Garment

The present invention relates to a garment, and particularly to a garment worn attached to a body.

A girdle, a body suit, a brassiere, a swim suit, shorts, and other conventional garments that are worn attached tightly to a body have a tightening portion formed on a predetermined section of such garments in order to manipulate the body shape of a wearer, correct the wearer\'s posture, and improve the wearer\'s motor ability by means of the tightening force of the tightening portion. In order to form a garment having such a tightening portion, a filler cloth is applied to a part of the garment to provide a strong tightening force, or the thickness of an elastic yarn to be knitted is made thicker. However, application of a filler cloth is not preferred, since the thickness of the fabric of the tightening portion increases by the thickness of the filler cloth. Also, when forming the tightening portion by increasing the thickness of the elastic yarn to be knitted, the border between the parts with different tightening forces extends only in a direction in which the elastic yarn is knitted, and thus a desired shape of tightening portion cannot be obtained.

Therefore, as described in Patent Document 1, regarding the knit structure of the fabric, a part to be provided with the tightening force is formed into a satiny structure, and other parts into a mesh-like structure, so that a desired shape of tightening portion is obtained without using a filler cloth.

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent Registered No. 3461316

However, in the technology of Patent Document 1, the difference in magnitude of tightening force to be obtained is based on the difference in types of the knit structures, thus a large difference between the sections with and without the filler cloth when the filler cloth is used cannot be obtained. Moreover, in order to secure a difference in tightening force between the knit structures of a knit fabric, flexibility in adopting the knit structures decreases. The present invention has been contrived to solve the aforementioned problems, and its object is to provide a garment that is capable of obtaining a desired shape of tightening portion without using a filler cloth, and obtaining a sufficient difference in tightening force between sections to be and not to be provided with a strong tightening force, and that has a small limitation in adopting a ground structure serving as a base of a knitted fabric.

In order to achieve this object, the garment of the present invention is a garment attached tightly to a body, comprising a belt-like tightening portion that has a strong tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively strong tightening force, and a weak tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively weak tightening force, where the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion are switched in a belt-like longitudinal direction, wherein, in the tightening portion, a yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into a ground structure throughout the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion, and a knit structure of the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force has a greater number of looping structures in the strong tightening portion than the weak tightening portion, and has a greater number of insertion structures in the weak tightening portion than the strong tightening portion.

According to this garment, the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into the ground structure in the belt-like tightening portion, so that the strong tightening portion is formed mainly by the looping structures and the weak tightening portion is formed mainly by the insertion structures. Therefore, the strong tightening portion is formed into a desired shape at an appropriate position of the knitted fabric, and a sufficient difference in the tightening force between the strong tightening portion and the other portion and also between the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion can be obtained.

Furthermore, the garment of the present invention is a garment attached tightly to a body, comprising a belt-like tightening portion, wherein the tightening portion and at least a part of a fabric main body portion that is adjacent to the tightening portion comprise a common ground structure, the tightening portion has a strong tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively strong tightening force, and a weak tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively weak tightening force, where the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion are switched in a belt-like longitudinal direction, in the tightening portion, a yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into a ground structures throughout the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion, and a knit structure of the yarn for reinforcing the tightening forces has a greater number of looping structures in the strong tightening portion than the weak tightening portion, and has a greater number of insertion structures in the weak tightening portion than the strong tightening portion.

In this case, in the garment of the present invention the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into the ground structure in the belt-like tightening portion, so that the strong tightening portion is formed mainly by the looping structures and the weak tightening portion is formed mainly by the insertion structures. Therefore, the strong tightening portion is formed into a desired shape at an appropriate position of the knitted fabric, a sufficient difference in the tightening force between the strong tightening portion and the other portion and also between the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion can be obtained, and the ground structure can be obtained as a structure that is common between the tightening portion and the fabric main body portion which is adjacent to the tightening portion.

Moreover, the garment of the present invention is a garment attached tightly to a body, comprising a belt-like tightening portion, wherein a fabric main body portion comprises a plurality of knitted fabric parts that are formed respectively from ground structures having different tightening forces, and border lines of the plurality of knitted fabric parts intersect with the belt-like tightening portion, the tightening portion has a strong tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively strong tightening force, and a weak tightening portion, which is a part having a relatively weak tightening force, where the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion are switched in a belt-like longitudinal direction, in the tightening portion, a yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into each of the ground structures throughout the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion, and a knit structure of the yarn for reinforcing the tightening forces has a greater number of looping structures in the strong tightening portion than the weak tightening portion, and has a greater number of insertion structures in the weak tightening portion than the strong tightening portion, and out of the plurality of knitted fabric parts, a knitted fabric part with a relatively strong tightening force overlaps with at least a part of the strong tightening portion.

In this case, in the garment of the present invention the yarn for reinforcing the tightening force is continuously knitted into the ground structure in the belt-like tightening portion, so that the strong tightening portion is formed mainly by the looping structures and the weak tightening portion is formed mainly by the insertion structures. Therefore, the strong tightening portion is formed into a desired shape at an appropriate position of the knitted fabric, and a sufficient difference in the tightening force between the strong tightening portion and the other portion and also between the strong tightening portion and the weak tightening portion can be obtained, Moreover, the fabric main body portion is configured by a plurality of knitted fabric portions that are formed by the ground structures having different tightening forces, wherein a part where the knitted fabric portion with a strong tightening force overlaps with the strong tightening portion can produce a strong tightening force by means of the tightening forces of the both overlapping each other.

When the strong tightening portion has a part inclined in the longitudinal direction of the weak tightening portion, the pressure at a particularly strong tightening portion can be alleviated because the entire tightening portions are not formed into rings of the same circumference.

Note that the garment attached to the body as described in the present specification is applied not only to a case where the garment is attached in direct contact with the body surface but also a case where the garment is attached to the body via an inner cloth.

The present invention can provide a garment that is worn attached tightly to a body and has improved freedom of design in terms of the tightening force or shape of a tightening portion that manipulates the body shape of a wearer, corrects the wearer\'s posture, and improves the wearer\'s motor ability.

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