Exercise suit with resilient reinforcing
First Claim
1. Exercise short pants with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer'"'"'s muscles comprising:
- a pair of stretchable form-fitting short pants having an open waist and a pair of short legs each containing an opening at an end thereof;
first and second elongatable resistive bands fastened to said short pants at a back vertical midline thereof adjacent said open waist in a depending inverted V-shape, each said elongatable resistive band spirally encircling each leg and affixed thereto, each said band having a common beginning at said midline and running diagonally downward around a back part of a wearer'"'"'s thigh and terminating at said opening of said leg after encircling a front portion of said leg above a wearer'"'"'s knee;
wherein said first and second bands form a resistive constraint upon the wearer'"'"'s body between the waist and knees for muscular toning and exercise.
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Abstract
An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower-body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and an upper-body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (58) encircles the legs (24), and side bands (58) are affixed to the reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer'"'"'s feet, creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook-and-loop tapes (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer'"'"'s waist and similarly adjustable knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit and the looped bands create a resistance to movement which provides exercise to the wearer'"'"'s muscles during physical activity. Exercise short pants (60) are also provided which provide elongatable resistive bands (80, 82) which meet at the vertical midline of the back of the short pants and spiral downwardly across the buttocks and around the backs of the thighs of the wearer to end at the leg openings. In an alternative embodiment, exercise short pants (60'"'"') employ resistive bands (80'"'"', 82'"'"') reversed back-to-front in location on the short pants as well as a low-back panel (84) in the shape of an upright "V" attached by elastic at the vertical midline of the back of the shorts and having first and second hook-and-loop tabs (90, 92) at the free ends thereof which mate with tabs (94, 96) on the sides of the waistband to provide adjustable resistance to motion.
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10 Claims
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1. Exercise short pants with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer'"'"'s muscles comprising:
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a pair of stretchable form-fitting short pants having an open waist and a pair of short legs each containing an opening at an end thereof; first and second elongatable resistive bands fastened to said short pants at a back vertical midline thereof adjacent said open waist in a depending inverted V-shape, each said elongatable resistive band spirally encircling each leg and affixed thereto, each said band having a common beginning at said midline and running diagonally downward around a back part of a wearer'"'"'s thigh and terminating at said opening of said leg after encircling a front portion of said leg above a wearer'"'"'s knee; wherein said first and second bands form a resistive constraint upon the wearer'"'"'s body between the waist and knees for muscular toning and exercise. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9)
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4. Exercise short pants with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer'"'"'s muscles comprising:
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a pair of stretchable form-fitting short pants having an open waist and a pair of short legs each containing an opening at an end thereof; first and second elongatable resistive bands fastened to said short pants at a front vertical midline thereof adjacent said open waist in a depending inverted V-shape, each said elongatable resistive band spirally encircling each leg and affixed thereto, each said band having a common beginning at said midline and running diagonally downward around a back part of a wearer'"'"'s thigh and terminating at said opening of said leg after encircling a front portion of said leg above a wearer'"'"'s knee; wherein said first and second bands form a resistive constraint upon the wearer'"'"'s body between the waist and knees for muscular toning and exercise. - View Dependent Claims (8, 10)
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