Aerobic exercise garment
First Claim
1. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a plurality of segments of base material, a plurality of elastic resistance bands secured to said base material, each elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance bands having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance bands and in resisting said elastic resistance bands returning to their unstretched condition, and said elastic resistance bands being secured to said base material in an arrangement wherein pairs of said segments of base material are spaced from each other and connected together by being connected to one of said elastic resistance bands therebetween.
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Abstract
An aerobic exercise garment includes a body section and limb sections. The garment includes a base fabric which incorporates elastic resistance band material having a direction of stretch. The elastic resistance band material is formed with a minimal number of pieces and is incorporated in the garment by securing the pieces together at locations which do not interfere with the direction of resistance.
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- 1. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a plurality of segments of base material, a plurality of elastic resistance bands secured to said base material, each elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance bands having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance bands and in resisting said elastic resistance bands returning to their unstretched condition, and said elastic resistance bands being secured to said base material in an arrangement wherein pairs of said segments of base material are spaced from each other and connected together by being connected to one of said elastic resistance bands therebetween.
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6. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a base material, at least one elastic resistance band secured to said base material, said elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance band having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance band and in resisting said elastic resistance band returning to its unstretched condition, said elastic resistance band being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance band along said direction of stretch, said garment including a shirt portion and said limb sections being arm sections, said elastic resistance band being a one piece member extending across said body section completely from one of said arm sections to the other of said arm sections, said elastic resistance band being secured to a loop member outwardly of each of said arm sections, said loop member being said anchor structure, further elastic resistance bands on said shirt portion on a side thereof opposite said one piece resistance band, said further resistance bands extending across said body portion from one of said arms to the other of said arms and being connected to said loop member, and said further resistance bands being connected to each other on said body portion by a zipper.
- 7. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a base material, at least one elastic resistance band secured to said base material, said elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance band having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance band and in resisting said elastic resistance band returning to its unstretched condition, said elastic resistance band being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance band along said direction of stretch, said garment including a shirt portion and said limb sections being arm sections, said elastic resistance band being a one piece member extending across said body section completely from one of said arm sections to the other of said arm sections, said elastic resistance band being secured to a loop member outwardly of each of said arm sections, said loop member being said anchor structure, and said loop member being a loop made of a cushioning material.
- 8. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a base material, at least one elastic resistance band secured to said base material, said elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance band having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance band and in resisting said elastic resistance band returning to its unstretched condition, said elastic resistance band being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance band along said direction of stretch, said garment including a shirt portion and said limb sections being arm sections, said elastic resistance band being a one piece member extending across said body section completely from one of said arm sections to the other of said arm sections, said elastic resistance band being secured to a loop member outwardly of each of said arm sections, said loop member being said anchor structure, said garment further including a pants having legs as said limb sections, said pants having a front and a rear and a top, a front set of said elastic bands being on said front of said pants extending from said top of said pants down said legs, a rear set of said elastic resistance bands being on said rear of said pants extending downwardly from said body portion to said legs, said elastic bands on said front of said pants comprises two elastic bands, each of said two elastic bands extending from said body portion and down said body portion to a location generally at a knee section of its said leg, and said band and then being offset as it continues down said leg to form a loop beyond said leg and then continues upwardly to be secured to itself.
- 12. An aerobic resistance garment including a shirt portion in the form of leotards having arm sections and a body portion and a crotch portion, said garment being made from a base material, at least one elastic resistance band secured to said base material on each of arm sections, said elastic resistance band having an anchor structure at the end of each of said arm sections, said elastic resistance bands having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance bands and in resisting said elastic resistance bands returning to their unstretched condition, and said elastic resistance bands being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance bands along said direction of stretch.
- 20. An aerobic resistance garment including a body portion and limb sections, said garment being made from a base material, at least one elastic resistance band secured to said base material, said elastic resistance band having an anchor structure, said elastic resistance band having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance band and in resisting said elastic resistance band returning to its unstretched condition, said elastic resistance band being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance band along said direction of stretch, said garment further including a pants having legs as said limb sections, said pants having a front and a rear and a top, a set of said elastic bands being on said front of said pants extending from said top of said pants down said legs, and a set of said elastic resistance bands being on said rear of said pants extending downwardly from said body portion to said legs, said elastic bands on said front of said pants comprising two elastic bands, each of said two elastic bands extending from said body portion and down said body portion to a location generally at a knee section of its said leg, and said band then being offset as it continues down said leg to form a loop beyond said leg and then continues upwardly to be secured to itself.
- 24. An aerobic resistance garment including pants having a body portion and legs extending downwardly from said body portion, said pants having a front and a rear and a top, said garment being made from a base material, elastic resistance bands secured to said base material, said elastic resistance bands having anchor structure, said elastic resistance bands having a direction of stretch which causes the user to exert a force in stretching said elastic resistance bands and in resisting said elastic resistance bands returning to their unstretched condition, said elastic resistance bands being secured to said base material at locations which minimize any interference with the movement of said elastic resistance bands along said direction of stretch, a set of said elastic bands being on said front of said pants extending from said top of said pants down said legs, a set of said elastic resistance bands being on said rear of said pants extending downwardly from said body portion to said legs, said set of rear elastic bands of said pants portion being secured to itself from a location above the crotch then diverging to form a Y, and said front elastic bands and said rear elastic bands of said pants portion being secured together to form suspenders.
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