Patent ID: 6186970
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A41D,A61F,A63B

Abstract:
A leg protection garment having a lower half of the body part which has a leg portion of length capable of covering at least the patella region and formed of stretchable fabric, wherein said garment has a portion having a partially strong straining force and comprises the portion expressed by at least one selected from the group consisting of the following (A) and (B) as the portion having a strong straining force:(A) a portion having a strong straining force which ranges from an area above the trochanter major 1 to the vicinity 5 of the upper end of the tibia by way of the trochanter major 2 and further the vicinity over the musculus biceps femoris so as to support the musculus biceps femoris, wherein said portion passes the vicinity 4 of the region located below the muscle belly of the musculus biceps femoris without crossing the muscle belly of the musculus biceps femoris at a right angle with respect to the direction of the muscle fiber;(B) a portion having a strong straining force which ranges from an area 11 above the musculus semimembranous to the vicinity 14 of the upper end of the fibula by way of the vicinity over the musculus semimembranosus so as to support the musculus semitendinosus and the musculus semimembranosus, wherein said portion passes the vicinity 13 of the region located below the muscle belly of both the musculus semitendinosus and the musculus semimembranosus without crossing the muscle belly of the semitendinosus and the musculus semimembranosus at a right angle with respect to the direction of the muscle fiber.