Adjustable shirt sleeve

Abstract

A sleeve diameter adjustment system may comprise: a slit through the sleeve body; a first sleeve flap; a second sleeve flap, wherein the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap are separated by the slit; at least two columns of first fasteners coupled to the first sleeve flap spanning between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end; a column of second fasteners coupled to the second sleeve flap spanning between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the second fasteners are complementary to the first fasteners such that a second fastener may couple to a first fastener, which results in the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap being coupled. The sleeve diameter may be different depending on whether a second fastener is coupled to a first fastener in a first column or a second column of first fasteners.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A shirt, comprising:
 a sleeve spanning along an axis, comprising:
 a sleeve proximal end; 
 a sleeve distal end opposite the sleeve proximal end; 
 a sleeve body spanning along the axis between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end at least partially enclosing a sleeve void configured to receive an arm of a wearer therethrough; and 
 a sleeve diameter adjustment system, comprising:
 a slit through the sleeve body spanning at least a portion of a length between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the slit comprises a slit proximal end proximate the sleeve proximal end and a slit distal end proximate the sleeve distal end; 
 a first sleeve flap disposed on a first circumferential end of the sleeve body; 
 a second sleeve flap disposed on a second circumferential end of the sleeve body, wherein the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap are separated by the slit; 
 at least two columns of first fasteners coupled to the first sleeve flap spanning at least partially between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein a first column of the at least two columns of first fasteners is disposed closer to the slit than a second column of the at least two columns of fasteners; 
 a column of second fasteners coupled to the second sleeve flap spanning at least partially between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the second fasteners are complementary to the first fasteners such that each of the second fasteners is configured to couple to a respective at least one of the first fasteners, which results in the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap being coupled, 
 wherein, a diameter of at least a portion of the sleeve void is smaller when a second fastener of the column of second fasteners is coupled to a first fastener in the second column of first fasteners than when the second fastener is coupled to a first fastener in the first column of first fasteners, 
 wherein the diameter adjustment system is disposed on a bottom portion of the sleeve, such that the slit proximal end is disposed at least one of in or proximate to an armpit portion of the sleeve. 
 
   
     
     
         2 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the armpit portion comprises a bottom circumferential third of the sleeve, the bottom circumferential third being furthest from a shoulder portion of a torso portion of the shirt coupled to the sleeve proximal end. 
     
     
         3 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the first column of first fasteners is parallel with the second column of first fasteners. 
     
     
         4 . The shirt of  claim 2 , wherein a sleeve flap proximal edge of at least one of the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap is coupled to the torso portion of the shirt, wherein the flap proximal edge is a portion of the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap that is most proximate the torso portion of the shirt. 
     
     
         5 . The shirt of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of a first sleeve flap proximal edge of the first sleeve flap and a second sleeve flap proximal edge of the second sleeve flap is separate from the torso portion of the shirt, wherein the first sleeve flap proximal edge is a portion of the first sleeve flap that is most proximate the torso portion, and the second sleeve flap proximal edge is a portion of the second sleeve flap that is most proximate the torso portion. 
     
     
         6 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein the first column of first fasteners is disposed along a first line, and the second column of first fasteners is disposed along a second line, wherein the first line and the second line are nonparallel. 
     
     
         7 . The shirt of  claim 6 , wherein the first line and the second line converge at a convergence point on the sleeve. 
     
     
         8 . The shirt of  claim 7 , wherein a convergence first fastener is disposed on the convergence point, wherein the convergence first fastener is the first fastener in the first column and the second column of the at least two columns of first fasteners most proximate to the sleeve proximal end. 
     
     
         9 . The shirt of  claim 7 , wherein the convergence point is without a first fastener disposed thereon. 
     
     
         10 . The shirt of  claim 7 , wherein the first fasteners in the first column and the second column of the at least two columns of first fasteners are disposed in a plurality of first sleeve flap fastener rows spanning in a circumferential direction at least partially along the sleeve body from a first sleeve flap inner edge, wherein one first fastener from each of the first column and the second column is disposed in each of the first sleeve flap fastener rows. 
     
     
         11 . The shirt of  claim 10 , wherein each of the second fasteners on the second sleeve flap is disposed in a position along the second sleeve flap between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end complementary to a position of a complementary first sleeve flap fastener row, such that each second fastener is configured to couple to a first fastener in the complementary first sleeve flap fastener row. 
     
