EP1405574B1 - Trousers or undergarment for horse sports - Google Patents

Abstract

The padding is integrated into the trousers or pants and fixed, and can also be removed. The trousers are seamless in the rider's crutch/seat area and have two layers in the crotch area (3) to create one or several insertion pockets (4). The pocket(s) are fastened by Velcro fasteners or other mechanical fasteners to prevent the padding from sliding out of the pants. An Independent claim is made for the padding.

Description

The invention relates to a pair of breeches or riding underpants for ladies in the crotch area, double-walled to form a pocket, with a protective pad is provided, which can be inserted into the insertion pocket and removed again and which has a spatial shape.

A riding pant is from the DE 147 071 C in which a Unterbeinkleid is described for riders, which is characterized in that the coming in permanent or temporary contact with the saddle and the body of the mount bodies of underpants have a double wall, between the layers, a correspondingly thick layer of elastic and the sweat-absorbing soft pulp, which serves to reduce the occurring shocks and friction and to absorb the sweat at the contact points.

This padding, which is inserted in the area of the double wall of the lower leg gown, merely represents a layer of soft fiber which, on the one hand, is intended to reduce the occurrence of shocks and friction and, on the other hand, absorbs perspiration. It is therefore a substantially flat cushion layer without any special shape.

From the US 549048 is a pair of pants with the features of the preamble known. It has an insertion pocket and a protective pad inserted therein, which is filled with air and designed to protect the male genital area U-shaped.

The US 5978970 describes a protective pad for cyclists that can be put in a pair of pants. The insert has two wings, which are pushed under the buttocks of the cyclist. Between these wings, a slightly dented ridge protrudes towards the wings, which is supposed to protect the dam area from pressure when riding a bicycle. A similar protective insert is from the DE 10100900C2 is known, which also has a seat and a protruding portion having a recess for receiving the male genitalia. In particular, a protective channel is provided for the vein extending in the region of the penis root.

The US 2977957 describes a way to fix a sanitary napkin. Finally, sanitary napkins integrated into trousers are made of US 5683373 as well as the JP 11-36101 known.

The publication FR 2420339 describes a sanitary napkin that has a protrusion that is inserted into the female vulva. At the top of this projection, a recess for receiving menstrual fluid is provided.

Cyclists pants are known from the field of cycling, which are not double-walled in the crotch area, but there to protect the affected body parts and in particular the genitals have protective inserts to protect these body parts of the driver from the highest pressure and friction stresses.

So is out of the EP 0 776 615 A2 a men's and women's cycling pants having an insert made of a single planar piece of material symmetrically cut with respect to the symmetry plane of the cyclist, there being no seam in that plane of symmetry in the insert; which could make noticeable in the sensitive area of the cyclist's body, on which he supports his weight on the bicycle saddle, that therefore no thickening is formed there exactly, which could injure the sensitive body tissues in this zone. This known insert is sewn only to its outer, no longer burdened by the pressure of the body weight of the driver edges in textile cycling pants and is, by special cuts, etc., the body shape of the cyclist easily adapted spatially. Nonetheless, the insert itself is made from a single, flat piece and does not have a shape specially adapted to the anatomy of the driver. Also, this deposit is, as stated above, firmly connected with the cycling pants.

A removable and designed as a seat pad liner is from the DE 101 00 593 C1 known. It describes a pair of trousers, in particular a pair of cycling pants, which has a removable seat cushion arranged in the trouser step, which can be inserted into receiving elements provided with special tabs provided on the underside of the seat cushion, which are provided on the inner side of the trouser. As a result, the seat cushion can be taken out of the cycling pants again at any time.

The seat cushion itself also has no special, adapted to the rider anatomical training, it is only in the seatbone area of the pelvis of a driver wider than in the front pubic area and a total of planar design.

The deposits or seat pad described with reference to the above known bicycle pants are not suitable for special breeches or riding underpants. You can not relieve the immediately coming into contact with the saddle during body parts of the body, especially in the pubic area of the rider, not significantly relieve the resulting pressure and the frictional movements, which are unavoidable especially when riding. The rider must indeed regulate or support the movements of the horse by active pelvic movements, while the main load of the rider on the saddle on the two buttocks bone and the pubic bone is derived. The seat of the saddle, for example at a saddle of English type, is increased in front (Vorderzwiesel) and narrow and then goes back into a wider seat over. The increase of the Vorderzwiesels can vary, depending on the model and fit.

