LOWER-BODY GARMENT, NOTABLY FOR PARTICIPATING SPORTS, WITH A POCKET

Abstract

A bottom clothing, in particular for the practice of tennis, including a waist part formed by one or several panels and including an upper end delimiting a waist opening, and a lower end delimiting at least one opening for the passage the user's legs, and a pocket formed by at least one upper panel mounted on the waist part and covering a portion of the waist part, the pocket being accessible through an opening delimited by the free edge of the at least one upper panel. The pocket opening extends substantially parallel to the waist opening, and is oriented towards the lower end of the waist part. The at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by the at least one upper panel are made of compressive materials and have an elasticity, particularly a 50% elongation force, which is different.

Claims

1-10. (canceled)

11. A bottom clothing, in particular for the practice of a sport and more particularly for the practice of tennis, comprising: a waist part formed by one or several panels and including: an upper end delimiting a waist opening, and a lower end delimiting at least one opening for passage of a user's legs, and a pocket formed by at least one upper panel mounted on said waist part and covering a portion of said waist part, the pocket being accessible through an opening and positioned in a portion of the bottom clothing forming a waistband, wherein the pocket opening extends substantially parallel to said waist opening, and is oriented towards the lower end of the waist part, wherein said at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by said at least one upper panel are made of compressive materials and have an elasticity which is different.

12. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by said at least one upper panel have a 50% elongation force and the ratio of the 50% elongation force, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in one or more of a direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening and a direction substantially parallel to the pocket opening of said at least one upper panel over that of the portion of said waist part, is comprised between 1 and 5.

13. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel has a 50% elongation force and the ratio of the 50% elongation force of said at least one upper panel, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in one or more of a direction substantially parallel to the pocket opening and a direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening, is greater than 1.

14. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel has a 50% elongation force and the 50% elongation force of said at least one upper panel, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in a direction substantially parallel to the pocket opening, is comprised between 7N and 15N.

15. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel has a 50% elongation force and the 50% elongation force of said at least one upper panel, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening, is comprised between 5N and 12N.

16. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel comprises a mesh fabric.

17. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein the pocket comprises or is devoid of elastic means mounted along the free edge of said at least one upper panel.

18. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein the pocket comprises at least one stitch connecting a portion of the free edge of said at least one upper panel and the waist part.

19. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel is mounted on the waist part along an upper edge and two side end edges.

20. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel includes one or more of an upper edge mounted along the waist opening of the bottom clothing and side end edges mounted in the front plane of the bottom clothing or on the front part of the bottom clothing.

21. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein the waist part includes two openings for passage of a user's legs.

22. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein the pocket is configured to retain at least one tennis ball.

23. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by said at least one upper panel have an elasticity which is different in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening.

24. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein the opening of the pocket is delimited by a free edge of said at least one upper panel.

25. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by said at least one upper panel have a 50% elongation force which is different.

26. The bottom clothing according to claim 11, wherein said at least one upper panel and the waist part portion covered by said at least one upper panel have a 50% elongation force, which is different in a direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening.

27. The bottom clothing according to claim 12, wherein the ratio of the 50% elongation force, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in one or more of the direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening and the direction substantially parallel to the pocket opening of said at least one upper panel over that of the portion of said waist part, is comprised between 1.2 and 3.

28. The bottom clothing according to claim 13, wherein the ratio of the 50% elongation force of said at least one upper panel, measured according to standard NF EN 14704-1: 2005, in one or more of the direction substantially parallel to the pocket opening and the direction substantially perpendicular to the pocket opening, is comprised between 1 and 2.

29. The bottom clothing according to claim 18, wherein the pocket comprises three stitches connecting the portion of the free edge of said at least one upper panel and the waist part.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0041] FIG. 1 is a rear view of a bottom clothing according to the disclosure;

[0042] FIG. 2 is a front view of the bottom clothing of FIG. 1,

[0043] FIG. 3 is a close-up rear view of the bottom clothing of FIG. 1,

[0044] FIG. 4 is a close-up front view of the bottom clothing of FIG. 1, and

[0045] FIG. 5 represents an illustration of the bottom clothing of FIG. 1, when the user inserts a ball into the pocket.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0046] FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrate, back and front, a bottom clothing 1, in this case trousers 1, in accordance with the disclosure.

[0047] Alternatively, the bottom clothing can be leggings, a capri, capri trousers, shorts, boyshorts, Bermuda shorts or a skirt with or without integrated boyshorts.

[0048] The trousers 1 include a waist part 2 and two leg parts 4, 6. The waist part 2 has the shape of a pant. The waist part 2 includes an upper end defining a waist opening 8 and a lower end delimiting, in this case, two openings 10, 12 for the passage of the user's legs. The leg parts 4, 6 are of tubular shape and are mounted on the openings 10, 12 of the waist part 2.

[0049] The leg part 4 thus includes an upper end corresponding to the opening 10 of the waist part 2, and a lower end corresponding to a first leg opening 14. The leg part 6 includes an upper end corresponding to the opening 12 of the waist part 2, and a lower end corresponding to a second leg opening 16.

[0050] The bottom clothing 1 can be formed of one or several panels, and may be made of compressive materials, in particular compressive fabrics, that is to say the bottom clothing 1 is stretchable and is patterned so as to have a narrower shape when it is not worn than when it is worn by the user. Such a compressive bottom clothing allows the user to better feel the different parts of his body which are covered and tightened by the bottom clothing 1.

