US20230084135A1 - Corrective garment - Google Patents

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US20230084135A1
US20230084135A1 US17/799,789 US202017799789A US2023084135A1 US 20230084135 A1 US20230084135 A1 US 20230084135A1 US 202017799789 A US202017799789 A US 202017799789A US 2023084135 A1 US2023084135 A1 US 2023084135A1
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Ikuo Toratani
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C1/00—Corsets or girdles
    • A41C1/003—Panty-girdles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/02—Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/04—Knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
    • A41C1/00—Corsets or girdles
    • A41C1/08—Abdominal supports

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  • the invention relates to corrective garments for correcting at least lower portions of human bodies.
  • Such corrective garments include various types such as one for the shape of a lower body, one for a pelvis, one for a posture, one for both pelvis and posture, and one for a lower body with the purpose of lower back pain treatment. Each of the types achieves aimed correction by constricting a lower body in a unique manner.
  • Some prior-art examples of the corrective garments for the shape of a lower body are disclosed in Patent Literatures 1 and 2, those for a pelvis are in Patent Literatures 3 and 4, those for a posture are in Patent Literatures 5 and 6, those for both pelvis and posture is in Patent Literature 7, and those for a lower body with the purpose of lower back pain treatment is in Patent Literature 8.
  • Patent Literature 1 JP 6414643 B
  • Patent Literature 2 JP H09-111502 A
  • Patent Literature 3 JP 2012-062590 A
  • Patent Literature 4 JP 3164052 U
  • Patent Literature 5 JP 2013-151765 A
  • Patent Literature 6 JP 2014-145144 A
  • Patent Literature 7 JP 2018-183374 A
  • Patent Literature 8 JP 2001-346820 A
  • An object of the invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, in particular, to provide a corrective garment that less loosely constricts a wearer's abdomen but can resolve his/her feeling of suffocation.
  • One aspect of the invention provides a corrective garment for constricting and correcting at least a lower portion of a human body with a compression reduced portion covering only an infraumbilical region of the human body.
  • the meaning of “covering only the infraumbilical region” is not limited to “covering only a location identified as the infraumbilical region of a particular individual.” Since the locations of the infraumbilical regions vary from person to person and are distributed from approximately 2 cm to approximately 14 cm below the umbilicus (the most likely location ranges from 3 cm to 6 cm below the umbilicus,) the meaning can be any of, for example, “covering the most likely location of the infraumbilical region ranging from 3 cm to 6 cm below the umbilicus,” “covering another location ranging from 2 cm to 7 cm below the umbilicus,” or “covering yet another location ranging from 2 cm to 14 cm below the umbilicus.”
  • the meaning may be “a single compression
  • the corrective garment Since the invention provides the corrective garment with the compression reduced portion covering only the infraumbilical region of a human body, the corrective garment enables a wearer to breathe more deeply to effectively resolve a feeling of suffocation, while less loosely constricting the abdominal region, i.e. while less reducing the corrective function. More specifically, since the invention allows the corrective garment to less loosely constrict the abdominal region, the corrective garment can help the wearer keep the abdominal pressure and also the elevation level of the diaphragm, thus ensuring a large expiratory volume.
  • the corrective garment enables air inhaled by the wearer to smoothly flow into the infraumbilical region so that the wearer can lower the descent level of the diaphragm to inhale a larger volume of air through the infraumbilical region into the entirety of the abdomen.
  • the corrective garment enables the wearer to exhale and inhale an increased volume of air, thus breathing more deeply to resolve a feeling of suffocation.
  • the compression reduced portion may be a convex portion that bulges outward, which may include a seam extending vertically. When the seam is unsewn, an edge of a fabric piece on the left side of the seam may bulge rightward and an edge of a fabric piece on the right side of the seam may bulge leftward.
  • the lowest compression pressure within the convex portion is not higher than preferably half, more preferably one tenth of the highest compression pressure within abdominal regions around the compression reduced portion.
  • the compression reduced portion may be a hole, which may be open, or otherwise, covered with a fabric piece within which the lowest compression pressure is not higher than preferably half, more preferably one tenth of the highest compression pressure within abdominal regions around the compression reduced portion.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a corrective garment according to an embodiment of the invention that has a compression reduced portion in the form of a convex portion;
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the corrective garment shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 A is a front view of the corrective garment shown in FIG. 1 ;
  • FIG. 3 B is a partially enlarged view of the corrective garment with its front seam unsewn;
  • FIG. 3 C is a partially enlarged view of the corrective garment with a compression reduced portion in the form of an open hole
  • FIG. 3 D is a partially enlarged view of the corrective garment with a compression reduced portion in the form of a hole covered with a fabric piece.
  • FIGS. 1 - 3 show a girdle for correcting a body shape, which is the simplest example of corrective garments according to the invention. Needless to say, the corrective garments according to the invention are not limited to such girdles.
  • a corrective garment according to an embodiment of the invention is made of fabric with elasticity, which can provide a relatively great stretching force or power.
  • a “stretching force” means a force that is required to stretch a fabric piece in a fixed direction at a constant rate. Due to a great stretching force of the fabric, the corrective garment tightly constricts the abdomen, lumbar, and buttocks of a wearer against his/her movements trying to stretch the fabric so that it presses the bulge of the abdomen and raises the buttocks. In this manner, the corrective garment uses a great constriction force caused by the great stretching force of the fabric to achieve a function of correcting the body shape of the wearer.
