EP2204101A1 - Maillot de bain de compétition - Google Patents

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EP2204101A1
EP2204101A1 EP08425824A EP08425824A EP2204101A1 EP 2204101 A1 EP2204101 A1 EP 2204101A1 EP 08425824 A EP08425824 A EP 08425824A EP 08425824 A EP08425824 A EP 08425824A EP 2204101 A1 EP2204101 A1 EP 2204101A1
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Francesco Fabbrica
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D7/00—Bathing gowns; Swim-suits, drawers, or trunks; Beach suits
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2400/00—Functions or special features of garments
    • A41D2400/24—Reducing drag or turbulence in air or water

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  • the present invention relates to a racing swimsuit, of the type specified in the preamble to the first claim.
  • trunks or a suit made of stretch water-permeable material They generally consist of trunks or a suit made of stretch water-permeable material. They can be made of polymeric or natural woven yarns.
  • garments consisting of a suit which substantially envelops the body excluding the shoulders and neck.
  • the water can get inside the swimsuit, reducing its hydrodynamics and thus slowing down the speed of the swimmer wearing it.
  • the swimsuit can reduce the sensitivity of the swimmer to contact with the water and consequently negatively affect the performance of the swimmer, who does not have a precise reference in terms of contact with the water.
  • the technical aim of the present invention is to conceive a racing swimsuit able to substantially remedy the above-mentioned drawbacks.
  • an important object of the invention is to conceive a swimsuit with optimal hydrodynamics.
  • a further important object of the invention is to obtain a swimsuit able to improve the performance of swimmers.
  • the racing swimsuit according to the invention in indicated overall by the number 1.
  • the swimsuit 1 furthermore covers at least part of the legs, and preferably all of the same with the exclusion of the feet, all of the bust and back and the shoulders, leaving the whole of the arms substantially free, except for the shoulders.
  • the swimsuit 1 comprises a round-neck portion 4 suitable for enveloping at least part of the neck and having a height of between 0.3 cm and 3 cm and preferably between 1 cm and 2 cm. Consequently, in the region of the neck, the swimsuit entirely covers the back and the chest.
  • the swimsuit 1 comprises a portion of sleeves 5, suitable for substantially covering the shoulders and not the arms.
  • the sleeve portion on a person approximately 1.8 m tall, has a length of less than 10 cm and more preferably between 3 cm and 7 cm. Consequently, also in the region of the shoulders, the swimsuit entirely covers both the back and the chest.
  • the swimsuit 1 comprises two zips 6, a front zip 6a and a back zip 6b, described in further detail below.
  • the zips 6 are positioned along the sagittal plane 7, i.e. substantially in a vertical direction when worn by a user in the erect position, and extend from the top of the round-neck portion 4 preferably to the lower portion of the chest. They therefore have a length preferably between 30 cm and 40 cm and permit opening of the upper portion of the swimsuit along the sagittal plane 7 in two halves.
  • the swimsuit 1 is preferably made of nine main membranes 2, as illustrated in Fig. 1 and 2 .
  • frontally there are two membranes 2a, 2b, one for each leg, one membrane 2c corresponding to the pelvis and two 2d, 2e corresponding to the chest, reciprocally divided by the front zip 6a.
  • the membrane 2c corresponding to the pelvis, is limited at the top by the bottom of the front zip 6a and by the seams 3, which connect the same membrane 2c corresponding to the pelvis to the membranes 2d, 2e corresponding to the chest, forming with the front zip 6a angles greater than a right angle.
  • the swimsuit 1 comprises membranes 2f, 2g corresponding to each leg and extending substantially up to the chest, and two membranes 2h, 2i corresponding to the chest, reciprocally divided by the back zip 6b.
  • the membranes 2f, 2g corresponding to the legs and pelvis are vertically limited by the bottom of the back zip 6b and the seams 3, which connect said membranes 2f, 2g to the membranes 2h, 2i corresponding to the chest, forming with the back zip 6b angles greater than a right angle.
  • the seams 3 connect the membranes 2 of the front part to the membranes 2 of the back part.
  • seams 3 which connect at the front and back the membranes 2d, 2e, 2h 2i corresponding to the chest to the lower membranes 2c, 2f, 2g meet at said seams 3 on the hips.
  • Secondary membranes 2 are also provided at the level of the collar, in particular two semicircular membranes divided by the zips 6 and having a height substantially identical to the height of the round-neck portion 4.
  • Other secondary membranes 2 can be provided having mainly aesthetic functions, for example at the level of the calves or other.
  • the swimsuit 1 is furthermore preferably made in dimensions such that, when worn, the membranes 2 are tensioned and preferably have an average elongation of between 20% and 120% of the length of said membranes 2 when at rest.
  • the membranes 2 are defined, at least partly, by a stretch fabric made of polymeric yarns or similar and woven according to known weaves.
