WO2023014554A1 - Vêtement à repères visuels - Google Patents

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WO2023014554A1
WO2023014554A1 PCT/US2022/038524 US2022038524W WO2023014554A1 WO 2023014554 A1 WO2023014554 A1 WO 2023014554A1 US 2022038524 W US2022038524 W US 2022038524W WO 2023014554 A1 WO2023014554 A1 WO 2023014554A1
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Richard Raciti
Paul Jasinkiewicz
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Paul Jasinkiewicz
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41DOUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/08Trimmings; Ornaments
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41WEARING APPAREL
    • A41DOUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D29/00Uniforms; Parts or accessories of uniforms

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  • the present inventor has found, for example, that people on the autism spectrum often understand and respond very well to colors and shapes, which provided the inspiration for the garment of the present disclosure.
  • a garment with various and uniquely colored geometric shapes at strategic locations on a martial arts uniform In other embodiments, other garment types (i.e., lab coats, uniforms, etc.) may be used. In other embodiments, this concept can be applied to other environments such as physical therapy and rehabilitation.
  • the description provided in the background section should not be assumed to be prior art merely because it is mentioned in or associated with the background section.
  • the background section may include information that describes one or more aspects of the subject technology.
  • a first objective of this disclosure is to provide an aid and method to the enhancement of self-protection skills.
  • a second objective is as an aid to achieving, regaining, and retaining physical and mental skills for the purpose of being able bodied, self-sufficient, and capable of carrying out normal daily tasks.
  • Another objective is to provide an aid and method to better communicate with individuals with cognitive deficiencies.
  • Another objective of this disclosure is to achieve the various objectives concurrently.
  • One embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a garment.
  • the garment may include: a plurality of distinct regions, each region corresponding to a body part or type of body part of a wearer when worn; and a plurality of visual indicia, each of the visual indicia having at least one unique visual characteristic.
  • Each of the plurality of visual indicia is located at a corresponding one of the plurality of distinct regions. At least one secondary visual characteristic of each of the indicia is associated with the corresponding distinct region.
  • Another embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a method. The method may include preparing a garment including: a plurality of distinct regions, each region corresponding to a body part or type of body part of a wearer when worn; and a plurality of visual indicia, each of the visual indicia having at least one unique visual characteristic. Each of the plurality of visual indicia is located at a corresponding one of the plurality of distinct regions, wherein at least one secondary visual characteristic of each of the indicia is associated with the corresponding distinct region.
  • the method may further include engaging the plurality of visual indicia.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates another perspective view of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 3 illustrates a flowchart showing use of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • Figs.4-6 illustrate examples of use of a garment according to some embodiments.
  • EMBODIMENTS [0014] The description of illustrative embodiments according to principles of the present disclosure is intended to be read in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are to be considered part of the entire written description.
  • any reference to direction or orientation is merely intended for convenience of description and is not intended in any way to limit the scope of the present disclosure.
  • Relative terms such as “lower,” “upper,” “horizontal,” “vertical,” “above,” “below,” “up,” “down,” “top” and “bottom” as well as derivative thereof (e.g., “horizontally,” “downwardly,” “upwardly,” etc.) should be construed to refer to the orientation as then described or as shown in the drawing under discussion. These relative terms are for convenience of description only and do not require that the apparatus be constructed or operated in a particular orientation unless explicitly indicated as such.
  • the present disclosure can provide a garment with visual indicia specifically positioned to establish target areas for a person to reach, touch, hold, grab, pull, push, or twist to enhance focus, gross and fine motor skills, mobility, posture, strength, therapy, physical rehabilitation, memory, following directions, and personal protection.
  • Some embodiments may relate to enhancement of physical, mental and functional skills for people with and without disabilities.
  • the garment may be provided with visual indicia placed in specifically targeted areas that represent areas of the body where the subject will be instructed to point to, place a hand, hold, grab, push, pull, twist, lift up, pull down, grip, and release for the purposes of enhancing fine and gross motor skills, coordination, focus, strength, determination, memory, therapy, physical rehabilitation, mobility, posture, personal protection, and direction following.
