# US 10,864,101 B2 · Garment provided with joint supporter section, and knee supporter

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- Number: US 10,864,101 B2
- Document ID: US10864101B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/567,344
- Filed: 2016-04-22
- Published: 2018-05-17
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2015-04-22
- Assignees: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Applicants: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
- Inventors: Tomoaki Ito; Kenji Iida; Motoyasu Yasui; Shiori Ito; Kazuoki Nakai; Fumiaki Saikawa
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10864101B2

## CPC

- A61F 5/0123: {for the knees (A61F5/0106 takes precedence)}
- A41D 13/0015: {Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088}
- A41D 13/06: Knee or foot {(protectors for the legs of players or sportsmen A63B71/1225)}
- A61F 5/01: Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces
- A61F 5/0109: {Sleeve-like structures}
- A61F 5/02: Orthopaedic corsets
- A61F 13/06: specially adapted for feet or legs; Corn-pads; Corn-rings
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)
- A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A knee supporter comprising a tubular supporter body, the tubular support body including:
a knee support section that is worn on a part of a leg including a knee and that supports the knee;
a thigh side support section that supports a thigh side with respect to the knee of the leg; and
a shin side support section that supports a shin side with respect to the knee of the leg, wherein:
an average wear pressure A of the knee support section and an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B; and
an elongation ratio in an axial direction measured by a tensile test under conditions of a grip width of 15 mm, a distance between grippers of 15 mm, and a tensile load of 20 N, in at least a partial region R in the thigh side support section and the shin side support section, is 150% or higher.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein
when the knee support section is stretched with a force of 5 kg in a direction in which a distance will increase between a position X, which corresponds to a center of a kneecap in the knee support section, and a position Y, which corresponds to a center of a popliteal part in the knee support section, an elongation percentage of the knee support section is from 180% to 280%.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein the average wear pressure A is 2.6 kPa or greater.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein:
the average wear pressure A and an average wear pressure B1 of the thigh side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B1, and
the average wear pressure A and an average wear pressure B2 of the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B2.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The knee supporter according to claim 1, wherein at least the thigh side support section, the knee support section, and the shin side support section are continuously produced by circular knitting.

### Claim 6

A knee supporter comprising a tubular supporter body, the tubular support body including:
a knee support section that is worn on a part of a leg including a knee and that supports the knee;
a thigh side support section that supports a thigh side with respect to the knee of the leg; and
a shin side support section that supports a shin side with respect to the knee of the leg, wherein:
an average wear pressure A of the knee support section and an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B; and
an elongation ratio in an axial direction and an elongation ratio in a circumferential direction measured by a tensile test under conditions of a grip width of 15 mm, a distance between grippers of 15 mm, and a tensile load of 20 N, in at least a partial region R in the thigh side support section and the shin side support section, satisfy the relationship: elongation ratio in axial direction>elongation ratio in circumferential direction.