CA3005783A1

CA3005783A1 - Training pants

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Publication number: CA3005783A1
Application number: CA3005783A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Alberto Leonardo Celestrin Carmona
Original assignee: Celestrin Carmona Tomas
Current assignee: Celestrin Carmona Tomas
Priority date: 2017-05-26
Filing date: 2018-05-24
Publication date: 2018-11-26
Also published as: EP3406302A1; US20180338547A1; EA201891031A3; ES1185433Y; BR202018010675U2; ES1185433U; EA201891031A2

Abstract

This invention refers to training pants, particularly pants that incorporate elastic bands of different resistances, which allow the user to perform training sessions under a load increase in the legs of the user. In addition, the training pants allow training sessions to be performed avoiding distortion of the natural center of gravity or movement patterns of the user. The training pants are comprised of a belt and adjustable heels to tighten the elastic resistance and is characterized by the knee braces in which 4 loops are integrated, each one placed at each of the superior and inferior ends of the posterior part of the knee braces, forming a bending angle at the back of the knees and providing resistance at the moment of exercising the legs.

Description

TRAINING PANTS
This invention refers to training pants, particularly pants that incorporate elastic bands of different resistances, which allow the user to perform training sessions under a load increase in the legs of the user. In addition, the training pants allow training sessions to be performed avoiding distortion of the natural center of gravity or movement patterns of the user.
The training pants are comprised of a belt and adjustable heels to tighten the elastic resistance and is characterized by the knee braces in which 4 loops are integrated, each one placed at each of the superior and inferior ends of the posterior part of the knee braces, forming a bending angle at the back of the knees and providing resistance at the moment of exercising the legs.
BACKGROUND
In the industry there are several types of exercise equipment and systems that allow the increase of the resistance in the legs of the user. In particular, there are devices such as "leg harnesses" for variable resistance, which are well known because the load increases in the legs of the users.
However, these devices have not been satisfactorily tested for the training of sports that require constant use of the feet such as taekwondo or karate.

As an example of these devices, the United States Design patent DES.
385,385 exhibits in its design and graphic representation, a set of elastics incorporated into pants, where the elastics are incorporated in the pants garment. However, this design patent, although it fits the legs of the user, such adjustment of the elastics in the legs is dependent on the tension exerted by the elastics that are continued in the torso part of the user, therefore to obtain the tension in the part of the inferior extremities (fragment of the elastics incorporated into the training pants) it is necessary that there is tension in the superior part of the body of the user.
On the other hand, the U.S. Patent US 5,203,754 describes a variable resistance exercise device with a harness, which allows the user to carry out a series of exercise cycles with an increase in load through resistances, performing exercises with resistance, increasing the load of the legs of the user, to increase the muscular strength and the hardening of the legs. This device includes a belt, leg accessories, and extendable cords for the belt and leg and accessories for the feet to provide an increase in resistance and without distorting the natural muscular patterns that the exercise creates.
However, it presents as a disadvantage that the elastics do not conform integrally to the legs of the user, distorting the natural center of gravity of the user due to the position of its elastics. Therefore, this device does not cause the necessary tension for exercising the legs, as the required in the practice of taekwondo or karate.

2 Similarly, U.S. Patent US 6,179,760 B1 describes a device to assist the leg muscles during cycling. This patent discloses technical elements that help the user's legs in stretching during an upward stroke and helps the legs contract during a downward stroke to release the energy and help the legs to spin the pedals during cycling.
Such device is employed to increase the performance of a rider by increasing the performance of the rider's speed for a given cycling cycle.
The invention include features the disposition of one or more elastic =
members applied to the cyclist's legs in such a way that these elastic members stretch out in the downward stroke of the pedals to generate energy and in the upward stroke of the pedals to release the energy to help the cyclist's legs to turn the pedals, and in turn, the sprocket.
However, there is no evidence in U.S. Patent US 6,179,760 B1 that the devices arranged with elastics, irrespective of the purpose for which they are used, have knee braces that help form the bending angle at the back of the knees.
Additional prior documents are;

