Full body swimsuit
AssigneeAddidas International B.V.
InventorsCiro Fusco, Armin Böhm
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Abstract
This invention relates to a full body swimsuit for enhancing a swimmer's performance in the water. Swimming performance is enhanced by optimizing swimming efficiency, which include influencing the swimmer's physiological responses, improving the accuracy of the swimmer's movements, and optimizing the direction of the resultant propellant forces by modifying the propellant areas.
Claims21
A full body swimsuit comprising graduated compression in a portion of the swimsuit, wherein the portion is an arm portion which comprises a wrist portion and a biceps portion, the graduated compression is greater at the wrist portion than at the biceps portion, and maximum compression is less than about 15 mm Hg.
A full body swimsuit comprising graduated compression in a portion of the swimsuit, wherein the portion is a leg portion which comprises an ankle portion and a thigh portion, the graduated compression is greater at the ankle portion than at the thigh portion, and maximum compression is less than about 41 mm Hg.
A full body swimsuit comprising graduated compression in a portion of the swimsuit, wherein the portion is a leg portion which comprises an ankle portion and a thigh portion, the graduated compression is greater at the ankle portion than at the thigh portion, and maximum compression is less than about 35 mm Hg.
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