Patent Document ID: 8707463
Application ID: 12578454
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A garment to be worn on at least a portion of a torso and both legs of a person performing a physical activity, the garment comprising: a torso portion having a torso opening, the torso portion joined to a first leg portion having a first leg opening and a second leg portion having a second leg opening; a first training region having a front portion leading to a rear cross portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, and disposed within and extending completely about the torso portion and intended to be in substantially constant physical contact with a torso portion of the person performing a physical activity and having a first training region elasticity; a second training region leading from one side of the lower portion of the rear cross portion of the first training region to form a first leg loop extending completely about the first leg portion and intended to be in substantially constant physical contact with a first leg of the person performing a physical activity and having a second training region elasticity; a third training region leading from an opposite side of the lower portion of the rear cross portion of the first training region to form a second leg loop extending completely about the second leg portion and intended to be in substantially constant physical contact with a second leg of the person performing a physical activity and having a third training region elasticity; a garment region extending at least partially through the torso portion and the first and second leg portions and having a garment region elasticity, the garment region stretching a greater distance as the result of an applied force than the training regions under the same applied force; and the training regions at least partially defining a tensioning system of a biofeedback device, the biofeedback device being configured to provide multi-directional feedback forces comprising at least external rotation and leg abduction, and having a magnitude and a direction to the person performing a physical activity when the person performing a physical activity's biomechanic position is sub-optimal, the feedback forces indicating to the person performing a physical activity that their biomechanic position is sub-optimal and indicating to the person performing a physical activity how to adjust their one or more body portions towards a more optimal biomechanic position; wherein the biofeedback device is configured to sense and correct sub-optimal biomechanic positions, the sub-optimal biomechanic positions including static postures and dynamic postures; wherein when the person's biomechanic position is substantially optimal, the person performing a physical activity receives substantially no feedback forces indicating to the person performing a physical activity that their biomechanic position is sub-optimal; wherein the magnitudes of the feedback forces generally increase the farther the person performing a physical activity is from an optimal biomechanic position.