Close-fitting sports garment

Abstract

Sports garment adapted to cover at least one limb or body member, such garment including a textile base primarily worn in close contact with the body and including a compression zone surrounding the limb/member, the compression zone including at least one film affixed to the textile base, the film including a plurality of openings. The compression zone includes at least one exclusive compression zone and at least one postural support zone, the yield strength of the garment portion forming the postural support zone being greater than that of the garment portion forming the exclusive compression zone, along at least one direction of bias.

1 . A sports garment structured and arranged to extend around at least one body member of the body of a wearer, said garment comprising:
 a textile base primarily to be worn in contact with the body;   a compression zone surrounding the body member, the compression zone comprising at least one film affixed to the textile base;   the film of the compression zone comprising a plurality of openings;   the compression zone comprising:
 at least one exclusive compression zone; 
 at least one postural support zone having a yield strength greater than a yield strength of the exclusive compression zone, along at least one direction of bias. 
   
     
     
         2 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the yield strength of the postural support zone is greater than the yield strength of the exclusive compression zone, irrespective of direction of bias.   
     
     
         3 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said compression zone is structured and arranged to encircle a portion of a limb or a portion of the torso of the user;   said postural support zone is structured and arranged to be positioned along the limb or a portion of the torso of the user without encircling the limb or the portion of the torso.   
     
     
         4 . A sports garment according  claim 1 , wherein:
 the exclusive compression zone includes a first elastic film made of polyurethane;   the first elastic film is affixed by glue or is printed onto the textile base.   
     
     
         5 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the exclusive compression zone includes a first textile film affixed to the textile base with an elastic adhesive.   
     
     
         6 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the postural support zone includes a second textile film affixed by gluing to the textile base.   
     
     
         7 . A sports garment according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 a surface area proportion of the exclusive compression zone and/or the postural support zone not covered by the first film and/or the second film is between 40% and 80%.   
     
     
         8 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the compression zone includes a plurality of films on one side of the textile base.   
     
     
         9 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the compression zone includes a plurality of films;   arranged on each of two sides of the textile base is a film of the plurality of films.   
     
     
         10 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 said textile base is comprises at least one panel assembled to a second panel;   the first film is affixed to the first panel and the second film is affixed to the second panel.   
     
     
         11 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the garment is a pair of shorts or a pair of leggings;   compression in an area of the compression zone is between 10 and 20 millimeters of mercury.   
     
     
         12 . A sports garment according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the garment is a T-shirt;   compression in an area of the compression zone is between 5 and 15 millimeters of mercury.   
     
     
         13 . A method of making a sports garment according to  claim 1 , said method comprising:
 preliminarily, making portions of the garment to have a flexible patterning, said flexible patterning forming a non-compressive or slightly compressive garment, once assembled;   affixing a first coating to the exclusive compression zone of at least one portion of the garment;   affixing a second coating in the postural support zone of at least one portion of the garment.   
     
     
         14 . A method of making a garment according to  claim 13 , wherein:
 the affixing of at least one of the first and second coatings is performed by gluing or printing or impregnating the coating on the textile base.