Due to the movement of the pelvis, the rider constantly rubs his pubic area on the saddle, causing injuries caused by friction and pressure. Since the rider's pelvis is the most important transmitter for the rider's steering aids to the horse, the rider's pubic area can not be spared or relieved if the rider wants to maintain the correct riding style and does not want to irritate his horse. This means that with prolonged riding, the soreness in the pubic area also worsened. For example, underpants often stick to the worn, sometimes bloody and burning parts of the body. Although the rider can treat the damaged body parts after riding with a wound ointment or similar, but will find that he is still exposed to physical discomfort, especially when urinating. Of course, these impairments are even more pronounced among professional riders who do not have time to let the wounds heal before they sit back on the horse. This soreness then tempts the rider to relieve the pain by attempting to take a restraint posture or painful sliding back and forth on the saddle, but this prevents the correct and quiet fit and thus the exact impact of the weight aids on the horse.

In women, especially the inner labia and clitoris area is stressed and then rubbed by riding. In men, especially the area of the scrotum and especially the testicles, but also the penis root is claimed.

The well-known from the field of cycling sports pads for bicycle pants can not prevent the above physical demands and even injuries to the body of the rider in his pubic area, since they ultimately through their flat or planar training at the corresponding body sites of the wearer of such pants over the entire surface Abutting pubic area.

Also known are gel-filled pads for the seat of the saddle, commercially available under the name "gel seat cushion". Such protective pads are also not suitable for the purpose of riding, since the full seat is filled with gel. This results in a "spongy" feeling for the rider and therefore he can not control his exercising on the horse steering movements exactly.

It is now the object of the invention to avoid the disadvantages described above in the pants or underpants described at the outset, in particular the breeches or riding pants, but in particular to ensure that the rider can steer his horse properly for a very long time away, without his most sensitive body parts to hurt in the pubic area.

This goal is in the aforementioned trousers or pants by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1. The protective pad has a spatial shape and is anatomically adapted to the female pubic area.
The three-dimensional anatomical adaptation of the protective pad makes it possible for the first time to provide suitable physical seat supports specifically for the female wearer in order to relieve the endangered pubic areas of the wearer. Due to the anatomical adaptation of the spatial shape of the protective pad, it is possible to make this according to the wishes of the respective wearer so that an extremely comfortable and especially physically gentle fit is made possible.

In this case, the protective pad according to the invention is designed as a molded part, which remains spatially spaced from the pressure-sensitive pubic areas of women (labia and clitoris) while wearing the pants or underpants and only at the sensitive body parts surrounding this, less sensitive lateral leg areas and the rear Buttocks area rests.
Because of the respective pubic areas anatomically reproduced spatial shape of the protective pad and especially the formation of the protective pad as a molded part, this can take care in its design that the most sensitive pubic areas of women during sitting in the saddle of an immediate contact with the corresponding protective pad area free or at least essentially free. As a result, of course, a chafing or emergence of bruises is avoided from the outset.

Advantageously, the protective pad formed as a molded part can be made of a waterproof film which is designed as a pad adapted to the respective anatomical shape of the pubic area of the woman and filled with gel.
This above-described training of the protective pad is a particularly hygienic training of the same, since a waterproof film can be properly hygienically maintained as an outer layer of the protective pad. But there are other materials for Production of the molding conceivable, for example foamed plastics, which are highly elastic at a required dimensional stability.

Advantageously, the protective cushion formed as a molded part can also be designed in several parts. Such a design may be desired by the wearer for various reasons. By a multi-part design of the protective pad or the protective pad forming molding, an individual adjustment in the pubic area can be provided.

In inventive training pants or underpants of the double-walled area of the same is formed as a slide-in pocket, in which the protective pad or the molded part can be inserted and also removed again.
Such an insertion pocket makes it possible to fix the formed as a molded part pad in pants or underpants and secure against slipping, etc., without having to be sewn tightly in the pants.

Advantageously, the double-walled area of the pants or underpants extends as far forward and back over the pubic area, that the seams that limit the double-walled area in the stomach as well as in the back area of the pants or underpants, no longer in the contact or pressure area of the body Carrier with the saddle surface lie.
It is important here that the part of the pants or underpants, which lies in the pressure area of the pubic area of the wearer, has no seams, as these regularly represent increases or thickening, which specifically increase the pressure on the sensitive body parts of the wearer and thus specifically cause injury to these areas. Due to the fact that the double-walled region of the pants or underpants in the abdominal and in the back region is pulled up particularly towards the waistline, the seams are no longer in the above-described delicate pressure range.

