The present invention relates to a lower-body garment.
Known as an example of techniques relating to this kind of field is an undershirt disclosed in Patent Literature 1. This conventional undershirt uses three kinds of materials having different tightening forces, in which the material having the highest tightening force is applied to at least a part of the triceps brachii muscles, the material having the lowest tightening force is applied to at least a part of the trapezius, latissimus dorsi, and deltoid muscles about shoulder blades, and a material having the middle tightening force is applied to the remaining regions. On the other hand, a shirt disclosed in Patent Literature 2, for example, uses a unidirectionally stretchable material and arranges the material such that the expanding/contracting direction varies among upper and lower parts of the back body, the front body, upper arm parts, sides to elbow parts, and sleeve parts.
Patent Literature 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-044070
Conventional garments such as those mentioned above mainly aim to stabilize joints and muscles when wearers move or to keep such motions from being disturbed. While these are meaningful from the viewpoint of supporting the motions of wearers, further contrivances are needed for providing such a function as to enable the wearers to move smoothly and make their various motions appear beautiful. Inducing the wearers to move smoothly and make their motions appear beautiful by a new technique seems to result in improving athletic abilities in various kinds of sports such as tennis, golf, baseball, and running.
For solving the problem mentioned above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lower-body garment which enables its wearer to move smoothly and can make motions appear beautiful.
In the process of diligent studies for achieving the above-mentioned object, the inventors of the present application have focused attention on the fact that motions of a human body are closely related not only to bones and muscles, but also to characteristics of the skin covering their surfaces. Here.
When, a hip joint is abducted, for example, the skin moves upward and downward away from about the greater trochanter as illustrated in
However, if the skin gathers to wrinkle or leaves a joint of a human body to stretch differently from such inherent skin movements when the joint works, the motion of the joint may become narrower in range or inhibited.
Next, the inventors have looked at the appearance of the lower body in the running motion of the human body.
Hence, the inventors have found that, if a structure for supporting movements of the skin such as to suppress waste motions occurring when the human body moves is added to a garment, motions of the wearer can be made smooth and appear beautiful by a new technique totally different from the techniques exerting tightening forces on muscles, thereby achieving the present invention.
The lower-body garment in accordance with the present invention comprises a main part, formed from an elastic material, for coming into close contact with a skin of at least one of femoral and shin parts and biasing the skin in an expanding/contracting direction; and an expansion/contraction start part, relatively less elastic than the main part, for acting as a start point for expanding/contracting the main part when worn; the expansion/contraction start part having at least one of a first start part on a front side of the main part for separating the main part into a portion covering a knee joint of a wearer and a portion covering at least one of femoral and shin parts of the wearer, a second start part on a back side of the main part for separating the main part into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering at least one of the femoral and shin parts of the wearer, a third start part on an outer side face side of the main part at least partly extending under the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer, and a fourth start part on an inner side face side of the main part at least partly extending downward in a part lower than a crotch part of the wearer.
In this lower-body garment, when worn, the main part extends from the expansion/contraction start part acting as a start point, whereby the skin of the wearer can be moved by a force by which, the main part contracts toward the expansion/contraction start part. On the front side of the main part, the first start part acts to separate a fabric of the main part covering the knee joint, and a fabric of the main part covering the femoral part from each other, so as to expand the skin about the crotch part toward the knee joint, or separate a fabric of the main part covering the knee joint and a fabric of the main part and a fabric of the main part covering the shin part from each other, so as to expand the skin about an ankle part toward the knee joint. The second start part acts similarly on the back side of the main part. This enables the hip and knee joints to move smoothly, thereby restraining the body from jumping up.
On the outer side face side of the main part, the third start part at least partly extends under the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and pulls down the fabric of the main part about the greater trochanter, so as to expand the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part. As a consequence, the moving area of the femoral part can be shifted more to the outside of the crotch part when the garment is worn than when not. On the inner side face side of the main part, the fourth start part at least partly extends downward in a part lower than the crotch part of the wearer, thereby acting to gather the skin on the inner side face side of a leg toward the crotch part. This makes it harder for the hip joint to be adducted.
The foregoing enables this lower-body garment to suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
The shin part stated herein means a region from the knee part to the ankle part.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction part has at least two of the first to fourth start parts and is shaped into a line. This allows the start parts to cooperate with each other, thereby further enhancing their actions.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction part includes a linear part substantially symmetrical along a front-back direction of the main part as seen from the side face side of the main part. Here, the side face side includes the outer and inner side face sides. Such a mode can enhance the force by which the fabric of the main part is pulled by the start part.
Preferably, the first start part is formed so as to traverse the main part circumferentially on at least one of the upper and lower sides of the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer on the front side of the main part. Such a structure can generate the actions of the first start part more securely.
