Swimsuit with tension bands and reinforcement liners
AssigneeTYR Sport, Inc.
InventorsMatthew Vito DiLorenzo, Joseph DiLorenzo, Jared Berger
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Abstract
A swimsuit for competition swimming is contemplated as being formed with a network of tension bands disposed interior to the external surface of the swimsuit for storing energy and resisting motion, and with a plurality of reinforcement liners configured to complement the functionality of the network of tension bands while maintaining strength and flexibility in targeted locations while prevent intrusion of water from being retained within the components of the suit through a network of strategically positioned drains. The swimsuit may optimize the swimmer's swimming motion with reduced discomfort and without degrading prematurely due to wear.
Claims20
A swimsuit having at least a torso portion and two thigh portions configured to be worn over and compress against at least a portion of a torso and thighs of a swimmer, the swimsuit comprising:
- an external surface;
- a plurality of tension bands disposed interior to the external surface of the swimsuit, each of the one or more tension bands being configured to have a tensile elasticity along its longitudinal axis greater than a tensile elasticity of the external surface, the plurality of tension bands comprising at least two upper torso bands extending downward from a respective underarm region of the swimsuit to an opposite lateral waist region of the swimsuit, the at least two upper torso bands intersecting at a front centerline of the torso portion so as to define an X pattern;
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- a plurality of reinforcement liners interior to the external surface, each of the plurality of reinforcement liners being defined by one or more peripheral regions and one or more interior regions;
- wherein the plurality of reinforcement liners at least partially occupy at least at an upper reinforcement zone defined by the upper portion of the x pattern, a lower reinforcement zone defined by the lower portion of the x pattern, and two lateral reinforcement zones defined by the lateral side portions of the x pattern;
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- wherein the plurality of reinforcement liners at least partially occupy the upper reinforcement zone, the lower reinforcement zone, and the lateral reinforcement zones and are detached from the external surface at their respective one or more interior regions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.