GARMENT

Abstract

A garment in which a cinched portion having a concave shape is formed between a portion below the underarm and a portion of a waist so as to have a circumferential length shorter than a circumferential length of the portion of the waist, the cinched portion is configured such that a pressure Pr (hPa) applied to the wearer satisfies a relationship of B>A and B>CD when A is an uppermost portion where cinching starts, B is an intermediate portion where the cinching is maximum and the circumferential length is shortest, C is a lowermost portion where the cinching ends, and D is the portion of the waist, below the underarm, and the portion of B is configured such that the left and right-side surfaces are located in a region from a sixth rib R6 to a tenth rib R10 of the wearer.

Claims

1. A garment comprising a body that has a stretchable tubular shape and covers a front surface, left and right-side surfaces, and a rear surface of a wearer below an underarm of the wearer, wherein a cinched portion having a concave shape is formed between a portion below the underarm and a portion of a waist so as to have a circumferential length shorter than a circumferential length of the portion of the waist, the cinched portion is configured such that a pressure applied to the wearer satisfies a relationship of B>A and B>CD when A is an uppermost portion where cinching starts, B is an intermediate portion where the cinching is maximum and the circumferential length is shortest, C is a lowermost portion where the cinching ends, and D is the portion of the waist, and the portion of B is configured such that the left and right-side surfaces are located in a region from a sixth rib to a tenth rib of the wearer.

2. The garment according to claim 1, wherein the body includes a front body and a rear body, the front body is formed so as to cover the front surface, the left and right-side surfaces, and left and right-side portions of the rear surface of the wearer below the underarm of the wearer, the rear body is formed so as to cover the rear surface of the wearer that is not covered with the front body below the underarm of the wearer, left and right sewn lines of the front body and the rear body are provided on the rear surface of the wearer, and of the left and right sewn lines, left and right sewn line portions of the cinched portion each have a concave shape having a curvature greater than or equal to a concave shape that is an outer shape of the cinched portion in a left-right width direction.

3. The garment according to claim 1, further comprising a left sleeve and a right sleeve that have a stretchable tubular shape and cover an upper portion of an upper left arm and an upper portion of an upper right arm of the wearer, wherein each base end of the left sleeve and the right sleeve is sewn to the body above the cinched portion such that a solid shape of each of the left sleeve and the right sleeve is inclined backward by an angle with respect to a solid shape when covering both arms of a standard human body.

4. The garment according to claim 2, further comprising a left sleeve and a right sleeve that have a stretchable tubular shape and cover an upper portion of an upper left arm and an upper portion of an upper right arm of the wearer, wherein each base end of the left sleeve and the right sleeve is sewn to the body above the cinched portion such that a solid shape of each of the left sleeve and the right sleeve is inclined backward by an angle e with respect to a solid shape when covering both arms of a standard human body.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0011] FIG. 1 is a partial explanatory view of a garment 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in a worn state.

[0012] FIG. 2 is a front view of the garment 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention in a flatly placed state.

[0013] FIG. 3 is a rear view of the garment 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention in a flatly placed state.

[0014] FIG. 4 is a plan view in a solid shape showing a countermeasure against a curved back of the garment 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

[0015] Hereinafter, a garment 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0016] FIG. 1 is a partial explanatory view of the garment 100 in a worn state, FIG. 2 is a front view of the garment 100 in a flatly placed state, FIG. 3 is a rear view of the garment 100 in a flatly placed state, and FIG. 4 is a plan view in a solid shape illustrating a countermeasure against a curved back of the garment 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the garment, the term flatly placed means that the garment is spread and placed without wrinkles on a flat surface, for example, a large table, and the term solid shape means a three-dimensional shape of the garment in an expanded state without extending or bending any part of the garment. In this specification, the up and down, left and right, and longitudinal directions are directions based on a wearer.

