Exercise pants

A pair of exercise pants comprised of pant material which throughout its length and width is non-porous and non-absorbent, said pants having cinching elements for cinching the pant material about the waist and legs of the user in a manner which substantially pneumatically isolates the interior of the pants from outside atmosphere, and said pants further including an evacuation hose connector sealedly secured to the pant material at the rear seat portion thereof whereby when the user exercises, such as by running in place, air can be evacuated from the interior of the pants causing the pant material to press against the user's body to induce midsection sweating thereby promoting overall girth reduction.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to exercising aids, and more particularly to 
exercising pants which when properly used by the wearer are adapted to 
promote girth reduction. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
Heretofore, pants used to promote weight and girth reduction have been of 
an inflatable type wherein inflation of the pants causes a continuous 
increased pressure against the body of the wearer to provide pressure 
against the wearer's muscles when the wearer exercises. Such pants are 
illustrated in British Pat. Specification No. 1,245,070, published Sept. 
2, 1971. The inflatable pants disclosed in this patent show a variety of 
ribs, panels, and securement belts all designed to maintain as even a 
pressure as possible over the covered areas of the body. 
The present invention provides a concept of exercise pants entirely 
different of that shown in British Pat. Specification No. 1,245,070, in 
that it is contemplated that, instead of pressurizing pants, air will be 
evacuated from the interior of the pants to cause the pant material, 
chosen for its desired moisture retention qualities, to tightly adhere to 
the body surfaces by external atmospheric pressure. Because atmospheric 
pressure is uniform throughout, the pressure holding the pant material 
against the body surfaces will be uniform throughout so long as interior 
pressure pockets are substantially eliminated through air evacuation. The 
present invention also has this feature of providing a pair of exercise 
pants wherein the pants can be manufactured in one large size to fit 
persons of substantially all sizes. 
When the exercise pants of the present invention are worn by the user, the 
user is free to perform exercises, such as running in place, while air 
evacuation within the pants is maintained. It is believed that with 
properly chosen materials the pant material which tightly surrounds the 
covered parts of the body will induce sweating in these parts and promote 
overall girth reduction. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
The present invention is a pair of exercise pants comprising a pant 
material which throughout its length and width is non-porous and 
non-absorbent. Means are provided for sealedly cinching the pant material 
about the waist and legs of the user whereby the space between the pant 
material and the user's body is substantially pneumatically isolated from 
outside atmosphere. Connector means, sealedly secured to the pant 
material, are adapted to permit an air evacuation hose to be attached 
thereto whereby when the user exercises, such as by running in place, air 
can be evacuated from the interior of the pants causing the pant material 
to press against the user's body to induce sweating thereby producing 
overall girth reduction. 
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION 
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a pair of 
exercise pants which when properly used by the wearer will promote overall 
reduction in body girth. 
It is another object of the present invention to provide a pair of exercise 
pants which are easily donned by the user to facilitate a home exercise 
and weight reduction program. 
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a pair of 
exercise pants which can have its interior air evacuated by conventional 
household vacuum cleaner. 
It is still another object of the present invention to provide a pair of 
exercise pants which eliminate the multiplicity of securement straps which 
are used in conventional inflatable weight reducing pants. 
It is still a further object of the present invention to provide a pair of 
exercise pants which can be fabricated from a minimum amount of material 
panels, securement elements, and pneumatic connector elements at a very 
low cost. 
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a pair of 
exercise pants which can be manufactured in one size which substantially 
all users regardless of size can wear. 
Yet other objects of the present invention will become apparent from the 
following specification and claims.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
Referring now to the drawings, the exercise pants of the present invention 
are generally designated by the numeral 11. The pants are of the bermuda 
type which encircle the user's waist at their top end 13, and which at 
their leg ends 15, 17 encircle the legs of the user somewhat above the 
knee. The pant is fabricated from a non-porous and non-absorbent material 
which extends throughout the length and width of the pant to provide 
non-absorbency over that entire inside surface which comes in contact with 
the wearer's body. A suitable pant material is polyvinyl plastic sheet, 
however, it is contemplated that other non-porous and non-absorbent sheet 
materials could be used. 
The pants can be made from four nearly identical panels of material, with 
the shape of each panel being generally illustrated in FIG. 5. The lateral 
edges 19, 21 of the four panels are joined respectively at the front 23 
and seat 25 of the pants, through the inside legs and crotch 27, and along 
the pants sides 29, 31. The joined edges are hermetically sealed, such as 
by a heat seal, whereby the entire pant is continuously non-porous and 
capable of holding the moisture produced by the wearer's body as the 
wearer performs exercises. 
