UPPER-TORSO GARMENT WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL KNIT STRUCTURES

The claimed invention relates to an upper-torso garment having a chest-covering portion, the upper-torso garment comprising: a pair of dome-shaped portions that are located in the chest-covering portion and that are separated from one another by a center bridge, wherein each dome-shaped portion is divisible into a top half and a bottom half and includes a medial perimeter edge, which abuts the center bridge, and lateral perimeter edge. The upper-torso garment comprises a knit textile panel constructing each of the dome-shaped portions, the knit textile panel comprising a plurality of courses fully spanning the dome-shaped portion from the medial perimeter edge to the lateral perimeter edge, and a plurality of partial-length courses partially spanning the dome-shaped portion, wherein the plurality of partial-length courses are intermittently positioned among the plurality of courses, and wherein the plurality of partial-length courses are unevenly distributed between the top half and the bottom half. The plurality of partial-length courses includes a first partial-length course having a first length, a second partial-length course having a second length that is shorter than the first length, and a third partial-length course having a third length that is shorter than the second length; and wherein the second partial-length course is positioned between the first and third partial-length courses, and either the third partial-length course or the first partial-length course is positioned closer to a chest band of the upper-torso garment than the second partial-length course.