[0017] In FIG. 1, R is a rib constituting a thorax in an upper portion of a torso together with thoracic vertebrae T and a sternum S, there are twelve pairs of right and left ribs from a first rib R1 in an uppermost portion to a twelfth rib R12 in a lowermost portion, and there are 24 ribs in total. Each of the first rib R1 to the fifth rib R5 is connected to the thoracic vertebrae T at a rear end and is individually connected to the sternum S via a costal cartilage Ra at a front end. Each of the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 is connected to the thoracic vertebrae T at the rear end and is collectively connected to the sternum S via the costal cartilage Ra at the front end. Each of the eleventh rib R11 and the twelfth rib R12 is connected to the thoracic vertebrae T at the rear end, and the front end is free without being connected to the sternum S. There are left and right lungs (not shown) inside the first rib R1 to the fifth rib R5, and there is a diaphragm (not shown) inside the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10. In the rib R in a normal state, a subcostal angle Rc formed between left and right costal arches Rb is from 90 to 70 inclusive. P is a pelvis in a lower part of the torso, and a narrowest (thinnest) portion between the rib R and the pelvis P is a waist W.

[0018] Technical characteristics of the garment 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

[0019] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the garment 100 is (1A) a garment including a body 200 that has a stretchable tubular shape and covers a front surface, left and right-side surfaces, and a rear surface of a wearer below an underarm of a wearer, in which (1B) a cinched portion 300 having a concave shape is formed between a portion below the underarm and a portion of a waist so as to have a circumferential length shorter than a circumferential length of the portion of the waist, and (1C) the cinched portion 300 is configured such that a pressure Pr (hPa) applied to the wearer satisfies a relationship of B>A and B>CD when A is the portion below the underarm and an uppermost portion where cinching starts, B is an intermediate portion where the cinching is maximum and the circumferential length is shortest, C is a lowermost portion where the cinching ends, and D is the portion of the waist (note that, in one embodiment of the present invention shown in the drawings, the pressure Pr (hPa) applied to the wearer satisfies a relationship of B>ACD).

[0020] A portion of (1D) B is configured such that the left and right-side surfaces are located in the region from the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 of the wearer.

[0021] In the garment, the pressure means a pressure applied to a region when the garment is worn.

[0022] In the garment 100, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 3, (2A) the body 200 includes a front body 400 and a rear body 500, (2B) the front body 400 is formed so as to cover the front surface, the left and right-side surfaces, and left and right-side portions of the rear surface of the wearer below the underarm of the wearer, the rear body 500 is formed so as to cover the rear surface of the wearer, which is not covered with the front body 400, below the underarm of the wearer, a left side line 600 and a right side line 700, which are left and right sewn lines of the front body 400 and the rear body 500, are provided on a rear surface side of the wearer, and (2C) of the left side line 600 and the right side line 700, a left side line portion 610 and a right side line portion 710, which are left and right sewn line portions of the cinched portion 300, have a shape of a concave shape having a curvature greater than or equal to a curvature of the concave left outline 310 and right outline 320, respectively, in a left-right width direction of the cinched portion 300.

[0023] Furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the garment 100 further includes (3A) a left sleeve 800 and a right sleeve 900 that have a stretchable tubular shape and cover an upper portion of an upper left arm and an upper portion of an upper right arm of the wearer, and (3B) the left sleeve 800 and the right sleeve 900 have base ends sewn to the body 200 above the cinched portion 300 so as to have solid shapes inclined rearward by an angle (approximately 30 in the drawing) with respect to a solid shape (see two-dot chain line in FIG. 4.) when covering both arms of a standard human body.

[0024] The garment 100 will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

[0025] As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the garment 100 is a short-sleeved shirt configured to wrap the torso and both upper arms of the wearer.

