Sports pants reducing slippage with a bicycle seat

Abstract

Sports pants reducing slippage with a bicycle seat by providing non-slip material projections in outwardly facing portions configured to make contact with a bicycle seat while a user is exercising by peddling the bicycle, including while lifting weights or doing arm or other exercises, and methods of reducing slippage.

1 . A garment for use by a person exercising by pedaling a bicycle having a seat, wherein the garment has a seat matching the bicycle seat and configured to reduce slippage between the person and the bicycle seat at areas of contact, said garment comprising:
 exercise pants having a seat that includes a seat portion configured to contact the bicycle seat when the person is exercising on the bicycle;   said seat portion of the exercise pants having outward projections made of a material having significantly higher coefficient of friction relative to the bicycle seat than other outer surfaces of the pants.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections are made of a rubbery material. 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections are in a pattern in which the density of the projections per unit area of the seat portion varies with position in the pattern of projections. 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections vary in their coefficient of friction relative to the bicycle seat with position in the pattern of projections. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections are bumps with spacing between the bumps greater then the sizes of the bumps. 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections comprise elongated strips. 
     
     
         7 . The garment of  claim 6  in which at least some of the strips are elongated in front-back or head-feet directions relative to the person wearing the pants. 
     
     
         8 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the projections are portions of threads woven into or adhered to the material forming the pants seat. 
     
     
         9 . The garment of  claim 1  in which the garment includes pants legs that are free of said projections below a crotch area. 
     
     
         10 . Sports pants comprising:
 a pants seat with an outside surface that includes an outwardly facing portion situated to contact a bicycle seat when a person wearing the pants is pedaling a bicycle;   a pattern of non-slip material integrated into or adhered to said portion of the pants seat, said non-slip material reducing slippage in contact between a person wearing the pants and a seat of a bicycle on which the person is exercising compared with other portions of the pants that may contact the bicycle seat.   
     
     
         11 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which the non-slip material extends partway into a thigh area of the pants. 
     
     
         12 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which the non-slip area extends only partway into a thigh area of the pants. 
     
     
         13 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which the non-slip material is adhered to the pants. 
     
     
         14 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which the non-slip material is woven into the pants. 
     
     
         15 . The sports pants of  claim 10  wherein said pattern is an irregular pattern, with difference between different areas of the pattern in one or more of spacing between projections, shape of projection, and material of the projections. 
     
     
         16 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which said pattern is a regular pattern in terms of spacing or the projections. 
     
     
         17 . The sports pants of  claim 10  in which said pattern is a regular pattern in terms of the shapes of the projections. 
     
     
         18 . A method of reducing slippage between a person exercising on a bicycle and a seat of the bicycle comprising:
 providing a garment that includes pants with a seat area having a pattern of non-slip material integrated into or adhered to a portion of the seat area; and   configuring the pattern to match a seat of a bicycle so that a person wearing the pants and exercising on the bicycle would contact the bicycle seat with at least a part of said seat area of the pants;   wherein said non-sip material has a higher coefficient of friction relative to other area of tie pants to thereby reduce slippage in contact between the person exercising and the bicycle seat.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  in which the providing step comprises forming the pattern as an irregular pattern of said non-slip material at said seat area. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18  in which the providing step includes extending said pattern into a crotch area of the pants.