3 US Patent 5,308,305 discloses an apparatus for augmenting exercise of body muscles comprising one or more articles of close-fitting apparel employing one or more removable elongated resistance members.
US Patent 6,179,760 B1 refers to a method and device including elastic members worn on the legs such that the elastic members will stretch on the downstroke of the pedals to generate energy and contract on the upstroke to release the energy for assisting the legs to rotate the pedals, and in turn, the sprocket.
None of the devices described in the prior art documents described knee-shaped means that allow the articulation to stimulate and form the angle of flexion in the area of the knees, besides being specially designed for the practice of taekwondo or karate.
DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
With the aim of overcoming the deficiencies of the current training equipment and that its technical features correspond to the requirements of the practice of taekwondo and karate, the invention of interest aims to provide a training pants to weigh down the legs of the user and increase the muscle strength getting the legs to harden. With this increase in muscle strength and hardening, the user will be allowed to develop greater technique in his legs,

4 improving his kicks, thus obtaining a greater prominence in most martial arts such as taekwondo and karate, where it is required that the movement of the legs is agile, fast and strong at the moment of contact.
One advantage of the training pants is that it consists of a belt and adjustable heels to tighten its resistance bands. The training pants are also characterized by the knee braces that help form the bending angle at the back of the knees.
The resistance bands present different resistance forces ranging from 45N-90N depending on the user experience in the practice of taekwondo or karate, which multiplied by the 4 bands that make up the training pants, the resistance bands provide a total resistance of 180N-200N to 320-360N.
Through the resistance force in the legs of the user, the following kicking techniques can be practiced:
i) kick ap chagui: It is a linear and frontal technique, where through the use of the training pants described in this invention, it improves the elevation of the posterior leg with the knee flexed to the middle part of the trunk. On the other hand, it improves the flexion in the supporting leg and the foot at an angle of 45 to 55 degrees of the attack line.

ii) kick bandal chagui: With the use of the training pants, this semicircular technique is improved, starting from the combat position, elevating the posterior leg with the knee flexed in front, at the height of the trunk. It improves the bending of the base leg and angle of the foot between 90 and 100 degrees of the attack line.
iii) kick dolyo chagui: It is a circular kick that starts from the combat position. With the training pants, the elevation of the posterior leg is improved with the knee flexed at the chest height and allows the hip to rotate 90 degrees forward.
Also, as an embodiment of the invention, the training pants can be used to practice high performance sports or to improve the physical condition, specifically for weight loss through consumption or calorie burning.
The use of the training pants, allows the user to focus the muscular effort and gain only in the desired muscle group, avoiding an oxygen and effort expense in muscle groups that are not of the user's interest. Therefore, the quality of the training is increased by focusing only on one muscular group and the physical condition of the user to optimize the competitive gain.
Another advantage of the training pants is the strengthening of the primary and secondary muscles of the training area. It also increases or decreases the tension in a short period of time by simply changing the resistance bands.
The training pants aim to improve the neuromuscular response and motor skills for the practice of sports that combine speed, agility and strength, such as taekwondo and karate. On the other hand, it improves the user's coordination by allowing him to be more aware of his movement patterns.
In another embodiment and calibrating the resistances to a lower tension, the training pants can be used for therapeutic and rehabilitation purposes.
Unless otherwise indicated, all technical and scientific features used herein have the meaning commonly understood by any skilled person in the field for which the invention is created. Methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described in the specification can be used.
Throughout the detailed description and the claims, the word "comprises"
and its variants do not intend to exclude other technical features, additives, components or steps. For those skilled in the art, other objects, advantages and characteristics of the invention will emerge partly from the description and partly from the practice of the invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
To complement the description that is being made and in order to support a better understanding of the features of the invention, according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a set of drawings is attached as an integral part of said description, wherein with an illustrative and non-limiting appeal, the following figures have been represented.
Figure 1. Frontal view of the training pants.
Figure 2. Rear view of the training pants.
Figure 3. Frontal view of the training pants with reinforced seams. The training pants provide four clips placed at the sides of the ankles.
Figure 4. Rear view of the training pants with double reinforcement of fabric in the channels of the elastics in the part of the legs and calves.
Figure 5. Perspective view of the adjustable belt with 4 eyelets.
Figure 6. Frontal view of the knee braces.

