Patent ID: 7229390

Claim:
A tights-type leg support garment comprising: an inner leg surface; an outer leg surface; a front surface; a rear surface; a first stretchable portion in the shape of a band extending from an upper portion of the outer leg surface obliquely across the front surface of the garment to a middle portion of the inner leg surface and covering a portion of the corresponding middle portion on the rear surface; and a second stretchable portion, wherein said first stretchable portion has a greater straining force than said second stretchable portion, said first stretchable portion is configured to substantially cover the ligamentum collaterallis on a medial side of a knee joint of a wearer and further configured to extend obliquely from a superior side of said knee joint through at least ¼ of the length of the anterior surface of the corresponding thigh of said wearer and along the portion of the corresponding musculus sartorius of said wearer beneath said anterior surface of said thigh, thereby applying greater pressure along said anterior surface of said musculus sartorius than said second portion applies to portions of said thigh that are covered by said second portion, and said garment supports said knee joint and provides full degrees of freedom of movement of said knee joint.