Energizing garment
OwnerEmeline Kuhner-Stout, Myron Stoutinventors
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to energizing garments wearable by a user. The energizing garment is provided with compressive material and fingers (e.g., watershed fingers and/or massage (non-watershed) fingers) that can be positioned about the user's body to provide a combination of compression and penetrating massage to tissues that are oriented relative to watersheds of the user. The compressive material and fingers may be sized, shaped, oriented, or arranged in patterns to strategically energize the tissues of the user to release fluids, such as lymph, interstitial fluids, and/or blood, along or across the watersheds.
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An energizing garment, comprising:
- a compressive material configured to be worn by a user, the compressive material shaped to apply a first compressive force and a second compressive force to skin of the user, the compressive material having at least one watershed portion positioned about at least one watershed of the user and at least one non-watershed portion positioned about at least one non-watershed region of the user, the second compressive force being different from the first compressive force;
- watershed fingers secured to the at least one watershed portion of the compressive material, the watershed fingers arranged in a watershed pattern oriented to engage at least a portion of the at least one watershed of the user and to encourage interstitial fluid flow about the at least one watershed, the at least one watershed portion of the compressive material having the first compressive force;
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- massage fingers secured to the at least one non-watershed portion of the compressive material, the massage fingers arranged in a massage pattern defining a fluid path for passage of the interstitial fluid from the at least one non-watershed region to the at least one watershed whereby lymphatic vessels of the user are encouraged to absorb the interstitial fluid, the at least one non-watershed portion of the compressive material having the second compressive force.
An energizing garment, comprising:
- a compressive material shaped to conform to a body of a user, the compressive material having a graduated elasticity to apply a first compressive force and a second compressive force against the body of the user when worn by the user, the compressive material having at least one watershed portion configured to be positioned about at least one watershed of the user and configured to exert the first compressive force and at least one non-watershed portion configured to be positioned about at least one non-watershed region of the user and configured to exert the second compressive force, the second compressive force being different from the first compressive force;
- watershed fingers secured to the at least one watershed portion of the compressive material to compressively engage at least a portion of the watershed of the user and to encourage interstitial fluid flow through the at least one watershed;
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- massage fingers secured to the at least one non-watershed portion of the compressive material to massagingly engage at least a portion of the non-watershed region of the user and to encourage interstitial fluid flow towards the at least one watershed whereby lymphatic vessels of the user are encouraged to absorb interstitial fluid.
A method of making an energizing garment for treating tissues of a user, the method comprising:
- providing a compressive material having graduated elasticity;
- cutting the compressive material into a material pattern conforming to a body of the user;
- securing watershed fingers to the compressive material in a watershed pattern, the watershed pattern corresponding to at least one watershed regions of the body and configured to apply a first compressive force;
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- securing massage fingers to the compressive material in a non-watershed pattern, the non-watershed pattern corresponding to the at least one non-watershed regions of body and configured to apply a second compressive force less than the first compressive force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.