Figure 7. Pairs of resistance bands.
Figure 8. Adjustable heels with an eyelet for tension.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In order to achieve all the aforementioned purposes and advantages, the training pants comprise:
With reference to the drawings, training pants (1) shown in figure (1) according to the invention.
The training pants (10) include resistance bands (21, 22, 21, 22') for stable and removable fixation around the waist or middle section of a human user of the training pants (10) and means for fixing them at their lower ends on their heels (40).
The resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') are fastened at their upper end to the belt and at their lower end in the heels (40) passing through clips of knee braces (30).

The belt (11) defines an adjustable surface for the human being and has a clasp-type buckle (12) that adjusts the belt depending on the size of the human user (FIG. 5). Furthermore, the belt (11) includes a series of ring-shaped holes that are reinforced on the outer edge (12, 13, 12', 13).
The fact that the belt has more than one buckle will depend on the tension of the resistance bands.
The belt in order to be able to fit the body of the user has at least one buckle that comprises a female end (15) and a male end (14) harpoon-type or the like that allows the two ends of the belt to be retained.
The ring elements (21, 22, 21', 22') allow the fastening of the resistance bands (21, 22, 21-, 22') with the belt (11) through coupling points (211, 221, 211', 221') (FIG.5) located on the superior edge. The coupling points (211, 221, 211', 221') are inserted into the ring elements (21, 22, 21', 22') and thanks to the tension of the elastic, the separation with the belt of the resistance bands is avoided.
The belt is made of materials that do not damage the skin, using materials such as cork, rubber, Neopren, with a thickness ranging from 0.5 mm to 7 mm. In another possible embodiment, the closure can be double, and the 3.0 belt can be 5 cm and 10 cm in width depending on the strength of the resistance bands.
In another possible embodiment, the pants can be made of elastane which is held around the waist or middle section of a human user of the training pants (10) by means of the belt (11).
The training pants (20) have reinforced seams (50) on the front to prevent the structure from alterations or ruptures. In the same way, the back of the training pants are sewn with double reinforcement (60) in the legs and calf channels.
The training pants (20) also comprise, polyester knee braces (30, 30') placed around the knees which lead the tension bands along the legs of the user. The material of the knee braces will preferably be made of, but not limited to, polyester and other synthetic materials.
The knee braces (30, 30') each have clips on the side edges, in particular the knee brace (30) has two clips at their inferior ends (32, 34) and two other clips (31,33) at their superior ends , while the loop (30'), has two clips at its inferior ends (32', 34') and two at its superior ends (31', 33') through which the resistance bands are introduced (21, 22, 21', 22') and provide stable fixation to the training pants.

In order to facilitate the passage of resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') through the lower (32, 34, 32', 34') and higher (31, 33, 31', 33') clips and avoid the risk of early breakage in life, the resistance bands are lined with a synthetic material or fabric which facilitates the transportation of the bands giving them greater care and longer duration.
On the other hand, the invention presents polyester heels (40, 40") placed around the sides of the ankle. The heels will be made of a material that avoids skin rubbing and the production of wounds.
These heels (40, 40"), provide fastening means (41, 42, 41", 42) which are connected to the inferior parts of the tension bands through coupling points (212, 222, 212", 222) located on their inferior edge.
The fastening means (41, 42, 41', 42') provided in the heels for fixing the lower ends of the resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') in a possible embodiment of the invention are buttonholes protected by a neoprene wall, in another embodiment it may have hooks as a means of fastening to the heels.
The fastening means (41, 42, 41', 42') may have metal parts in the case the pants are used for hobby or personal training, however in the case of being used for fighting or combat, in order to avoid injuries the heel will not have any metal parts.
The lower coupling points (212, 222, 212', 222') of the resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') are introduced into the fastening means (41, 42, 41', 42') of the heel and thanks to the tension of the band, the separation with the knee braces of the resistance bands is avoided.
On the other hand, the heels (40, 40') have joint ends (44, 43) made with Velcro 0 that adjust the lower part of the heel with the user's foot depending on the size of the human user.
The heel (40, 40') presents the advantage of being easily removable from the foot and ankles of the user.
To achieve the tension in the training pants, the user must put the training pants with the reinforced seams towards the frontal view.
Subsequently, the user must proceed to place the belt at waist level and adjust the clasp-type buckle by stretching the male section to make the connection with the female section of the buckle.