[0026] The garment 100 includes the body 200, the left sleeve 800, and the right sleeve 900. The body 200 has a tubular shape and is configured to wrap around the torso of the wearer. The body 200 includes the front body 400 and the rear body 500. The front body 400 includes a portion of the body 200 facing the front surface, the left and right-side surfaces, and the left and right-side portions of the rear surface of the wearer below the underarm of the wearer, and a portion facing the front surface of the wearer above the underarm of the wearer, and is formed to cover the portions. The rear body 500 includes a portion of the body 200 facing the rear surface of the wearer, which is not covered with the front body 400, below the underarm of the wearer, and a portion facing the rear surface of the wearer, which is not covered with the front body 400, above the underarm of the wearer, and is formed to cover the portions. A fabric (cloth) having the same elongation percentage in a circumferential direction is used for the front body 400 and the rear body 500, and the elongation percentage in an up-down direction of the front body 400 and the rear body 500 is also equal to those of the two bodies 400 and 500. The shapes of the front body 400 and the rear body 500 are symmetrical. The left sleeve 800 is provided on the left side of the body 200, and the right sleeve 900 is provided on the right side of the body 200. Both the sleeves 800 and 900 have a tubular shape thinner than the body 200 and are configured to wrap the upper portions of the upper left and right upper arms of the wearer. Both the sleeves 800 and 900 are symmetrical with respect to a center line (not shown) in a left-right direction of the body 200. Sizes of the sleeves 800 and 900 in a length direction can be freely set. In the present embodiment, the sleeves 800 and 900 are set to be short sleeves. The sleeves 800 and 900 may be long sleeves or three-quarter sleeves. The body 200 may include four parts of a front body, left and right-side bodies, and a rear body instead of two parts of the front body 800 and the rear body 900. In order to apply the present invention in this case, the side bodies are only required to be regarded as a part of the front body.

[0027] The front body 400 and the rear body 500 are sewn at the left side line 600, the right-side line 700, a left shoulder line 210, and a right shoulder line 220. Thus, the body 200 includes a neckline 230, a hem 240, a left armhole 250, and a right armhole 260. The neckline 230 corresponds to a cylindrical upper opening formed by the body 200, and the hem 240 corresponds to a lower opening. The length of the hem 240 can be freely set. In the present embodiment, the length of the hem 240 is set to a length covering up to an upper portion of the buttocks of the wearer. The length of the hem 240 may be a length that entirely covers the buttocks or a length longer than the length. The left armhole 250 is an edge of a hole made on the upper left side of the body 200, and the right armhole 260 is an edge of a hole made on the upper right side of the body 200. A base end of the left sleeve 800 is sewn to the left armhole 250, and a base end of the right sleeve 900 is sewn to the right armhole 260.

[0028] The body 200 includes an upper region 200a and a lower region 200b, and a cinched portion 300 as a central region is provided between the upper region 200a and the lower region 200b. The upper region 200a is a portion further above an uppermost portion A where the cinched portion 300 starts cinching, and includes the left shoulder line 210, the right shoulder line 220, the neckline 230, the left armhole 250, and the right armhole 260. The lower region 200b is a portion further below a lowermost portion C where the cinching of the cinched portion 300 ends, includes a waist portion D, and includes a lower portion of the left side line 600, a lower portion of the right-side line 700, and the hem 240.

[0029] The cinched portion 300 is formed from below the underarm to a portion slightly above the waist portion of the body 200. The outer shape of the cinched portion 300 is formed such that the circumferential length decreases from upper and lower ends to upper and lower center, and has the left outline 310 and the right outline 320 having a concave shape at both ends in the left-right width direction in the flatly placed state, and the circumferential length satisfies a relationship of B<A and B<CD. Thus, the cinched portion 300 is configured such that the pressure Pr (hPa) applied to the wearer satisfies the relationship of B>A and B>CD, and the portion of B is configured such that the left and right-side surfaces are located in the regions of the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 of the wearer. The pressure Pr at each of the points A, B, C, and D can be freely set as long as B>A and the relationship of B>CD is satisfied. The portion of B of the intermediate portion may be formed in a planar shape having a width in a height direction, and furthermore, the portion of C of the lowermost portion where the cinching is finished may be formed at the same portion as the portion of D of the waist. The pressure Pr at the portion of B is preferably from 10 hPa to 40 hPa inclusive, and more preferably from 15 hPa to 35 hPa inclusive. In the present embodiment, the pressure Pr at the portion of B is set to 25 hPa, and the pressure Pr at the other portions of A, C, and D is set to satisfy the relationship of B>A and B>C>D. Of course, the pressure Pr at the other portions of A, C, and D may be configured to satisfy the relationship of B>A and B>C=D.

[0030] Next, operational effects of the technical characteristics of the garment 100 will be described.

[0031] Since the garment 100 has the technical characteristics of (1A) to (1D), the cinched portion 300 tightens the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 at the portion of B.

