US20150020287A1

US20150020287A1 - Functional Underwear

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Publication number: US20150020287A1
Application number: US14/076,382
Authority: US
Inventors: Chieh-Lin Liu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2013-07-17
Filing date: 2013-11-11
Publication date: 2015-01-22
Also published as: CN203492799U; CN104287102A

Abstract

The present invention provides one kind of functional underwear, which is principally designed one pair of waist belts in the upper part of the dorsal side of the trouser body to shrink the abdomen for bodyshaping effect when the pair of waist belts is buckled up in the front abdomen. A pair of reinforcement strips is embedded in the dorsal side of the trouser body relative to both sides of the spine for supporting the spine to prevent from deformation, and at least one plush sheet is supplemented in the area between the pair of reinforcement strips. The usage of plush sheets assists attachment of one or more electrode pads, so that electrode pads are just affixed to specific parts of the human body, and coordinate with output pulses of a physical therapy machine to stimulate specific acupuncture points for promoting the physiological function.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(a) Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to one kind of functional underwear. Besides the existing design of functional underwear, the present invention further comprises the function of physical therapy to give a better practical use.
(b) Description of the Prior Art
In general, the design of conventional underwear is merely brought into use of dressing and covering bodies, but its functionality is obviously insufficient for users with poor shape. The skilled of this art had developed a variety of functional underwear with buttock lifting and abdomen shrinking effects, which utilized hip belts or waist belts or other components to achieve buttock lifting and abdomen shrinking purposes.
Such functional underwear utilizes attached hip belts and waist belts to lift the buttock and thin the abdomen. In other words, it has no other additional function except for the bodyshaping effect. Due to many manufacturers of such goods and a variety of styles, the marketing competition has been keen and profits have been relatively drastically reduced. Therefore, how to prevail among the competitive market and how to attract customers by more advantageous features are research subjects for the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Since the design of available functional underwear had been only emphasized the bodyshaping function of the lower half of human body, its products lacked of features and led to difficulty in coming to the fore in the competitive market. Hence the present inventors started research and development of functional underwear to include additional features for enhancing its competitiveness.
To achieve the above object, the present invention adopts the following technical scheme.
One kind of functional underwear is principally designed a trouser body. The trouser body is defined a dorsal side and a front abdominal side by the wearing form. A pair of waist belts is set in the upper part of the dorsal side of the trouser body which can be buckled up in the front abdomen, and a pair of reinforcement strips is embedded in the dorsal side of the trouser body relative to both sides of the human spine which is characterized as following.
At least one plush sheet is supplemented in the area between the described pair of reinforcement strips of the dorsal side of the trouser body. The usage of plush sheets assists attachment of one or more electrode pads. The reverse side of electrode pads is affixed to velcro sheets that fitted attach to the plush sheets, and also connected with an external transmission line of a physical therapy machine. The output pulses of the machine can stimulate the electrode pad attached body parts to achieve the effects of physical therapy.
Furthermore, the plush sheets which are provided by the pair of reinforcement strips in the dorsal side of the trouser body can be substituted for velcro sheets. The velcro sheets which are affixed to the reverse side of electrode pads can be replaced by plush sheets. The attached electrode pads which are provided by the pair of reinforcement strips in the dorsal side of the trouser body comprise at least one inverted triangle electrode pad which can be correspondingly affixed to the inverted triangle area at the junction of the spine and hip. A buckle sheet is supplemented to the lower edge of one of the waist belts, and the buckle sheet can match with the additional positioning piece in the lower portion of the front abdominal trouser body to maintain bound form of the waist belts. The trouser body is sewn by pieces of different functional cloth together.
Advantages of the present invention are as following. The functional underwear of the present invention is ergonomic designed, so that it does not affect the comfort of wearing the underwear. Besides the bodyshaping function, the functional underwear can be attached electrode pads if necessary to coordinate with output pulses of a physical therapy machine, so that stimulate acupuncture points on the human body for a physical therapy function.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention coupled with electrode pads.

FIG. 3 is the reference picture of the wearing appearance of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is the reference picture of a preferred embodiment of the present invention during performing the physical therapy function.