  • the stretch fabric is furthermore covered, coated or faced in a polymer so as to form one single membrane 2.
  • said stretch fabric is made of a base periodic weave consisting of two yarns, one in polyamide and one in elastomer, the weight proportions of which, with respect to the total weight of the stretch fabric, are preferably between 70% and 90% and between 10% and 30% respectively, more preferably between 75% and 85% and between 15% and 25% and even more preferably around 80% and 20% respectively.
  • said stretch fabric can consist of yarns made of polyurethane or similar.
  • the stretch fabric is then coated preferably by said polymer consisting of polyurethane. Coating is preferably performed at 100°C -120°C by means of known industrial equipment or also manually.
  • the polyurethane then penetrates between the fibres of the stretch fabric and forms a membrane in one single layer.
  • the coating polymer and the stretch fabric are therefore closely integrated in one single membrane.
  • the weight percentages between said stretch fabric and said coating polymer are between 50% and 70% and between 30% and 50% respectively, more preferably between 55% and 65% and between 35% and 45% and even more preferably around 60% and 40% respectively.
  • Each membrane 2 therefore consists preferably of polyurethanes, polyamides and elastomers, the weight proportions of which, with respect to the weight of the membrane 2, are preferably respectively between 35% and 45% (polyurethanes), between 43% and 53% (polyamides) and between 7% and 17% (elastomers), and more preferably are around 40%, 48% and 12% respectively.
  • Said membranes 2 have the following characteristics: ultimate elongation greater than 300% in the longitudinal direction and greater than 150% in the transverse direction with respect to the main direction of development of the fibres (test performed by means of the UNI EN ISO 1421 method), elongation under a load of 100 N: greater than 300% in the longitudinal direction and greater than 150% in the transverse direction (UNI 4818-7 test method), impermeability greater than 200 cm (UNI EN 1734 test method), ultimate tensile strength: greater than 100N/5cm in both directions (UNI EN ISO 1421 test method), tear strength: greater than 10N in both directions (UNI 4818-9 test method), weight between 130 and 170 g/m 2 .
  • the membranes 2 are therefore waterproof due in particular to the presence of said covering polymer, and in particular the polyurethane with which the fabric is coated.
  • An outer surface 1a and an inner surface 1b , in contact with the skin of the wearer of said swimsuit 1, are furthermore defined.
  • the seams 3 between the membranes 2 are made preferably by means of an ultrasound heat sealing process along the border of said membranes, as illustrated in Fig. 4 .
  • a reinforcement band 8 for the seam 3 is preferably positioned, connected to the membranes 2 by means of hot-melt gluing, heat sealing or various adhesives.
  • Said seams 3 are particularly effective with the membranes 2 described, given that said coating polymer penetrates between the fibres of the stretch fabric and permits connection between adjacent membranes 2 and the band 8.
  • the zip 6 comprises a row of teeth 9, surrounded and supported by two lateral bands 10 connected to the inner surface 1b by means of adhesives or heat sealing.
  • the row of teeth 7 is furthermore covered by means of two membrane flaps 11, which have a central opening 12 suitable for permitting opening and closing of the zip 6.
  • the outer surface of the zip 6 is therefore completely covered by the edges 9 and is aligned with the outer surface of the swimsuit 1a.
  • the zip 6 comprises a slide fastener suitable for being positioned both along the inner surface 1a and along the outer surface 1b.
  • the swimsuit 1 furthermore comprises elastic lateral edges 13 preferably having a modulus of elasticity, in a direction parallel to the direction of development of said edges 13, no greater than the modulus of elasticity of the membranes 2.
  • a supporting band can be positioned on the edges 13.
  • the invention offers important advantages.
  • the applicant has ascertained that the compression on the muscles of the athletes exerted by the swimsuit 1 improves the performance of said athletes.
  • the seams 3 and the particular zips 6 also improve the hydrodynamics of the swimsuit 1.
  • the total covering of the bust and back in the areas of the shoulders and neck provides ideal hydrodynamics for the swimmer without limiting his sensitivity and references with respect to the surface of the water.
  • a further advantage consists in the presence of the two zips 6.
  • the back zip 6b probably introduces a further stress component which keeps the membranes 2 in contact with the back also between the shoulder blades.
  • the zip 6b has a greater rigidity and lower elasticity with respect to the membranes 2 and, when tensioned, tends to remain as far as possible along a straight line in the sagittal plane 7 and therefore presses in the direction of the body, shaping the surface of the swimsuit 1 to the surface of the body.
  • a further characteristic which has improved the performance of swimmers is surprisingly the particular shape of the lateral edges 13, which do not compress the body of the athlete more than the membranes 2, unlike the known swimsuits 1.

