Patent Application
20230320437
This invention relates a device for Visual Training Apparel and Equipment. This is a visual apparel to help train a user/wearer's body to repeat movement for muscle memory. It is a guideline or blueprint for several different movements to help balance, speed, and power. All repeatable movements and exercises will benefit from this apparel. Using mirrors and video to follow body arm and leg movement, it is like having a trainer with a person all the time to correct and repeat the proper movement. Also, coaches will benefit with this apparel being able to watch the line movements to train help their athletes. This is all purpose pattern that can be put on any apparel to help performance. Swimming, yoga, Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Physical Therapy, Golf, Boxing, Lifting Weights.
The present invention relates to the field of ambulatory and non-invasive monitoring of an individual's movements and reactions. In particular, the invention relates to an apparel marked with lines to permit monitoring angles and extensions of limbs when worn by a monitored user. the apparel having attached lines on the fabric for monitoring movement. The present invention relates in general to exercise apparel for providing observation and improved muscle movement by conditioning which encourages muscle memory for the proper positions and repeated movements in a proper manner, without tending to cause unwanted and undesired muscle strain or soreness. The present invention relates to clothing garments and the like worn for exercise. It is an improved training garment for physical conditioning of muscle groups.
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As far as known, there are no devices for Visual Training Apparel and Equipment or the like. It is believed that this product is unique in its design and technologies.
This background as to Visual Training Apparel and Equipment should prove useful. Many exercise devices and apparel typically encourage users to work out in a static environment to reduce the risk of injury. However, some professions may require that a person train in a variety of environments to prepare for unpredictable situations. Such professions can include the sports such as boxing, martial arts, wrestling, and others, where trainees may be forced to exert themselves in a variety of environments. Therefore, by training with a device that is purely static not meant to travel, or otherwise be used in different environments, such trainees may not be adequately prepared to maneuver under various conditions. Other professions where the combination of mobility and resistance can be beneficial include professional athletics, law enforcement, and function specific rehabilitation. Essentially, any profession or avocation where enhanced physical ability can equate to higher performance or lower incidence of injury. Furthermore, by only training under a limited number of conditions, risk of injury can increase because the trainee may not have the muscle memory or brain plasticity to adapt to unpredictable situations.
Repeatability is paramount to performance. The ability to also extend the limbs and flex muscles to their limits are ways to improve performance, flexibility and even increase the power of certain movements such as punching with the arms or jumping/springing of the legs. However, the angle and trajectories can greatly impact this performance. Therefore, there is a need for a type of an apparel that permits these angles during movement to be observed and tracked to assure proper form and technique. If the proper form and techniques can be repeated during training, the muscle memory allows the individua to benefit and perform continuous moves and practice with the proper positions, stances, and movements. As this proper movement is continuously made by the individual and encouraged by the coach, improved performance can be achieved with the use of the visual training apparel.
The improvement and problem solved as to Visual Training Apparel and Equipment provides a device which is a visual reference for certain athletic movements where shoulders and cheeks meet. Boxing-Golf-Baseball-Bowling-Shooting; it can be a visual aid for any type of throwing, turning, follow through, bending; an apparel that permits a visual aid for any type leg or foot movement such as Walking, Running, Kicking, Kneeing, Bending side to side movement, Pivoting, Balance, Picking things up, Repeatability—Visual Guideline; a device that gives a visual aid to allow one to track and watch how much rotation a user/wearer is getting with hips and shoulders; and a device which is made of a material that is flexible, comfortable, lightweight, easy to clean or launder, and made of a breathable fabric.
As far as known, there are no devices for Visual Training Apparel and Equipment as described by Lemerick. It is believed that this product is unique in its design and technologies. A novelty search revealed:
As can be observed, none of the prior art has anticipated or caused one skilled in the art of exercise equipment or apparel to reason, consider, or conclude this invention by Mark Lemerick as obvious to a person skilled in the ordinary art of the industry. The device for a Visual Training Apparel and Equipment provides an answer to the problems that are shown above. The Lemerick invention addresses the shortfalls and solves them, unlike previous art in this industry.
This invention is a visual apparel device to help train body to repeat movement for muscle memory. It is a guideline or blueprint for several different movements to help balance, speed, and power. All repeatable movements and exercises will benefit from this apparel. Using mirrors and video to follow body arm and leg movement. It is like having a trainer with you all the time doing the correct movement. Also, coaches will benefit with this apparel being able to watch the line movements to train help their athletes. The preferred embodiment of the Visual Training Apparel device is comprised of: (a) a fabric; (b) a set of lines at vertical, horizontal, and oblique positions to the ground when worn by a user; and (c) a means to secure the lines to the fabric wherein the apparel can be worn and used with various sports and exercises including but not limited to Boxing, Swimming, Yoga, Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Lifting Weights, Baseball, Football, Physical Therapy, Golf, and Martial Arts. The newly invented Visual Training Apparel device can be manufactured at low volumes by quite simple means and in high volume production by more complex and controlled systems.
