WO2005060884A9 - Resistance exercise clothing - Google Patents

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WO2005060884A9
WO2005060884A9 PCT/GB2004/005437 GB2004005437W WO2005060884A9 WO 2005060884 A9 WO2005060884 A9 WO 2005060884A9 GB 2004005437 W GB2004005437 W GB 2004005437W WO 2005060884 A9 WO2005060884 A9 WO 2005060884A9
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Priority to JP2006544562A priority patent/JP2007521419A/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/02—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices using resilient force-resisters
    • A63B21/023—Wound springs
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/0015—Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D31/00—Materials specially adapted for outerwear
    • A41D31/04—Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
    • A41D31/18—Elastic
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
    • A61F5/00—Orthopaedic methods or devices for non-surgical treatment of bones or joints; Nursing devices; Anti-rape devices
    • A61F5/01—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces
    • A61F5/0102—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations
    • A61F5/0104—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation
    • A61F5/0106—Orthopaedic devices, e.g. splints, casts or braces specially adapted for correcting deformities of the limbs or for supporting them; Ortheses, e.g. with articulations without articulation for the knees
    • A61F5/0109—Sleeve-like structures
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/40—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof
    • A63B21/4023—Interfaces with the user related to strength training; Details thereof the user operating the resistance directly, without additional interface
    • A63B21/4025—Resistance devices worn on the user's body
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2300/00—Details of garments
    • A41D2300/20—Inserts
    • A41D2300/22—Elastic inserts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2600/00—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes
    • A41D2600/10—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes for sport activities

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  • This invention relates to a clothing article which, when worn, can provide resistance to bending of at least one joint of the wearer.
  • the natural movement of the body creates a natural exercise for the muscles terminating at the joint regions.
  • the amount of exercise depends upon the amount of resistance which there is to that movement.
  • US-A-4065814; US-A-4910802; US-A-5109546 and US-A-5186701 all disclose, as their sole embodiment, or one of their embodiments, a clothing article comprised of clothing material including portions to be worn over a human being's joints and, incorporated in those portions, elongate resilient pieces which extend through the portions. In all of them, the main resistance to exercise of the muscles terminating at the joints is tension in the elongate resilient pieces.
  • the pieces take the form of elastic bands.
  • the pieces take the form of elastic cords.
  • a clothing article comprised of clothing material including a portion to be worn over a wearer's joint and, incorporated onto or into said portion, an elongate resilient piece which extends through said portion and which, when not under external stress, has a particular shape and, when the article is not being worn, maintains substantially that shape against the weight of the clothing material.
  • a clothing article comprised of clothing material including a portion to be worn over a wearer's joint and, incorporating onto or into said portion, an elongate resilient piece which extends through said portion and which, when the article is being worn and said joint bends, bends to provide most of exercise resistance rather than stretches longitudinally to provide most of exercise resistance.
  • a method comprising bending a body joint against bending resistance of an elongate resilient piece which extends through a portion of clothing material worn over said joint, the bending resistance providing most of the exercise resistance .
  • the elongate resilient piece constitutes a built-in resistance device which significantly resists bending and which, when released, has memory which rapidly returns the device to its original shape.
  • the elongate resilient piece may be made of a substance such as elastomeric material, for example rubber or plastics, or such as metal.