Preferably, the second start part is for led so as to traverse the main part circumferentially on at least one of the upper and lower sides of the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer on the back side of the main part. Such a structure can generate the actions of the second start part more securely.
Preferably, the first start part is formed so as to surround the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer on the front side of the main part. Such a structure can generate the actions of the first start part more securely.
Preferably, the second start part is formed so as to surround the portion covering the knee joint of the wearer on the hack side of the in part. Such a structure can generate the actions of the second start part more securely.
The first start part may be formed so as to cover the knee joint of the wearer instead. Such a configuration can also generate the actions of the first start part.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction start art is formed by partly changing a knitting structure of the main part. This can easily form the expansion/contraction start part.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction start part is formed by applying a resin to the main part. This can easily form the expansion/contraction start part.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction start part is formed by attaching a patch to the main part. This can easily form the expansion/contraction start part.
Preferably, the expansion/contraction start part is formed by subjecting the main part to burn-out printing. This can easily form the expansion/contraction start part.
The present invention enables the wearer to move smoothly and can make motions appear beautiful.
In the following, preferred embodiments of the lower-body garment in accordance with the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.
First, findings of the present invention will be explained before the embodiments. In the process of conducting diligent studies, the inventors have paid attention to the fact that moving the skin can bring a change to motions of a human body. For example, the skin at a location where a wrinkle is formed by a motion of a joint in relation to bending/stretching or abduction/adduction of the wearer tends to leave the joint, while the skin at a location n) extend tends to gather at the joint.
The inventors have found that each of these movements is in the same direction as with an inherent skin movement and that adding a structure for promoting these movements to the garment can widen the range of motion of the joint and smooth the motion.
More specifically, when a knee joint bends, wrinkles on the front side of the skin about the knee joint are extended, so as to yield a state where the skin is likely to stiffen. On the back side of the knee joint, on the other hand, a state where the skin is likely to stiffen occurs when the knee joint is extended, e.g., when kicking the ground. These skin stiffening states seem to narrow the moving area of the knee joint and inhibit its motions. Therefore, mitigating these skin stiffening states seems to widen the range of motion of the joint and smooth the motion.
In general, hip joints have been known to be easily adducted under the influence of skeleton forms and the like when running and so forth (women are easier to be adducted than men in particular).
Therefore, the inventors conducted further studies and have found that expanding the skin about the greater trochanters on the outer side face side so as to make it easier to stiffen can restrain the hip joints from being adducted. The inventors have also found that, on the inner side face side, gathering the skin such that wrinkles are likely to shift toward the crotch part can restrain the hip joints from being adducted.
About the hip joints, as mentioned above, making the skin about the grater trochanters easier to stiffen or gathering the skin on the inner side face side about the crotch part can make the hip joints hard to be adducted even when running and the running form appear beautiful.
About the hip joints, wrinkles occurring about the inguinal part (the root of thighs) and gluteal fold also seems to narrow the range of motion in the front-back direction of the hip joints and inhibit, their motions. Therefore, wrinkles about the inguinal part and gluteal fold may be flattened, so as to widen the range of motion of the hip joints and smooth their motions.
By applying the above-mentioned findings to motions of the human lower body, the inventors have reached a conclusion that adding to a lower-body garment such a structure as to suppress movements of making the hips flow laterally outward from the body and causing the body to jump up as illustrated in
For actualizing the effects mentioned above, the following embodiments of the lower-body garment are formed so as to exhibit at least one of an effect (effect A) to gather the skin about a knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crutch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer, an effect (effect B) to gather the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer, an effect (effect C) to extend the skin about a greater trochanter of the wearer toward a femoral part, and an effect (effect D) to gather the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part. The effects A to D are respectively indicated by arrows A to D in the drawings.
The lower-body garment 1A comprises a main part 2 which is formed from an elastic material such as to come into close contact with the skin in at least one of femoral and shin parts in the lower body of the wearer, so as to bias the skin in contact therewith in an expanding/contracting direction, and expansion/contraction start parts 3A which are relatively less elastic than the main part 2 and act as start points for expanding/contracting the main part 2 when worn. The main part 2 is constituted by front and back bodies, for example, and formed by sewing them together. The expansion/contraction start parts 3A are formed bilaterally symmetrical to each other so as to correspond to both legs of the wearer.
An example of the material constituting the main part 2 is bare jersey formed by mixing yarns of polyester and polyurethane. Using such a material favorably brings the main part 2 into close contact with the lower body of the wearer.
An example of the material constituting the expansion/contraction start parts 3A is a power net formed by mixing yarns of nylon and polyurethane. While the expansion/contraction start parts 3A may have various forms as will be explained later, their elasticity is preferably lower in the width direction than in the longitudinal direction for making them extend linearly by a predetermined width.