There are several objects and advantages of the Visual Training Apparel and Equipment There are currently no exercise apparel or devices and the like that are effective at providing the objects of this invention. The various advantages and benefits are:
Finally, other advantages and additional features of the present Visual Training Apparel device will be more apparent from the accompanying drawings and from the full description of the device. For one skilled in the art of exercise apparel and training systems, it is readily understood that the features shown in the examples with this product are readily adapted to other types of exercise and training systems and devices.
The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Visual Training Apparel and Equipment Device that is preferred. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below explain the principles of the exercise apparel and method of use. is understood, however, that the device provided here is not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown.
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This invention relates to a device for Visual Training Apparel and Equipment. This is a visual apparel to help train a user/wearer's body to repeat movement for muscle memory. It is a guideline or blueprint for several different movements to help balance, speed, and power. All repeatable movements and exercises will benefit from this apparel. Using mirrors and video to follow body arm and leg movement. It is like having a trainer with you all the time doing the correct movement. Also, coaches will benefit with this apparel being able to watch the line movements to train help their athletes. This is all purpose pattern that can be put on any apparel to help performance. Swimming, yoga, Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Physical Therapy, Golf, Boxing, Lifting Weights. The present invention relates to the field of ambulatory and non-invasive monitoring of an individual's movements and reactions. In particular, the invention relates to an apparel marked with lines to permit monitoring angles and extensions of limbs when worn by a monitored user. the apparel having attached lines on the fabric for monitoring movement. The present invention relates in general to exercise apparel for providing observation and improved muscle movement by conditioning which encourages muscle memory for the proper positions and repeated movements in a proper manner, without tending to cause unwanted and undesired muscle strain or soreness. The present invention relates to clothing garments and the like worn for exercise. It is an improved training garment for physical conditioning of muscle groups.
The advantages for the Visual Training Apparel device 30 are listed above in the introduction. Succinctly the benefits are that the device:
The preferred embodiment of the Visual Training Apparel device 30 is comprised of: (a) a fabric 61—a pre-specified amount of said fabric configured as apparel;(b) a set of lines 62 at vertical, horizontal, and oblique positions to the ground G when worn by a user 100; and
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The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate an embodiment of the Visual Training Apparel and Equipment device 30 that is preferred. The drawings together with the summary description given above and a detailed description given below explain the principles of the exercise apparel device 30. It is understood, however, that the device 30 is not limited to only the precise arrangements and instrumentalities shown. Other examples of attachment devices and the like are still understood by one skilled in the art to be within the scope and spirit shown here.
The anticipated materials for the Visual Training Apparel and Equipment device 30 batons include:
The details mentioned here are exemplary and not limiting. Other specific components and manners specific to describing a Visual Training Apparel and Equipment device 30 may be added as a person having ordinary skill in the field of exercise apparel and training systems and their uses.
The Visual Training Apparel device 30 for a body camera to attach to an extendable defense baton has been described in the above embodiment. The manner of how the device operates is described below. One notes well that the description above and the operation described here must be taken together to fully illustrate the concept of the Visual Training Apparel device 30. The preferred embodiment of the Visual Training Apparel device 30 is comprised of: (a) a fabric 61—a pre-specified amount of said fabric configured as apparel; (b) a set of lines 62 at vertical, horizontal, and oblique positions to the ground G when worn by a user 100; and (c) a means to secure the lines 62 to the fabric 61 wherein the apparel 30 can be worn and used with various sports and exercises including but not limited to Boxing, Swimming, Yoga, Tennis, Volleyball, Bowling, Lifting Weights, Baseball, Football, Physical Therapy, Golf, and Martial Arts.
The Visual Training Apparel device 30 operates as follows: The “Tee” 43 on Front 45 and Back 45A is a reference point for starting and finishing movements (ready position 70). The relationship of the lines 62 with the ground G or horizon helps help with balance and with shoulder, hip rotation. Watching the lines 62 and movement can be visual way to help the user 100 to stand taller. It also helps create muscle memory with the repetition to return to the Starting and Finishing points 70 as various actions are completed —whether with boxing, throwing, swinging a club, running, etc. The lines 62 for reference help one/the user to keep elbows in some athletic movements. The coach 180 can also reflect on the user's 100 performance and encourage improvement. These lines 62 all serve as Visual Aid for straight extensions of arm movements. The lines 62 reveal proper form when raising arms above head and when stretching arms out. The lines also can show proper arm swing for running or walking.
