Garment with hydrophobic forearms

Abstract

A garment comprising different portions having different performance characteristics. A preferred embodiment is a fishing shirt comprising: a body portion, said body portion being fabricated from a breathable, knitted fabric having a wicking finish; a collar portion and a yoke portion, said collar portion and said yoke portion being fabricated from a four-way stretch fabric having a wicking finish; a pair of lower sleeve portions, each of said lower sleeve portions being fabricated from a non-wicking, hydrophobic fabric; and an optional pair of underarm portions, each of said underarm portions being fabricated from a knit, anti-microbial fabric.

1 . A fishing shirt comprising: 
 a body portion, said body portion being fabricated from a breathable, knitted fabric comprising polyester fibers and having a wicking finish;    a collar portion and a yoke portion, said collar portion and said yoke portion being fabricated from a four-way stretch fabric having a wicking finish; and    a pair of lower sleeve portions, each of said lower sleeve portions being fabricated from a non-wicking, quick-drying hydrophobic fabric comprising about 88 percent polypropylene fibers and about 12 percent elastane fibers.    
   
   
       2 . A garment comprising: 
 a body portion, said body portion being fabricated from a breathable fabric having a wicking finish;    a yoke portion, said yoke portion being fabricated from a four-way stretch fabric having a wicking finish; and    a pair of lower sleeve portions, each of said lower sleeve portions being fabricated from a non-wicking, hydrophobic fabric.    
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 2  wherein each of said fabrics is a knitted fabric or a woven fabric.  
   
   
       4 . The garment of  claim 3  wherein said breathable fabric comprises polyester fibers.  
   
   
       5 . The garment of  claim 3  wherein said non-wicking, hydrophobic fabric comprises polypropylene fibers and elastane fibers.  
   
   
       6 . A shirt for a fisherman, said shirt comprising: 
 means for covering the torso of the fisherman, said means for covering the torso of the fisherman being breathable and wicking the fisherman's perspiration away from his torso;    means for covering the shoulders, upper arms and a portion of the neck of the fisherman, said means for covering the shoulders, upper arms and a portion of the neck of the fisherman being stretchable in two dimensions and wicking the fisherman's perspiration away from his shoulders upper aims and the portion of his neck; and    means for covering the lower aims of the fisherman, said means for covering the lower arms of the fisherman being hydrophobic and preventing water to which it is exposed from wicking into said means for covering the shoulders, upper arms and a portion of the neck of the fisherman.    
   
   
       7 . The shirt of  claim 6  wherein said means for covering the torso of the fisherman comprises a breathable, knitted fabric comprising polyester fibers and having a wicking finish.  
   
   
       8 . The shirt of  claim 6  wherein said means for covering the shoulders, upper arms and a portion of the neck of the fisherman comprises a four-way stretch fabric having a wicking finish.  
   
   
       9 . A garment comprising: 
 a body portion, said body portion being fabricated from a breathable fabric;    a yoke portion, said yoke portion being fabricated from a stretch fabric; and    a pair of lower sleeve portions, each of said lower sleeve portions being fabricated from a hydrophobic fabric,    wherein each of said fabrics is a knitted fabric.