GB2426210A - Fluid containing exercise suit - Google Patents

Abstract

A exercise suit, for use in physical exercise, comprises a network of veins 3 which can be filled with fluid to add weight to the suit and thereby provide a resistance to physical exercise. Each vein 3 contains a number of valves 7 to prevent the movement of the fluid through the veins during exercise. The suit may be detachable at the elbows, shoulder, waist and knees. The veins are located within the lining of the suit, which lining is made from knife-proof material to protect the veins. The fluid can be introduced to the veins through inflow caps 4 and removed through out flow caps 5.

Description

The fluid exercising Suit This invention relates to the area of exercise

suits, which hold a weight, and specifically an exercise suit which exclusively holds fluid, as a weight.

In the field of exercise, adding a resistant force to the body, to increase the difficulty of the exercise is an effective training method. The increased difficulty increases the work done, thereby giving greater conditioning to the exerciser.

Previous art used solid weights, which are hard and not malleable, their effect is to reduce the flexibility of the suit, and thus this reduces the range of movement for the wearer. When wearing the previous art, if the user bends their trunk, arms or legs, their motion is very restricted.

Other weight bearing systems use fluids ie water as a way of bearing weight. The problem with the previous art is that when they are filled, or partially filled with fluid the previous art balloons, and becomes puffed out greatly increasing the size, and shape of the suit.

With the previous art whilst the suit is inflated performing exercises which make the trunk bend ie sit ups is very difficult. Exercises which involve bending any of the joints ie arms or legs, are restrictive. Thus the running motion of the user is also restricted.

The effect of this is to reduce the flexibility of the previous art and thus the range of movement of the user. Both the solid weight, and the fluid weight previous art, create a reduced flexibility, and range of movement, for the user. Flexibility and range of movement are a priority to any type of exercise, involving movement; the previous art seriously disadvantage the users' flinctioning.Neither the previous art using solid loads, or fluid loads provide flexible and non-restrictive solution to a full body suit, ie a suit which extends over the area of the abdomen arms and legs.

Specifically with fluid-load bearing systems, there is a problem of how to deal with a partially filled suit device. Fluid may move about whilst the user moves, creating an undesirable sound of the fluid moving about. Whilst other art minimize the movement of water, they do not totally get rid of the sound of the water moving.

STATEMENT OF INVENTION

To overcome the problem of inflexibility, and the resulting reduced range of movement for the user, the fluid exercising suit will contain a network of veins, which are contained in all parts of the suit; the arms of the trunk, and the legs. These veins are not the suit itself, but they are housed within the lining off the suit. These veins have a diameter ranging from the approximate diameter of a human beings' blood carrying vein up to an one inch diameter.

When the veins are filled with fluid the maximum expansion in the diameter of the veins is restricted to one inch. The material could be a hard, but bendable/plastic polymer or any other hard, but bendable material.

The veins contain valves which are spaced frequently within the veins at intervals of anywhere between 0.05 metres and 1 metres throughout the vein network.

Advantages The veins are between the size of a human beings' blood carrying vein, and an one inch diameter. Having a vein system with such small veins branching through the suit, makes the suit much more flexible and malleable than any other previous or existing related patent.

Having veins whose expansion in diameters are restricted to a one inch, when filled with fluid,means unlike other art that house fluid,the fluid exercising suit does not increase and balloon in size. Each suit therefore maintains its' size, thereby not impeding the running motion or any other type of motion done by the user. Apart from this major functional advantage, aesthetically some users prefer a suit which is non-obvious, and is well- disguised whilst they wear it. The fluid exercising suit fills this requirement.

The material used may be a hard but flexible plastic polymer, or any other hard but flexible material.

The veins contain valves which are spaced at frequent intervals anywhere between 0.O5metres, and imetre throughout the vein network.

The advantages of these valves are that they create very small separate sections of fluid. Therefore, having a partially filled suit, means having a partially filled very small section of vein. These sections are so small that even when sections are partially filled with fluid, there is no audible noise.

Other ART prevent movement of fluid in their designs, but do not totally take away the sound of water moving in the suit.

Detailed Description

A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Fig 1 shows the front-on view of the whole inside of the suit.

Fig 2 shows a section of veins and valves inside the suit.

Fig 3 shows the veins in between the inner layer and outer layer of the suit.

Fig 4 shows the inflow cap.

Fig 5 shows the outflow cap.

Fig 6 shows the suit separation points.

As shown in fig 1 the suit comprises a network of veins 3' which spread through the entirety of the suit.The veins, are made from a hard but flexible material. The veins 3' are the holding vessel for the fluid. Along the entire length of the veins are valves'7' these create very small sections of veins.

The valves are spaced at very small intervals at between O.O5metre, and 1 metre. There is no sound of the fluid whilst the wearer moves.

The figure 3shows how the veins are housed between the inner lining "1" of the suit and the outer layer "2".These layers are made of knife-proof, fabric to protect the inner veins "3" from being pierced.

Fig 4 and 5 show the inflow cap "4" and the out flow cap "5" respectively.

The inflow cap"4" is the point where fluid fills into the veins "3". The outflow cap 5" is the point where fluid flows out of the suit. 10-15 centimetres of the suit exposes 10- 15 centimetres of veins near the inflow cap"4" ie the suit is see through at this point. This helps wearers of the suit, to tell when the suit is filled with fluid.

Fig 6 shows the suit separation points "6". These are the points along the suit where the suit detaches, and can be detached eg by using a zip.

Claims (3)

1. A fluid exercising suit, that holds any fluid ie water within veins, which can distribute the fluid to the abdomen arms and legs within the suit, comprising veins that have a diameter ranging from the diameter of a blood carrying human beings' vein, up to the size of an one inch diameter, these veins have a diameter which expands by up to one inch, when they are filled with fluid, these veins may contain valves spaced at intervals of anywhere between O.O5metres and 1 metres.

2. An exercising suit as claimed in claim 1, where the vessels may contain a series of valves, which separate the total fluid volume into very small sections.

3. A fluid exercising suit, substantially as herein described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.