Sports shirt with pocket for electronics

Abstract

A shirt garment has a shirt body having a neck opening. The shirt body has a front portion and a back portion for respectively covering a front of a torso and a back of the torso of a user when the shirt garment is worn by the user. A pocket provided on the back portion of the shirt body, between the first and second sleeves and below the collar. The pocket is configured to receive an electronic device having at least one sensor or monitor for sensing or monitoring. The shirt body is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material and is sized for a compression fit or form-fit on the user and to force the electronic device against the user, when the electronic device is received in the pocket and the shirt garment is worn by the user.

1 . A shirt garment comprising:
 a shirt body having a collar surrounding a neck opening, the shirt body having a front portion and a back portion for respectively covering a front of a torso and a back of the torso of a user when the shirt garment is worn by the user;   first and second sleeves extending from the shirt body, each sleeve having an arm opening;   a pocket provided on the back portion of the shirt body, between the first and second sleeves and below the collar;   wherein the pocket is configured to hold an electronic device having at least one sensor or monitor for sensing or monitoring;   wherein the pocket has an interior volume for receiving the electronic device, an opening into the interior volume of the pocket, and a flap extending from the collar and covering the opening of the pocket; and   wherein the flap is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material that extends over the opening of the pocket and is sized to compress over the opening when the shirt garment is worn by the user.   
     
     
         2 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the shirt body is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material and is sized for a compression fit or form-fit on the user. 
     
     
         3 . The shirt garment of  claim 2 , wherein the shirt body is configured to force the electronic device against the user's body by the compression fit or form fit of the shirt body on the user, when the electronic device is received in the pocket and when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         4 . The shirt garment of  claim 2 , wherein the pocket is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material and is sized for a compression fit or form-fit on the electronic device, when the electronic device is received in the pocket. 
     
     
         5 . The shirt garment of  claim 4 , wherein the compression material of the pocket is further configured to force the electronic device against the user's body by the compression fit or form fit of the shirt body on the user, when the electronic device is received in the pocket and when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second sleeves are long sleeves that are configured to extend to the user's wrists when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         10 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the first and second sleeves are short sleeves that are configured to extend part way, but not all the way to the user's elbows when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         11 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the resiliently stretchable, compression material comprises an elastane material or polyether-polyurea copolymer material. 
     
     
         12 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the resiliently stretchable, compression material comprises spandex_. 
     
     
         13 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is provided on a surface of the shirt body that faces outward and away from the user, when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         14 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket is provided on a surface of the shirt body that faces inward, toward the user, when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         15 . A shirt garment comprising:
 a shirt body having a neck opening surrounded by a collar, the shirt body having a front portion and a back portion for respectively covering a front of a torso and a back of the torso of a user when the shirt garment is worn by the user, the shirt body having first and second arm openings;   a pocket provided on the back portion of the shirt body, between the first and second arm openings and below the neck opening;   wherein the pocket is configured to receive an electronic device having at least one sensor or monitor for sensing or monitoring; and   wherein the shirt body is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material and is sized for a compression fit or form-fit on the user and to force the electronic device against the user, when the electronic device is received in the pocket and the shirt garment is worn by the user;   wherein the pocket has an interior volume for receiving the electronic device, an opening into the interior of the pocket, and a flap extending from the collar and covering the opening of the pocket; and   wherein the flap is made of a resiliently stretchable, compression material that extends over the opening of the pocket and is sized to compress over the opening when the shirt garment is worn by the user.   
     
     
         16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . The shirt garment of  claim 15 , wherein the resiliently stretchable, compression material comprises an elastane material or polyether-polyurea copolymer material. 
     
     
         18 . The shirt garment of  claim 15 , wherein the resiliently stretchable, compression material comprises spandex. 
     
     
         19 . The shirt garment of  claim 15 , wherein the pocket is provided on a surface of the shirt body that faces outward and away from the user, when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         20 . The shirt garment of  claim 15 , wherein the pocket is provided on a surface of the shirt body that faces inward, toward the user, when the shirt garment is worn by the user. 
     
     
         21 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the shirt body includes a logo or other indicia identifying a team. 
     
     
         22 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the pocket has a top edge that is directly adjacent or in contact with the collar of the shirt body. 
     
     
         23 . The shirt garment of  claim 1 , wherein the flap is stitched to the shirt body and to the pocket along a portion of each of two lateral sides of the flap.