     
         12 . The shirt of  claim 10 , wherein the at least two columns of first fasteners further comprises a third column disposed along a third line that is nonparallel with the first line and the second line, wherein the third line converges with the first line and the second line at the convergence point. 
     
     
         13 . The shirt of  claim 12 , wherein a first sleeve flap fastener row, of the plurality of first sleeve flap fastener rows, adjacent to the convergence point comprises fewer of the first fasteners therein than of a number of columns in the at least two columns, such that at least two columns of the at least two columns share a first fastener in the first sleeve flap fastener row adjacent to the convergence point. 
     
     
         14 . The shirt of  claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first fasteners and the second fasteners are disposed on an inner surface of the sleeve body. 
     
     
         15 . The shirt of  claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first fasteners and the second fasteners are disposed at least one of on an outer surface of the sleeve body or through the sleeve body. 
     
     
         16 . A shirt sleeve configured to be coupled to a shirt torso portion, comprising:
 a sleeve proximal end configured to be coupled to the shirt torso portion;   a sleeve distal end opposite the sleeve proximal end;   a sleeve body spanning along an axis between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end at least partially enclosing a sleeve void configured to receive an arm of a wearer therethrough; and   a sleeve diameter adjustment system, comprising:
 a slit through the sleeve body spanning at least a portion of a length between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the slit comprises a slit proximal end proximate the sleeve proximal end and a slit distal end proximate the sleeve distal end; 
 a first sleeve flap disposed on a first circumferential end of the sleeve body; 
 a second sleeve flap disposed on a second circumferential end of the sleeve body, wherein the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap are separated by the slit; 
 at least two columns of first fasteners coupled to the first sleeve flap spanning at least partially between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein a first column of the at least two columns of first fasteners is disposed closer to the slit than a second column of the at least two columns of fasteners; 
 a column of second fasteners coupled to the second sleeve flap spanning at least partially between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the second fasteners are complementary to the first fasteners such that each of the second fasteners is configured to couple to a respective at least one of the first fasteners, which results in the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap being coupled, 
 wherein, a diameter of at least a portion of the sleeve void is smaller when a second fastener of the column of second fasteners is coupled to a first fastener in the second column of first fasteners than when the second fastener is coupled to a first fastener in the first column of first fasteners, 
 wherein the diameter adjustment system is disposed on a bottom portion of the sleeve, such that the slit proximal end is disposed at least one of in or proximate to an armpit portion of the sleeve. 
   
     
     
         17 . The sleeve of  claim 16 , wherein the first column of first fasteners is parallel with the second column of first fasteners. 
     
     
         18 . The sleeve of  claim 16 , wherein the first column of first fasteners is disposed along a first line, and the second column of first fasteners is disposed along a second line, wherein the first line and the second line are nonparallel, wherein the first line and the second line converge at a convergence point on the sleeve. 
     
     
         19 . The sleeve of  claim 16 , wherein the first fasteners in the first column and the second column are disposed in a plurality of first sleeve flap fastener rows spanning in a circumferential direction along at least a portion the sleeve body from a first sleeve flap inner edge, wherein one first fastener from each of the first column and the second column is disposed in each of the first sleeve flap fastener rows. 
     
     
         20 . A shirt, comprising:
 a torso portion; and   a sleeve spanning along an axis, comprising:
 a sleeve proximal end coupled to the torso portion of the shirt; 
 a sleeve distal end opposite the sleeve proximal end; 
 a sleeve body spanning along the axis between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end at least partially enclosing a sleeve void configured to receive an arm of a wearer therethrough; and 
 a sleeve diameter adjustment system, comprising:
 a slit through the sleeve body spanning at least a portion of a length between the sleeve proximal end and the sleeve distal end, wherein the slit comprises a slit proximal end proximate the sleeve proximal end and a slit distal end proximate the sleeve distal end; 
 a first sleeve flap disposed on a first circumferential end of the sleeve body; 
 a second sleeve flap disposed on a second circumferential end of the sleeve body, wherein the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap are separated by the slit; and/or 
 a tensioning device coupled to the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap across the slit, wherein the tensioning device is configured to adjust the diameter of the sleeve void by adjusting at least one of a width of the slit or an amount of overlap between the first sleeve flap and the second sleeve flap.