EP2531054B1 - Système d'exosquelette - Google Patents

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EP2531054B1
EP2531054B1 EP11740084.6A EP11740084A EP2531054B1 EP 2531054 B1 EP2531054 B1 EP 2531054B1 EP 11740084 A EP11740084 A EP 11740084A EP 2531054 B1 EP2531054 B1 EP 2531054B1
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  • the present invention relates to garments to be worn by a user that the garments serve as an exoskeleton. Moreover, the garment has an outer surface which is made of plush material and allows anchorage of useful devices onto the garments with the use of hook and loop fasteners.
  • United Kingdom patent application no. 2359497 discloses a progressive weighted exercise garment.
  • the claimed invention basically comprises a garment panel, a weight receiving module with pouches for receiving weighted member and a securing means to fix the module onto the garment.
  • the receiving module in the claimed invention is preferably sewn onto the garment at a predetermined position to minimize possible injury to the user and the pouches within are compartments made of pleated sheet.
  • Exercise apparel with a weight packet is disclosed in United States patent application no. 5144694 .
  • the disclosed apparel includes structure for holding at least one weight packet, while the weight packets are plural rows and plural columns of weight member inside a cloth pouch.
  • Johnson further describes a weighted exercise garment in United States patent application no. 5553322 which the garment is formed of one piece resilient flexible material to be snug fit onto the wearer.
  • the disclosed garment has means for removably carrying weight to be attached onto the front and rear upper panels as well as thigh portion of the garment.
  • complementary releasable fasteners are located at the mentioned panels for mounting of the weight.
  • the Unites States patent US 4 407 497 A discloses another weighted exercise suit incorporating two weight strips that are removably attached to the suit over the shoulder.
  • the United States patent US 4 476 857 A discloses an arm support for the prevention and treatment of epicondylitis by providing muscle compression, stabilization, and heat retention for the forearm having a center layer of neoprene rubber and an inner and outer layer of flexible fabrics wherein one elongated elastic pliable band is attached to the outer layer including interengaging surfaces.
  • thermogenesis weight loss garment is provided in the United States patent publication no. 2006/0172870 .
  • the garments are sleeves for distal limbs that it contains predefined amount of additional weight loads stitched onto it. By wearing the disclosed garment in daily activities, the disclosed invention claims to be able to increase daily caloric expenditure.
  • the mentioned inventions lack the flexibility which allows users to customize themselves regarding the body parts to be loaded with exogenous weight.
  • the above mentioned inventions have predetermined locations fabricated on the garment to be loaded with the exogenous weight.
  • a limitation of this can be, for example, athletes of a particular sport may need neuromuscular or physiological development in only specific parts of the body, pouches or attachment sites for securing the exogenous weight provided on the garment can be redundant if these sites were not in use.
  • lack of attachment sites at certain location may prohibit exogenous weight to be loaded for training purpose.
  • the mentioned inventions focus mainly on weight load training solely while ignoring the fact that protection to the body part is equally important particularly in sports involving violent physical contact like soccer or football.
  • the sport performance promoting garment should offer sufficient protection to the wearer, preferably serves as exoskeleton, while it is worn to enhance sport performance and/or general health and fitness.
  • the present invention aims to provide an exoskeleton system which is equipped with a convenient and user-friendly anchoring mechanism over its entire outer surface for attachment of various devices. More particularly, the exoskeleton system has an outer surface fully covered by plush material providing thereon a platform for anchoring different devices designed to perform various tasks during but not limited to, all types of exercise and movements associated with health, fitness, and sports training and/or protection during high impact activities.
  • a further object of the present invention is to disclose an exoskeleton system capable of enhancing recovery progress and overall neuromuscular, physiological and psychological function upon wearing the disclosed system on its own.
  • the present invention is made of material with good pliability and it is intended to be worn in a snug fit fashion.
  • the exoskeleton in its contracting state applies compressive force onto the body part following which promotes several positive responses including but not limited to, favourable blood flow, enhanced muscle contraction, improved stabilization and confidence during movement and a positive thermogenic effect in the specific area.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to disclose an exoskeleton system that allows light to moderate progressive resistance and specific weight load training onto different muscle parts in the body according to the user's preference.
  • the anchoring mechanism permits the user to attach exogenous weight load of any volume onto specific location of the body as long the body part is covered by the exoskeleton system. Consequently, specific muscle parts can be progressively trained as planned by the user.
  • Another object of the present invention is to offer protection to the wearer.
  • the present invention is made of soft elastic material with impact absorbing property
  • a soft or hardened, shield-like device can be anchored and used in conjunction to render additional protection to the user.
