Athletic garment

Abstract

An athletic garment includes a user-selectable front panel, a user-selectable back panel and at least one fastener coupled to the user-selectable front panel and to the user-selectable back panel. The front panel displays indicia associated with at least one athletic affiliation and the user-selectable back panel displays indicia associated with at least one other athletic affiliation. For example, the athletic garment may be a jersey or a T-shirt such that the front panel is a front portion of the jersey and the back panel would be a back portion of the jersey. The athletic affiliation may be, for example, a professional sports team, a college sports team, a high school sports team, an amateur sports team or any other suitable athletic affiliation.

1 . An athletic garment comprising: 
 a user-selectable front panel;    a user-selectable back panel; and    at least one fastener coupled to the user-selectable front panel and to the user-selectable back panel such that the user-selectable front panel displays indicia associated with at least one athletic affiliation and the user-selectable back panel displays indicia associated with at least one other athletic affiliation.    
   
   
       2 . The athletic garment of  claim 1  wherein the at least one fastener includes at least one of: a snap, a hook and loop, a zipper, a lace eyelet, a hook, a clip, a clamp and a button.  
   
   
       3 . The athletic garment of  claim 1  wherein the athletic garment is at least one of: a shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of shorts, a jersey, a warm-up jacket, a hat, one or more gloves, a pair of socks and a warm-up suit.  
   
   
       4 . The athletic garment of  claim 1  wherein the athletic affiliation is at least one of: a professional sports team, a college sports team, a high school sports team and an amateur sports team.  
   
   
       5 . The athletic garment of  claim 1  wherein the front panel displays the indicia of at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team, and wherein the back panel displays the indicia of at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team.  
   
   
       6 . The athletic garment of  claim 1  wherein the at least one fastener couples the front panel to the back panel at least one of: once, twice and multiple times.  
   
   
       7 . An athletic garment comprising: 
 a top article of athletic clothing including: 
 a top user-selectable front panel;  
 a top user-selectable back panel; and  
 at least one top fastener coupled to the top user-selectable front panel and to the top user-selectable back panel such that the top user-selectable front panel displays indicia associated with at least a first athletic affiliation and the top user-selectable back panel displays indicia associated with at least a second athletic affiliation; and  
   a bottom article of athletic clothing including: 
 a bottom user-selectable front panel;  
 a bottom user-selectable back panel; and  
 at least one bottom fastener coupled to the bottom user-selectable front panel and to the bottom user-selectable back panel such that the bottom user-selectable front panel displays indicia associated with at least a third athletic affiliation and the bottom user-selectable back panel displays indicia associated with at least a fourth athletic affiliation.  
   
   
   
       8 . The athletic garment of  claim 7  wherein the at least one top fastener and bottom fastener include at least one of: a snap, a hook and loop, a zipper, a lace eyelet, a hook, a clip, a clamp and a button.  
   
   
       9 . The athletic garment of  claim 7  wherein the top article of athletic clothing is at least one of: a shirt, a jersey, a warm-up jacket and a sweatshirt, and wherein the top article of athletic clothing is at least one of: a pair of pants, a pair of shorts and a pair of sweatpants.  
   
   
       10 . The athletic garment of  claim 7  wherein the first, second, third and fourth athletic affiliation is at least one of a professional sports team, a college sports team, a high school sports team, and an amateur sports team.  
   
   
       11 . The athletic garment of  claim 7  wherein: 
 the first and third athletic affiliation is associated with at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team, and    the second and fourth athletic affiliation is associated with at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team.    
   
   
       12 . The athletic garment of  claim 7  wherein: 
 the at least one top fastener couples the top user-selectable front panel to the top user-selectable back panel at least one of: once, twice and multiple times, and    the at least one bottom fastener couples the bottom user-selectable front panel to the bottom user-selectable back panel at least one of: once, twice and multiple times.    
   
   
       13 . A method for an athletic garment comprising: 
 selecting a front panel displaying indicia associated with at least one athletic affiliation;    selecting a back panel displaying indicia associated with at least one other athletic affiliation; and    fastening the front panel to the back panel.    
   
   
       14 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the athletic garment is at least one of: a shirt, a pair of pants, a pair of shorts, a jersey, a warm-up jacket, a hat, one or more gloves, a pair of socks and a warm-up suit.  
   
   
       15 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the front panel and the back panel are fastened via at least one of: snapping, hooking and looping, zippering, lacing, hooking, clipping, clamping and buttoning.  
   
   
       16 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the athletic affiliation is at least one of a professional sports team, a college sports team, a high school sports team and an amateur sports team.  
   
   
       17 . The method of  claim 13  wherein the front panel displays the indicia of at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team, and wherein the back panel displays the indicia of at least one of: a basketball team, a basketball league, a baseball team, a baseball league, a football team, a football league, a hockey team, a hockey league, a soccer team, a college, a university, a high school, an automobile racing series and an automobile racing team.  
   
   
       18 . The method of  claim 13  wherein fastening the front panel to the back panel occurs at least one of: once, twice and multiple times.