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US 8,818,478 B2Granted
Sensor garment
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsKim Scheffler, Melanie M. Maslany
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Abstract
The present invention provides a sensor garment including a harness. In one exemplary embodiment, the sensor garment includes a textile portion, a device-retention element coupled to the textile portion, and a stretchable harness coupled to the textile portion. The harness includes a conductive element disposed between layers of film. The conductive element includes a first termination point at the device retention element, configured to connect to a monitor device. The conductive element includes a second termination point configured to connect to a sensor or transceiver.
Claims38
A garment, comprising:
- a textile portion;
- a device retention element coupled to the textile portion;
- and
- a stretchable harness coupled to the textile portion, the stretchable harness comprising an electrically conductive element having a first termination point at the device retention element and a second termination point,
- wherein the conductive element is arranged in a sinusoidal pattern, and
- wherein the sinusoidal pattern adopts a greater frequency closer to an endpoint of the conductive element.
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A garment, comprising:
- a textile portion;
- a device retention element coupled to the textile portion:
- and
- a stretchable harness coupled to the textile portion, the harness comprising an electrically conductive element having a first termination point at the device retention element and a second termination point,
- wherein the conductive element is arranged in a sinusoidal pattern, and
- wherein the sinusoidal pattern adopts a lesser magnitude closer to an endpoint of the conductive element.
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A harness, the harness comprising:
- a stretchable first layer;
- a stretchable second layer coupled to the first layer;
- and
- a stretchable electrically conductive element disposed between the first layer and the second layer, the stretchable electrically conductive element having a first termination point, configured to connect to a monitor device, and a second termination point configured to connect to a first sensor for sensing a physiological parameter of a wearer of the harness,
- wherein the stretchable electrically conductive element is arranged in a sinusoidal pattern varying in at least one of frequency or magnitude.
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A garment, comprising:
- a textile portion;
- a device retention element coupled to a first area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to the back of a wearer of the garment;
- a first sensor coupled to a second area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to a right side of the torso of the wearer;
- a second sensor coupled to a third area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to a left side of the torso of the wearer;
- and
- a harness bonded to the textile portion, the harness comprising:
- a first harness portion extending between the first area and the second area, and configured to couple to the first sensor;
- and
- a second harness portion extending between the first harness portion and the third area, and configured to couple to the second sensor,
- wherein the first harness portion is configured to extend from the first area, under an arm of the wearer, to the second area,
- wherein the second harness portion is configured to extend from the second area, across the front of the wearer, to the third area, and
- wherein the second harness portion is not bonded to the textile layer.
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A garment, comprising:
- a textile portion;
- a device retention element coupled to a first area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to the back of a wearer of the garment;
- a first sensor coupled to a second area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to a right side of the torso of the wearer;
- a second sensor coupled to a third area of the textile portion configured to be proximate to a left side of the torso of the wearer;
- and
- a harness bonded to the textile portion, the harness comprising:
- a first harness portion extending between the first area and the second area, and configured to couple to the first sensor;
- and
- a second harness portion extending between the first harness portion and the third area, and configured to couple to the second sensor,
- wherein:
- the first harness portion is configured to extend from the first area, over an arm of the wearer, to the second area, and
- the second harness portion is configured to extend from an intermediate point of the first portion to the third area.
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A garment, comprising:
- a textile portion;
- a device retention element coupled to the textile portion;
- and
- a harness coupled to the textile portion, the harness comprising an electrically conductive element having a first termination point at the device retention element and a second termination point,
- wherein the electrically conductive element is arranged in a pattern varying in at least one of frequency or magnitude.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.