Golf training wear

Abstract

To provide highly convenient golf training wear which can be used easily and serves as a convenient golf training tool.SOLUTION: Golf training wear 10 includes a body part 11 and an arm part 12 integrated with the body part 11. A fastener 13 is provided on the golf training wear 10, and the arm part 12 can be restrained relative to the body part 11 in a region where the fastener 13 extends. Further, the golf training wear can be switched in a restraining state in which the arm part 12 is restrained and in a non-restraining state where the restraint is cancelled by opening and closing the fastener 13. The fastener 13 is provided on a front face side of the golf training wear 10, and the restraint by the fastener 13 is performed in a position on a front side of an armpit part 17.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a golf practice wear. [Background technology]

[0002] 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as golf training tools for mastering a proper swing, there are known tools that have a restraining function for restricting arm movements in a direction that opens the armpits.

[0003] For example, Patent Document 1 describes a golf training tool that includes a pair of annular elastic belt parts and a connecting belt part that connects the annular elastic belt parts, and is configured so that a user can wear the tool at a golf driving range by passing their left and right arms through the pair of annular elastic belt parts, respectively. In this golf training tool, the left and right annular elastic belt parts are pulled inward by the central connecting belt part, thereby restricting the movement of the user's arms so that their sides do not open. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2017-86459 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, the golf training tool described in Patent Document 1 requires the user to bring the tool to the golf driving range. In addition, the user must wear the golf training tool before practicing swinging at the golf driving range, which is troublesome.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and has an object to provide golf practice wear as a golf practice tool that is easy to use and highly convenient. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to solve the above problems, the golf practice wear of the present invention is A golf practice wear having a torso and an arm portion integrated with the torso, A restraining portion is provided that can restrain at least a predetermined portion of the arm below the armpit to the torso within a predetermined range in the vertical direction of the torso, The restraining portion is characterized in that it is switchable between a restrained state in which the specific portion is restrained and a non-restrained state in which the restraint is released.

[0008] In the present invention, by setting the restraining portion to the restraining state, the movement of the arms can be restricted so that the armpits do not open, and the golf practice wear can be used as a golf swing practice tool. On the other hand, by setting the restraining portion to the non-restraining state, the user can move the arms freely. Therefore, the user can wear the golf practice wear in the non-restraining state to the golf practice range, and by switching to the restraining state at the golf practice range, the golf practice wear can be used as a practice tool as it is. Therefore, it is easier to use than conventional golf practice tools, and convenience can be improved. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] (a) is a front view of the golf practice wear, and (b) is a back view of the golf practice wear. [Diagram 2] FIG. 2 is a front view showing the golf practice wear in a restrained state. [Diagram 3] (a) is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in Figure 1(a), and (b) is a cross-sectional view taken along line BB in Figure 1(a). [Figure 4] An exploded view of golf practice wear. [Diagram 5] FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the state of golf practice wear in use. [Figure 6] 13A and 13B are diagrams showing modified examples of golf practice wear. [Figure 7] 13A and 13B are diagrams showing modified examples of golf practice wear. [Figure 8]13A and 13B are diagrams showing modified examples of golf practice wear. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] Hereinafter, one embodiment of golf practice wear according to the present invention will be described with reference to Figs.

[0011] As shown in FIG. 1, the golf practice wear 10 has a shape similar to a short-sleeved T-shirt, and includes a torso 11 and left and right arms 12 that are integrated with the torso 11.

[0012] A zipper 13 is provided as a restraining part between the body 11 and the left and right arms 12. The zipper 13 includes an element part 14 having a pair of teeth groups 14a, 14b extending linearly, and a slider 15 attached to the teeth groups 14a, 14b in a slidable state. In the zipper 13, one of the teeth groups 14a constituting the element part 14 is attached to the body 11 side, and the other teeth group 14b is attached to the arm part 12 side. By lowering the slider 15 from an upper end position 16, the teeth groups 14a, 14b can be engaged with each other to close the element part 14.