  • the elongate resilient piece may be helical, such as in the form of an extension spring, or strip-like in form.
  • a single elongate resilient piece can be used, or alternatively a plurality of elongate resilient pieces can be used to create a higher resistance to movement, thus increasing the exercising resistance.
  • the clothing article includes form-fitting, lightweight, clothing material fitted with a series of extension springs which are encapsulated in pockets which are substantially parallel to each other and in close proximity to each other.
  • the springs therefore give the article a built-in resistance so that, when the article is worn for prolonged periods of body movement, the body is required to work significantly harder during that physical movement .
  • Figure 1 is a lateral view of a clothing article of a form of a full body suit being worn by a human being
  • Figure 2 _ shows a transverse section taken on, for example, the line II-II in Figure 1,
  • Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of an elongate resilient piece included in the clothing article
  • Figure 4 is a posterior view of the article in the form of a body shirt
  • Figure 5 is a side elevation of the article in the form of high-waist, thigh-length shorts,
  • Figure 6 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a sleeve
  • Figure 7 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a legging
  • Figure 8 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a glove
  • Figure 9 a side elevation of the article in the form of stocking
  • Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing a modified version
  • Figure 11 is a perspective view showing an elongate resilient piece of the modified version of Figure 10,
  • Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 2 of another modified version
  • Figure 13 is a perspective view of an elongate resilient piece of that other modified version.
  • the clothing article is in the form of a full body suit which covers the body from the neck to almost the feet and almost the hands.
  • the article includes a lightweight, flexible, stretchable, clothing material 1, for example "LYCRA” (Registered Trade Mark) , allowing relatively free movement of the body and expansion and contraction of muscles.
  • a zipper 2 facilitates the fitting of the article to the body.
  • Helical extension springs 4, each as shown in Figure 3, are firmly encapsulated in elongate pockets 3.
  • the pockets 3 are secured to the material 1 by threads 5 as shown in Figure 2.
  • the springs 4, which may be of metal or plastics, and pockets 3 extend through portions of the material 1 which are worn over wearer's joints, such as in Figure 1 the elbow, shoulder, hip and knee joints.
  • each portion of the material 1 which is to be worn over a joint there are a plurality, preferably several, narrow springs 4 extending parallely to each other and each spaced apart from another by an amount of the order of its own width.
  • the springs bend but, because the group of springs is arranged in a curve transverse to the joint, the wearer needs to bend the springs about different axes from each other, so that the springs provide greater resistance to bending of the joint and thus more effective exercise than if the wearer needed to bend all of the springs in the group about only a common axis.
  • the modified versions of the clothing article shown in Figures 4 to 9 differ from the version shown in Figure 1 only in that they are intended for exercising of mainly the muscles terminating at the shoulder joints (Figure 4) , at the hip joints (Figure 5), at an elbow joint (Figure 6), at a knee joint (Figure 7), at a wrist and finger and thumb joints (Figure 8) and at an ankle joint ( Figure 9) .
  • the elongate resilient pieces 6 shown in Figure 11 take the form of strips of elastomeric material bonded to the clothing material 1.
  • Each strip 6 is of semi-circular cross-section to provide a flat face giving a relatively significant area for bonding. Alternatively, it may be feasible to form the strips 6 integrally with the material 1.
  • the elongate resilient pieces 7 shown in Figures 12 and 13 are similar to the springs 4, except that they are in the form of elastomeric rods.
  • the clothing articles described with reference to the drawings have the advantage that they do not need to provide support to body parts of the wearer and moreover do not significantly restrict movement of the joints covered by the elongate resilient pieces.