Since the expansion/contraction start parts 3A are less elastic than the main part 2, the more extendable main part 2 extends from the less extendable expansion/contraction start parts 3A acting as start points when worn, and the main part 2 is always apt to contract toward the expansion/contraction start parts 3A. Therefore, the contracting force of the main part 2 can move the skin of the wearer toward the extendable expansion/contraction start parts 3A.
In this embodiment, each expansion/contraction start part 3A is formed into a line extending from the crotch part of the wearer to an ankle part thereof with a width on the order of several cm. More specifically, the expansion/contraction start part 3A extends vertically near the crotch part of the wearer on an inner side face side of the main part 2 and branches into the front and back sides of the main part 2 on the lower side. Under the branching portion, one line turns to the front side of the main part 2, travels obliquely above a knee part of the wearer, turns to an outer side face side of the main part 2, and extends to the ankle part. The other line is routed to the hack side of the main part 2, travels obliquely above the knee part of the wearer, turns to the outer side face side of the main part 2, and extends to the ankle part of the wearer in parallel with the one line. The expansion/contraction start part 3A forms lines which are substantially symmetrical to each other along the front-back direction of the main part 2 when seen from the side face side of the main part 2 (see
In the expansion/contraction start part 3A, a portion located above the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part (see FIG. 1). A portion located above the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch, part toward the knee part (see
In the expansion/contraction start part 3A, a portion located above the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part (see
In the lower-body garment 1A, as in the foregoing, the main part 2 extends from the expansion/contraction start parts 3A acting as start points when worn, whereby the skin of the wearer can be moved by the force by which the main part 2 contracts toward the expansion/contraction start parts 3A. In the lower-body garment 1A, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to make the hip and knee joints move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up.
That is, the first start part 3a extends wrinkles about the inguinal part (the root of thighs), while the second start part 3b flattens wrinkles about the gluteal fold. This can reduce wrinkles about the inguinal part and gluteal fold where wrinkles are likely to gather in the nude state, thereby widening the range of motion of the knee joint in particular, this can reduce wrinkles occurring in the inguinal part when bending the hip joint and those occurring in the gluteal fold when stretching the hip joint.
In contrast, the skin about the knee joint tends to stiffen during exercises such as running and walking, in particular when stepping forward with a leg. As mentioned above, the fact that a tensed state is caused by the stiffening of skin is considered to be one of factors for worsening the motions of the knee joint.
Therefore, the first start part 3a biases the skin about the knee toward the knee, so as to mitigate the stiffening of the skin at the time of bending the knee joint, while the second start part 3b gathers the skin toward the back side portion of the knee joint from thereabout, thereby mitigating the stiffening of the skin at the time of stretching the knee joint. The first and second start parts 3a, 3b gather wrinkles to the front side of the knee (which can also be expressed as surroundings of the patella) and the back side of the knee (which can also be expressed as surroundings of the popliteal fossa), thereby mitigating the tensed state caused by the stiffening of the skin on the knee joint.
This enables the hip and knee joints to move smoothly as mentioned above.
In the lower-body garment 1A, the third and fourth start parts 3c, 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3B, the whole part located so as to overlap the knee part of the wearer on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about, the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1B, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In the annular parts of the expansion/contraction start parts 3C, portions located on the front side of the main part 2 are first start parts 3a which circumferentially traverse the main part 2 above and under the portions covering the knee joints of the wearer on the front side of the main part 2 and gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the front side of the wearer. In the annular parts, portions located on the back side of the main part 2 are second start parts 3b which circumferentially traverse the main part 2 above and under the portions covering the knee joints of the wearer on the front side of the main part 2 and gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the back side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1C, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the Wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In the annular parts of the expansion/contraction start parts 3D, portions located on the front side of the main part 2 are first start parts 3a which gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the front side of the wearer, and portions located on the back side of the main part 2 are second start parts 3b which gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the back side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1D, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In the rhombic parts of the expansion/contraction start parts 3E, the portions located on the front side of the main part 2 are first start parts 3a which gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the front side of the wearer, and the portions located on the back side of the main part 2 are second start parts 3b which gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the back side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment. 1E, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste hi motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In the annular parts of the expansion/contraction start parts 3F, portions located on the front side of the main part 2 are first start parts 3a which circumferentially traverse the main part 2 above and under the portions covering the knee joints of the wearer on the front side of the main part 2 and gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the front side of the wearer. In the annular parts, portions located on the back side of the main part 2 are second start parts 3b which circumferentially traverse the main part 2 above and under the portions covering the knee joints of the wearer on the front side of the main part 2 and gather the skin about the knee parts toward the knee parts while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee parts on the back side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1F, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
