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US 5,640,714 AGranted
Lower leg protection garment formed from materials having strong and weak straining forces
AssigneeWacoal Corp.
InventorMasami Tanaka
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AssigneeWacoal Corp.
InventorMasami Tanaka
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A lower leg protection garment is compressingly worn on the surface of a human body, having a tube-like shape from the vicinity of the region just below the knee joint to the vicinity of the ankle. The garment has a portion with a strong straining force which covers at least a part of tuber calcaneus across the sole and extends to the vicinity of the region just below the knee joint covering at least a part of the both sides of the lower leg region, and a portion with a weak straining force in the portion at least one third of the area of the portion having the tube-like shape below the knee joint, reinforcing the lower leg region to provide protection against the ankle sprain or recurrence thereof, enabling anyone to wear appropriately to the proper orientation without skill, providing good wearing comfort.
A lower leg protection garment to be compressingly worn on a surface of a human body,
A pants-like garment, comprising a pair of legs joined by a crotch portion, each of the legs comprising
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