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Abstract

A clothing article includes form-fitting, lightweight, clothing material (1) fitted with a series of extension springs which are encapsulated in pockets (3) which are substantially parallel to each other and in close proximity to each other. The springs (4) therefore give the article a built-in resistance so that, when the article is worn for prolonged periods of body movement, the body is required to work significantly harder during that physical movement.

Description

RESISTANCE EXERCISE CLOTHING
This invention relates to a clothing article which, when worn, can provide resistance to bending of at least one joint of the wearer.
The natural movement of the body creates a natural exercise for the muscles terminating at the joint regions. The amount of exercise depends upon the amount of resistance which there is to that movement.
US-A-4065814; US-A-4910802; US-A-5109546 and US-A-5186701 all disclose, as their sole embodiment, or one of their embodiments, a clothing article comprised of clothing material including portions to be worn over a human being's joints and, incorporated in those portions, elongate resilient pieces which extend through the portions. In all of them, the main resistance to exercise of the muscles terminating at the joints is tension in the elongate resilient pieces. In US-A-4065814; US-A-4910802 and US-A- 5109546, the pieces take the form of elastic bands. In US-A- 5186701, the pieces take the form of elastic cords.
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clothing article comprised of clothing material including a portion to be worn over a wearer's joint and, incorporated onto or into said portion, an elongate resilient piece which extends through said portion and which, when not under external stress, has a particular shape and, when the article is not being worn, maintains substantially that shape against the weight of the clothing material.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a clothing article comprised of clothing material including a portion to be worn over a wearer's joint and, incorporating onto or into said portion, an elongate resilient piece which extends through said portion and which, when the article is being worn and said joint bends, bends to provide most of exercise resistance rather than stretches longitudinally to provide most of exercise resistance.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising bending a body joint against bending resistance of an elongate resilient piece which extends through a portion of clothing material worn over said joint, the bending resistance providing most of the exercise resistance .
Owing to the invention, it is possible to avoid any need to anchor the elongate resilient piece at its ends, whereby the clothing article can be simplified and made more comfortable to wear.
The elongate resilient piece constitutes a built-in resistance device which significantly resists bending and which, when released, has memory which rapidly returns the device to its original shape.
The elongate resilient piece may be made of a substance such as elastomeric material, for example rubber or plastics, or such as metal. The elongate resilient piece may be helical, such as in the form of an extension spring, or strip-like in form.
For one or more body joints, a single elongate resilient piece can be used, or alternatively a plurality of elongate resilient pieces can be used to create a higher resistance to movement, thus increasing the exercising resistance.
It is particularly advantageous to arrange a plurality of the elongate resilient pieces parallely to and co-extensively with each other within the article so that, when the article is received over a joint of the body and the joint bends, the clothing material tends to maintain the parallel positioning of the elongate resilient pieces, thus providing an exponential increase of the exercising resistance compared with an arrangement in which the elongate resilient pieces are allowed to move out of their parallel relationship as the joint bends.
In a preferred embodiment, the clothing article includes form-fitting, lightweight, clothing material fitted with a series of extension springs which are encapsulated in pockets which are substantially parallel to each other and in close proximity to each other. The springs therefore give the article a built-in resistance so that, when the article is worn for prolonged periods of body movement, the body is required to work significantly harder during that physical movement .
In order that the invention may be clearly and completely disclosed, reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which: -
Figure 1 is a lateral view of a clothing article of a form of a full body suit being worn by a human being,
Figure 2 _ shows a transverse section taken on, for example, the line II-II in Figure 1,
Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevational view of an elongate resilient piece included in the clothing article,
Figure 4 is a posterior view of the article in the form of a body shirt, Figure 5 is a side elevation of the article in the form of high-waist, thigh-length shorts,
Figure 6 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a sleeve,
Figure 7 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a legging,
Figure 8 is a side elevation of the article in the form of a glove,
Figure 9 a side elevation of the article in the form of stocking,
Figure 10 is a view similar to Figure 2, but showing a modified version,
Figure 11 is a perspective view showing an elongate resilient piece of the modified version of Figure 10,
Figure 12 is a view similar to Figure 2 of another modified version, and
Figure 13 is a perspective view of an elongate resilient piece of that other modified version.
Referring to Figure 1, the clothing article is in the form of a full body suit which covers the body from the neck to almost the feet and almost the hands. The article includes a lightweight, flexible, stretchable, clothing material 1, for example "LYCRA" (Registered Trade Mark) , allowing relatively free movement of the body and expansion and contraction of muscles. A zipper 2 facilitates the fitting of the article to the body. Helical extension springs 4, each as shown in Figure 3, are firmly encapsulated in elongate pockets 3. The pockets 3 are secured to the material 1 by threads 5 as shown in Figure 2. The springs 4, which may be of metal or plastics, and pockets 3 extend through portions of the material 1 which are worn over wearer's joints, such as in Figure 1 the elbow, shoulder, hip and knee joints. In each portion of the material 1 which is to be worn over a joint there are a plurality, preferably several, narrow springs 4 extending parallely to each other and each spaced apart from another by an amount of the order of its own width. When the group of springs in that portion is worn over the appropriate joint and that joint bends, the springs bend but, because the group of springs is arranged in a curve transverse to the joint, the wearer needs to bend the springs about different axes from each other, so that the springs provide greater resistance to bending of the joint and thus more effective exercise than if the wearer needed to bend all of the springs in the group about only a common axis.
The modified versions of the clothing article shown in Figures 4 to 9 differ from the version shown in Figure 1 only in that they are intended for exercising of mainly the muscles terminating at the shoulder joints (Figure 4) , at the hip joints (Figure 5), at an elbow joint (Figure 6), at a knee joint (Figure 7), at a wrist and finger and thumb joints (Figure 8) and at an ankle joint (Figure 9) .
The elongate resilient pieces 6 shown in Figure 11 take the form of strips of elastomeric material bonded to the clothing material 1. Each strip 6 is of semi-circular cross-section to provide a flat face giving a relatively significant area for bonding. Alternatively, it may be feasible to form the strips 6 integrally with the material 1.
The elongate resilient pieces 7 shown in Figures 12 and 13 are similar to the springs 4, except that they are in the form of elastomeric rods.
The clothing articles described with reference to the drawings have the advantage that they do not need to provide support to body parts of the wearer and moreover do not significantly restrict movement of the joints covered by the elongate resilient pieces.