  • the garment may be worn by an instructor, by a student, a client, a patient, a therapist, or a health care provider, or on both depending on the therapy being administered and or the goals of the parties utilizing the equipment.
  • One objective of this embodiment is to be an aid and method to the enhancement of self-protection skills.
  • Another objective is as an aid to achieving, regaining, and retaining physical and mental skills for the purpose of being able bodied, self-sufficient, and capable of carrying out normal daily tasks.
  • the therapy that this embodiment facilitates is unique in its ability to increase human touch and feel in the process of teaching, rehabilitating and training of clients, students, and patients.
  • the mental health benefit of this embodiment is particularly useful to subjects on the Autism Spectrum, Asperger’s Syndrome, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Dyslexia. Children of relatively young ages as well as individuals with other physical or mental impairments may have difficulty with certain cognitive thinking and function. Shapes and colors are attractive to individuals lacking certain core cognitive skills.
  • Fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates another perspective view of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • a garment 10 may include a plurality of distinct regions 20 and a plurality of visual indicia 30. Although a variety of types of garments may be utilized with visual indicia, an example of uniform-type garment with pants is disclosed in the following discussion and accompanying figures, but other types of garments may be used.
  • garments include any garments that cover a portion of a torso of the wearer and may extend over arms of the wearer, and/or any of a plurality of garments that cover a portion of a pelvic region of the wearer and may extend over legs of the wearer.
  • garments further include long-sleeved shirts, short- sleeved shirts, tank tops, undershirts, jackets, coats, pants, shorts, briefs, jeans, and underwear.
  • garments include any garments that cover any portion of a body of the wearer, alone or in combination with a portion that may extend over arms of the wearer, and/or any of a plurality of garments that cover a portion of a pelvic region of the wearer and may extend over legs of the wearer. Additional examples of garments further include footwear and hats, for example, alone or in combination with other garments such as long-sleeved shirts, short-sleeved shirts, tank tops, undershirts, jackets, coats, pants, shorts, briefs, jeans, and underwear. [0024] A variety of materials may be utilized in manufacturing the garment 10.
  • the garment 10 may be formed from knitted, woven, or non-woven textile materials that include rayon, nylon, polyester, polyacrylic, cotton, wool, or silk, for example.
  • the garment 10 may be knitted as a unitary (i.e., one-piece) article, the garment 10 may also be formed from a plurality of textile elements that are sewn, bonded, adhered, or otherwise joined together.
  • each region 20 corresponds to a body part or type of body part of the wearer when worn.
  • the plurality of distinct regions 20 may include a chest or collar region 291, an arm region 293, and a leg region 295.
  • Each of the chest or collar region 291, the arm region 293, and the leg region 295 may include a front side and a back side.
  • the chest or collar region 291 may include a right collar region 21A, a left collar region 21B, a top collar region 23.
  • the arm region 293 may include a right sleeve region 25A and a left sleeve region 25B.
  • the leg region 295 may include a right leg region 27A, and a left leg region 27B.
  • the plurality of distinct regions 20 may include at least two of: the right collar region 21A, the left collar region 21B, the top collar region 23, the right sleeve region 25A, the left sleeve region 25B, the right leg region 27A, and the left leg region 27B.
  • Each of the plurality of visual indicia 30 may be located at a corresponding one of the plurality of distinct regions 20.
  • Each of the visual indicia 30 may have at least one unique visual characteristic.
  • the at least one unique visual characteristic may be one of color and shape.
  • At least one secondary visual characteristic of each of the indicia 30 may be associated with the corresponding distinct region 20.
  • the secondary visual characteristic may be the other one of color and shape that is not the at least one unique visual characteristic.
  • each of the indicia 30 may be consistent across multiple indicia 30 of the plurality of visual indicia 30 in a corresponding distinct region 20 and the unique visual characteristic is distinct for each of the indicia 30.
