Garment provided with joint supporter section, and knee supporter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10864101-B2
Application number	US-201615567344-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 22, 2016
Priority date	Apr 22, 2015
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

A garment, containing a tubular joint supporter section, the section including: a central region in an axial direction of the tubular joint supporter section, which includes a wear pressure applying region for applying wear pressure to a joint site of a body, a one-end side region positioned at one end, and an other-end side region positioned at another end side, in which the wear pressure of the wear pressure applying region is higher than an average wear pressure of the one-end and other-end side regions, and regions other than the wear pressure applying region in the section include a concave-convex structure region formed from a concave-convex structure; and a knee supporter, in which an average wear pressure A of the knee support section is higher than an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A knee supporter comprising a tubular supporter body, the tubular support body including:
a knee support section that is worn on a part of a leg including a knee and that supports the knee;
a thigh side support section that supports a thigh side with respect to the knee of the leg; and
a shin side support section that supports a shin side with respect to the knee of the leg, wherein:
an average wear pressure A of the knee support section and an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B; and
an elongation ratio in an axial direction measured by a tensile test under conditions of a grip width of 15 mm, a distance between grippers of 15 mm, and a tensile load of 20 N, in at least a partial region R in the thigh side support section and the shin side support section, is 150% or higher.

2. The knee supporter according to claim 1 , wherein
when the knee support section is stretched with a force of 5 kg in a direction in which a distance will increase between a position X, which corresponds to a center of a kneecap in the knee support section, and a position Y, which corresponds to a center of a popliteal part in the knee support section, an elongation percentage of the knee support section is from 180% to 280%.

3. The knee supporter according to claim 1 , wherein the average wear pressure A is 2.6 kPa or greater.

4. The knee supporter according to claim 1 , wherein:
the average wear pressure A and an average wear pressure B1 of the thigh side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B1, and
the average wear pressure A and an average wear pressure B2 of the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B2.

5. The knee supporter according to claim 1 , wherein at least the thigh side support section, the knee support section, and the shin side support section are continuously produced by circular knitting.

6. A knee supporter comprising a tubular supporter body, the tubular support body including:
a knee support section that is worn on a part of a leg including a knee and that supports the knee;
a thigh side support section that supports a thigh side with respect to the knee of the leg; and
a shin side support section that supports a shin side with respect to the knee of the leg, wherein:
an average wear pressure A of the knee support section and an average wear pressure B of the thigh side support section and the shin side support section satisfy the relationship: average wear pressure A>average wear pressure B; and
an elongation ratio in an axial direction and an elongation ratio in a circumferential direction measured by a tensile test under conditions of a grip width of 15 mm, a distance between grippers of 15 mm, and a tensile load of 20 N, in at least a partial region R in the thigh side support section and the shin side support section, satisfy the relationship: elongation ratio in axial direction>elongation ratio in circumferential direction.

Assignees

• Mitsui Chemicals Inc

Inventors

• Ito Tomoaki
• Iida Kenji
• Yasui Motoyasu
• Ito Shiori
• Nakai Kazuoki
• Saikawa Fumiaki

Classifications

• A41D13/0015

  Sports garments other than provided for in groups A41D13/0007 - A41D13/088 · CPC title

• A61F5/0109

  Sleeve-like structures · CPC title

• A61F5/01

  Orthopaedic devices, e.g. long-term immobilising or pressure directing devices for treating broken or deformed bones such as splints, casts or braces · CPC title

• A61F5/02

  Orthopaedic corsets · CPC title

• A61F5/0123 Primary

  for the knees (A61F5/0106 takes precedence) · CPC title