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US 10,238,156 B2Granted
Suit for athletic activities
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsMark Cumiskey, Kevin Fallon, Chris Laughman, Diaa Abbas
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Abstract
A suit wearable by a human user includes a torso section, two arm sections extending from an upper portion of the torso section, and two leg sections extending from a lower portion of the torso section. At least one of an arm section and a leg section includes at least one exterior surface region that is uneven and having at least one of a different surface friction property and a different surface roughness property in relation to at least one exterior surface region of the torso section.
Claims9
A suit wearable by a human user, the suit comprising:
- a torso section;
- two arm sections extending from an upper portion of the torso section;
- and
- two leg sections extending from a lower portion of the torso section;
- wherein:
- at least one of an arm section and a leg section includes at least one exterior surface region that is uneven and has a different surface friction property in relation to at least one exterior surface region of the torso section;
- the at least one exterior surface region comprises a roughened material that exhibits a variance in surface roughness or surface friction based upon a direction of movement of a fluid along the roughened material;
- and
- the roughened material is configured such that the surface roughness or surface friction of the roughened material is greater along a rough direction of the roughened material in relation to a smooth direction of the roughened material that opposes the rough direction.
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