Garment with higher coefficient of friction when stretched
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1. A garment comprising:
- a fabric portion having an inner face that is configured to contact a wearer'"'"'s body while the garment is worn;
the fabric portion being configured to be stretched while the garment is worn on the wearer'"'"'s body;
wherein a coefficient of friction of the inner face of the fabric portion is greater while the fabric portion is stretched on the wearer'"'"'s body than while the fabric portion is not stretched; and
wherein the fabric portion comprises an intrinsically sticky yarn that is knitted with longer loops on a background of shorter loops, and the intrinsically sticky yarn is raised from the background when the fabric portion is stretched.
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Abstract
A garment includes a fabric portion having an inner face that is configured to contact a wearer'"'"'s body while the garment is worn. The fabric portion is configured to be stretched while the garment is worn on the wearer'"'"'s body. A coefficient of friction of the inner face of the fabric portion is greater while the fabric portion is stretched on the wearer'"'"'s body than while the fabric portion is not stretched.
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16 Claims
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1. A garment comprising:
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a fabric portion having an inner face that is configured to contact a wearer'"'"'s body while the garment is worn; the fabric portion being configured to be stretched while the garment is worn on the wearer'"'"'s body; wherein a coefficient of friction of the inner face of the fabric portion is greater while the fabric portion is stretched on the wearer'"'"'s body than while the fabric portion is not stretched; and wherein the fabric portion comprises an intrinsically sticky yarn that is knitted with longer loops on a background of shorter loops, and the intrinsically sticky yarn is raised from the background when the fabric portion is stretched. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A garment comprising:
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a garment portion having an inner face that is configured to contact a wearer'"'"'s body while the garment is worn on the wearer'"'"'s body; wherein the inner face of the garment portion has an unstretched coefficient of friction while no tensile force is applied to the garment portion, the inner face of the garment portion has a stretched coefficient of friction while a tensile force is applied to the garment portion, and the stretched coefficient of friction is greater than the unstretched coefficient of friction; and wherein the garment portion comprises an intrinsically sticky yarn that is knitted with longer loops on a background of shorter loops, and the intrinsically sticky yarn is raised from the background while tensile force is applied to the garment portion. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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