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A ventilated garment system is described that removes heat and moisture from a wearer's skin during hot weather while furnishing protection from direct sunlight. The system includes a pair of air outlet shoulder seams, a pair of air inlet side seams, and selectively at least one back seam, each shou

A ventilated garment system is described that removes heat and moisture from a wearer's skin during hot weather while furnishing protection from direct sunlight. The system includes a pair of air outlet shoulder seams, a pair of air inlet side seams, and selectively at least one back seam, each shoulder seam including a zipper slide and a zipper tape, attached along welts to the fabric of the garment, and an underlying panel of stretchable mesh fabric, having a pleat therein, whereby movement of the zipper slides in the seams causes them to open and expose the panels of mesh fabric. Ambient air then enters the side and back seams into ventilation spaces between the garment and the skin of a wearer, moves convectively upwardly within the ventilation spaces toward the shoulder seams while receiving heat and moisture from the wearer's skin, and passes through the shoulder seams, thereby exiting the garment system and carrying away the heat and moisture. Each of the air inlet side seams and the air inlet back seams may also be provided with a zipper slide and a zipper tape and an underlying panel of stretchable mesh fabric. These convectively ventilated garments are useful both indoors and outdoors and during vigorous sports activities, wherein much body heat and moisture are generated by the wearer thereof.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A ventilated garment system in a garment made of garment fabric and having a front, a back, a neck opening, sides, shoulders having ends, sleeves extending from said shoulders and forming armpits with said sides of said garment, a pair of openable side seams in said sides

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A ventilated garment system in a garment made of garment fabric and having a front, a back, a neck opening, sides, shoulders having ends, sleeves extending from said shoulders and forming armpits with said sides of said garment, a pair of openable side seams in said sides that extend downwardly from beneath said armpits to the waistline of a wearer, being selectively opened and closed with a zipper assembly attached to said fabric of said garment along welts, and a pair of shoulder seams at said shoulders that extend from said neck opening to said ends of said shoulders, said garment being made of said fabric that is woven sufficiently tightly to offer protection from sunlight, wherein each of said shoulder seams comprises:(a) a zipper assembly that comprises a zipper tape and a zipper slide, said tape being attached along welts to said garment fabric to form each said seam; and(b) a panel of stretchable mesh fabric, having sides and a pleat therein, that is disposed beneath said zipper assembly and is attached along said sides of said panel to said garment fabric, outside of said welts; reby movement of said zipper slides in said side seams and said shoulder seams causes said shoulder seams to open, exposing said panels of mesh fabric covering said shoulders of said wearer, and allows ambient air to enter said side seams into ventilation spaces between said garment and the skin of a wearer, to move convectively upwardly within said ventilation spaces toward said shoulder seams while receiving heat and moisture from said wearer's skin, and to pass through said shoulder seams, thereby exiting said garment system and carrying away said heat and said moisture.