When attaching the female section with the male section of the clasp-type buckle, a checking must be done to verify that the belt fits perfectly with the size of the human user.
Furthermore, the coupling points are then inserted into the ring elements of the belt. It is necessary to ensure that the coupling points are fully inserted to allow proper training by the user.
Then, the resistance bands that are fastened to the belt are introduced, through the fastening means of the knee braces and thanks to the tension of the resistance bands, avoiding the separation with the knee braces of the resistance bands.
Finally, the inferior coupling points of the tension bands are inserted into the fastening means located on the superior side of the heels.
The heels help to tighten the inferior ends of the bands.
With the union of all the distinguishing parts training pants are obtained consisting of a belt and adjustable heels to tighten the resistance bands, characterized by the knee braces that help in the formation of the bending angle on the back of the knees.

In addition, the training pants allow the performance of training sessions avoiding the distortion of the natural center of gravity or the patterns of movement of the user.
To achieve the right tension for each user, the experience of each user in the sport to be practiced should be considered.
For a beginner user, elastic bands will be used with a resistance strength of 45N to 50N which multiplied by 4 resistance bands gives a total resistance of 180N to 200N, which increases depending on the exercise performed.
For an advanced user, elastic bands will be used with a resistance strength of 60N to 70N which multiplied by 4 resistance bands gives a total resistance of 240N to 280N, which increases depending on the exercise performed.
For an expert user, elastic bands will be used with a resistance strength of 80N to 90N which multiplied by 4 resistance bands gives a total resistance of 320N to 360N, which increases depending on the exercise performed.
The knee braces are then placed on the training pants which help to form the bending angle on the back of the knee.

Having sufficiently described the nature of the present invention, as well as the manner of putting it into practice, it is noted that, within its essentiality, it may be implemented in other embodiments that differ in detail from that indicated in the detailed description of the invention, and to which it will also reach the protection that is sought, provided that it does not alter, change or modify its fundamental principle.

Claims

1- A training pants for the practice of taekwondo or karate, comprising a belt (11) and adjustable heels (40) for fastening resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') fastened at their upper end of the belt (11) and its lower end to the adjustable heels (40), characterized by having knee braces (30, 30') with clips, through which the resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') pass generating tension in the angle of flexion in the back of the knees.

2- The training pants according to claim 1, characterized by having a belt (11) which includes a series of ring-shaped holes that are reinforced on the outer edge (12, 13, 12', 13') wherein ring elements allow the fastening of the resistance bands through coupling points (211, 221, 211, 221') located on the superior edge.

3- The training pants according to claim 2, wherein the belt (11) is characterized by having a buckle wherein the female end (15) is fastened to a male end (14) to achieve the fastening of the training pants (10) with the waist of the user.

4- The training pants according to claim 1, characterized by having knee braces (30, 30') having clips in their upper ends (32, 34, 32', 34') and lower ends (31, 33, 31', 33').

5- The training pants according to claim 1, characterized by having heels (40, 40') comprising fastening means (41, 42, 41', 42') which are connected to the inferior parts of the tension bands through coupling points (212, 222, 212, 222') located on their inferior edge.

6- The training pants according to claim 5, characterized by having fastening means (41, 42, 41', 42') provided in the heels for fixing the lower ends of the resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22'), being the fastening means, buttonholes protected by a neoprene wall.

7- The training pants according to claim 6, characterized by having heels (40,40') comprising joint ends (44, 43) made with Velcro ® that adjust the lower part of the heel with the user's foot depending on the size of the human user.

8- The training pants according to claim 1, wherein the pants can be made of elastane, the belt and heels can be made of nylon, and the knee braces can be made of polyester.

9- The training pants according to any previous claim, characterized by having resistance bands (21, 22, 21', 22') lined with a synthetic material or fabric which facilitates the transportation of the bands.

10- The training pants according to any previous claim, characterized by having a belt that comprising a double closure, which can be made of synthetic materials and having a width of 5 cm and 10 cm.

11- The training pants according to any previous claim, characterized by having a training pants (10) comprising reinforced seams (50) on the front to prevent the structure from alterations or ruptures, the back of the training pants are sewn with double reinforcement (60) in the leg and calf channels.