US 7,730,552 B2 · Pants garment

Abstract

A pants garment has a pair of thigh leg members for covering the thigh area of a wearer. A front thigh elastic band member is provided substantially at a front side of each of the thigh leg members and extends obliquely from an upper front portion to a lower front portion of each thigh leg member. A back thigh elastic band member is provided substantially at a back side of each of the thigh leg members and extends obliquely from an upper back portion to a lower back portion of each thigh leg member. The garment also has a front and back crus elastic band members extending obliquely on crus leg members, which cover the crus areas of the wearer.

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Dependent claims

A pants garment, comprising:

left and right leg members for covering the left and right thigh and leg areas of a wearer, each leg member independently comprising a first stretchable portion and a second stretchable portion,
wherein said second stretchable portions have a greater tightening force for applying greater pressure than said first stretchable portions, and independently include
a front second stretchable portion provided at a front side of each of the leg members, said front second stretchable portion extending obliquely from an upper front portion to a lower front portion of each leg member, and
a back second stretchable portion provided at a back side of each of the leg members, said back second stretchable portion extending obliquely from an upper back portion to a lower back portion of each leg member,
wherein for each leg member, the front second stretchable portion and a first portion of the back second stretchable portion meet at least at an inner lower portion of the thigh leg member
wherein at least either one of the left leg member or the right leg member has the front second stretchable portion extending continuously along the front side from an outer waist portion, along a front outer hip portion, to an inner knee portion of the left or right leg member and then to an outer ankle portion, respectively, and
wherein a second portion of the back second stretchable portion extends from an inner upper portion to an outer lower portion of each leg member.

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Summary2,849 words

#1. Field of the Invention

#The present invention relates to a pants garment and, more particularly, to a sports pants garment.

#2. Related Background Art

Brief description of the drawings21 figures

#FIG. 1 is a front view showing muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the front side.

#FIG. 2 is a front view showing muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the rear side.

#FIG. 3 is a front view of sports spats.

Detailed description15,774 words

#The embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The same elements are denoted by the same reference numerals, and a repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

#Prior to a description of the embodiment, the skeletal and muscular system used when describing the function of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a view showing the muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the front side, and FIG. 2 is a view showing the muscles and bones when the legs of the human body are seen from the rear side. As shown in FIG. 1, a long adductor 102, pectineus 103, and sartorius 104 are arranged in the front side of the thigh, and a long peroneal 108, tribialis anterior 109, long extensor 110 of toes, gastrocnemius 111, and soleus 112 are arranged in the front side of the crus. As shown in FIG. 2, a great adductor 101, semimembranous 105, biceps 106 of the thigh, and semitendinous 107 are arranged in the rear side of the thigh, and the gastrocnemius 111 and soleus 112 are arranged in the rear side of the crus. FIGS. 1 and 2 show a greater trochanter 113. Note that FIGS. 1 and 2 show typical muscles and bones, and the muscles and bones to be supported in the present invention are not limited to them.

#Sports spats 1 (sports pants garment) of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is a front view of sports spats 1, and FIG. 4 is a rear view of the sports spats 1.

Facts

Application

10/823,994Filed 13 Apr 2004 · us provisional application

Priority

JP 2003-11088215 Apr 2003

Published

US 2004/0255358 A123 Dec 2004

Granted

8 Jun 2010

Term ended

19 Feb 2026

Estimated · how

20 years from earliest known nonprovisional domestic filing plus recorded patent term adjustment, including 677 days of adjustment. Maintenance-fee lapses, terminal disclaimers and statutory extensions have not been checked. The continuity chain may be incomplete; this is not an enforceability determination.

Classification2 codes

A41D 31/18
Characterised by special function or use: elastic
A41D
Outerwear

Timeline

15 Apr 2003Priority claimedJP 2003-110882
13 Apr 2004Application filedUS 10/823,994
20 Aug 2004Assigned to Wacoal Corp.assignment of assignor's interest
23 Dec 2004PublishedUS 2004/0255358 A1
8 Jun 2010GrantedUS 7,730,552 B2
19 Feb 2026Term endedEstimated, includes 677 days of adjustment

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