Wearable airfoil
OwnerJoao M P Correla Nevesinventor
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Abstract
A wearable arm airfoil garment for reducing the cyclist aerodynamic drag. The wearable arm airfoil includes a front bluff elastic band having ends connected at two anchors, with a first anchor located proximate to the wrist, and a second anchor located proximate to the shoulder. The front bluff elastic band stretches along the radius bone and the humerus bone, between the two anchors. The airfoil also is a stretchable garment material, the garment material wrapping around the arm and over the band from wrist to shoulder, with a body conformable stretchable bodice. In one example, the arm airfoil includes a shirt torso airfoil.
Claims25
A wearable arm airfoil comprising:
- a front bluff elastic band having ends connected at two anchors, with a first anchor located proximate to the wrist, and a second anchor located proximate to the shoulder;
- wherein the front bluff elastic band stretches along the radius bone and the humerus bone, between the two anchors;
- and
- a stretchable garment material, the garment material wrapping around the arm and over the band from wrist to shoulder;
- and
- a body conformable stretchable bodice.
A wearable shirt torso airfoil, having a chest portion and a back portion and a sleeve portion, comprising:
- a cusped elastic line between two anchor points, the first anchor point on the sleeve, and the second anchor point on the torso;
- a stretchable garment wraps over the cusped elastic line between elbow and torso;
- conforming to the chest portion of the shirt on the front and conforming to the back portion of the shirt on the back;
- and
- wherein an elastic line creates a faring from the elbow to the torso.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.