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US 8,533,864 B1Granted
Stabilizing garment system
OwnerKris A. Kostrzewskiinventor
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Abstract
A stabilizing garment system featuring a shirt component and a pant component and strips of spandex integrated into the shirt component and the pant component. The strips of spandex follow the path of a ligament or a muscle of the wearer. The strips of spandex can help provide compression or added support to the wearer's ligaments and/or muscles.
Claims4
A stabilizing garment system (100) for providing support to a muscle or a ligament, said stabilizing garment system (100) comprising a shirt component (110) comprising:
- a) a front torso section (130a) with a first side edge (131a) on a first front half (601) and a second side edge (132a) on a second front half (602), the first front half (601) is an area of the shirt between a front mid-line (501) and the first side edge (131a) of the front torso section (130a), and the second front half (602) is an area of the shirt between the front mid-line (501) and the second side edge (132a) of the front torso section (130a), the front mid-line (501) is a vertical line in a middle of the shirt component (110) dividing the shirt component (110) in half;
- b) a back torso section (130b) with a first side edge (131b) on a first back half (603) and a second side edge (132b) on a second back half (604), the first back half (603) is an area of the shirt component (110) between a back mid-line (502) and first side edge (131b) of the back torso section (130b), and the second back half (604) is an area of the shirt component (110) between the back mid-line (502) and the second side edge (132b) of the back torso section (130b), the back mid-line (502) is a vertical line in a middle of the shirt component (110) dividing the shirt in half, wherein bottom portions of the first side edges (131a/131b) of the torso sections (130a/130b) are connected at a hip line (507) and bottom portions of the second side edges (132a/132b) of the torso sections (130a/130b) are connected at the hip line (507), the hip line is a straight line where the hips of the wearer of the shirt component (110) would be from one side to the other;
- c) a neck hole (120) is disposed at an intersection of top portions of the torso sections (130a/130b) below a shoulder line (503), the shoulder line (503) is a straight line from a first shoulder (145a) to a second shoulder (145b) of the wearer of the shirt component (110), wherein the shoulder line (503) is parallel to the hip line (507);
- d) a first shirt strip (301) disposed around the neck hole (120), the first shirt strip (301) being generally around the shoulder line (503) of the shirt component (110);
- e) a second shirt strip (302) disposed along a bottom edge of the front torso section (130a) and back torso section (130b), the second shirt strip (302) being generally around the hip line (507) of the shirt component (110);
- f) a third shirt strip (303) disposed in the front torso section (130a) and extending from the first shirt strip (301) to the second shirt strip (302), the third shirt strip (303) being aligned with the front mid-line (501) of the shirt;
- g) a fourth shirt strip (304) disposed on the back torso section (130b) and extending from the first shirt strip (301) to the second shirt strip (302), the fourth shirt strip (304) being aligned with the back mid-line (502) of the shirt;
- h) a fifth shirt strip (305) extending from a first front intersection (551) of the first shirt strip (301) and the third shirt strip (303) just below the shoulder line (503) wrapping downward to the first side edge (131a) of the front torso section (130a) at an elbow line (505) of the shirt component (110), the elbow line (505) is a straight line where from one elbow to the other elbow of a wearer of the shirt component (110), the elbow line (505) is parallel to the hip line (507);
- i) a sixth shirt strip (306) extending from a second front intersection (552) of the first shirt strip (301) and the third shirt strip (303) just below the shoulder line (503) wrapping downward to the second side edge (132a) of the front torso section (130a) at the elbow line (505) of the shirt component (110);
- j) a seventh shirt strip (307) extending from a third front intersection (553) of the second shirt strip (302) and the third shirt strip (303) upward to the first side edge (131a) of the front torso section (130a) at the elbow line (505) of the shirt, the third front intersection (553) is at the front mid-line (501) and the hip line (507) of the shirt component (110);
- k) an eighth shirt strip (308) extending from a fourth front intersection (554) of the second shirt strip (302) and the third shirt strip (303) to the second side edge (132a) of the front torso section (130a) at the elbow line (505) of the shirt component (110), the fourth front intersection (554) is at the front mid-line (501) and the hip line (507) of the shirt component (110);
- l) a ninth shirt strip (309) extending from a first back intersection (555) of the first shirt strip (301) and the fourth shirt strip (304) on the first back half (603) of the back torso section (130b) downward to the first side edge (131b) at a third back intersection (557) of the back torso section (130b) at a sternum line (508) of the shirt component (110), the first back intersection (555) is at the back mid-line (502) and the shoulder line (503) of the shirt component (110), the sternum line (508) is the straight line where the sternum of a wearer of the shirt component (110) is, the sternum line (508) is parallel to the hip line (507);
- m) a tenth shirt strip (310) extending from a second back intersection (556) of the first shirt strip (301) and the fourth shirt strip (304) on the second back half (604) of the back torso section (130b) downward to the second side edge (132b) at a fourth back intersection (558) of the back torso section (130b) between the elbow line (505) and the sternum line (508) of the shirt component (110), the second back intersection (556) is at the back mid-line (502) and the shoulder line (503) of the shirt;
- n) an eleventh shirt strip (311) extending from the third back intersection (557) downward to a first point (304a) on the fourth shirt strip (304), the first point (304a) is around the elbow line (505) of the shirt component (110);
- o) a twelfth shirt strip (312) extending from the fourth back intersection (558) downward to the first shirt point (304a) on the fourth shirt strip (304);
- p) a thirteenth shirt strip (313) extending from the first shirt point (304a) on the fourth shirt strip (304) downward to the first side edge (131b) of the back torso section (130b) just above the hip line (507) of the shirt component (110);
- q) a fourteenth shirt strip (314) extending from the first shirt point (304a) on the fourth shirt strip (304) downward to the second side edge (132b) of the back torso section (130b) just above the hip line (507) of the shirt component (110);
- wherein the strips are constructed from a material comprising elastane.
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