On the other hand, the double-walled area in the region where the inner sides of the legs of the wearer come to rest, no seams.
This avoids that arise in the region of the inner sides of the legs of the wearer just in the transition region to the pubic area no special pressure points, the double-walled area or the insertion pocket formed so is sufficiently held by the seams in the stomach or back.

In an advantageous development of the pants or pants, the body region of the wearer facing inner layer of the double-walled area of the pants or underpants can be removable or detachably formed from these.
In this way it can be achieved that the inner layer of the double-walled area can be replaced quickly without having to change the entire pants or underpants.

In a further embodiment, the inner side of the trousers or underpants located below the inner layer of the double-walled region of the trousers or underpants has holding means which serve to fix and / or hold the inner layer of the double-walled region of the trousers or underpants immediately adjacent to the pubic region of the wearer.
Such holding means for the inner layer of the double-walled area are extremely advantageous, as they allow a quick replacement of the inner layer and thus facilitate the hygiene care.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, which lies under the inner layer of the double-walled region of the pants or pants inner side of the pants or underpants on a retaining means which serves for fixing and / or holding the one or more parts used there.
If the double-walled area of the trousers or underpants and especially the pocket formed in this area is not exactly adapted to the inserted molding or the multipart molding, this or this can move during wear within the double-walled area, but this is by a separate and on the one or more parts of the molding and also the individual arrangement of the molding or the moldings within the double-walled area of the pants or underpants tuned special holding means prevented.

Advantageously, the holding means are designed in the form of hook and loop fasteners.
Such Velcro fasteners made of textile materials affect the comfort in any way, especially not because these Velcro closures are indeed arranged below the protective pad designed as a molded part.

The object of the invention and mentioned above is achieved specifically by breeches or underpants, which has a one- or multi-part protective pad for insertion into the pubic area of a pair of pants or pants trained as a molded part, in a special molding process the individual pubic area a woman is anatomically adapted. Such a protective padding can protect the pubic or genital area of a woman particularly well from wounding, since it is the respective physical Peculiarities of the woman is precisely adapted and consequently also adapted to the carrier best in terms of its training.

The invention is explained below by way of example with reference to the example of a ladies' riding underpants and with reference to the figures illustrated in the drawings, which are described in more detail below.

Fig. 1

eine Vorderansicht einer Damen-Reitunterhose,

Fig. 2

eine Rückansicht einer Damen-Reitunterhose,

Fig. 3

eine Draufsicht auf die Innenseite einer abgewickelten, also noch nicht in den seitlichen Hüftbereichen zusammengenähten Damen-Reitunterhose mit doppelwandig ausgebildetem Schrittbereich,

Fig.4

eine Draufsicht gemäß Fig. 3, jedoch ohne innere Lage des doppelwandig ausgebildeten Schrittbereichs,

Fig. 5

eine Draufsicht auf das als Formteil für eine Reiterin ausgebildete Schutzpolster,

Fig. 6

einen Längsschnitt durch das Schutzpolster gemäß Linie VI - VI in Fig. 5 und

Fig. 7

eine perspektivische Ansicht auf das als Formteil ausgebildete Schutzpolster gemäß Fig. 5.

Show it:

Fig. 1

a front view of a ladies riding pant,

Fig. 2

a rear view of a ladies riding pant,

Fig. 3

a plan view of the inside of a developed, so not yet sewn together in the lateral hip areas ladies riding panties with double-walled trained crotch,

Figure 4

3 is a top view according to FIG. 3, but without the inner layer of the double-walled crotch region, FIG.

Fig. 5

a top view of trained as a molded part for a rider protective pad,

Fig. 6

a longitudinal section through the protective pad according to line VI - VI in Fig. 5 and

Fig. 7

a perspective view of the formed as a molded part protective pad according to FIG. 5th

In the pants shown in the figures is a riding underpants, namely one for women. The on such a ladies riding pants, it is a pair of pants in so-called slip-form, hereinafter exemplified invention, can of course analogous riding underpants with attached legs and especially on men's riding pants and ultimately in principle also riding breeches for riders and horseback riders.