[0032] In the rib R of a person with a curved back, it has been found that the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 surrounding the diaphragm are abnormally widened in the left-right direction (the subcostal angle Rc is larger than 90). By tightening the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 at the portion of B, the cinched portion 300 is useful for correcting distortion of the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 to improve the state of shallow breathing and difficulty in breathing.

[0033] That is, when the cinched portion 300 tightens the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 at the portion of B, the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 are collectively connected to the sternum S via the costal cartilage Ra. Therefore, there is no disadvantage that the correct state is obtained in which the ribs extend straight while being integrally narrowed (the subcostal angle Rc is 90 or less and 70 or more), the tightening is loosened on the waist (D) side since the circumferential length of the waist (D) side is longer than the portion of B of the cinched portion 300, and a lower side of the ribs is excessively narrowed downward. Therefore, the diaphragm inside the ribs can sufficiently move in the up-down direction, that is, a loosening motion (exhalation) that swells upward in a dome shape and a contraction motion (inspiration) that contracts downward in a flat shape can be sufficiently performed, and a state of shallow breathing and difficulty in breathing is improved.

[0034] Since the cinched portion 300 does not tighten the fourth rib R4 or the fifth rib R5 surrounding the lung, it is possible to sufficiently inhale air without inhibiting expansion of the lung as compared with a cinched portion that tightens the fourth rib R4 or the fifth rib R5. Moreover, since the cinched portion 300 does not tighten the waist W, it is possible to sufficiently inhale air without inhibiting expansion of the stomach and making it difficult to lower the diaphragm as compared with a cinched portion that tightens the waist W, and it is possible to take a deeper breath.

[0035] Furthermore, since it is sufficient to improve the body 200 that has a stretchable tubular shape and covers the front surface, the left and right side surfaces, and the rear surface of the wearer below the underarm of the wearer, even when a countermeasure against a curved back is applied above the body 200, the function of the countermeasure against a curved back is not fatally adversely affected.

[0036] Therefore, it is possible to provide a garment to which a countermeasure against a curved back is applied and that can still improve a difficulty in breathing without causing a fatal adverse effect on the function of the countermeasure.

[0037] Since the garment 100 has the technical characteristics of (2A) to (2C), the rear body 500 in the cinched portion 300 protrudes forward, in particular, the rear body 500 at the portion of B of the cinched portion 300 protrudes most forward, and the cinched portion 300 presses the spinal column forward at the rear body 500 at the portion of B.

[0038] In inspiration, the diaphragm contracts to expand the inside of the rib R in the up-down direction. At this time, since the abdominal pressure increases, the stomach bulges forward and upward, and accordingly, the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 also bulge forward and upward. When the cinched portion 300 presses the spinal column forward at the rear body 500 at the portion of B, the spinal column is warped backward to assist the bulging operation of the stomach and the sixth rib R6 to the tenth rib R10 in inspiration, so that inspiration can be sufficiently performed and deeper respiration can be performed.

[0039] Furthermore, since the garment 100 has the technical characteristics of (3A) and (3B), a backward inclination of the sleeves 800 and 900 serves as a countermeasure against a curved back, and a countermeasure against a curved back can be taken at a portion (upper region 200a) above the cinched portion 300 of the body 200.

[0040] That is, as a result of the solid shape of each of the sleeves 800 and 900 being inclined backward by the angle with respect to the solid shape when covering both arms of the standard human body, the left and right shoulder blades, the upper portions of the upper arms, and shoulders of the wearer are pulled backward and toward a center of the rear surface. Therefore, it is difficult for the wearer to take a posture in which both shoulders protrude forward (a posture called a round back or a curved back) such that both arms turn to the center toward the front.

[0041] In the present embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a garment that is provided with a countermeasure against a curved back has been described, but it is a matter of course that the present invention can be widely applied to garments that are not provided with a countermeasure against a curved back. In addition, the configuration of the countermeasure against a curved back is not limited to (3A) and (3B), and there are various configurations. However, the present invention can be widely applied to configurations subjected to various countermeasures against a curved back. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a garment that covers the upper body of the wearer has been described, but the present invention can be widely applied to garments that partially or entirely cover the lower body in addition to the upper body of the wearer.

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0042] 100: Garment [0043] 200: Body [0044] 300: Cinched portion