  • the plurality of visual indicia 30 includes: a) a first indicia 311A at the right collar region 21A; b) a second indicia 311B at the left collar region 21B; c) third and fourth indicia 351A and 352A at the right sleeve region 25A; d) fifth and sixth indicia 351B and 352B at the left sleeve region 25B; e) seventh and eighth indicia 371A and 372A at the right leg region 27A, where the seventh indicia 371A is located at the bottom seam; and f) ninth and tenth indicia 371B and 372B at the left leg region 27B, where
  • the plurality of visual indicia 30 includes another indicia 313 at the top collar region 23.
  • the first and second indicia 311A and 311B have the same secondary visual characteristic (e.g., circular shape) but different unique visual characteristics (e.g., color).
  • the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth indicia 351A, 352A, 351B, and 352B all have the same secondary visual characteristic (e.g., square shape) but different unique visual characteristics (e.g., color).
  • the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth indicia 371A, 372A, 371B, and 372B have the same secondary visual characteristic (e.g., triangle shape) but different unique visual characteristics (e.g., color).
  • the secondary visual characteristics (e.g., shape) of the first, third, and seventh indicia 311A, 351A, and 371A may be different from each other.
  • the unique visual characteristics (shape and color) of the first through tenth indicia 311A, 311B, 351A, 351B, 352A, 352B, 371A, 372A, 371B, and 372B may be different from each other.
  • Examples of the shapes and colors of visual indicia 30 are as follows.
  • the first visual indicia 311A blue circle; the second visual indicia 311B: red circle; the third visual indicia 351A: green square; the fourth visual indicia 352A: orange square; the fifth visual indicia 351B: yellow square; the sixth visual indicia 352B: purple square; the seventh visual indicia 371A: white triangle; the eighth visual indicia 372A: brown triangle; the nineth visual indicia 371B: grey triangle; and the tenth visual indicia 372B: pink triangle.
  • the indicia 313 at the top collar region 23 may be circular in a color different from the other indicia.
  • the indicia on the right side i.e., the indicia 311A, 351A, 352A, 371A, and 372A
  • the same visual characteristic e.g., blue color
  • the indicia on the left side i.e., indicia 311B, 351B, 352B, 371B, and 372B
  • the visual characteristic e.g., red color
  • the visual characteristic (e.g., blue color) of the indicia on the right side and the visual characteristic (e.g., red color) of the left side may be different.
  • the indicia on the right side i.e., the indicia 311A, 351A, 352A, 371A, and 372A
  • the indicia on the left side i.e., indicia 311B, 351B, 352B, 371B, and 372B
  • Examples of the shapes and colors of visual indicia 30 are as follows.
  • the first visual indicia 311A red circle; the second visual indicia 311B: blue circle; the third visual indicia 351A: red square; the fourth visual indicia 352A: red star shape; the fifth visual indicia 351B: blue square; the sixth visual indicia 352B: blue star shape; the seventh visual indicia 371A: red diamond shape; the eighth visual indicia 372A: red triangle; the nineth visual indicia 371B: blue diamond shape; and the tenth visual indicia 372B: blue triangle. [0030] The above shapes and colors of the visual indicia 30 are only examples, and any other combinations of shapes and colors may be used. [0031] Fig.
  • FIG. 3 illustrates a flowchart showing use of a garment according to one embodiment.
  • the garment 10 is prepared.
  • at least one instruction of using the plurality of visual indicia 30 of the garment 10 is prepared.
  • the at least one instruction may include instructional manual with all of the different types of motions corresponding to different skills.
  • the plurality of visual indicia 30 are engaged. With reference to Figs.3 and 4, in one example, such engaging in 303 includes providing at least one instruction of using the garment 10 to a first person 51 in case the garment 10 is worn by a second person 52.
  • the at least one instruction may include instructing the first person 51 to place one hand of the first person 51 on one indicia of the plurality of visual indicia 30 of the garment 10 that is worn by the second person 52.
  • the at least one instruction may further include instructing the first person to place the hand or the other hand on another of the plurality of visual indicia 30 of the garment 10 that is worn by the second person 52.