[0013] As shown in Fig. 2, when the teeth groups 14a, 14b are engaged (when the element portion 14 is closed), the arm portion 12 is connected to the torso portion 11 through the zipper 13, restricting the movement of the arm portion 12 in a direction away from the torso portion 11 (in a direction in which the armpit portion 17 opens). When the slider 15 is raised from this state, the teeth groups 14a, 14b are released from their engaged state as shown in Fig. 1(a), and in this state, the movement of the arm portion 12 in a direction away from the torso portion 11 is permitted. In this way, by opening and closing the element portion 14 by moving the slider 15 up and down, it is possible to switch between a constrained state in which the arm portion 12 is constrained to the torso portion 11 and a non-constrained state in which the constraining is released.

[0014] 1 and 4, the torso 11 of the golf practice wear 10 is formed by sewing together a front body 21 constituting the front side of the torso 11 and a back body 22 constituting the back side of the torso 11. A first side body 24 is interposed between the front body 21 and the back body 22 in the waist direction, and the first side body 24 extends downward from the side 17 in the torso 11.

[0015] The first side body 24 is sewn (joined) to the front body 21 at a seam (first seam line SL1) set on the front body 21, but a boundary 32 between the first side body 24 and the front body 21 is closer to the front and is located forward of the lateral position on the torso 11. For this reason, the first side body 24 is designed to cover an area slightly forward from the underarm area on the lateral side of the torso 11.

[0016] In addition, the first side body 24 is sewn (joined) to the rear body 22 at an edge 33 on the rear body 22 side in the waist direction, but the boundary 34 between the first side body 24 and the rear body 22 is set directly to the side of the torso 11.

[0017] The arm portion 12 of the golf practice wear 10 is formed by sewing together an arm body 26 and a second armpit body 27. The second armpit body 27 is interposed between both ends of the arm body 26 in the arm circumference direction, and extends from the armpit 17 to the sleeve end in the arm portion 12.

[0018] The front body 21, the back body 22, the first side body 24, the arm body 26, and the second side body 27 are made of the same fabric. Specifically, a fabric made of cotton or polyester yarn is used that is pique knitted. In pique knitting, one of two perpendicular directions has higher elasticity than the other, and in the golf practice wear 10, the torso 11 uses the above fabric in an orientation in which the elasticity in the vertical direction (length of the torso) is higher than the elasticity in the horizontal direction (around the waist), and the arm 12 uses the above fabric in an orientation in which the elasticity in the vertical direction (length of the arm) is higher than the elasticity in the horizontal direction (around the arm).

[0019] In this configuration, as shown in Fig. 1(a), teeth group 14a of zipper 13 on the torso 11 side is joined to torso 11 by sewing zipper tape 18a (Fig. 3(a)) to boundary 32 (Fig. 4) between front body 21 and first underarm body 24. Teeth group 14b of zipper 13 on the arm 12 side is joined to arm 12 by sewing zipper tape 18b (Fig. 3(b)) to boundary 35 (Fig. 4) between arm body 26 and second underarm body 27. In other words, zipper 13 is provided along boundary 32 between front body 21 and first underarm body 24 and boundary 35 between arm body 26 and second underarm body 27.

[0020] In this case, the zipper 13 is attached so as to start from the upper end positions 32a, 35a of the boundaries 32, 35 and extend downward, but the upper end positions 32a, 35a of the boundaries 32, 35 are set above and in front of the armpit portion 17. Therefore, in the non-constrained state of the zipper 13 (open state of the element portion 14), the slider 15 is located above and in front of the armpit portion 17, and in the constrained state (closed state of the element portion 14), the zipper 13 is constrained in front of the armpit portion 17.

[0021] 1(a), the boundary 32 between the front body 21 and the first side body 24 in the torso 11 is inclined downward toward the center of the torso 11. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, when the element part 14 is closed, the zipper 13 is inclined so as to draw the sleeve end of the arm 12 (the elbow of the user) inward.

