System for Minimizing Multi-Dimensional Displacement of the Body

• US 20170202276A1
• Filed: 02/17/2017
• Published: 07/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Recovery Force, LLC
• Original Assignee: Recovery Force, LLC
• Inventors: Wyatt, Matthew W., Stasey, Brian J., Gummin, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 10,426,202 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 1/12 Component parts
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/0007 with stay means A41C3/06 takes precedence; stay means per se A41C3/122
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 3/0057 for sport activities
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 1/086 for horse riding

Abstract

A garment incorporates shape memory alloy, either in shape memory or super-elastic states, an accelerometer, a power source, a microprocessor, and an algorithm implemented by the microprocessor to learn and adapt to the displacement pattern of the wearer'"'"'s body during a physical activity. The shape memory alloy is in the form of SMA or super-elastic wires integrated into portions of the garment, whereby activating the wire(s) shortens the corresponding wire to produce a compressive force on the wearer'"'"'s body within the garment. The system thereby provides real-time, active suspension to control breast displacement, jiggle or bounce. The system provides real-time feedback to a memory or super-elastic material integrated into the garment to provide adaptive force and displacement to counteract the push-off and landing forces at each footfall of the moving wearer affecting displacement of the body.

Claims

1. A garment to be worn in tight-fitting relation with a part of a wearer'"'"'s body, the garment comprising:

a plurality of shape memory wires in integrated into the garment, the plurality of wires arranged in relation to the part of the wearer'"'"'s body experiencing displacement during physical activity of the wearer;

an accelerometer associated with the garment operable to generate data indicative of instantaneous accelerations of the wearer'"'"'s body that can induce such displacement; and

a controller electrically connected to the plurality of shape memory wires and to the accelerometer, the controller including an electrical power supply for providing providing electrical power to the shape memory wires, and a processor operable to execute instructions for selectively providing electrical power to selected ones of the shape memory wires in response to data received from said accelerometer.

2. The garment of claim 1, further comprising a component for measuring the displacement of the part of the wearer'"'"'s body, said component connected to said controller to provide displacement data to said controller, wherein said processor in said controller is operable to execute instructions for selectively providing electrical power to selected ones of the shape memory wires in response to data received from said accelerometer and to said displacement data.

3. The garment of claim 2, wherein the processor is operable to execute instructions to;

provide electrical power to selected ones of the shape memory wires;

receive new displacement data from said component for measuring the displacement; and

determine if the displacement has reduced, and if not then increasing the electrical power provided to selected ones of the shape memory wires.

4. The garment of claim 1, wherein the shape memory wire is Nitinol.

5. The garment of claim 4, wherein the shape memory wire is super-elastic Nitinol.

6. The garment of claim 1, wherein the garment is configured to be worn on the buttocks of the wearer.

7. The garment of claim 1, wherein the plurality of wires are arranged to follow the contour of the buttocks.