Wearable airfoil
OwnerJoao M P Correia Nevesinventor
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Abstract
A wearable airfoil for reducing aerodynamic drag. The wearable airfoil includes a garment, the garment including at least an anchor unit adapted to receive a fastening means of an airfoil element, characterized in that the anchor unit includes adjusting means capable to adjust a tension of an edge of the airfoil element by at least controlling an effective length of the edge.
Claims31
A wearable airfoil comprising:
- a garment,
- the garment including at least an anchor unit adapted to receive a fastening means of an airfoil element,
- characterized in that
- the anchor unit includes adjusting means capable to adjust a tension of an edge of the airfoil element by at least controlling an effective length of the edge.
An air foil garment comprising:
- at least a bodice portion adapted to at least partly cover a torso portion of a person wearing the bodice portion;
- at least one pant portion adapted to at least partly cover a hip and/or leg portion of a person wearing the pant portion;
- the bodice portion having a lower hem section and the pant portion having a waistband section;
- the hem section and the waistband section comprising corresponding fastening means adapted to detachably joining the bodice portion and the pant portion.
A bodice portion of an airfoil garment having sleeves, the sleeves adapted to get at least one airfoil portion attached thereto, thereby causing tensile forces tending to move the sleeves in a proximal direction towards a torso of a person wearing the bodies portion whereas at distal ends of the sleeves glove portions are provided adapted to engage with fingers and/or interspaces between fingers of the person wearing the bodice portion in a positive locking manner with respect to a proximal direction of the forces.
A pant portion of an airfoil garment having pants legs, the pant legs adapted to get at least one airfoil portion attached thereto thereby causing tensile forces tending to move the pants legs in a proximal direction towards a torso of a person wearing the pants portion whereas at distal ends of the pants legs glove portions are provided adapted to engage with the sole of a foot of the person wearing the pant portion in a positive locking manner with respect to a proximal direction of the forces.
An airfoil element adapted to be attached to a garment of a wearable airfoil for reducing a sportsman's air drag comprising:
- an airfoil element attachable to the garment at least via one anchor element, whereas the airfoil element comprises a trailing edge, whereas the trailing edge being stretched between anchors by an elastic suspension line,
- characterized in that
- the suspension line is accommodated within a casing extending along the trailing edge.
An airfoil element adapted to be attached to a garment of a wearable airfoil for reducing a sportsman's air drag comprising:
- an airfoil element attachable to the garment at least via on anchor element, where the airfoil element comprising at least one elastic suspension line adapted to be stretched between anchor locations,
- whereas free ends of the suspension line are adapted to be engaged to and disengaged from the anchor locations by hand without the need of additional tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.