[0022] As shown in FIG. 1(a), a low-stretch section 41 is provided as a connecting section in the torso section 11 in a portion that will become the chest section. The low-stretch section 41 is arranged overlapping the front of the front body 21 so as to cover the chest region (first region) 42 that is sandwiched between the teeth group 14a of the right zipper 13a and the teeth group 14a of the left zipper 13b. The left and right edges 41a (FIG. 4) of the low-stretch section 41 are sewn to the teeth group 14a (zipper tape 18a) of each zipper 13a, 13b. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 3(a), with the low-stretch section 41 folded inward together with the front body 21, the front body 21, the low-stretch section 41, the teeth group 14a (zipper tape 18a), and the first side body 24 are sewn together along the first seam line SL1.

[0023] The low-stretch portion 41 has lower elasticity than the region of the front body 21 that is not sandwiched between the teeth 14a of the right zipper 13a and the teeth 14a of the left zipper 13b, i.e., the abdominal region (second region) 43 below the chest region (first region) 42. Since the abdominal region 43 is part of the front body 21, its elasticity in the waist direction is lower than its elasticity in the up-down direction, but the low-stretch portion 41 has lower elasticity in both the up-down direction and the left-right direction than the waist direction of the abdominal region 43. Therefore, even if a tensile load is applied to the torso 11 in a direction spreading outward through the zipper 13 in a restrained state, the low-stretch portion 41 prevents deformation (stretching) of the torso 11, and restraint on the arms 12 is maintained.

[0024] As shown in FIG. 3(b), at the boundary 35 between the arm body 26 and the second underarm body 27 in the arm portion 12, the arm body 26, the zipper teeth group 14b (zipper tape 18b) and the second underarm body 27 are sewn together along the second seam line SL2 with the arm body 26 folded inward.

[0025] Next, a method of using the golf practice wear 10 will be described.

[0026] When the user wears the golf practice wear 10 in a situation where he or she is not performing a golf swing, as shown in Fig. 1(a), the slider 15 of the zipper 13 is placed in the upper end position 16 to open the element portion 14. This releases the restraint imposed by the zipper 13, allowing the user's arms to move freely.

[0027] In the above case, the slider 15 is located near the base of the arm, in front of the armpit, because the zipper 13 is attached forward of the armpit 17. This prevents the slider 15 from getting under the armpit of the user, and prevents the slider 15 from coming into contact with the armpit and causing pain.

[0028] The arm portions 12, the low-elasticity portion 41, and the zipper 13 are formed in a similar color (e.g., black), making the zipper 13 less noticeable. This makes it difficult to tell that the wear is golf practice wear 10, making it easy to wear the wear 10 in places other than a golf driving range.

[0029] When the user performs a golf swing, as shown in Fig. 2, the slider 15 of the zipper 13 is lowered to close the element portion 14, and the inside of the arm portion 12 is connected to the side portion of the torso portion 11 through the zipper 13. This holds the arm portion 12 in a position where the armpit portion 17 is fastened, and restricts the movement of the arm portion 12 in the direction of opening outward.

[0030] When the user holds the golf club 45 in this state and takes the address position before hitting the ball, the position of the arms is guided to a state where the armpits are not open as shown in Fig. 5. At that time, the left and right zippers 13a, 13b are arranged at an angle so that the distance between them narrows as they go downward, so the user's arms are naturally guided to form an inverted triangle, making it easier to take the correct address position.

[0031] After taking the address posture as described above, the user swings up the golf club 45 to take it back, and then swings down the golf club 45 to make a golf swing. During these steps, the user's arms are supported by the zipper 13 restraining the arms 12, and the armpits are prevented from opening. During the take-back and golf swing, the movement of the arms 12 is greater than during the address, so a strong tensile load is likely to be applied to the torso 11 through the zipper 13.

[0032] In this regard, in the golf practice wear 10, the left and right zippers 13a, 13b in the torso 11 are joined to the low-elasticity portion 41, so that the torso 11 is less likely to stretch in the left-right direction even when a strong tensile load as described above is applied. This makes it possible to restrict the distance between the left and right zippers 13a, 13b from widening, and to prevent the armpits from opening when taking back or swinging a golf club.