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1. A clothing article comprised of clothing material (1) including one or more portions to be worn over one or more joints of a wearer and, incorporated onto or into said portion (s), one or more elongate resilient pieces (4; 6; 7) which extend (s) through said portio (s) and the or each of which, when not under external stress, has a particular shape and, when the article is not being worn, maintains substantially that shape against the weight of the clothing material (1) .
2. An article according to claim 1, wherein the elongate resilient piece (s) (4; 6; 7), when the article is being worn and said joint (s) bend(s), bend(s) to provide most of exercise resistance rather than stretch (es) longitudinally to provide most of exercise resistance.
3. An article according to claim 1 or 2, and including a plurality of the elongate resilient pieces (4;6;7), these being arranged parallely to and co-extensively with each other within the article so that, when the article is received over the joint (s) of the body and the joint (s) bend(s), the clothing material (1) tends to maintain the parallel positioning of the elongate resilient pieces (4;6;7).
4. An article according to any preceding claim, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (6) takes the form of a strip (6) of elastomeric material bonded to the clothing material (1) .
5. An article according to claim 4, wherein the or each strip (6) is of circular segmental cross-section to provide a flat face giving a relatively significant area for bonding.
6. An article according to claim 3, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece takes the form of a strip of elastomeric material formed integrally with said clothing material .
7. An article according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (4; 7) is encapsulated in a pocket (3) at said clothing material (1) .
8. An article according to claim 7, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (4) is a helical extension spring
(4) .
9. An article according to claim 7, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (7) is an elastomeric rod (7).
10. An article according to any preceding claim, and in the form of: (a) a full body suit with said portions to be worn over at least the wearer' s elbow, shoulder, hip and knee joints, (b) a body shirt, with said portions to be worn over the wearer's shoulder joints, (c) high-waist, thigh-length shorts, with said portions to be worn over the wearer's hip joints, (d) a sleeve, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's elbow joints, (e) a legging, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's knee joints, (f) a glove, with said portions to be worn over one set of the wearer's wrist, finger and thumb joints, or (g) stocking, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's knee joints.
11. An article according to any preceding claim, wherein said clothing material (1) is lightweight, flexible, stretchable and form-fitting.
12. A clothing article comprised of clothing material (1) including one or more portions to be worn over one or more joints of a wearer and, incorporating onto or into said portion(s), one or more elongate resilient pieces (4;6;7) which extend (s) through said portion (s) and the or each of which, when the article is being worn and said joint bends, bends to provide most of exercise resistance rather than stretches longitudinally to provide most of exercise resistance.
13. An article according to claim 12, and including a plurality of the elongate resilient pieces (4;6;7), these being arranged parallely to and co-extensively with each other within the article so that, when the article is received over the joint (s) of the body and the joint (s) bend(s), the clothing material (1) tends to maintain the parallel positioning of the elongate resilient pieces (4; 6; 7).
14. An article according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (6) takes the form of a strip (6) of elastomeric material bonded to the clothing material ( 1 ) .
15. An article according to claim 14, wherein the or each strip (6) is of circular segmental cross-section to provide a flat face giving a relatively significant area for bonding.
16. An article according to claim 13, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece takes the form of a strip of elastomeric material formed integrally with said clothing material .
17. An article according to claim 12 or 13, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (4; 7) is encapsulated in a pocket (3) at said clothing material (1) .
18. An article according to claim 17, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (4) is a helical extension spring (4) .
19. An article according to claim 17, wherein the or each elongate resilient piece (7) is an elastomeric rod (7).
20. An article according to any preceding claim, and in the form of: (a) a full body suit with said portions to be worn over at least the wearer' s elbow, shoulder, hip and knee joints, (b) a body shirt, with said portions to be worn over the wearer's shoulder joints, (c) high-waist, thigh-length shorts, with said portions to be worn over the wearer's hip joints, (d) a sleeve, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's elbow joints, (e) a legging, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's knee joints, (f) a glove, with said portions to be worn over one set of the wearer's wrist, finger and thumb joints, or (g) stocking, with said portion to be worn over one of the wearer's knee joints.
21. An article according to any preceding claim, wherein said clothing material (1) is lightweight, flexible, stretchable and form-fitting.
22. A method comprising bending a body joint against bending resistance of an elongate resilient piece (4; 6; 7) which extends through a portion of clothing material (1) worn over said joint, the bending resistance providing most of the exercise resistance.
23. A method according to claim 22, wherein said method comprises bending said body joint against bending resistance of a plurality of elongate resilient pieces (4; 6; 7) which extend through said portion of said clothing material (1) , the bending resistance providing most of the exercise resistance, said method further comprising, during said bending, maintaining the elongate resilient pieces substantially parallel to each other.
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