The present invention relates to taping tights serving as sportswear or athletic underwear clinging to the skin and, more particularly, to taping tights having both a muscle protective function and a body shape correction function.
Athletic taping is a sports medicine technique that has been widely used in order to protect the muscles of an athlete. A type of sportswear to which this technology is applied is taping tights. Taping tights are produced by coating the surface of clothing fabric with a predetermined pattern of a resin, such as silicone, along the texture of muscles or depending on a predetermined purpose, such as shoulder muscle protection, mobility improvement, or balance maintenance.
As a technology for forming a taping pattern on clothing, Korean Patent No. 0228724 already proposed a pattern for protecting the joint and muscles of a shoulder. Korean Patent No. 0305598 proposed a hamstring protective pattern, and Korean Patent No. 0706631 proposed a knee protective pattern. However, since the uses of these patent technologies are mainly suitable to body shape correction underwear, it has been unsuitable to directly apply these technologies to sportswear.
In addition, Korean Patent No. 0989829 and Korean Patent No. 1200852 proposed athletic taping tights as full body clothing for body shape correction and muscle support functions. However, due to specific purposes of these patents directly targeting taping tights dedicated to athletes, it has been difficult for the general public to easily, conveniently, and relatively inexpensively use these athletic taping tights.
Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an objective of the present invention is to provide taping tights which may be easily worn by the general public who enjoy exercises, have a muscle protective function and a body shape correction function, and be worn as casual wear.
In order to accomplish the above objective, provided are taping tights configured to be worn on a lower body and such that a front part and a rear part are connected to each other. The taping tights may include: first taping patterns laterally symmetrical to each other, wherein, on the front part, each of the first taping patterns has a predetermined width in a vertical direction on a pelvis portion, is gradually narrowed inward along the pelvis of a wearer to converge to a point at an inner distal end, and continuously extends inward from the predetermined width in the vertical direction on an outer portion of the front part to the rear part while being gradually spread in the vertical direction, with the inner distal end being terminated with a concave curved line along a hip line; second taping patterns provided on thigh portions, wherein each of the second taping patterns includes an inclined line extending on the front part from an inner top end toward an outer bottom end, the inner top end being directed toward the groin, and another inclined line continuously extending on the rear part from the outer bottom end on the front part to join the inner top end on the front part; third taping patterns provided on calf portions, wherein each of the third taping patterns includes an arc extending on the front part from an outer top end to a bottom end of a corresponding one of the calf portions to be curved inward and then outward and another arc continuously extending on the rear part from the bottom end to the top end of the arc to be curved inward and then outward such that a top end of the other arc joins the outer top end on the front part; and fourth taping patterns provided laterally symmetrical from the third taping patterns with respect to the shank line, respectively, wherein each of the fourth taping patterns includes an arc extending on the front part from an inner top end to a bottom end of the calf portion to be curved outward and then inward and another arc continuously extending on the rear part from the bottom end to the top end of the arc to be curved outward and then inward such that a top end of the other arc joins the inner top end on the front part.
Here, the second taping patterns may include pairs of taping patterns each including upper and lower taping patterns provided on upper and lower portions of a corresponding one of the thigh portions.
In addition, the taping tights may further include fifth taping patterns provided as seamless finishing patterns on finishing portions provided along finishing lines surrounding the ankles of the lower limbs, wherein each of the fifth taping patterns is provided along circumference of the finishing portion and has a predetermined width.
Each of the first to fourth taping patterns may include a silicone resin printed on the taping tights and non-printed areas located in each of the taping patterns, the non-printed areas having a shape of a regular hexagon and being regularly distributed on a plane.
In addition, the taping tights may be taping tights for men, and each of the first taping patterns may include an inner end joining a vertical boundary between a penis portion and a scrotum portion provided in an inner central portion of the front part.
As described above, the taping tights according to the present disclosure may be easily worn by the general public who enjoy exercises, have a muscle protective function and a body shape correction function, and be worn as casual wear. Thus, these features may significantly contribute to the enlargement of the market of taping tights. The taping tights according to the present disclosure may be used in a variety of applications, such as sportswear, sports underwear, innerwear, leggings, gym wear, and gym clothing.
The motion of the human body a continuous center motion to maintain balance in the front and back direction, the lateral direction, and the vertical direction regardless of any action. This balancing of the human body during motion is referred to as the postural reflex mechanism.
When the postural reflex mechanism is applied to clothing, any imbalance in the front and back direction, the lateral direction, or the vertical direction may be corrected to assist in balancing of the body. Accordingly, the human body may be naturally healed from diseases caused by imbalance.
Specifically, the human body continuously has postural reflect against motion in order to maintain balanced posture in response to any motion. At this time, balancing of the human body occurs in the front and back direction, the lateral direction, and the vertical direction. In order to heal weakness of muscle strength, joint misalignment, or nervous system abnormality caused by postural imbalance, only taping main agonist muscles of each portion of the human body is sufficient to obtain a healing effect.
The present disclosure is characterized by applying the above-described postural reflex mechanism to taping patterns. The present disclosure includes the following patterns configured to mainly complement matching muscles in order to balance flexion and extension, i.e., joint motion occurring in the front and rear sides of the body, and abduction and adduction, i.e., joint motion occurring in the right and left sides of the body.
On the front part F, first taping patterns 11 each having a predetermined width in the vertical direction are provided on pelvis portions, respectively. Each of first taping patterns 11 is gradually narrowed inward along the pelvis of a wearer to converge to a point 11a at the inner distal end. Each of first taping patterns 11 having the predetermined width W1 in the vertical direction on the outer portion of the front part F continuously extends inward to the rear part R while being gradually spread in the vertical direction. At the inner distal end, each of first taping patterns 11 is terminated with a concave curved line 11b along the hip line.
The first taping pattern 11 is a pattern designed according to the muscle flows of the human body. The first taping pattern 11 is printed such that different areas thereof are applied to different body portions. The first taping pattern 11 performs a body shape correction function of highlighting the curves of the pelvis and pressing the buttock along the hip line 11b so that the buttock is supported to protrude.
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The first taping pattern 11 on the rear part F highlights the muscle line of the buttock# by the curved line 11b, thereby obtaining a butt lift effect, as described above. Consequently, the buttocks look more prominent and the beauty of the motion is improved.
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In each of fourth taping patterns 14, an arc extends on the front part F from an inner top end 14a to a bottom end of the calf portion to be curved outward and then inward, and another arc continuously extends on the rear part R from the bottom end 14b to the top end of the arc to be curved outward and then inward such that the top end of the other arc joins the inner top end 14a on the front part F.
The third taping pattern 13 and the fourth taping pattern 14 may be provided laterally symmetrical from each other with respect to the shank line.
The third and fourth taping patterns 13 and 14 serve to press the calf portions inward in the lateral direction, thereby causing the calves of the wearer to be slim and the motion to look beautiful.
In addition, the pressing effect by the third and fourth taping patterns 13 and 14 protects, while complementing the functions of, a tibialis anterior group 5 participating in flexion of the lower limb and triceps surae muscle 6 (e.g., Achilles tendon and soleus muscle) participating in extension in response to the flexion, as illustrated in
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The fifth taping patterns 15 serve to hold the hems of the taping tights so as not to be dragged up toward the thighs during knee bending motion, thereby guaranteeing the activity of the wearer.
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Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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10-2020-0140941 | Oct 2020 | KR | national |
10-2020-0147253 | Nov 2020 | KR | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/KR2020/017714 | 12/7/2020 | WO |