[0033] In addition, in the golf practice wear 10, the torso 11 (front body 21) has low elasticity in the torso direction, and the arm 12 also has low elasticity in the arm direction, so that the fabric of the torso 11 and arm 12 is prevented from stretching in the left-right direction during a take-back or a golf swing. This makes it even harder for the armpits to open, and makes it possible to suitably enhance the armpit-tightening effect.

[0034] In addition, since the torso 11 and the arms 12 have high stretchability in the vertical direction, the golf practice wear 10 does not become uncomfortable for the user to wear, and the golf practice wear 10 does not become difficult to put on or take off. In other words, it is possible to preferably achieve both the armpit tightening effect and the comfort of wearing.

[0035] Here, if a large load is applied to the torso 11 during a take-back or a golf swing, the torso 11 may be damaged. For example, if the zipper 13 is only attached to the front body 21, the front body 21 may tear at the attached portion. In this regard, in the golf practice wear 10, the first side body 24 is interposed adjacent to the front body 21 in the torso 11, and the zipper 13 is fixed at the seam between the front body 21 and the first side body 24. This increases the strength of the attached portion of the zipper 13 in the torso 11, and prevents the torso 11 from being damaged even if a large load is applied to the torso 11 through the zipper 13.

[0036] In addition, the second side body 27 is also interposed in the arm portion 12, and the zipper 13 is fixed at the seam between the arm body 26 and the second side body 27, so that damage to the arm portion 12 can be prevented even if a large load is applied to the arm portion 12 through the zipper 13 during a take-back or golf swing.

[0037] According to the present embodiment described above in detail, the following excellent effects can be obtained.

[0038] (1) The garment is provided with a zipper 13, which can restrain the arm 12 (upper arm: a specified portion below the armpit 17) against the torso 11 within the range in which the zipper 13 extends (a specified range in the vertical direction of the torso 11). The garment is also configured so that opening and closing the zipper 13 can switch between a restrained state in which the arm 12 is restrained and a non-restrained state in which the restraint is released.

[0039] By closing the zipper 13 to put it in a restraining state, the movement of the arm 12 can be restricted so that the armpits do not open, and the golf practice wear 10 can be used as a golf swing practice tool. On the other hand, by opening the zipper 13 to put it in a non-restraining state, the user can move their arms freely. Therefore, the user can wear the golf practice wear 10 and go to a golf driving range, and close the zipper 13 at the golf driving range, so that the golf practice wear 10 can be used as a practice tool as it is. Therefore, it can be used more easily than conventional golf practice tools, and convenience can be improved.

[0040] (2) The zipper 13 is provided on the front side of the golf practice wear 10, and the restraint by the zipper 13 is performed in a position forward of the armpits 17. In this case, when a user wears the golf practice wear 10 in a restraining state and performs a golf swing, the zipper 13 can be prevented from getting under the armpits. This can prevent the zipper 13 from interfering with the swing or causing pain due to rubbing against the armpits by the zipper 13.

[0041] (3) In the torso 11, the first side body 24 is interposed between the front body 21 and the back body 22, and the zipper 13 is fixed at the seam between the front body 21 and the first side body 24. This configuration increases the strength of the joint of the zipper 13 in the torso 11 compared to when the zipper 13 is fixed to the front body 21. This makes it possible to prevent the torso 11 from being damaged even if a large tensile load is applied to the torso 11 through the zipper 13 during a take-back or a golf swing.

[0042] (4) In the arm portion 12, the second side body 27 is interposed between both ends of the arm body 26, and the zipper 13 is fixed at the seam between the front body 21 and the first side body 24. With this configuration, the strength of the joint of the zipper 13 in the arm portion 12 can be increased, and even if a large tensile load is applied to the arm portion 12 during a take-back or a golf swing, damage to the arm portion 12 can be suppressed.

[0043] (5) A low-elasticity section 41 is provided in the torso 11 at a position that will become the chest, and the left and right zippers 13a, 13b are joined to the low-elasticity section 41. In this case, even if a large tensile load is applied to the torso 11 during a take-back or golf swing, deformation (stretching) of the torso 11 is suppressed, and the armpits are maintained in a tight state. This prevents the armpits from opening during a swing, etc., and makes it possible to suitably enhance the armpit-tightening effect.

