Patent ID: 9526279
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: A41D,A61F,D04B,D10B

Claim Text:
1. A knee joint supporter constructed from a tubular knitted fabric that is knitted by circular knitting, and adapted to come into close contact with a body surface of a wearer, thereby assisting a knee joint by improving the stability thereof, the knee joint supporter comprising: a first anchor section which is arranged around an upper end of the tubular knitted fabric and adapted to allow the tubular knitted fabric to be tightened on a thigh of the wearer; a second anchor section which is arranged around a lower end of the tubular knitted fabric and adapted to allow the tubular knitted fabric to be tightened on a lower leg of the wearer; a base fabric section having stretching properties and that is arranged in an area between the first anchor section and the second anchor section of the tubular knitted fabric; and a supporting section which is arranged in an approximate U-shape such that a first end of the U-shaped supporting section is connected to a lower end of the first anchor section and a second end of the U-shaped supporting section is connected to a different part of the first anchor section and supports the patella of the wearer, wherein stretch resistances of the first anchor section and the second anchor section in a circumferential direction of the tubular knitted fabric are larger than a stretch resistance of the base fabric section in the circumferential direction of the tubular knitted fabric, and a stretch resistance of the supporting section in a length direction of the tubular knitted fabric is larger than the stretch resistance of the base fabric section in the length direction of the tubular knitted fabric.