  • one of the preceding objects is met, in whole or in part, by the present invention, in which one of the embodiments of the present invention includes an exoskeleton system comprising at least one garment selected from the group consisting of a shirt or vest, pants, an upper arm sleeve, a lower arm sleeve, a thigh sleeve, and a calf leg sleeve wherein the garment is a multilayer construct that essentially comprises an inner layer of nylon material and an outer layer made of plush material; and an article with attached hook and loop fasteners to be mounted onto the garment by securing the hook and loop fasteners onto any spots of the outer layer.
  • a structurally strong material such as neoprene or polyurethane are disposed in between the inner layer and the outer layer forming a middle layer thereto.
  • the garment is made to be perforated with plurality of through holes for air ventilation.
  • the article in the present invention will also allow the attachment to any part of the body covered by the exo-skeleton, various useful devices to be used in conjunction with the garments.
  • the devices are stopwatches, timers, heart rate monitors, pedometers, inertia, motion or acceleration sensors, GPS tracking devices, mp3 devices and the like.
  • the article is exogenous weight to be attached for specific and progressive, light to moderate resistance training.
  • the garment is compressive upon wearing.
  • the disclosed invention is an exoskeleton (100) system comprising at least one garment including a vest (110), pants (120), an upper arm sleeve (130), a lower arm sleeve (140), a thigh sleeve (150), and a leg sleeve (160) wherein the garment is a multilayer construct that essentially comprises an inner layer (201) of nylon material, and an outer layer (203) made of plush material; and an article (300) with attached hook and loop fasteners (301) to be mounted onto the garment by securing the hook and loop fasteners (301) onto any spots of the outer layer (203).
  • the complete set of exoskeleton can be divided into eight different garments to cover different body segment.
  • the complete set of exoskeleton (100) may be only constituted of 2 different garment pieces where all the sleeve are extended out from the vest and pants respectively.
  • the garments disclosed in the present invention covers almost all major muscles parts of the body namely back and rear torso, hip and groin, left and right thigh, left and right leg, left and right upper arm, as well as left and right lower arm.
  • the inner layer (201) of the garments of the present invention is directly in contact with the wearer skin.
  • it has to be made of material which is nonirritating and bio-compatible with human skin to reduce the likelihood of allergy in the user, while the material should show good abrasion resistance, good durability, and high resilient as well.
  • nylon or a similar material is employed as the material to fabricate the inner layer (201).
  • nylon material with the desired properties ensures durability of the disclosed invention for long term utilization.
  • the outer layer (203) of the garments preferably derives from plush material serving as loop for anchorage of the articles with the hook and loop fasteners, more specific the hook fasteners like Velcro.
  • the plush fabric or material as the outer layer (203) the disclosed garment not only supports attachments of the articles but also renders the garment to be felt smooth and silky.
  • the plush material used in the present invention is nonirritating fabric to further avoid skin irritation.
  • a middle layer made of neoprene or polyurethane is disposed in between the outer (203) and inner layer (201), more preferably, the outer (203) and inner layer (201) are joined by the middle layer (202) to form a multilayer structure.
  • the middle layer (202) is preferably made of highly pliable yet mechanically strong material such as neoprene or polyurethane to give the garment the necessary structural integrity.
  • the three different layers are stitched together at the peripheral edges or laminated using adhesive, heat, pressure or any combination thereof. Without the middle layer, the wearer may find the garment especially the sleeves slide up or down or even folded due to the body's movement.
  • the neoprene middle layer also guards the user from abrasive injuries and reinforces the body parts.
  • Therapeutic compressive force can be evenly applied to the body parts via the neoprene-based middle layer (202) as well. Having the outer and inner layer covering the neoprene, neoprene induced skin irritation is avoided.
  • the nylon layer deposited in between the skin and the neoprene makes the skin breathable. It is important to be noted that the disclosed garments can be worn in complete set or a single piece upon user preference. For snug fitting, the garments are preferably slightly stretched or poised in a contracting state when the garments are worn. Thus, the garment is compressive to the soft tissues on the body of the wearer upon wearing.
  • FIG 3 different embodiments of the vest (110) are shown.
  • Figure 3a shows a sleeveless design
  • figure 3b is a vest with short sleeve extended out from the shoulder that the short sleeves may eliminate the need of using upper arm sleeves
  • figure 3c reveals a vest (110) with long sleeves that no upper limb sleeves are used in conjunction.
  • articles can be removably attached anywhere on the front torso, back torso, side torso and the shoulder areas of the wearer onto the vest of the exoskeleton.
  • the vest is made to be seamless single piece for snug fitting.
  • Embodiments can be adapted by the pants (120) are illustrated in figure 4a and 4b .
  • Short pants in the figure 4a cover the hip, the groin and parts of the thigh of the wearer.