[0044] (6) The low-elasticity portion 41 is sewn onto the front body 21 from the front. In this case, the low-elasticity portion 41 is prevented from directly touching the user's skin, and the provision of the low-elasticity portion 41 can prevent the golf practice wear 10 from becoming less comfortable to wear.

[0045] (7) The front body 21 is configured so that the stretchability in the vertical direction is higher than the stretchability in the left-right direction (around the waist). In this case, deformation (stretching) in the waist direction is suppressed, which contributes to the side-tightening effect by restraint, while deformation in the vertical direction is relatively easy, which ensures ease of putting on and taking off and ease of movement.

[0046] <Other embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be implemented, for example, as follows.

[0047] (a) In the above embodiment, the restraining portion is constituted by the zipper 13, but as long as it can restrain the arm portion 12 relative to the torso portion 11 and can switch between a restrained state and a non-restrained state, something other than the zipper 13 may be used as the restraining portion. For example, the restraining portion may be constituted by a button or a hook. Also, in the above embodiment, the zipper 13 as the restraining portion is provided on both the left and right sides, but it may be provided on only one of the left and right sides.

[0048] (b) In the above embodiment, the entire arm 12 (from the armpit 17 to around the elbow) can be restrained by the zipper 13, but only a part of the arm 12 may be restrained by the zipper 13. In this case, in order to easily restrict the movement of the arm, it is preferable to provide the zipper 13 so as to be able to restrain at least an area including the lower end of the arm 12 (around the elbow) as shown in Fig. 6. The zipper 13 shown in Fig. 6 is configured so that when the slider 15 is located at the lower end 51 of the zipper 13, the element portion 14 is in an open state (the arm portion 12 is in an unrestrained state), and when the slider 15 is located at the upper end 52, the element portion 14 is in a closed state (the arm portion 12 is in a restrained state).

[0049] (c) In the above embodiment, the low-stretch portion 41 is provided over the entire range in which the zipper 13 extends in the vertical direction of the body 11, but the low-stretch portion 41 may be provided over only a portion of the above range. In this case, in order to make it easier to suppress the stretching (deformation) of the body 11 during a take-back or a golf swing, it is preferable to provide the low-stretch portion 41 in a range that includes at least the lower ends of the left and right zippers 13 as shown in Fig. 7, in other words, to provide the low-stretch portion 41 so that the region connecting the lower ends becomes the first region 42.

[0050] (d) In the above embodiment, the restraint is performed when the teeth group 14a as the first portion of the restraint portion and the teeth group 14b as the second portion are engaged (in contact), but the first portion and the second portion may be spaced apart, and the distance between the first portion and the second portion may be maintained even if an external force is applied in the direction of opening the sides. In other words, it is sufficient that the distance (space) between the first portion and the second portion in the restraint state is restricted so as not to increase beyond a certain level, and there is no particular limitation as to whether the first portion and the second portion are in contact when restrained.

[0051] (e) In the above embodiment, the arm portions 12 are formed from the same fabric as the front body 21 of the torso 11, but they may be formed from the same fabric as the low-elasticity portion 41. In other words, the arm portions 12 may be configured to be as difficult to stretch as the low-elasticity portion 41. With this configuration, even if a large tensile load is applied to the arm portions 12 during a take-back or a golf swing, the arm portions 12 are less likely to deform (stretch), and the armpit-tightening effect can be improved.

[0052] In this case, it is not necessary that the entire arm portion 12 is made of the same fabric as the low-elasticity portion 41, and only a part of the arm portion 12 may be made of the same fabric as the low-elasticity portion 41. For example, a band-shaped low-elasticity portion may be provided on the arm portion 12 along the arm circumference direction.

[0053] (f) In the above embodiment, the low-elasticity section 41 is layered on the front body 21 , but the front body 21 may be divided into two parts, top and bottom, with the upper part being formed by the low-elasticity section 41 .

