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US 5,109,546 AGranted
Exercise suit with resilient reinforcing
OwnerTimothy P. Dickerinventor
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Abstract
An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and a upper body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (42) encircle the legs (24) and the side bands (58) are affixed to the respective reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer's feet creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook and loop tape (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer's waist and similarly adjusted knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit combined with the looped bands create a resistance to movement providing exercise to the wearer's muscles during physical activity.
Claims22
An exercise suit with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer's muscles comprising:
- a) a pair of stretchable form fitting pants having an open waist and a pair of legs each containing an ankle opening therein,
- b) a pair of resilient lower body reinforcing segments having a front segment and a back segment both in a triangular shape with angular corners and juxtapositioned on the pants on each side of the waist and each fastened to the pants on a center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone, said segments having adustable fastening means on two corners permitting the wearer to increase or decrease tension created by the resiliency of the segment,
- c) an elongatable resistive leg band spirally encircling each pant leg and affixed thereunto, said band attached jointly at both ends to the back lower body reinforcing segment crossing the wearer's knee and looped over each wearer's foot beyond the ankle opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's lower body and leg movement for muscular toning and exercise,
- d) a stretchable form fitting pull-over top having an open waist, a neck opening, sides and a pair of sleeves each containing a wrist opening on an end thereof,
- e) a resilient upper body reinforcing collar in a diamond shape with truncated ends having a circular opening in the center for the user's head, juxtapositioned on the pull-over top around the neck opening and attachably fastened on the center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone, and
- f) an elongatable resistive side band having a first end and a second end and affixed on each side, each band attached on the first end to the collar, along the side terminating and on the second end at the waist opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's upper body movement for muscular toning and exercise.
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An exercise suit with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer's muscles comprising:
- a) a pair of stretchable form fitting pants having an open waist and a pair of legs each containing an ankle opening therein, also a drawstring adjacent to and parallel with the open waist disposed within an overlapped encasement permitting a wearer to draw the string tight to hold the pants in a comfortable position,
- b) a pair of resilient lower body reinforcing segments having a front segment and a rear segment both in a triangular shape with angular corners juxtapositioned on the pants on each side of the waist each fastened to the pants on a center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone, said segment having adjustable fastening means on two corners permitting the wearer to increase or decrease tension created by the resiliency of the segment,
- c) an elongatable resistive leg band spirally encircling each pant leg and affixed there175 jointly at both ends to the back lower body reinforcing segment crossing over the wearer's knee and looped over each wearer's foot beyond the ankle opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's lower body and leg movement for muscular toning and exercise,
- d) a stretchable form fitting pull-over top having an open waist, a neck opening, sides and a pair of sleeves each containing an wrist opening on an end thereof,
- e) a resilient upper body reinforcing collar in a diamond shape with truncated ends having a circular opening in the center for the users head, juxtapositioned on the pull-over top around the neck opening attachably fastened on the center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone,
- f) an elongatable resistive side band having a first end and a second end affixed on each side, each band attached on the first end to the collar along the side terminating on the second end at the waist opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's upper body movement for muscular toning and excerise, and
- g) a pair of resilient, stretchable reinforcing knee pads having a top and a bottom with the bottom permanently attached to the pants below each knee and the top having hook and loop tape with the loop tape attached to the knee pads permitting alteration of the position of the pads relative to the wearer's knee increasing or decreasing resistive tension thereupon.
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An exercise suit with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to wearer's muscles comprising:
- a) a pair of stretchable form fitting pants having an open waist and a pair of legs each containing an ankle opening therein, also a drawstring adjacent to and parallel with the open waist disposed within an overlapped encasement permitting a wearer to draw the string tight to hold the pants in a comfortable position,
- b) a pair of resilient lower body reinforcing segments in a triangular shape with angular corners and juxtapositioned on the pants on each side of the waist and each fastened to the pants on a center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone, said segment having adjustable fastening means on two corners permitting the wearer to increase or decrease tension created by the resiliency of the segment, and
- c) an elongatable resistive leg band spirally encircling each pant leg and affixed thereunto, said band attached jointly at both ends to the back lower body reinforcing segment crossing over the wearer's knee and looped over each wearer's foot beyond the ankle opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's lower body and leg movement for muscular toning and exercise,
An exercise suit with resilient reinforcement for increasing resistance to a wearer's muscles comprising:
- a) a stretchable form fitting pull-over top having an open waist, a neck opening, sides and a pair of sleeves each containing a wrist opening on an end thereof,
- b) a resilient upper body reinforcing collar in a diamond shape with truncated ends having a circular opening in the center for the user's head, juxtapositioned on the pull-over top around the neck opening attachably fastened on the center most portion parallel with a wearer's backbone, and
- c) an elongatable resistive side band having a first end and a second end affixed on each side, each band attached on the first end to the collar along the side and terminating on the second end at the waist opening forming a resistive constraint upon the wearer's upper body and movement for muscular toning and exercise.
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