  • the long pants of figure 4b can extend down to the leg portion covering whole thigh and legs area that no thigh sleeve (150) and/or leg sleeve (160) are used together.
  • Further illustrated in figure 5 is one embodiment of the sleeve (180) where similar design is generally applied for fabricating different sleeves of various bodies segments namely thigh sleeve (150), leg sleeve (160), upper arm sleeve (130) and lower arm sleeve (140). These sleeves are almost identical to one another besides being different in terms of dimension.
  • the sleeve (180) is fabricated as a single seamless piece.
  • the sleeve (180) is tubular having two ends, namely a first end (181) and a second end (182).
  • the first end (181) is tapered towards the second end (182) that the second end (182) is shorter in diameter.
  • the sleeve (180) is orientated in such a way that the first end (181) is wrapped around the proximal end of the limb segment while the second end (182) is located at the distal end of the limb segment.
  • the sleeve of a single limb segment can be produced in various size and length, as shown in figure 6 , to be used by the wearer for different purposes.
  • a strap may be fabricated adjacent the second end (182) and/or first end (181) of the sleeve (180) to further tighten the sleeve and avoid slippage of the sleeve on the body.
  • the sleeve has at least one circumferential end to be adjustable in diameter by a strap attached thereon.
  • the strap runs approximately in parallel to the rim of the second end (182) and/or first end (181) when it is pulled.
  • the strap has a free end reaching out from a fixed end connecting the sleeve.
  • a hook fastener or Velcro is found at the back of the free end to be removably fixed onto the outer surface of the sleeve.
  • the sleeve may be fabricated as a single sheet with one of its short edges equipped with hook fasteners (193) or Velcro at the inner layer (201).
  • the short edge is divided into two different straps (195) as illustrated in figure 7 that each strap has a base connected to the sheet and a free end equipped with the hook fasteners (193) or Velcro.
  • the sheet wraps around the limb forming a sleeve of the exoskeleton. Further, the wearer pulls the straps to tighten the sleeve and anchors the strap onto the outer plush surface.
  • the straps (195) have expanded base portion connecting larger surface area of the sheet to effectively fasten the formed sleeve onto the limb upon pulling.
  • garments of the exoskeleton are perforated. More specifically, a plurality of through holes are punctured through the laminated layers. Presence of the through holes promotes air ventilation to the wrapped skin. Each of the through holes is measured 1 to 4mm in diameter and spaced apart in a predetermined distance of 3 to 10mm. To be informed, the through holes may be fabricated smaller in size and stretched to the desired dimension upon wearing.
  • One embodiment may have the whole exoskeleton made perforated, yet there are embodiments which only partial of the exoskeleton being perforated to render the garment more aesthetically attractive.
  • the perforations makes the multilayer material breathable and comfortable to be used in warmer climates. However, in colder climates where heat retention is important, a non-perforated version may be applied where the multi-layered garments help to improve heat retention, warming-up of the muscle and preserve the peripheral/core body temperature of the wearer.
  • the exogenous weight load in one embodiment, is solid bar produced by juxtaposing a plurality of substantially rectangular metal pieces and joining the juxtaposed metal pieces side by side via any known methods, preferably through welding.
  • Each of the metal piece is weighted about 1g to 10g depending on its making material and fabricated dimensions. Consequently, each solid bar is weighted from 25 g to 200g.
  • the solid bar has a slim cross-sectional profile to be attached closely to the user body. The slim design reduces possible slippage of the exogenous weight caused by gravitational force or being accidentally scratched off by the wearer during vigorous body movement.
  • the solid bar is bendable to allow it to twist or bend ergonomically without hindering the body movement.
  • the joint sides of the metal pieces may be indented to render the solid bar bendable.
  • the metal pieces may be of lead, steel, iron or any other alloy materials.
  • Coating or cover can be applied to fully shield the weight load followed by having the Velcro or hook fasteners fixed at the back or front of the coating.
  • the coating or cover is preferred to be slightly elastic and can be made of any suitable thermosetting polymer, thermoplastic polymers, natural rubber or any combination thereof. Adhesive or any other known means can be used to fix the hook fastener or Velcro fastener onto the back and/or front surfaces of the solid bar or coating.
  • the exogenous weight load may be embodied in the form of liquid-filled capsule, gel-filled capsules, solid granules that exogenous weight load of these forms are preferably coated or packed.
  • the same anchorage mechanism is applicable to other devices which the Velcro or hook fastener adheres onto the devices directly or a coating shields the device followed by having the Velcro attached on the coating.
  • the devices above stated is, but not limited to, stopwatches, timers, heart rate monitors, pedometers, motion sensor, force sensor, inertia sensor, acceleration sensor, GPS tracking device, light reflector strips, hard or soft protective shells or liners, mp3 player or other audio listening devices, camera or video camera, phone, wallet and so on.
