Sports taping tights

• US 8,832,863 B2
• Filed: 12/27/2011
• Issued: 09/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seungmin Goh
• Original Assignee: Jae Young Yang
• Inventors: Yang, Jae Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Huynh, Khoa
• Assistant Examiner(s): KINSAUL, ANNA KATHRYN
• Application Number:
  US13/337,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20130160189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 2 6/9, 222/7, 2 6/95, 223/7, 2 6/7, 210/4, 211/5, 222/8, 231/1, 240/1, 2 7/83, 223/8
• US Class Current: 2/69
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0015 Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/18 Elastic
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0552 Elastic ropes or bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4005 to the shoulder
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4007 to the chest region, e.g. to the back chest
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4009 to the waist
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4011 to the lower limbs means for physically limiting movements of body parts A63B69/0057
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4017 to the upper limbs
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/4025 Resistance devices worn on the user's body A63B21/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/19 Skiing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/22 Dancing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0054 Features for injury prevention on an apparatus, e.g. shock absorbers mats or the like for absorbing shocks for jumping A63B6/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/12 for the body or the legs , e.g. for the shoulders A63B71/081 takes precedence

Abstract

Sports taping tights include multi-layered coats of silicone or urethane on sections in the front and back of arm muscle parts, front and back of shoulder muscle parts, the belly muscle parts, front and back of lower waist and buttock muscle parts, front and back of thigh and calf muscle parts, the front and back of ankle muscle parts and sections of knees in the inside or outside surface of the upper and lower halves of the tights applied by multi-step print coating to provide selective distribution of stronger fabric tension without necessitating cutting of main fabric, thereby maximizing the tightness of the contact of fabric with body, assisting and reinforcing the muscles and ligaments, enhancing the mobility of body, protecting and increasing the power of muscles and ligaments and protecting the body.

Claims

1. A garment, comprising:

panels of a base fabric sewn into a garment, wherein at least one of said panels is selectively reinforced with elastic material; and

said elastic material including a first layer of elastic material printed directly onto said base fabric in a first pattern and with a first thickness, wherein said first layer of elastic material is printed onto said base fabric while said base fabric is stretched at a first tension, and a second layer of elastic material printed directly onto said first layer of elastic material in a second pattern and with a second thickness, wherein said second pattern covers only a smaller part of said first pattern.

2. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said elastic material includes a third layer of elastic material printed directly onto said second layer of elastic material in a third pattern and with a third thickness, wherein said third pattern covers only part of said second pattern.

3. The garment according to claim 2, wherein said second layer of elastic material is printed onto said first layer of elastic material while said base fabric is stretched at a second tension, wherein said second tension is less than said first tension.

4. The garment according to claim 2, wherein said third layer of elastic material is printed onto said second layer of elastic material while said base fabric is stretched at a third tension, wherein said third tension is less than said first tension.

5. The garment according to claim 1, wherein said first thickness of said first layer of elastic material differs from said second thickness of said second layer of elastic material.

6. The garment according to claim 2, wherein said first thickness of said first layer of elastic material differs from said third thickness of said third layer of elastic material.

7. A garment, comprising:

at least one panel of a base fabric that is selectively reinforced with elastic material;

said elastic material including a first layer of elastic material applied to said base fabric in a first pattern and with a first thickness, wherein said first layer of elastic material is printed onto said base fabric while said base fabric is stretched at a first tension, a second layer of elastic material applied to said first layer of elastic material in a second pattern and with a second thickness, and a third layer of elastic material applied to said second layer of elastic material in a third pattern and with a third thickness, wherein said first pattern, said second pattern and said third pattern all differ.

8. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said elastic material is selected from a group consisting of silicone and urethane.

9. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said second pattern is applied to only parts of said first pattern.

10. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said third pattern is applied to only parts of said second pattern.

11. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said second layer of elastic material is printed onto said first layer of elastic material while said base fabric is stretched at a second tension, wherein said second tension is less than said first tension.

12. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said third layer of elastic material is printed onto said second layer of elastic material while said base fabric is stretched at a third tension, wherein said third tension is less than said first tension.

13. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said first thickness of said first layer of elastic material differs from said second thickness of said second layer of elastic material.

14. The garment according to claim 7, wherein said first thickness of said first layer of elastomeric material differs from said third thickness of said third layer of elastic material.

15. A method of reinforcing segments of a garment with elastic material, said method comprising the steps of:

printing a first layer of elastic material onto a base fabric in a first pattern and at a first thickness, the base fabric being stretched at a first tension while printing said first layer onto said base fabric;

printing a second layer of elastic material onto parts of said first layer of elastic material in a second pattern and at a second thickness; and

printing a third layer of elastic material onto parts of said second layer of elastic material in a third pattern and at a third thickness, wherein said first layer of elastic material, said second layer of elastic material and said third layer of elastic material are selected from a group consisting of silicone and urethane.

16. The method according to claim 15, wherein said first pattern covers a larger area than does said second pattern and said second pattern covers a larger area than does said third pattern.

17. The method according to claim 15, wherein said first thickness, said second thickness and said third thickness all differ.