US 12,396,497 B2 · Clothing

Abstract

Issue To make available clothing that supports the wearer's muscles to enable capacity for and flexibility in movement to be improved in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care. Resolution Means Clothing 100 involving the present invention is furnished with an upper-body piece 10 for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, and an upper-body support unit 20 formed on the upper-body piece 10. The upper-body support unit 20 includes an upper-body first support section 21 situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles (901), an upper-body second support section 22 situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles (903), and an upper-body third support section 23 situated in sites following the teres major muscles (904).

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Dependent claims

Clothing for covering a body of a wearer, the clothing comprising:

a lower-body piece for covering at least a portion of a lower half of the body;
and
a lower-body support unit on a pelvic area of the lower-body piece,
wherein the lower-body support unit includes a lower-body first support section and a lower-body second support section forming a V-shape,
wherein the lower-body first support section extends from a medial top region of the lower-body piece downwardly and laterally to a vertex of the V-shape, and
wherein the lower-body piece does not include a support unit below the vertex of the V-shape on a front side of the lower-body piece.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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