Upper body garment
OwnerNeil Summersinventor
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Abstract
An upper body garment which is provided with strips of muscle relaxing pads arranged to face areas of the body in which muscle tension is likely to be a problem. The muscle relaxing pads are in the form of arrays of resilient nodules which extend inwardly to face the muscles of a wearer. The pads are placed sequentially along a strip which is inserted into a pocket in the garment. The strip is formed to present a convex curved profile to the wearer of the garment, thereby enhancing the therapeutic benefits of the garment.
Claims21
An upper body garment comprising:
- a plurality of muscle relaxing pads disposed on the inside of said garment, each said pad further comprising an array of nodules of resilient material, said nodules extending inwardly from said garment;
- said pads located sequentially along at least one strip, and
- said at least one strip being removably retained in said garment.
An upper body garment comprising:
- a pocket extending down a back side of said garment, said pocket having an opening on one end thereof,
- a strip removably retained in said pocket;
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- said strip having an array of pads of resilient material extending inwardly from said garment.
An upper body garment provided in selected areas with muscle relaxing pads, each said pad having a front surface comprising an array of nodules which extend inwardly from said garment, said pads disposed successively along at least two columns extending down said garment and adapted to be positioned on either side of the spine of the wearer, each said pad having a back surface, wherein:
- when each said back surface is positioned substantially along a common plane, said nodules on each said pad extend a distance from said plane, whereby said distance is a maximum for an intermediate one of said pads in a respective column and said distance decreases with each pad positioned successively away from said intermediate pad.
An upper body garment provided in selected areas with muscle relaxing pads, each pad comprising an array of nodules of resilient material, said nodules extending inwardly from said garment, said pads being provided in the form of at least one strip of spaced apart pads, each said strip being retained in the garment in a pocket which is open towards the top of the garment to allow said strip of pads to be slid in and out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.