In all these use drawings, the various parts of the apparel are seen: a horizontal line 42 (straight punch evaluation); a “tee” line 43; a vertical line 44 (elbow or side seam vertical locations); a side vertical line 44A; a punch oval 49 at shoulders (glove or first location); a group of materials and lines sketches 60; a group of fabric material 61—a pre-specified amount of said fabric configured as apparel; and lines 62 at various angle and sometimes horizontal, oblique, or vertical with the Ground G.
This is an all-purpose pattern of lines that can be put on any apparel type and boxing gloves 91 with training lines 95,96,97,98 to help performance in many types of exercises. Many types of exercise, sport activity and physical movements can benefit from being utilized with the Visual Training Apparel and Equipment 30. Some examples, and not limitations, are shown in the following Table.
With this description it is to be understood that the Visual Training Apparel device 30 is not to be limited to only the disclosed embodiment of product. The features of the device 30 are intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the description.
While certain novel features of this invention have been shown and described and are pointed out in the annexed claims, it is not intended to be limited to the details above, since it will be understood that various omissions, modifications, substitutions and changes in the forms and details of the device illustrated and in its operation can be made by those skilled in the art without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention. Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention.
Unless defined otherwise, all technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which these inventions belong. Although any methods and materials similar or equivalent to those described herein can also be used in the practice or testing of the present inventions, the preferred methods and materials are now described above in the foregoing paragraphs.
Other embodiments of the invention are possible. Although the description above contains much specificity, these should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, but as merely providing illustrations of some of the presently preferred embodiments of this invention. It is also contemplated that various combinations or sub-combinations of the specific features and aspects of the embodiments may be made and still fall within the scope of the inventions. Various features and aspects of the disclosed embodiments can be combined with or substituted for one another to form varying modes of the disclosed inventions. Thus, it is intended that the scope of at least some of the present inventions herein disclosed should not be limited by the disclosed embodiments described above.
The terms recited in the claims should be given their ordinary and customary meaning as determined by reference to relevant entries (e.g., definition of “plane” as a carpenter's tool would not be relevant to the use of the term “plane” when used to refer to an airplane, etc.) in dictionaries (e.g., widely used general reference dictionaries and/or relevant technical dictionaries), commonly understood meanings by those in the art, etc., with the understanding that the broadest meaning imparted by any one or combination of these sources should be given to the claim terms (e.g., two or more relevant dictionary entries should be combined to provide the broadest meaning of the combination of entries, etc.) subject only to the following exceptions: (a) if a term is used herein in a manner more expansive than its ordinary and customary meaning, the term should be given its ordinary and customary meaning plus the additional expansive meaning, or (b) if a term has been explicitly defined to have a different meaning by reciting the term followed by the phrase “as used herein shall mean” or similar language (e.g., “herein this term means,” “as defined herein,” “for the purposes of this disclosure [the term] shall mean,” etc.). References to specific examples, use of “i.e.,” use of the word “invention,” etc., are not meant to invoke exception (b) or otherwise restrict the scope of the recited claim terms. Other than situations where exception (b) applies, nothing contained herein should be considered a disclaimer or disavowal of claim scope. Accordingly, the subject matter recited in the claims is not coextensive with and should not be interpreted to be coextensive with any embodiment, feature, or combination of features shown herein. This is true even if only a single embodiment of the feature or combination of features is illustrated and described herein. Thus, the appended claims should be read to be given their broadest interpretation in view of the prior art and the ordinary meaning of the claim terms.
Unless otherwise indicated, all numbers or expressions, such as those expressing dimensions, physical characteristics, etc. used in the specification (other than the claims) are understood as modified in all instances by the term “approximately.” At the very least, and not as an attempt to limit the application of the doctrine of equivalents to the claims, each numerical parameter recited in the specification or claims which is modified by the term “approximately” should at least be construed considering the number of recited significant digits and by applying ordinary rounding techniques.
The present invention contemplates modifications as would occur to those skilled in the art. While the disclosure has been illustrated and described in detail in the figures and the foregoing description, the same is to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive in character, it being understood that only selected embodiments have been shown and described and that all changes, modifications and equivalents that come within the spirit of the disclosures described heretofore and or/defined by the following claims are desired to be protected.
This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application with Ser. No. 63/329,447 filed Apr. 10, 2022, by Mark Lemerick. The application is entitled “Visual Training Apparel and Equipment”.
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63329447 | Apr 2022 | US |
