Textile thigh protector
AssigneeFreolla LLC
InventorsGulnara Abasova, Rena Abramoff
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Abstract
A garment is configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other. The garment includes an elastic tubular member having a dimension smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual, having a circumference smaller than the circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, having a top and a bottom, and having an elastic characteristic. The garment also includes gripping member(s) along an inner circumference of the elastic tubular member. Methods of making the garment are also provided.
Claims11
A method of making a garment configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other, the method comprising:
- obtaining an elastic tubular member, the elastic tubular member having a dimension configured to be smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual and having an inner circumference configured to be smaller than a circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, the elastic tubular member comprising opposing, hollow top and bottom free, unattached ends at a top and a bottom, respectively, of the elastic tubular member, wherein the top and bottom free, unattached ends are designed to overlie the thigh of the individual when worn, and the elastic tubular member further comprising an elastic fabric having a characteristic that it is configured to stretch circumferentially, wherein the elastic tubular member is configured with separate areas of differing elastic tubular member thicknesses around a surface of the garment for promoting exposure of the thigh underneath the garment to air;
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- disposing at least one gripping member along an inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end or the bottom end of the elastic tubular member to form the garment.
A method of making a garment configured to be worn over a thigh of an individual for protecting the thigh from irritation due to facing surfaces of the thighs of the individual bearing or rubbing against each other, the method comprising:
- obtaining an elastic tubular member, the elastic tubular member having a dimension configured to be smaller than a length of the thigh of the individual and having an inner circumference configured to be smaller than a circumference of at least a portion of the thigh of the individual, the elastic tubular member comprising opposing, hollow top and bottom free, unattached ends at a top and a bottom, respectively, of the elastic tubular member, wherein the top and bottom free, unattached ends are designed to overlie the thigh of the individual when worn, and the elastic tubular member further comprising an elastic characteristic in a circumferential direction, and first portions and second portions of the elastic tubular member, wherein the first portions of the elastic tubular member are interspersed among the second portions of the elastic tubular member within an entirety of an area of the elastic tubular member and the second portions of the elastic tubular member are interspersed among the first portions of the elastic tubular member within the entirety of the area of the elastic tubular member for promoting exposure of the thigh underneath the garment to air;
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- disposing at least one gripping member along the inner circumference of the elastic tubular member proximate the top end or the bottom end of the elastic tubular member to form the garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.