EP1125512A1 - Energieverbrauchskleidung - Google Patents

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EP1125512A1
EP1125512A1 EP00102983A EP00102983A EP1125512A1 EP 1125512 A1 EP1125512 A1 EP 1125512A1 EP 00102983 A EP00102983 A EP 00102983A EP 00102983 A EP00102983 A EP 00102983A EP 1125512 A1 EP1125512 A1 EP 1125512A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/02—Overalls, e.g. bodysuits or bib overalls
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/0015—Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D31/00—Materials specially adapted for outerwear
    • A41D31/04—Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
    • A41D31/18—Elastic
    • A41D31/185—Elastic using layered materials

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  • An object of this invention is to provide an energy expenditure garment which incorporates elastic rings as the longitudinal resistance elements.
  • the energy expenditure garment includes a body portion having limb portions such as arms or legs.
  • the garment is essentially made of a base fabric for both the body portion and limb portions.
  • the ring section is made of a material that applies a longitudinal resistance force to the body of the wearer greater than any resistance force that might be applied by the base fabric.
  • the garment provides alternating regions having differing longitudinal resistance characteristics.
  • the elastic ring section may form a closed ring which completely circumscribes a portion of the body or may be an open ring having spaced ends with the base material between the spaced ends. Alternatively, the elastic ring section may be formed from a series of spaced strips which in combination circumscribe the portion of the body.
  • the ring section may be located at various portions of the garment such as an abdominal ring, an elbow ring, a shoulder ring, a forearm ring, a thigh ring, a knee ring or a lower leg ring.
  • the present invention is directed to techniques for achieving longitudinal resistance in an exercise garment by the use of elastic compressive material incorporated in the garment as a section circumferentially around a portion of the wearer.
  • Such sections of the garment could be used by itself or in combination with elongated longitudinal resistance bands or cords that extend longitudinally along the limbs or across the back or chest.
  • the present invention provides a garment that uses elastic structures which extend around the limbs or body portions of the user and garment in a circumferential direction, rather than longitudinally.
  • the elastic structures or sections could extend completely around a portion of the user's body to form a closed ring or partially around the user's body to form an open ring having spaced ends separated from each other by the base fabric.
  • the rings, whether completely closed or partially open, are joined to the garment on each side to provide an elastic resistance effect.
  • the garment can include other longitudinal elastic resistance shapes or structures such as bands, cords, strips or straps.
  • a characteristic in a practice of the invention is that the elastic ring sections primarily apply a longitudinal resistance as distinguished from the compressive cuffs disclosed in my U.S. Patent No. 5,720,042.
  • Base fabric is located longitudinally outwardly of the elastic ring section with the base fabric applying less longitudinal resistance force than the elastic ring section. This results in alternating regions of different resistance characteristics circumferentially around parts of the body.
  • the elastic ring structure generally does not extend primarily only longitudinally on the limbs or body portion. Rather, the ring section is circumferential. Preferably, the elastic ring section does not extend a long distance, but is confined to a smaller area and completely or partially encircles a limb or portion of the body usually at a right angle of the limb movement. For example, each ring section would preferably encircle less than half the length of a limb. Generally, each elastic ring section is longitudinally displaced from the limb extremity.
  • the invention could be used with garments which are loose fitting or skin tight compression garments.
  • the garments could be of one piece construction such as a body suit with arms and legs as part of an integral shirt and pants or the garments could be of more than one piece such as of two piece construction having a pant section and a shirt section which may be completely separate from each other or may be detachably secured together.
  • the garments could include anchor points or anchor structure or could omit anchor structure. In the preferred practice of the invention anchor structure is used.
  • the base fabric is preferably of non-elastic material.
  • the garment could be of the types disclosed in the above noted patents and applications, all of the details of which are incorporated herein by reference thereto.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates a garment 10 in accordance with this invention.
  • the garment includes a top or shirt portion 12 and bottom or pants portion 14.
  • the shirt portion 12 has arms 16 while the pants portion 14 has legs 18.
  • stirrups 20 could be provided to anchor the legs while cuffs 22 could be provided to anchor the arms.
  • a zipper 24 or other fastening structure could be used to facilitate the wearer putting on or taking off garment 10.
  • the shirt portion 12 and pants portion 14 are made of a base fabric but are joined together by an elastic abdominal ring 26.
  • This ring section 26 is made of a material which applies a longitudinal resistance force to the body of the user in response to movement of the body.
  • Elastic ring section 26 may be made of any suitable elastic material such as various forms of spandex and preferably LYCRA® .
  • the base fabric used in the garment 10 may also be made of any suitable material such as the various materials disclosed for base fabric in the above noted patents and applications.
  • the base fabric could either be non-elastic or could have some degree of elasticity but would have a longitudinal resistance force less than the longitudinal resistance force or characteristics of the elastic ring section. Thus, greater force is required to longitudinally stretch the elastic ring section 26 and a greater elastic longitudinal force would result when the material of ring section 26 tends to return to its original condition.
