Athletic Wear

• US 20100205713A1
• Filed: 10/15/2007
• Published: 08/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ASICS Corporation
• Original Assignee: ASICS Corporation
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Yuji, Chinen, Makoto, Omuro, Mamoru, Tsuji, Yoshie, Takamoto, Yoshikuni
• Granted Patent: US 8,381,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/67
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 13/0015 Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2400/24 Reducing drag or turbulence in air or water
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 27/00 Details of garments or of their making buttons, pins, buckles, slide fasteners or the like A44B
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/18 Elastic
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 7/00 Bathing gowns; Swim-suits, drawers, or trunks; Beach suits
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 7/005 Bathing drawers or trunks A41D7/001 takes precedence

Abstract

An athletic wear 1 of the present invention is formed of first clothing fabric F1 having small elastic modulus and second clothing fabric F2 having larger elastic modulus than first clothing fabric F1. First belt part 10 is formed by second clothing fabric covering circumference of upper part of pelvis Bh in wear 1. First belt part 10 essentially continuously comprises belt front part 11, belt back part 13 and pair belt side parts 12 covering upper part of pelvis Bh. Upper edge line of belt part slopes as extends from center of belt back part to center of belt front part.

Claims

1. An athletic wear comprising flexible clothing fabrics, wherein

the athletic wear is formed of a first flexible clothing fabric and a second flexible clothing fabric,

an elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric along a waistline is larger than an elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric along the waistline,

a crotch and a circumference of a lower part of a pelvis in the wear are covered with the first clothing fabric,

a circumference of an upper part of the pelvis in the wear is covered with the second clothing fabric to form a belt-like first belt part, wherein

the first belt part comprises essentially continuously:

a belt front part covering a front surface of the upper part of the pelvis,

a belt back part covering a back surface of the upper part of the pelvis, and

a pair of belt side parts each covering a side surface of the upper part of the pelvis,

the belt front part, the belt back part and the belt side parts are set individually to four regions into which the first belt part is equally divided in a circumferential direction,

an upper edge line of the first belt part is sloped downward from the belt side part toward a center of the belt front part,

a front upper edge line of the upper edge line of the belt front part is arranged in a level of one of an upper edge of the pelvis and a vicinity thereof, avoids essentially covering an upper area than the pelvis and avoids essentially covering an upper area than a back upper edge line of the upper edge line of the belt back part,

a center of the back upper edge line is arranged in a region that is around 4 cm to 6 cm upper than a center of the front upper edge line, and

the first belt part is formed so that a virtual back center line vertically dividing the belt back part into two parts is in a region that is 4 cm to 6 cm on an average upper than a virtual front center line vertically dividing the belt front part into two parts.

2. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein a value computed by dividing the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric along the waistline by the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 2.0 to 25.

3. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 0.3 to 3.0 N/cm,

the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 3.0 to 14 N/cm, and

a value computed by subtracting the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric from the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric is set from 2.7 to 13.7 N/cm.

4. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the front upper edge line of the belt front part is formed to be convexed downward, and

the back upper edge line of the belt back part is formed as one of being convexed upward and being generally horizontal.

5. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 4, wherein a lower edge line of the belt front part is formed to be convexed upward, and

a lower edge line of the belt back part is formed to be convexed upward.

6. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first belt part covers at least a part of an anterior superior iliac spine in a vicinity of both ends of the front surface, and covers a part of an iliopsoas, and

the belt back part covers a part of a sacrum.

7. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 6, wherein the belt back part covers one of an upper edge of the sacrum and a vicinity thereof but avoids covering a lower edge of the sacrum.

8. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 6, wherein the belt side parts are arranged in an area that is lower than an iliac crest and upper than a greater trochanter.

9. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 8, wherein a lower edge line of the belt side parts is formed to be convexed downward toward a vicinity of a center in the circumferential direction of the belt side parts, and

a lowermost end of the belt side parts is adjacent to the greater trochanter, and a height of the belt side parts is set from ½

to ⅘

of a distance between the greater trochanter and the iliac crest.

10. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the athletic wear is a swimwear.

11. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 10, further comprising a pair of second belt parts formed of a clothing fabric that differs from the first clothing fabric, wherein

an elastic modulus of the second belt parts in the longitudinal direction is larger than the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric, and

the second belt parts each have a first connection part at which an upper end of the second belt part is connected to a lower end of the first belt part at a posterior region of a thigh in an outer side of the pelvis, and are formed like a belt toward an inner side of a knee from the first connection part.

12. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a pair of third belt parts formed of a clothing fabric that differs from the first clothing fabric, wherein

an elastic modulus of the third belt parts in the longitudinal direction is larger than the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric, and

the third belt parts each are formed like a belt toward an outer side of the knee from around an upper edge of an anterior region of the thigh.

13. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a leg part covering the knee and a calf,

a support part formed of the second clothing fabric to cover at least a front surface above around the knee, and

a second connection part connecting the support part and the belt side parts along a longitudinal direction of a leg.

14. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein an enclosure running along the waistline is provided in an upper edge portion of the first belt part,

the enclosure is formed by folding the second clothing fabric so that the second clothing fabric is doubled, and

a rubber-like belt having rubber elasticity to be elastic along the waistline is put in the enclosure.

15. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 14, wherein an elastic modulus of the rubber-like belt is larger than the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric.

16. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 15, wherein the elastic modulus of the rubber-like belt is set from 17 to 40 N/cm, and a width of the rubber-like belt is set from 2.0 to 3.5 cm.

17. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 10, wherein a value computed by dividing the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric along the waistline by the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 1.5 to 7.0.

18. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 10, wherein the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 1.2 to 3.5 N/cm,

the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric along the waistline is set from 5.0 to 14.0 N/cm, and

a value computed by subtracting the elastic modulus of the first clothing fabric from the elastic modulus of the second clothing fabric is set from 3.7 to 12.0 N/cm.

19. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first clothing fabric covers a first region that is a front surface of the thigh and a second region that is a back surface of the thigh and buttocks, and

an elastic modulus of a part of the first clothing fabric covering the second region is larger than an elastic modulus of a part of the first clothing fabric covering the first region.

20. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 19, wherein the elastic modulus of a part of the first clothing fabric in a third region that is a hypogastrium covered by the first clothing fabric is larger than the elastic modulus of the part of the first clothing fabric covering the first region.

21. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper edge line of the belt side parts is arranged along one of the iliac crest and a vicinity of a lower side thereof.

22. An athletic wear as claimed in claim 1, wherein the back upper edge line of the upper edge line of the belt back part is arranged, in a part of the sacrum, at one of the upper edge of the sacrum and a vicinity of the upper side of the sacrum, and

in both sides of the sacrum, the back upper edge line is arranged at one of the upper edge of the pelvis and a vicinity of the lower side of the pelvis.