As seen in FIG. 1 the exercise pants of the present invention, when worn, 
are tightly cinched about the user's legs and waist to as nearly as 
possible pneumatically isolate the space between the pant material and the 
user's body from outside atmosphere. Suitably tight cinching can be 
achieved by providing elastic drawstrings 33, 35, 37 threaded through 
casings 39, 41, 43 in the pant waist and each of the pant leg ends. Other 
cinching means might also be employed such as an elastic material having 
Velcro tabs at the outer ends. 
Other than providing a means for tightly cinching the pants around the 
user's leg and waist, the concept of "fit" is not especially important to 
the present invention. In fact, the pants should be made with enough 
material such that, when they are cinched to the body, there will be 
enough material to accommodate the girth of any potential user whose girth 
and stature is not unusually large. Thus, the pant can be made such that 
one size can fit all, or most all persons, regardless of the size of the 
wearer. The pant material will tightly press against the user's body by 
evacuating air from the interior of the pants in the manner described 
below. 
A pneumatic connector means 45 is sealedly secured to the pant material, 
with the connector means preferably being located in the rear seat portion 
of the pants. Referring to FIG. 2, the preferred position of the connector 
45 is shown as being nearest the lateral side 31 of the pants and 
approximately midway between the top and the bottom of the pant seat 
portion 47 covering the buttocks of the user. The connector, which can be 
a molded plastic part, is comprised of a projecting section of 
non-threaded tubing 49 adapted to mate with an air evacuation hose 51, 
such as the extension of a vacuum cleaner hose; the connector also has a 
slightly cupped base portion 52 which supports the tubing 49 and onto 
which the pant material 53 can be sealedly secured, such as by gluing or 
heat sealing. By connecting a conventional vacuum cleaner to the connector 
45 of the exercise pants 11 through a suitably long extension hose 51, air 
can be continuously evacuated from the interior of the pants while the 
user exercises, such as by running in place. The continuous evacuation of 
air will cause the pant material to press against the user's body to 
induce sweating during the exercise routine with the effect that overall 
girth reduction is promoted. 
The pants connector 45 is provided with a bolster 55 for holding the 
connector means 45 together with the pant material 53 immediately 
surrounding the connector means away from the user's body during the 
period of time when the air is being evacuated from the interior of the 
pants. This prevents the connector means from sucking down onto the skin 
of the wearer as a result of the vacuum pressure, an occurance which in 
addition to creating discomfort to the user would inhibit the air 
evacuation from the remaining portions of the pants. The bolster 55 must 
be of a design which permits air permeability therethrough while at the 
same time holding the connector end surrounding material substantially 
away from the user's body. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 the bolster in its 
preferred embodiment consist of plurality of radially disposed flanges 57 
which project inwardly from the interior surface 59 of the connector base 
51; the flanges are thus disposed in perpendicular relation to the 
connector base and the pant material surrounding the connector base. This 
configuration permits air to flow in through the radially diverging 
channels 61 as defined by the flange's sides while the projecting flange 
edges bear against the user's body. For comfort, the projecting flange 
corners 60 should be rounded and the flanges sufficiently numerous to 
spread out contact pressure. 
To use the exercise pants of the present invention, the user simply first 
steps into the pants and then cinches the pants tightly about his or her 
waist and legs by tying the respective drawstrings 33, 35, 37. Air 
evacuation extension hose 51 is then attached to the pant connector 45 and 
the air evacuation pump activated. Once the air in the interior of the 
pants is sufficiently evacuated to cause the pant material to press firmly 
against the user's skin, the user performs any suitable stationary 
exercise. The pants, because of their non-porosity and non-absorbency, 
will induce the user to sweat in the covered areas and will thereby, it is 
believed, promote girth reduction. When the user finishes exercising, the 
air evacuation pump is deactivated and the extension hose disconnected 
whereupon the pants can be removed. It is noted that the exercise pants 
should be used with a minimum amount of undergarment, and preferably no 
undergarment, in order to eliminate material of any absorbency from around 
the body surface portions underlying the pant material. 
The present invention therefore is a pair of exercise pants designed to 
permit the air from the interior portion of the pants to be evacuated 
thereby causing the pant material to press against the user's body 
surfaces underlying the pants for inducing sweating over that portion of 
the body. The exercise pants of the present invention are used in 
connection with an exercise program for the purpose of promoting the 
reduction of body girth. Although the present invention has been described 
in considerable detail in the foregoing specification, it is not intended 
that the invention be limited to such detail, except as necessitated by 
the appended claims.