FIG. 5 is the schematic diagram of a preferred embodiment of the present invention coupled with a layer of plasters on electrode pads.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The schematic diagrams in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the reference picture of the wearing appearance in FIG. 3, and the reference pictures of performance in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 illustrate a preferred embodiment of the present invention. As figures shown, the structural design of the present invention is mainly provided by a trouser body 10. The trouser body 10 is sewn by pieces of cloth which have different functions and elasticity. The trouser body 10 is defined a dorsal side and a front abdomen side by the wearing form. A pair of waist belts 11 and 12 is set in the upper part of the dorsal side of the trouser body. The corresponding buckle 1 and buckle 2 are located at both ends of the pair of waist belts 11 and 12. When the pair of waist belts 11 and 12 is stretched toward upper abdomen, the buckle 1 and buckle 2 will fasten to each other to shrink the lower abdomen for bodyshaping effect. The tightness of the pair of waist belts 11 and 12 can be adjusted through changing the position of rows of hooks on buckle 1 and buckle 2. One buckle sheet 13 may be further supplemented to the lower edge of the waist belt 12 comprising the buckle 2. The buckle 3 is set on the buckle sheet 13. The location of buckle 4 is relative to the additional positioning piece in the lower part of the front abdomen, so as to maintain the bound form of the waist belts 11 and 12 by buckles and prevent from slippage of the waist belts 11 and 12 which is caused by the body's physical movements. In addition, one pair of reinforcement strips 15 and 16 is embedded in the dorsal side of the trouser body 10 relative to both sides of the spine. The enhanced support of the pair of reinforcement strips 15 and 16 would effectively prevent from spinal deformity. The aforementioned components constitute a basic functional structure of the present invention. The improvement of the present invention is as following.
At least one plush sheet 17 is supplemented in the area between the pair of reinforcement strips 15 and 16 of the dorsal side of the trouser body 10 (the supplement also can be the velcro sheet, but the plush sheet is preferable to avoid affecting the wearing comfort). The usage of plush sheet 17 assists attachment of two electrode pads 21 and 22 (the number of electrode pads depends on the condition of use). The electrode pads 21 and 22 may include one inverted triangle electrode pad and one rectangular electrode pad. The reverse sides of the electrode pads 21 and 22 are respectively affixed to velcro sheets 23 and 24 (or plush sheets) which fitted attach to the plush sheet 17. On the other hand, the obvers sides of electrode pads 21 and 22 may provide a layer of plasters 30 according to users' needs. After contacting the skin, ingredients of the plasters are absorbed by the subcutaneous tissue for good health. Meanwhile, the electrode pads 21 and 22 are respectively connected with the external transmission lines 25 and 26 of a physical therapy machine (not shown) to transmit output pulses via electrode pads 21 and 22 for effecting the contact portions of the human body.
By disclosing the structural design of the functional underwear of the present invention, the functional underwear not only takes the bound form of the pair of waist belts 11 and 12 in the front abdomen to reach the desired abdomen shrinking and shaping effects in dressing aspect, but also being selectively attached to electrode pads 21 and 22 by the dorsal side of the trouser body 10 to contact specific parts of the human body during wearing the functional underwear. As shown in the figure, the inverted triangle electrode pad 21 is corresponding affixed to the inverted triangle area at the junction of the spine and hip, and the rectangular electrode pad 22 is affixed to the slightly upper part of the spine. Thus the functional underwear couples with output pulses of a physical therapy machine to stimulate acupuncture points on the human body, so that the functional underwear may achieve physical therapy effect for promoting physiological and metabolic functions. The present functional underwear not only has the basic modeling function of the conventional functional underwear, but also innovatively includes the implementation feasibility for physical therapy function. Therefore, the present invention is one kind of practical functional underwear which effectively increases competitiveness of product thereof.
In conclusion, the innovative structural design of the functional underwear of the present invention surpasses the simple shaping function of the conventional functional underwear, and further includes the physical therapy function which is performed by users' needs to give a better practical use. Overall, the functional underwear of the present invention is indeed regarded as an excellent and outstanding innovative design, so that we render the patent application according to regulations
The above is a preferred embodiment of the present invention and technical principles adopt in the present invention. For skilled in the art, any equivalent transformation, simple substitution, and other obvious changes based on the present invention should be covered in the scope of the present invention while the changes are not departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. One kind of functional underwear is principally designed a trouser body, comprising:

a trouser body having a dorsal side and a front abdominal side by the wearing form;

wherein a pair of waist belts is set in the upper part of the dorsal side of the trouser body which can be buckled up in the front abdomen;

a pair of reinforcement strips having been embedded in the dorsal side of the trouser body relative to both sides of the human spine, wherein at least one plush sheet is supplemented in the area between the described pair of reinforcement strips of the dorsal side of the trouser body and the usage of plush sheets assists attachment of one or more electrode pads, the reverse side of electrode pads is affixed to velcro sheets that fitted attach to the plush sheets, and also connected with an external transmission line of a physical therapy machine and the output pulses of the machine can stimulate the electrode pad attached body parts to achieve the effects of physical therapy.

2. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein the plush sheets which are provided by the pair of reinforcement strips in the dorsal side of the trouser body can be substituted for velcro sheets.

3. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein the velcro sheets which are affixed to the reverse side of electrode pads can be replaced by plush sheets.

4. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein the attached electrode pads which are provided by the pair of reinforcement strips in the dorsal side of the trouser body comprise at least one inverted triangle electrode pad which can be correspondingly affixed to the inverted triangle area at the junction of the spine and hip.

5. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein a buckle sheet is supplemented to the lower edge of one of the waist belts, and the buckle sheet can match with the additional positioning piece in the lower portion of the front abdominal trouser body to maintain bound form of the waist belts.

6. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein the trouser body is sewn by pieces of different functional cloth together.

7. The functional underwear according to claim 1, wherein the obverse side of electrode pads provides with a layer of plasters which contact and being absorbed by the skin.