The riding pants 1 shown in Figures 1 to 4 consists essentially of a blank 2, especially as such in Figures 3 and 4 in flat unwound position and sewn together at the lateral waist regions 3, as shown in Figs.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1 and 2, the riding underpants in the leg region in their front part 4, as usual with briefs, are cut out higher than at the back part 5.

The crotch area 6 is double-walled, i. on the inside 7, as shown in Fig. 3, a correspondingly tailored inner layer 8, which may readily consist of the same material as the blank 2 of the riding pants, provided, wherein the inner layer 8 in this area in terms of the dimension exactly Crotch 6 of the blank 2 is adapted.

Through this inner layer 8 is formed in the crotch region 6, an insertion pocket 9, in which a protective pad can be inserted, which, as described in more detail below, is designed as a molded part 10.

The inner layer 8 is fastened, for example, by means of seams 11 on the blank 2, wherein it is essential that these seams 11 are pulled very high to the belt line both in the region of the front part 4 and in the region of the back part 5. This is to ensure that the seams, which are ultimately represent thickening and can cause unpleasant pressure points, are taken out of the actual seating area, so from the pressure area between the body of the rider on the one hand and the saddle surface on the other. For this reason, no seams are present on the inner layer 8 in the area where the insides of the legs of the rider come to rest.

Instead of attaching the inner layer 8 with seams, this could also be done by means of special holding means 12, for example Velcro tapes, which are provided on the blank on the one hand and with a possibly. Required second part on the underside of the inner layer 8 on the other hand.

As can also be seen from FIG. 4, on the inner side 7 of the blank 2 in the crotch region 6, in the middle and especially in the region of the riding underpants, which comes for direct contact with the pubic area of the rider or the rider, a special one provided in this area protective pad 10 adapted holding means 13 which may be formed in any suitable form, advantageously also as a Velcro closure.

The protective pad 10 to be inserted into this area and to be fastened is shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 and shows its particular spatial shape, with which it is anatomically adapted to the female pubic area in the embodiment described here.

As can be seen from FIG. 5, the molded part 10 has a mirror-symmetrical shape, the mirror plane lying in the plane of symmetry of the human body.

The molded part 10 further comprises, as shown in Fig. 6, a substantially wedge-shaped configuration, wherein the higher region forms the front portion 14 of the molding 10 and the contrast flat or expiring region of the rear portion 15 of the molding 10.

As well as Fig. 5 but also Fig. 7 can be seen very well, the top 16 of the molding 10 has a recess 17, which is intended to the most sensitive parts of the pubic area of a woman, namely labia and clitoris in front of a To protect immediate pressure load and to divert the resulting in this area by the body weight on the one hand and the saddle surface on the other hand pressure from these sensitive body sites and redirect to the less sensitive adjacent internal leg surfaces.

It is therefore important in the shaping of such a molded part 10 that it is adapted as closely as possible to the individual pubic area of a rider, it should possibly even be personally adapted to each rider by means of a special shaping process.

It is essential that in the formation of such a molded part 10 sharp edges and other bumps are avoided.

The underside 18 of the molding 10 is carried out relatively flat, but could also be modeled the curvature of the saddle surface in this seating area.

The molded part itself can be made of different materials, for example a protective pad made of a waterproof film, which is designed as a gel-filled cushion. Such a molded part 10 would be hygienic very easy to maintain.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 6, the molded part 10 has on its underside 18 a counter-holding means 19 which, together with the holding means 13 shown in FIG. 4, ensures a slip-resistant connection.

Claims (4)

1. Ladies' riding pants or riding underpants, which have a double-wall design in the crotch area (6) so as to form an insertion pocket (9), wherein a protective padding (10) is provided, which can be inserted into the insertion pocket (9) and removed from it again and which has a three-dimensional design, characterized in that the protective padding (10) is anatomically adapted to the female pubic area by means of a recess (17) on the upper side (16) facing towards the wearer, such that pressure is removed from the wearer's pressure-sensitive pubic area, said recess (17) not extending all the way to the lower side (18).
2. Pants or underpants according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the protective padding (10) is of a multipart design.
3. Pants or underpants according to any one of the above claims, characterized in that the part of the pants (1) located in that region of the wearer's pubic area which is subject to pressure does not have any seams.
4. Riding pants or riding underpants according to any one of the above claims, characterized in that the protective padding (10) is flat, at least along an intersection line with the median sagittal plane (VI-VI), on the lower side (18) facing away from the recess (17).

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