  • the corrective garment is provided a compression reduced portion 10 covering only an infraumbilical region of a human body.
  • the compression reduced portion 10 is a portion in which compression pressure is lower than that of surrounding portions for constricting abdominal regions of the human body.
  • the compression reduced portion 10 in this embodiment is a convex portion bulging away from the infraumbilical region of a wearer.
  • the convex portion includes a front seam 11 , which is a vertically extending portion along which two fabric pieces on the left and right sides of the portion are sewn.
  • a front seam 11 is a vertically extending portion along which two fabric pieces on the left and right sides of the portion are sewn.
  • an edge 12 of a fabric piece on the left side of the front seam 11 bulges rightward and an edge 13 of a fabric piece on the right side of the front seam 11 bulges leftward.
  • the front seam 11 is formed as a three-dimensional shape, in particular, a convex shape protruding outward.
  • the compression reduced portion 10 in the form of such a convex portion is stretched in the left-right and vertical directions, and then, reduces its height in the outward direction. Its initial height is preadjusted to cause the convex portion of the reduced height to not tightly press the infraumbilical region. This can reduce the lowest compression pressure within the convex portion, i.e. the compression pressure at the apex P of the convex portion, to be not higher than half or one of the highest compression pressure within abdominal regions around the convex portion.
  • the convex portion of this embodiment is designed such that, when the corrective garment is worn, the convex portion is stretched in the left-right and vertical directions to be flattened, but the lowest compression pressure within the convex portion, i.e. the compression pressure at the apex P, is reduced to zero or nearly zero. Accordingly, among the abdominal regions of the wearer, only the infraumbilical region is not tightly pressed.
  • a portion of the corrective garment covering the infraumbilical region is designed such that, when the correcting garment is worn, i.e. when the portion is stressed by tensional forces, the vertical length of the portion, or the length thereof in the up-down direction, ranges from 5 cm to 9 cm below the umbilicus and the width of the portion is approximately 1.5 cm each on the left and right sides of a center line of the front body of the corrective garment, i.e. a vertical line passing through the umbilicus.
  • the portion is formed such that, when the correcting garment is not worn, the vertical length H of the portion ranges from 4.5 cm to 8.5 cm below the top of the waist 14 and the width of the portion is approximately 1 cm each on the left side LW and right side RW of the center line of the front body of the corrective garment.
  • the apex P of the convex portion has a height T of approximately 5 mm in the outward direction when the convex portion is not stressed by any tensional forces before the correcting garment is worn (cf. FIG. 2 ).
  • the corrective garment less tightly presses only the infraumbilical region, while less loosely constricting the abdominal region, and thus enables the wearer to breathe more deeply.
  • the convex portion has the fabric piece with the edge bulging rightward and the fabric piece with the edge bulging leftward, both of which are made of the same fabric as the fabric piece constricting the abdominal regions around the convex portion.
  • the fabric piece constricting the abdominal regions around the convex portion is formed as a double-layer fabric, i.e. a pair of surface and back fabric layers, only one layer of the pair may be selected and formed such that the edge 12 of a fabric piece on the left side of the selected layer bulges rightward and the edge 13 of a fabric piece on the right side of the selected layer bulges leftward.
  • the fabric pieces with their respective edges bulging rightward and leftward may be made of softer fabric.
  • the compression reduced portion 10 may be formed as an open hole 15 located midway in the front seam 11 , instead of the convex portion.
  • this open hole 15 is stretched and grows in the left-right and vertical directions, and thus, the compression cannot reach the infraumbilical region of the wearer exposed through the open hole 15 .
  • the corrective garment enables the wearer to breathe more deeply, while less loosely constricting his/her abdominal region.
  • the compression reduced portion 10 may be a hole 15 covered with a fabric piece 16 .
  • the lowest compression pressure within the fabric piece 16 is not higher than preferably half, more preferably one tenth of the highest compression pressure within abdominal regions around the compression reduced portion 10 . Most preferably, the lowest compression pressure is reduced to zero or nearly zero.
  • the fabric piece 16 may be a fabric with high elongation or without power, a slack fabric covering the hole 15 , or a surface or back layer of a double-layer fabric surrounding the hole 15 .
  • the compression reduced portion 10 is formed to appear in the shape of a vertical ellipse when the convex portion or the hole is viewed from the front.
  • a compression reduced portion according to the invention may appear in the shape of a circle, rhombus, rectangle, or plane figure lacking its upper half such as a semicircle, semirhombus, or semiellipse.
  • the compression reduced portion may also be a predefined area including a plurality of convex portions, open holes, or holes covered with fabric pieces.
  • the above-described embodiment is the girdle for correcting a body shape, which is the simplest example of corrective garments according to the invention.
  • the invention is not limited to such corrective garments, but it is easily applicable to other various corrective garments such as the above-mentioned prior art examples and yet-to-be-developed ones, and in addition, daily, sport, and medical garments.
  • Specific products of corrective garments, to which the invention can be easily applied include, for example, girdles, pelvic shorts, and tights, and in addition, bodysuits, pants, and trousers with portions constricting and correcting at least a lower portion of a human body.

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US20090172859A1 (en) * 2008-01-04 2009-07-09 Under Armour, Inc. Athletic Pants
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