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EP0875161A1 (fr) * 1997-04-21 1998-11-04 RUE ROYALE DIANA S.p.A. Costume de bain en caoutchouc pour diminuer la résistance à l'eau
FR2781340A1 (fr) * 1998-07-27 2000-01-28 Michel Bargiarelli Vetement aquatique de type combinaison
EP1127500A2 (fr) * 2000-02-24 2001-08-29 adidas International B.V. Maillot de bain sous forme de combinaison recouvrant tout le corps
EP1250858A1 (fr) * 1999-12-17 2002-10-23 Speedo International Limited Article vestimentaire moulant perfectionné au cause de la tension
EP1627574A1 (fr) * 2003-05-05 2006-02-22 Vives Vidal, Vivesa, SA Vetement de sport
JP2007314931A (ja) * 2007-09-04 2007-12-06 Descente Ltd スポーツ競技姿勢を制御する競技用水着
ITMI20080555A1 (it) 2008-04-01 2009-10-02 Francesco Fabbrica Apparato e metodo per saldare membrane

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EP0875161A1 (fr) * 1997-04-21 1998-11-04 RUE ROYALE DIANA S.p.A. Costume de bain en caoutchouc pour diminuer la résistance à l'eau
FR2781340A1 (fr) * 1998-07-27 2000-01-28 Michel Bargiarelli Vetement aquatique de type combinaison
EP1250858A1 (fr) * 1999-12-17 2002-10-23 Speedo International Limited Article vestimentaire moulant perfectionné au cause de la tension
EP1127500A2 (fr) * 2000-02-24 2001-08-29 adidas International B.V. Maillot de bain sous forme de combinaison recouvrant tout le corps
EP1627574A1 (fr) * 2003-05-05 2006-02-22 Vives Vidal, Vivesa, SA Vetement de sport
JP2007314931A (ja) * 2007-09-04 2007-12-06 Descente Ltd スポーツ競技姿勢を制御する競技用水着
ITMI20080555A1 (it) 2008-04-01 2009-10-02 Francesco Fabbrica Apparato e metodo per saldare membrane

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WO2016024160A1 (fr) * 2014-08-11 2016-02-18 Zhik Pty Ltd Vêtement textile comprenant le textile, et procédés de fabrication du textile et du vêtement
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