Pants garment

a technology of pants and garments, applied in the field of pants garments, can solve the problems of difficult support of other motions, and achieve the effects of reducing unwanted knee motion, reducing knee bend and stretch, and reducing the risk of injury

US20100107299A1Inactive Publication Date: 2010-05-06WACOAL
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Patent Type
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Publication Date
2010-05-06
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Abstract

A pants garment has a pair of thigh leg members for covering the thigh area of a wearer. A front thigh elastic band member is provided substantially at a front side of each of the thigh leg members and extends obliquely from an upper front portion to a lower front portion of each thigh leg member. A back thigh elastic band member is provided substantially at a back side of each of the thigh leg members and extends obliquely from an upper back portion to a lower back portion of each thigh leg member. The garment also has a front and back crus elastic band members extending obliquely on crus leg members, which cover the crus areas of the wearer.
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

[0001] The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2003-110882 filed on Apr. 15, 2003 and U.S. Provisional Application Ser. Nos. 60 / 463,994 filed on Apr. 17, 2003 and 60 / 516,040 filed on Oct. 31, 2003. The contents of the applications are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] 1. Field of the Invention

[0003] The present invention relates to a pants garment and, more particularly, to a sports pants garment.

[0004] 2. Related Background Art

[0005] Some conventional sports pants garment has a support portion with a strong tightening force at a predetermined portion of the garment in order to support the motion of the leg muscles. For example, Japanese Patent publication Laid Open No. 10 110306 (Reference 1) discloses a pants garment which supports the motion of the muscles by clamping the thigh, knee, and calf with support portions from the left and right of the wearer...

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[0052]The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

[0053]Prior to a description of the embodiment, the skeletal and muscular system used when describing the function of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a view showing the muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the front side, and FIG. 2 is a view showing the muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the rear side. As shown in FIG. 1, a long adductor 102, pectineus 103, and sartorius 104 are arranged in the front side of the thigh, and a long peroneal 108, tribialis anterior 109, long extensor 110 of toes, gastrocnemius 111, and soleus 112 are arranged in the front side of the crus. As shown in FIG. 2, a great adductor 101, semimembranous 105, biceps 106 of the thigh, and semitendin...