[0051] The trousers 1 are in particular intended for the practice of a sport, and more particularly for the practice of tennis, thanks to the presence of a pocket 18 configured to accommodate one or several balls.

[0052] As illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the pocket 18 is formed by at least one upper panel 20, in this case a single upper panel 20, covering a portion 22 of the waist part.

[0053] The upper panel 20 may have a generally rectangular shape with an upper edge 20a, a lower edge 20b and two side edges 20c and 20d. The upper panel 20 is mounted on the waist part 2, along and parallel to a portion of the upper end of the waist part 2. Particularly, the upper panel 20 is attached, for example sewn, to the waist part 2 along the upper edge 20a and both side edges 20c and 20d. In other words, the upper edge 20a of the upper panel 20, and therefore of the pocket 18, extends along the waist opening 8 of the trousers 1.

[0054] Thus, the pocket 18 extends substantially parallel to the waist opening 8 and opens from below, that is to say on the side opposite the waist opening 8 of the trousers 1, via the lower edge 20b of the upper panel 20 which is a free edge. The opening 24 of the pocket 18 therefore extends parallel to the waist opening 8 but is oriented downwards, that is to say towards the lower openings 10, 12. The pocket 18 is therefore positioned at the level of the waistband of the trousers 1 and is visually integrated therein.

[0055] The upper panel 20, and therefore the pocket 18, can extend only in the posterior or back part of the trousers 1, or can overlap, through its ends, the front part of the trousers 1. Thus, the side edges 20c and 20d of the upper panel 20 can be attached on the waist part 2, on the front side of the trousers 1, that is to say beyond the front plane of the trousers 1.

[0056] Furthermore, and in order to improve the maintenance of the upper panel 20 on the waist part 2, as well as the holding of the balls in the pocket 18, the lower edge 20b of the upper panel 20 can also be attached to the waist part 2 by stitches 26, for example a stitch 26a disposed at an equal distance from the side edges 20c, 20d of the upper panel 20. Alternatively, and as illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4, the lower edge 20b can be attached by three stitches: a central stitch 26a disposed at equal distance from the side edges 20c, 20d of the upper panel 20, and two stitches 26b disposed laterally on each side of the central stitch 26b between the latter and the side edges 20c, 20d of the upper panel 20.

[0057] The pocket 18 can also include an elastic means 28, for example an elastic band, mounted along the lower edge 20b of the upper panel 20, that is to say along the free edge of the pocket 18. The elastic means 28 can improve the maintenance and the holding of the pocket 18.

[0058] However, such an elastic means 28 is optional and the pocket 18 can be devoid of it. Indeed, the upper panel 20 being made of compressive material, it can exert, by itself, a pressure on the objects positioned in the pocket 18 in order to hold them therein.

[0059] The upper panel 20 is also made of compressive material, for example compressive fabric. The upper panel 20 may be made of mesh fabric.

[0060] In the following description, it will be considered that the fabric of the covered portion 22 of the waist part 2 and the upper panel 20 are mounted on the trousers 1 such that the warp yarns are oriented vertically when the trousers 1 is worn by the user, and the weft yarns are oriented horizontally.

[0061] As indicated above, and in order to allow the holding of the objects in the pocket 18, the upper panel 20 is made of compressive material, and may be made of compressive mesh. Thus, the mesh fabric of the upper panel 20 can be chosen with specific elasticity properties to improve the maintenance of the pocket 18.

[0062] In the example described here, the upper panel may be a mesh fabric D201, for example when the bottom clothing 1 is a leggings, or a mesh fabric D331, for example when the bottom clothing 1 is a capri.

[0063] In the case of leggings for example, the mesh fabric may have a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the warp yarns, greater than or equal to 8 N and less than or equal to 9 N, for example of an average value equal to 8.3 N.

[0064] Likewise, the mesh fabric may have a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the weft yarns, greater than or equal to 12.5 N and less than or equal to 13.5 N, for example of an average value equal to 13.1 N.

[0065] In the case of capri for example, the mesh fabric can present a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the warp yarns, greater than or equal to 7.2 N and less than or equal to 8.2 N, for example of an average value equal to 7.7 N.

[0066] Likewise, the mesh fabric may have a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the weft yarns, greater than or equal to 7.5 N and less than or equal to 9.5 N, for example of an average value equal to 8.9 N.

[0067] The choice of such elastic properties aims in particular to facilitate the insertion and removal of a ball in/from the pocket 18, as illustrated in FIG. 5, while ensuring its holding in the pocket 18 during the game.

[0068] The material of the bottom clothing 1 is also chosen so as to obtain the desired properties for the pocket 18.

[0069] Thus, the panel(s) of the waist part 2 of the leggings or capri can have a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the warp yarns, greater than or equal to 5.6 N and less than or equal to 6.6 N, for example of an average value equal to 6.1 N.

[0070] Likewise, the panel(s) of the waist part 2 of the leggings or capri can have a 50% elongation force, in the direction of the weft yarns, greater than or equal to 7.7 N and less than or equal to 9.2 N, for example of an average value equal to 8.6 N.

[0071] Thus, thanks to the bottom clothing according to the present disclosure, and particularly thanks to the different materials, with specific elastic properties, for the panels of the pocket, it is possible to obtain a comfortable and compressive clothing adapted to the practice of a sport, including a pocket easy to use which guarantees a good holding of the objects which are placed therein during the practice of the sport.