[0054] (g) In the above embodiment, the first side body 24 is provided between the front body 21 and the back body 22 in the waist circumference direction of the torso 11, but the front body 21 and the back body 22 may be sewn together without providing the first side body 24. In this case, the left-right dimension of the back body 22 may be made longer than in the above embodiment, so that the sewn part between the front body 21 and the back body 22 is positioned on the front side of the torso 11, and the teeth 14a of the zipper 13 on the torso 11 side may be sewn together with the front body 21 and the back body 22 at the sewn part. In other words, it is sufficient that a sewn part (a sewn part with the first side body 24 or the back body 22 as another fabric part) is provided adjacent to the front body 21 on the front side of the torso 11, and the zipper 13 is fixed at the sewn part.

[0055] Also, the arm portion 12 may have both ends of the arm body 26 sewn together in the arm circumference direction without providing the second underarm body 27. In this case, the position of the sewn portions of both ends may be set so that they are on the front side of the arm portion 12, and the teeth 14b of the zipper 13 on the arm portion 12 side may be fixed at the sewn portions.

[0056] (i) In the above embodiment, as shown in Fig. 8, a storage section 55 may be provided for storing the slider 15 of the zipper 13 inside when the zipper 13 is in a non-restrained state. With this configuration, the slider 15 can be hidden by the storage section 55 when the golf practice wear 10 is not being used as a practice tool. This makes the zipper 13 less noticeable, and makes it difficult to tell that the wear is golf practice wear 10. In this case, the storage section 55 is preferably formed in a color similar to that of the arm section 12 and the low-elasticity section 41 (e.g., black) to make the presence of the storage section 55 less noticeable. [Explanation of symbols]

[0057] 10...Golf practice wear, 11...torso, 12...arms, 13...zipper, 21...front body, 22...back body, 24...first armpit body, 26...arm body, 27...second armpit body.

Claims

1. A golf practice wear having a torso and an arm portion integrated with the torso, A restraining portion is provided that can restrain at least a predetermined portion of the arm below the armpit to the torso within a predetermined range in the vertical direction of the torso, The golf practice wear, wherein the restraining portion is switchable between a restraining state in which the specific portion is restrained and a non-restraining state in which the restraint is released.

2. 2. The golf practice wear according to claim 1, wherein the restraining portion is provided on a front side of the golf practice wear, and restraint by the restraining portion is performed at a position forward of the armpits.

3. The torso portion is configured by sewing together a front body portion constituting a front side, a back body portion constituting a back side, and a side body portion interposed between the front body portion and the back body portion in a waist circumference direction and extending downward from the side, the restraint portion has a first portion on the torso side and a second portion on the arm side, and in the restrained state, a distance between the first portion and the second portion is restricted so as not to increase beyond a certain value, thereby realizing the restraint; 3. The golf practice wear according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the restraining portion is fixed at a seam between the front body portion and the side body portion.

4. The arm portion is configured by sewing together an arm body and a second arm body that is interposed between both ends of the arm body in the arm circumference direction and extends from the armpit toward the sleeve end, 4. The golf practice wear according to claim 3, wherein the second portion of the restraining portion is fixed at a seam between one end of the arm body and the second armpit body.

5. The restraining portion includes a left restraining portion provided corresponding to the left arm portion and a right restraining portion provided corresponding to the right arm portion, a connecting portion provided in the torso portion in a first region sandwiched in a waist circumference direction by at least a portion of the left restraint portion and the right restraint portion, and connecting the left restraint portion and the right restraint portion; 2. Golf practice wear as described in claim 1, wherein the connecting portion is formed so as to have lower elasticity in the waist direction than a second region of the torso portion that is lower than the first region and is not sandwiched between the left side restraint portion and the right side restraint portion.

6. The torso portion includes a front body portion that constitutes a front side of the torso portion, The golf practice wear according to claim 5 , wherein the connecting portion is overlapped with the front body from the front so as to cover the first region of the front body.

7. 7. The golf practice wear according to claim 6, wherein the front body is formed so that stretchability in a vertical direction is higher than stretchability in the waist direction.

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