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SWIM SUIT, PARTICULARLY FOR COMPETITION SWIMMING

  • US 20170172224A1
  • Filed: 02/05/2014
  • Published: 06/22/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. Swimsuit, particularly for competition swimming, comprising an outer shell made of a flexible stretchable fabric adapted to apply a hoop compression to the thighs and to the body trunk of a swimmer, wherein said outer shell forms a tubular trunk portion adapted to cover at least a lower region of the torso of the swimmer and two tubular thigh portions connected with the trunk portion and adapted to cover each an upper region of a respective thigh of the swimmer, wherein the swimsuit comprises two back stiffening lines continuously connected to the outer shell and extending each in a generally longitudinal direction of a respective one of the thigh portions from a thigh rear region of the thigh portion, which in use covers the posterior thigh muscles, across a trunk rear region of the trunk portion, which in use covers the gluteus, and in which said back stiffening lines have a tensile stiffness greater than a tensile stiffness of said outer shell.

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