Garment

Abstract

[Problem] To provide a garment that is worn attached to a body and has improved freedom of design in terms of the tightening force or shape of a tightening portion that manipulates the body shape of a wearer, corrects the wearer's posture, and improves the wearer's motor ability.[Means of Solution] A garment attached tightly to a body, comprising a belt-like tightening portion 32a, b that has a strong tightening portion 321a, b, which is a part having a relatively strong tightening force, and a weak tightening portion 322a, b, which is a part having a relatively weak tightening force, the strong and weak tightening portions being switched in a belt-like longitudinal direction, wherein, in the tightening portion 32a, b, yarns for reinforcing the tightening forces are continuously knitted into a ground structure throughout the strong tightening portion 321a, b and the weak tightening portion 322a, b, and a knit structure of the yarns for reinforcing the tightening forces has a greater number of looping structures in the strong tightening portion 321a, b than the weak tightening portion 322a, b, and has a greater number of insertion structures in the weak tightening portion 322a, b than the strong tightening portion 321a, b.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to a garment, and particularly to a garment worn attached to a body.BACKGROUND ART[0002]A girdle, a body suit, a brassiere, a swim suit, shorts, and other conventional garments that are worn attached tightly to a body have a tightening portion formed on a predetermined section of such garments in order to manipulate the body shape of a wearer, correct the wearer's posture, and improve the wearer's motor ability by means of the tightening force of the tightening portion. In order to form a garment having such a tightening portion, a filler cloth is applied to a part of the garment to provide a strong tightening force, or the thickness of an elastic yarn to be knitted is made thicker. However, application of a filler cloth is not preferred, since the thickness of the fabric of the tightening portion increases by the thickness of the filler cloth. Also, when forming the tightening portion by increasing the thickness of the elastic yarn...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]According to this garment, the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into the ground structure in the belt-like tightening portion, so that the strong tightening portion is formed mainly by the looping structures and the weak tightening portion is formed mainly by the insertion structures. Therefore, the strong tightening portion is formed into a desired shape at an appropriate position of the knitted fabric, and a sufficient difference in the tightening force between the strong tightening portion and the other portion and also between the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion can be obtained.

[0009]In this case, in the garment of the present invention the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into the ground structure in the belt-like tightening portion, so that the strong tightening portion is formed mainly by the looping structures and the weak tightening portion is formed mainly by the insertion structures. Therefore, the strong tightening portion is formed into a desired shape at an appropriate position of the knitted fabric, a sufficient difference in the tightening force between the strong tightening portion and the other portion and also between the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion can be obtained, and the ground structure can be obtained as a structure that is common between the tightening portion and the fabric main body portion which is adjacent to the tightening portion.

[0012]When the strong tightening portion has a part inclined in the longitudinal direction of the weak tightening portion, the pressure at a particularly strong tightening portion can be alleviated because the entire tightening portions are not formed into rings of the same circumference.

[0014]The present invention can provide a garment that is worn attached tightly to a body and has improved freedom of design in terms of the tightening force or shape of a tightening portion that manipulates the body shape of a wearer, corrects the wearer's posture, and improves the wearer's motor ability.

Problems solved by technology

However, application of a filler cloth is not preferred, since the thickness of the fabric of the tightening portion increases by the thickness of the filler cloth.

Also, when forming the tightening portion by increasing the thickness of the elastic yarn to be knitted, the border between the parts with different tightening forces extends only in a direction in which the elastic yarn is knitted, and thus a desired shape of tightening portion cannot be obtained.

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