A wearable arm airfoil garment for reducing the cyclist aerodynamic drag. The wearable arm airfoil includes a front bluff elastic band having ends connected at two anchors, with a first anchor located proximate to the wrist, and a second anchor located proximate to the shoulder. The front bluff elastic band stretches along the radius bone and the humerus bone, between the two anchors. The airfoil also is a stretchable garment material, the garment material wrapping around the arm and over the band from wrist to shoulder, with a body conformable stretchable bodice. In one example, the arm airfoil includes a shirt torso airfoil.

A method for providing a padding relates to using 3D printing by depositing a filament according to a microarchitecture that entails the definition of superimposed matrices that are adapted to define a structure composed of individual open cells, which are mutually connected and arranged mutually opposite and side by side.

A wearable airfoil garment for reducing the cyclist aerodynamic drag. A garment material is elastically tethered between two or more anchor locations on the garment. The anchor locations are positioned and arranged to form transient, self-adaptive, body-conforming airfoil surfaces on the garment. The self-adjustment of the airfoil surfaces preserves the cyclist's comfort as well as the aerodynamic efficiency. The airfoil surfaces change in a body-conforming manner in response to the movements of a person wearing the garment. The aerodynamic performance of the garment is adjustable to the preference of the wearer. Garment airfoils constructed with seams suitably placed to trigger transition of boundary layers.

Presented is an ergonomic wristband or a watchband for a wrist wearable device such as a smartwatch. The proposed wristband is structurally designed in a way to position the face of the wrist wearable device in a natural line of sight or convenient line of sight for a wearer. The proposed wristband when worn by the wearer would require no rotation or least rotation of the wearer's hand while viewing the face/display portion of the wrist wearable device mounted over the wristband.

One non-limiting embodiment of the present invention includes an athletic garment including a garment configured to snugly fit a torso wherein the garment has a front portion and a rear portion. The athletic garment further includes a pocket secured to the rear portion of the garment providing a pocket for containing items therein. The pocket includes a secured portion and a hanging portion wherein the secured portion is secured to the garment and the hanging portion is not secured to the garment.

In one embodiment, a particular state of a body is sensed. In response to the sensing, at least one action is taken to modulate a projected adverse interaction between the body or a portion thereof and at least one object in the environment of the body.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, methods and computer program product, and system are described that enable a first subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a first time period, enable a second subset of actuatable cushioning elements for a second time period, determine an event, and actuate, based on a time the event is determined, at least one of the first and the second subsets of actuatable cushioning elements to provide cushioning support for an object. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining the event, the cushioning element including one or more tension-bearing members, and dissipate at least some of an energy associated with a collision based on deforming at least one of the tension-bearing members during the collision, the deforming including substantially inelastically stretching the at least one of the tension-bearing members. Other example embodiments are also provided relating to actuatable cushioning elements.

An apparatus, method, computer program product, and/or system are described that determine an event, actuate a cushioning element in response to the determining

Presented is an ergonomic wristband or a watchband for a wrist wearable device such as a smartwatch. The proposed wristband is structurally designed in a way to position the face of the wrist wearable device in a natural line of sight or convenient line of sight for a wearer. The proposed wristband when worn by the wearer would require no rotation or least rotation of the wearer's hand while viewing the face/display portion of the wrist wearable device mounted over the wristband.

An exercise garment may include a first fabric layer formed of one of a hook fiber material and a loop fiber material, and a removable pad with a padding layer, and an adherence layer formed of the other of a hook fiber material layer and a loop fiber material layer configured to adhere to the first fabric layer to couple the removable pad to the first fabric layer.

A protective system is provided including an airbag system for protecting a body part of a user in case of an accident, including a control unit and a communication interface. The protective system further includes an external device having a communication interface. The communication interface of the airbag system is configured to communicate with the external device using wireless communication.

Embodiments of a glove including a cut out portion and a reinforcing panel are described herein. In many embodiments, a glove comprises a glove body with a dorsal side, a palmar side, a plurality of finger portions, a thumb portion, and a wrist portion. The wrist portion defines a glove opening in communication with an interior portion defined within the glove body. A reinforcing panel is secured on an outer surface of a palm portion adjacent the wrist portion of the glove body. A cut out portion defines an opening formed through the reinforcing panel and in communication with the interior portion of the glove body to minimize bunching up of the glove body. Other embodiments are also described herein.