The portions 3e linearly extending from the crotch side to the ankle side on the outer and inner side face sides of the main part 2 are effective in stabilizing the legs of the wearer, which differs from the effects of the present invention. As in this embodiment, the expansion/contraction start part may further be formed with portions having different purposes to such an extent that the above-mentioned effects A to D are not inhibited thereby.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3G, a portion located above the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part A portion located above the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1G; the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3H, a portion located on the front side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about a knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer, and a portion located above the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1H, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3I, a portion located on the front side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about a knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer, and a portion located near the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1I, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3J, a portion located above the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer. A portion located near the crutch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1J, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The fourth start part 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3K, a portion located on the front side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1K, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The fourth start part 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3L, a portion located on the front side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1L, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The fourth start part 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In the annular part of each expansion/contraction start part 3M, a portion located on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1M, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. Since the bottom parts 2a of the main part 2 have larger diameters, the degree of adherence near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is higher than that near the ankle parts, thus becoming effective in gathering the skin on the inner side face side of the wearer toward the crotch part. This can stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. Therefore, waste in motions of the wearer can be suppressed, so as to make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3N a portion located above the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer. A portion located near the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which gathers the skin about the greater trochanter toward the femoral part on the outer side face side of the wearer.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1N, the second start part 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3O, a portion located on the hack side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a second start part 3b which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer, and a portion located near the ankle part on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which gathers the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1O, the second start part 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3P, a portion located above the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1P, the second start part 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The fourth start part 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3Q, a portion located on the back side of the main part 2 in the annular part is a second start part 3b which gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment, the second start part 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. The fourth start part 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. These can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each linear expansion/contraction start part 3R, a portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1R, the third and fourth start parts 3c, 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3S, a portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 15, the third and fourth start parts 3c, 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3T, a portion located above the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer. A portion located above the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the gluteal fold toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer. A portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1T, the first and second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and, restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3U, a portion located under the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering a shin part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer. A portion, located below the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering; the shin part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the back side of the wearer. A portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1U, the first and, second start parts 3a, 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful. The third start part 3c can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in, motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3V, a portion located above the knee part on the front side of the main part 2 is a first start part 3a which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee part on the front side of the wearer. A portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1V, the first start part 3a can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful. The third and fourth start parts 3c, 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
In each expansion/contraction start part 3W, a portion located above the knee part on the back side of the main part 2 is a second start part 3b which separates the main part 2 into a portion covering the knee joint of the wearer and a portion covering the femoral part of the wearer and gathers the skin about the knee part toward the knee part while extending the skin about the crotch part toward the knee side on the back side of the wearer. A portion located near the ankle part of the wearer on the outer side face side of the main part 2 is a third start part 3c which extends the skin about the greater trochanter of the wearer toward the femoral part, and a portion located near the crotch part on the inner side face side of the main part 2 is a fourth start part 3d which gathers the skin on the inner side face side of a leg of the wearer toward the crotch part.
In thus constructed lower-body garment 1W, the second start part 3b can act so as to enable the hip and knee joints to move smoothly and restrain the body of the wearer from jumping up. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful. The third and fourth start parts 3c, 3d can act so as to stabilize the motions of the hip joints of the wearer and restrain the hips from flowing laterally outward from the body. This can suppress waste in motions of the wearer and make the motions appear beautiful.
While the above-mentioned embodiments explain examples in which the lower-body garment in accordance with the present invention is actualized as leggings, the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, it may be any of bottom garments such as outer pants, swimwear, and foundation garments such as girdles.
While the above-mentioned embodiments explain examples in which the expansion/contraction start parts appear on the exterior of the leggings, the expansion/contraction start parts may be provided on the skin side of the lower-body garment, for example, so as not to appear on the exterior when the garment is worn.
[Modified Examples of Expansion/Contraction Start Parts]
For providing the main part 2 with the expansion/contraction start parts 3, patches constituting the expansion/contraction start parts 3 may be sewn together with a material constituting the main part 2, or printed resins and the like may be bonded to the latter. Parts having predetermined forms of the main part 2 excluding those of the expansion/contraction start parts 3 may be prepared and joined together. The expansion/contraction start parts 3 may also be formed by changing a knitting structure of the main part 2 partly or subjecting the main part 2 to burn-out printing. While the above-mentioned embodiments mainly illustrate linear/annular continuous expansion/contraction start parts 3 each having a fixed width, the expansion/contraction start parts 3 may be partly discontinuous or arranged intermittently like broken lines or dotted lines. For example, as illustrated in
While the lower-body garments 1B to 1E, 1J to 1L, and 1Q of the above-mentioned embodiments illustrate examples in which they are formed such that their lower end parts cover down to the ankle parts of the wearer, they may be made shorter, for example. More specifically, the lower end parts, i.e., hems, of the lower-body garments 1B to 1E, 1J to 1L, and 1Q may be located as low as or lower than the lower end parts of their corresponding expansion/contraction start parts. However, forming the lower-body garment such as to cover down to the ankle parts is preferred, since the skin can be pulled in from a wider area thereby.
The present invention can be utilized in lower-body garments.
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