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AssigneeSpeedo International Limited
InventorsKaren FLOCKTON,, Ben HARDMAN, Tim SHARPE, Chris JOHNSON, Dawn NIXON, Joseph SANTRY
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A swimming garment formed from a stretchable elasticated fabric that, in use, covers at least part of the wearer's thighs, hips and glutes. The garment includes at least two tension bands that have a higher modulus of elasticity than adjacent regions of the stretchable elasticated fabric so that, in use, the tension bands offer greater resistance to stretch than the adjacent regions. A first one of said tension bands follows a path that extends along the outside of a left thigh region of the garment to a left hip region of the garment and inwardly from the left hip region across a left upper glute region of the garment towards a mid-line of the garment. A second one of said tension bands follows a path that extends along the outside of a right thigh region of the garment to a right hip region of the garment and inwardly from the right hip region across a right upper glute region of the garment towards a mid-line of the garment.
A swimming garment formed from a stretchable elasticated fabric that, in use, covers at least part of the wearer's thighs, hips and glutes, the garment including at least two tension bands that have a higher modulus of elasticity than adjacent regions of the stretchable elasticated fabric so that, in use, the tension bands offer greater resistance to stretch than the adjacent regions;
A swimming garment formed from a stretchable elasticated fabric that, in use, covers at least part of the wearer's hips, glutes, abdomen and chest, the garment including at least two tension bands that have a higher modulus of elasticity than adjacent regions of the stretchable elasticated fabric so that, in use, the tension bands offer greater resistance to stretch than the adjacent regions, wherein:
A swimming garment formed from a stretchable elasticated fabric and comprising at least one tension band within the garment that, when the garment is worn, generally follows a natural paths of muscles, connective tissues and/or bones in the body that connect muscle groups in a swimmer's body for which coordinated firing is desired for an efficient swimming stroke, in order to provide proprioceptive feedback to the swimmer to help with said coordinated firing.
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