Nike patents top with built-in pocket for breast pumps
Nike has filed a patent for a sports top designed to hold breast pumps or prosthetics securely in place during exercise. The garment uses a layered structure with a central divider panel to create separate compartments for each side, keeping the equipment stable while the wearer moves.
In the filing’s own words
The present disclosure relates to a support garment that may help retain a breast pump, prosthetic, or other object in position and that may, in some examples, be conducive for wearing during physical activity, such as exercising, sports activities, fitness activities, etc. For example, the support garment may include a multilayer structure that includes one or more interlayer compartments for housing the object. In addition, the support garment may include a gusset or other panel structure secured near a central region of the support garment that may form a divider between the interlayer compartments. In some examples, the support garment may include, at various locations, a combination of textiles that have different relative material properties, which may provide varied functionality throughout the support garment.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A support garment comprising: a front portion having a neck opening edge and a torso opening edge, the front portion comprising: an outer layer having a first breast-covering portion, a second breast-covering portion, and a first middle region positioned between the first breast-covering portion and the second breast-covering portion; an inner layer positioned internal to the outer layer, the inner layer having a third breast-covering portion, a fourth breast-covering portion, and a second middle region positioned between the third breast-covering portion and the fourth breast-covering portion; and a material extension extending outward between the first middle region and the second middle region, wherein the material extension is a panel of textile material comprising and extending from a first side edge and a second side edge, wherein the first side edge is affixed to the outer layer, the second side edge is affixed to the inner layer, and wherein the material extension extends between the first side edge and the second side edge to provide a volume between the outer layer and the inner layer configured to separate the third breast-covering portion from the fourth breast-covering portion.
Facts
- Company
- Nike (NIKE, Inc.)
- Official title
- UPPER-TORSO SUPPORT GARMENT
- Publication number
- US20260294010A1
- Application number
- 19704067
- Filed
- Jun 10, 2026
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Inventors
- 2
- Claims
- 18
Classified under
A41C 3/0014 Human necessitiesA41C 3/0071 Human necessitiesA41C 3/04 Human necessitiesMore from Nike in Clothing & sport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.