A running shirt, comprising:
 a fabric torso portion comprising a waist opening, a collar, a left arm opening, a right arm opening, the collar is opposite of the waist opening, the left arm opening is opposite of the right arm opening;   a right sleeve;   a left sleeve;   a right quick release zipper for releasably joining the right sleeve to the torso portion adjacent the right arm opening;   a left quick release zipper for releasably joining the left sleeve to the torso portion adjacent the left arm opening;   each of the left and right quick release zippers comprise a slider, a first stop element, a second stop element, a first row of fastener elements, a second row of fastener elements, the first row of fastener elements is connected to one of the sleeves or the body adjacent the corresponding arm opening, the second row of fastener elements is connected to the other of the sleeve or the body adjacent the corresponding arm opening, the first row of fastener elements comprises a length that is longer than a length of the second rows of fastener elements;   each of the first and second rows of fastener elements comprises a starting end and a terminating end, the starting end of the first row of fastener elements comprises the first stop element, the terminating end of the first row of fastener elements comprises the second stop element, the slider positionable between the first and second stop elements along the first row of fastener elements, the first and second stop elements each are sized to prevent the slider from passing the first and second stop elements, respectively;   the slider has a joining portion, a first path, and a second path, the first and second paths are for receiving the first row of fasteners and the second row of fasteners respectively, when each of the first and second rows of fasteners are drawn into the first and second paths, respectively, by movement of the slider along the first and second rows of fastener elements, the joining portion causes the fasteners of the first and second fastener rows to alternatively join;   each zipper comprises a quick release position where the slider is adjacent the terminating end of the first row of fastener elements and is disconnected from the second row of fastener elements, and the first and second rows of fastener elements can be disconnected by a separating force applied to the sleeve without moving the slider to the starting end of the first and second rows.   
     
     
         2 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the torso portion comprises a breast pocket, the breast pocket comprises an ear phone wire aperture communicating from an exterior of the shirt to an interior of the breast pocket. 
     
     
         3 . The shirt of  claim 2 , wherein the breast pocket comprises a pocket opening and a pocket zipper for closing the pocket opening. 
     
     
         4 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the torso portion comprising a lower left pocket and a lower right pocket, the lower left pocket and lower right pocket are positioned adjacent to a bottom edge of the torso portion about opposite side areas of the torso portion. 
     
     
         5 . The shirt of  claim 4 , wherein the lower left pocket and the lower right pocket each comprises an opening, a drawstring, and a stopper, the stopper is releasably spring biased attached to the drawstring and movable to secure the opening in a closed position. 
     
     
         6 . The shirt of  claim 4 , wherein the lower left pocket and the lower right pocket each comprise an opening comprising a drawstring closure. 
     
     
         7 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the torso portion comprises a lower left pocket and a lower right pocket, the lower left and lower right pockets are located on a rear side of the body. 
     
     
         8 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein each of the left and right sleeves comprises a body end, a distal end, and a thumb aperture, the distal end is opposite the body end, the thumb aperture is located adjacent the distal end. 
     
     
         9 . A method of quickly removing a sleeve from a running shirt, comprising the steps of:
 moving a slider of a zipper, which connects a sleeve to a torso portion of the running shirt, from a closed position to a quick release position at a closing end opposite a starting end of the zipper where the slider is connected to a first row of fastener elements of the zipper and is disconnected from a second row of fastener elements of the zipper;   pulling the sleeve away from the torso portion to cause fastener elements to alternatingly disconnect from each other progressively from the closing end to the starting end without moving the slider to the starting end.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , comprising the steps of before the step of moving a slider of a zipper from the closed position to the quick release position,
 placing a start end of the first rows of fastener elements in the first channel of the slider, where the other of the second row of fastener elements is already in the other of the second channel of the slider;   moving the slider along the first and second rows of fastener elements from the start end to the closed position to cause the fastener elements of the first row to be alternatingly joined with fastener elements of the second row which joins the sleeve to the torso portion.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the step of moving the slider along the first and second rows of fastener elements from the start end to the closed position, comprises the steps of:
 joining a female portion of a first fastener element of the first row of fastener elements with a male portion of an adjacent second fastener element of the second row of fastener elements, wherein the adjacent second fastener element of the second row is positioned below the first fastener element of the first row; and,   joining a female portion of a third fastener element of the second row with a male portion of the first fastener element of the first row, wherein the first fastener element of the first row is positioned below the third fastener element of the second row.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , comprising the step of joining a female portion of a fourth fastener element of the first row with a male portion of the third fastener element of the second row, wherein the third fastener element is positioned below the fourth fastener element. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein each of the steps of joining are further defined in that the joining occurs at or adjacent to a junction between a first passage of the slider, a second passage of the slider, and a central passage of the slider, the first passage receiving fastener elements of the first row, the second passage receiving fastener elements of the second row, joined fastener elements exiting through the central passage opposite the first and second passages. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step of pulling comprises the steps of:
 releasing a female portion of a first fastener element of the first row from a male portion of an adjacent second fastener element of the second row, wherein the adjacent second fastener element of the second row is positioned below the first fastener element of the first row;   releasing a female portion of a second fastener element of the second row from a male portion of a third fastener element of the first row, wherein the third fastener element is positioned below the first fastener element.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the step of pulling comprises the steps of releasing female portions of fastener elements of the first row from male portions of an adjacent fastener element of the second row, and releasing female portions of fastener elements of the second row from a male portions fastener elements of the first row until the first row of fastener elements is completely disconnected from the second row of fastener elements so that the sleeve can be removed from the shirt. 
     
     
         16 . A running shirt, comprising:
 a torso portion comprising a collar, a neck opening, right arm opening, a left arm opening, and a lower trunk opening, the collar forms the neck opening, the neck opening is opposite the lower trunk opening, the right arm opening is opposite the left arm opening;   at least one quick release removable sleeve releasably connectable adjacent the right or left arm opening, the sleeve comprises a shoulder end and a distal end opposite the shoulder end;   a quick release zipper comprising a slider, a first row of connecting elements, and a second row of connecting elements;   the first and second rows of connecting elements each comprising a first end and a second end;   the first row of connecting elements being longer than the second row of connecting elements;   the first or second row of connecting elements connected adjacent to one of the arm openings or at the shoulder end of the sleeve, the other of the first or second row of connecting elements is connected to the other of adjacent one of the arm openings or at the shoulder end of the sleeve;   the slider having a first passage, a second passage, a central passage, and a junction between the first passage, the second passage, and the central passage;   the slider is movable between the first and second ends of the first and second rows of connecting elements;   the slider has a quick release position which comprises the first end of the second row being adjacent to the first row of fastener elements, and the slider is located along a quick release portion of the first row where the second row is not adjacent to the first row, and where the first and second rows can be separated without moving the slider to the first end of the first and second rows.   
     
     
         17 . The shirt of  claim 16 , wherein the torso portion comprises a breast pocket, the breast pocket comprises an ear phone wire aperture communicating from an exterior of the shirt to an interior of the breast pocket. 
     
     
         18 . The shirt of  claim 17 , wherein the breast pocket comprises a pocket opening and a pocket zipper for closing the pocket opening. 
     
     
         19 . The shirt of  claim 16 , wherein the torso portion comprises a lower left pocket and a lower right pocket, the lower left pocket and lower right pocket are positioned adjacent to the lower trunk opening of the torso portion at opposite side areas of the torso portion. 
     
     
         20 . The shirt of  claim 19 , wherein the lower left pocket and the lower right pocket each comprise an opening comprising a drawstring and a stopper, the stopper is releasably spring biased attached to the drawstring and movable to secure the opening in a closed position.