  • the exoskeleton may have a void area made at specific locations on the garments to permit the necessary contact or the device may be attached along the edge of the garment or even underneath. It is also plausible that the perforations will allow external devices to monitor physiological/physical activity in partial contact with the skin through these perforations.
  • the external devise may be two-pieced, with the anchor attached to the plush surface and a sensory device attached underneath the exoskeleton in direct contact with the skin. This could then be linked either through telemetry to the device, sending feedback to it, or directly to the advice through magnets and a direct connection link through the perforations or void areas. Nonetheless, the wearer can still position the devices at the preferred locations.
  • the article is a pocket (300a) of any size as long it can be firmly and neatly attached onto the plush outer surface of the exoskeleton.
  • Figure 11a and 11b show one embodiment of the pocket (300a).
  • the pocket (300a) is preferably composed of a hollow body (313) having a top opening, and a flap (312) extended out from one of the side surfaces of the hollow body (313) that the flap (312) can be folded to cover the top opening.
  • Devices to be held by the pocket (300a) are inserted through the top opening, while the flap (312) covers the top opening.
  • the opening is not necessary fabricated on top but at one of the side surfaces with corresponding flaps.
  • the flap has Velcro hook/loop (311) at its inner surface to be attached on Velcro loop/hook (314) pre-disposed on the outer side surface opposite to the side surface where the flap reached out.
  • hook fasteners (315) are located at one of the external side surfaces as illustrated by figure 11b to anchor the pocket (300a) onto the exoskeleton.
  • Devices mentioned herein refers to exogenous weight load, stopwatches, timers, heart rate monitors, pedometers, motion sensor, force sensor, inertia sensor, acceleration sensor, GPS tracking device, light reflector strips, hard or soft protective shells or liners, mp3 player or other audio listening devices, camera or video camera, phone, wallet and so on.
  • a GPS tracking device can be put into the pocket and attached to a soccer player to allow analysis to be conducted on how the player positioned himself in a game.
  • the exoskeleton of such embodiment can be aesthetically enhanced too by having various stylish designed pockets.
  • openings on the garments for the wearer to slide in are preferably slightly narrower in diameter compared to the other parts of the garments to avoid slipping down or up of the worn garments.
  • the narrower openings can be achieved by pleating the edges of the opening to form a narrower opening thereto.
  • edges of the garments are seamed to from ducts to provide firmer grip onto the body to avoid garments slipping.
  • Further embodiment may have an elastic band attached at the edges of the opening to attain the same effect as the pleats mentioned above.

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  1. Système d'exosquelette (100) comprenant
    au moins un vêtement sélectionné dans le groupe constitué d'une chemise ou d'un maillot (110), d'un short ou d'un pantalon (120), d'un manchon de bras supérieur (130), d'un manchon de bras inférieur (140), d'un manchon de cuisse (150) et d'un manchon de jambe (160) caractérisé en ce que
    le vêtement est une construction multicouche qui comprend essentiellement une couche intérieure (201) de matière nylon et une couche extérieure (203) composée de matière pelucheuse servant de boucle pour l'ancrage d'articles avec des éléments de fixation de type Velcro.
  2. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre
    un article (300) avec des éléments de fixation de type Velcro (301) attachés à monter sur le vêtement par fixation des éléments de fixation de type Velcro (301) sur tous les points de la couche extérieure (203).
  3. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel les vêtements comprennent en outre une couche intermédiaire (202) composée de néoprène disposée entre la couche intermédiaire et la couche extérieure.
  4. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 2 ou 3, dans lequel l'article est une poche (300a).
  5. Système d'exosquelette selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le vêtement est perforé pour aération.
  6. Système d'exosquelette selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le manchon de bras supérieure, le manchon de bras inférieur, le manchon de cuisse ou le manchon de jambe a au moins une extrémité circonférentielle dont le diamètre peut être ajusté par une bride attachée à celui-ci.
  7. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, dans lequel le vêtement compresse lorsqu'on le porte.
  8. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'article est une charge de poids.
  9. Système d'exosquelette selon la revendication 2, dans lequel l'article est des montres-chronomètres, des minuteurs, des contrôleurs de la fréquence cardiaque, des podomètres, un capteur de mouvement, un capteur de force, un capteur d'inertie, un capteur d'accélération, un dispositif de suivi GPS, des bandes de réflexion lumineuse, des coques ou doublures de protection dures ou souples, un lecteur mp3 ou d'autres dispositifs d'écoute audio, un appareil photo ou une caméra vidéo, un téléphone et un portefeuille.
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