Racing swimsuit
AssigneeToray Industries, Inc.
InventorsTakeshi Matsuzaki, Kenjiro Mori, Katsuhiro Kinoshita, Ujiteru Niwa
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a racing swimsuit and provides a racing swimsuit capable of reducing surface friction resistance and frictional resistance of turbulence in water. The present invention can reduce the surface frictional resistance in water by the provision of a water repellent region on the surface of a swimsuit as well as makes it possible to reduce the frictional resistance of turbulence occurred on the surface of the swimsuit of a racer by the formation of a plurality of fine grooves parallel to a body lengthwise direction.
Claims11
A swimsuit comprising an elastic fabric, characterized in that the fabric has a plurality of fine grooves formed on a surface of the fabric and the surface has a water repellent region, to which a water repellent treatment is applied, on at least a portion thereof, and wherein the grooves are formed by an embossing treatment.
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