  • the placing of a hand on visual indicia may include at least one of holding, grabbing, touching, pushing, pulling, twisting, lifting up, pulling down, gripping, striking, and hitting the visual indicia.
  • Figs.4-6 illustrate examples of use of a garment according to some embodiments.
  • the first person 51 may follow the at least one instruction (e.g., easy-to-use guides) based on indicia 30 to execute on different movements.
  • the first person 51 is instructed to follow out various hand functions on the second person 52 wearing the garment 10 such as placing a hand or hands on a specifically instructed target or targets, which may be shown by visual indicia 30.
  • the first person 51 may be instructed in specific target recognition by grabbing, grabbing and pulling, grabbing and pushing, and resistance to having hands being pulled from targets.
  • the first person 51 can be instructed in multiple sequences and hand placements.
  • the first person 51 is instructed by the second person 52 who is wearing the garment 10 to place the left hand on the indicia 311A located on the collar region and grab the indicia 311B lightly and hold the indicia 311A.
  • the first person 51 is then instructed to use the right hand and lightly grab the indicia 351B which is located on the sleeve.
  • the first person 51 is then instructed to release the indicia 311A and switch to the indicia 352A (see Fig.1).
  • the instructions, sequences, grips, grabs, pushes, pulls and resistances can be done in a multitude of arrangements where hand placement and grips are changing with varying speeds, degree of strength, and memorization.
  • the visual characteristics (e.g., shape or color) of the garment may represent target points, and may be used to instruct a person where to place a hand (e.g., holding, grabbing, touching, pushing, pulling, twisting, lifting up, pulling down, or gripping) to enhance focus, strength, agility, motor skills, cognitive thinking and/or coordination.
  • the user of the garment may use varying levels of resistance to increase strength. Further, strength building, comfort with person to person contact, and confidence may be engaged while the person is performing the tasks.
  • the person 53 may be instructed to wear the garment 10. Individuals who are mentally impaired can often follow instructions that are based on shapes and colors, rather than locations.
  • the person 53 may be instructed to place either one or both hands of the person 53 on one indicia 30 of the plurality of visual indicia 30 of the garment 10 that is worn by the person 53.
  • the wearer e.g., the person 53
  • the first person 54 may be instructed to wear the garment 10.
  • the first person 54 may be instructed grab a hand of a second person 55 who is placing the hand on one indicia 30 of the plurality of visual indicia 30 of the garment 10 that is worn by the first person 54.
  • the wearer e.g., the first person 54
  • the wearer may use strength and coordination to peel the hand of the instructor (e.g., the second person 55) from the garment 10. This can teach the wearer how to release a grip when it is unwanted or from a stranger.

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Un vêtement comprend : une pluralité de régions distinctes, chaque région correspondant à une partie de corps ou à un type de partie de corps d'un utilisateur lorsque le vêtement est porté ; et une pluralité de repères visuels, chaque repère des repères visuels présentant au moins une caractéristique visuelle unique. Chaque repère de la pluralité de repères visuels se situe au niveau d'une région correspondante de la pluralité de régions distinctes. Au moins une caractéristique visuelle secondaire de chaque repère parmi les repères est associée à la région distincte correspondante.
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GB2486446A (en) * 2010-12-14 2012-06-20 Jacqueline El Tawil System for assessing the posture of a rider on a horse
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CN213549901U (zh) * 2020-09-01 2021-06-29 中南大学湘雅二医院 一种带有标识功能的偏瘫患者病员服

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US6353932B2 (en) * 2000-06-22 2002-03-12 Alan I. Stembridge Martial arts Gi with targets
FR2918847B1 (fr) * 2007-07-20 2010-03-05 Promiles Kimono.
GB2486446A (en) * 2010-12-14 2012-06-20 Jacqueline El Tawil System for assessing the posture of a rider on a horse
US10362815B2 (en) * 2014-11-21 2019-07-30 Lime Enterprises Limited Anti-grip kimono
CN213549901U (zh) * 2020-09-01 2021-06-29 中南大学湘雅二医院 一种带有标识功能的偏瘫患者病员服

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