Garment

Abstract

A water sports garment to be worn over at least a portion of a lower body of a wearer includes a rear pocket spanning across the wearer's gluteal muscles when in use. The rear pocket has an opening and is configured for receiving a removable pad. The removable pad includes a foam core enclosed within a neoprene outer. The garment is adapted such that when the removable pad is positioned in the rear pocket and the wearer is seated on a surface, the removable pad is aligned with each of the wearer's ischial tuberosities such that the removable pad is between the wearer's ischial tuberosities and the surface.

1 . A water sports garment to be worn over at least a portion of a lower body of a wearer, the garment comprising:
 a rear pocket spanning across the wearer's gluteal muscles when in use, the rear pocket including an opening, the rear pocket configured for receiving a removable pad, the removable pad including a foam core enclosed within a neoprene outer,   wherein, the garment is adapted such that when the removable pad is positioned in the rear pocket and the wearer is seated on a surface, the removable pad is aligned with each of the wearer's ischial tuberosities such that the removable pad is between the wearer's ischial tuberosities and the surface.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the garment is made of a tri-layer material that provides compression to the at least a portion of the lower body of the wearer, each layer of the tri-layer material is a material selected from a group of materials consisting of a polyester, elastane, nylon, spandex, silicon, cotton, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the rear pocket is adapted to receive removable pads of various thicknesses and various foam densities. 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 3 , wherein the foam core of the removable pad has a thickness of between 6 and 12 millimetres. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 3 , wherein the foam core of the removable pad has a density of between 25 kg/m 3  and 35 kg/m 3 . 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 1  further comprising a garment body, wherein the rear pocket is internal and is attached to the garment body by one or more seams, the rear pocket being defined by a lower seam and a lateral seam on each side of the garment. 
     
     
         7 . The garment of  claim 6 , wherein the lower seam is adjacent or below the wearer's Infragluteal Fold, when in use. 
     
     
         8 . The garment of  claim 6 , wherein each lateral seam is adjacent the wearer's Gluteus Medius, when in use. 
     
     
         9 . The garment of  claim 8 , wherein each lateral seam is adjacent a lateral edge of the wearer's Gluteus Maximus, when in use. 
     
     
         10 . The garment of  claim 1  further comprising a waistband defining an opening, wherein the waistband at the rear of the garment sits higher on the wearer's body than the waistband at the front of the garment, when in use. 
     
     
         11 . A water sports garment to be worn over at least a portion of a lower body of a wearer, the garment comprising:
 a rear pocket spanning across at least:   (i) a portion of a sacrum,   (ii) a portion of a coccyx, and   (iii) an upper portion of the wearer's gluteal muscles when in use,   the rear pocket including an opening, the rear pocket configured for receiving a removable pad, the removable pad including a foam core enclosed within a neoprene outer,   wherein, the garment is adapted such that when the removable pad is positioned in the rear pocket and the wearer is seated on a surface, a coccyx bearing portion of the removable pad is aligned with the wearer's coccyx such that the coccyx bearing portion is between the wearer's coccyx and the surface.   
     
     
         12 . The garment of  claim 11 , wherein the garment is made of a tri-layer material that provides compression to the at least a portion of the lower body of the wearer, each layer of the tri-layer material is a material selected from a group of materials consisting of a polyester, elastane, nylon, spandex, silicon, cotton, and combinations thereof. 
     
     
         13 . The garment of  claim 11 , wherein the rear pocket is adapted to receive removable pads of various thicknesses and various foam densities. 
     
     
         14 . The garment of  claim 13 , wherein the foam core of the removable pad has a thickness of between 6 millimetres and 18 millimetres. 
     
     
         15 . The garment of  claim 13 , wherein the foam core of the removable pad has a density of between 25 kg/m 3  and 35 kg/m 3 . 
     
     
         16 . The garment of  claim 11  further comprising a garment body, wherein the rear pocket is internal and is attached to the garment body by one or more seams, the rear pocket being defined by a lower seam and lateral seams located at opposite lateral sides of a rear portion of the garment. 
     
     
         17 . The garment of  claim 16 , wherein the lower seam is above the wearer's Infragluteal Fold and is disposed over a portion of the wearer's Gluteus Maximus, when in use. 
     
     
         18 . The garment of  claim 16 , wherein each lateral seam is further from the median plane than the outer region of the wearer's posterior superior iliac spine, when in use. 
     
     
         19 . The garment of  claim 18 , wherein each lateral seam is disposed over or above a portion of the wearer's Gluteus Maximus, when in use. 
     
     
         20 . The garment of  claim 11  further comprising a waistband defining an opening, wherein the waistband at the rear of the garment sits higher on the wearer's body than the waistband at the front of the garment, when in use.