  • Figure 2 illustrates an alternative wherein the elastic abdominal ring 26A does not extend completely around the body, but rather has a pair of free ends 28,28 spaced from each other and being interconnected by base fabric 30.
  • Base fabric 30 could have the same longitudinal resistance characteristics as other portions of base fabric in the garment or could have greater or lesser longitudinal resistance characteristics.
  • Figures 1-2 show the body portion of the garment to include an abdominal ring section, similar ring sections could circumscribe other parts of the body.
  • the garment could include a chest ring instead of or in addition to the abdominal ring.
  • Figure 3 illustrates a garment wherein the shirt portion 12 is provided with elastic resistance shoulder rings 32 which are separated from each other by the base fabric in shirt 12.
  • Figure 3 also shows the option wherein the elastic ring section is an elbow ring 34.
  • Such an elbow ring could be provided on each arm or sleeve in addition to or instead of the shoulder rings.
  • a shoulder ring could be provided on one or both shoulders.
  • Figure 3 further illustrates the inclusion of zippers 24 to facilitate the user inserting or removing the arms from the garment.
  • Figure 4 illustrates a variation of elbow ring 34A which does not extend completely around the elbow, but rather includes spaced strips separated by base fabric 36.
  • the strips may be joined together by upper and lower rings 38 which could be made of the same material as the strips for ring 34A.
  • Figure 5 illustrates an elastic ring section 40 which is located on the forearm of a shirt 12.
  • the forearm ring 40 may extend completely around and encircle the forearm or may only partially encircle the forearm such as being made from spaced strips (as in Figure 4) or from an open ring having its two ends spaced from each other and connected by base fabric (as in Figure 2).
  • Figure 6 shows a variation of the invention wherein the shirt 12 includes a forearm ring 40A and an upper arm ring 41 which are made to cover larger portions of the limb than the prior described rings.
  • forearm ring 40A could cover all or almost all of the forearm from the wrist to the elbow and upper arm ring 41 could extend from the shoulder to the elbow or even beyond the elbow.
  • Forearm ring 40A could be anchored to hand loop 39 or could have base fabric at the extremity of the sleeve without being anchored.
  • Figures 7-9 illustrate various elastic ring sections in the pants portion of the garment
  • Figures 9-11 illustrate the inclusion of elastic panels in the body portion of the garment.
  • Figure 7 shows other alternative locations for the elastic ring sections. Specifically, Figure 7 illustrates an elastic resistance upper leg or thigh ring 42 and an elastic resistance knee ring 44, as well as an elastic resistance lower leg ring 46 which could be located at the calf above the ankle.
  • These various rings in the pants 14 could be used in sets where, for example, each leg would have the same number and location of rings as the other leg or could be used where different rings are applied on each leg.
  • Figure 8 shows a variation wherein the upper leg ring 42A is longer than the ring 42 and the lower leg ring 46A is longer than the ring 46.
  • Each of these longer ring sections could completely encircle, for example, the entire upper leg and lower leg respectively.
  • Ring 46A could be anchored to stirrup 20.
  • the various ring sections could be made from a closed ring which completely encircles its portion of the body or from a partial ring.
  • the ring is a partial ring, it could be made from a ring section having spaced ends interconnected by the base fabric, as shown in Figure 2, or could be made from a plurality of spaced strips or bands, as shown in Figure 4, with intermediate portions of base fabric and with the ends of the bands interconnected by the elastic material having the same characteristics of the elastic strips or bands or by material of different longitudinal elastic characteristics.
  • end rings could be omitted.
  • a closed ring would be used.
  • partial rings should preferably come close to comprising a closed ring. It is to be understood, however, that having open areas in the partial ring may still be within the practices of this invention.
  • the elastic longitudinal resistance material of the ring section should occupy a significant portion of the circumscribed limb/body such as at least 1/4 or 1/3 of the portion of the circumscribed limb/body.
  • the elastic material of the ring section should cover at least half and more preferably at least 3/4 or 90% of the area of that portion of the body or garment where the ring section is located.
  • Figure 9 shows a variation of the invention wherein an abdominal ring 26B is provided which is interconnected to thigh rings 42B by longitudinal elastic resistance bands 48.
  • Such resistance bands 48 may be of the type described in the various previously noted patents and applications.
  • the purpose of illustrating the bands 48 in Figure 9 is to make clear that the invention may be practiced where elastic ring sections are used in combination with longitudinal elastic resistance bands.
  • One or more longitudinal spaced bands 48 may be connected to a ring section or may interconnect two ring sections.
  • Figure 9 also illustrates a practice of the invention wherein the body portion includes spaced longitudinal elastic panels 50 which could be provided on the back end or front portion of the garment.
  • Figure 10 shows a variation wherein a single central panel 52 is provided of generally closed V-shape having edges 54 which converge toward each other in a direction away from the neck.
  • the center panel 52 is preferably made of material having longitudinal resistance characteristics and could be at the back or front of the shirt 12.
  • Figure 11 shows a variation wherein the center elastic panel 56 is of open V-shape and could be at the front or back of the garment.

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ITUA20163084A1 (it) * 2016-05-03 2017-11-03 Salvatore Paparella Procedimento per ottenere un indumento ad elasticita' differenziata ed indumento ottenuto con detto procedimento
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