Abstract:
A wearable airfoil for reducing aerodynamic drag. The wearable airfoil includes a garment, the garment including at least an anchor unit adapted to receive a fastening means of an airfoil element, characterized in that the anchor unit includes adjusting means capable to adjust a tension of an edge of the airfoil element by at least controlling an effective length of the edge.
Abstract:
A wearable electronic fabric comprises a woven fabric formed from a plurality of interlaced threads. The plurality of interlaced threads comprise a plurality of warp threads interlaced with a plurality of weft threads. The woven fabric has a top face and a bottom face. A plurality of conductive threads is included among the plurality of interlaced threads at predetermined intervals and interlacing angles to provide a pattern of connection locations. The connection locations are located at regular intervals on at least one of the top face and the bottom face of the woven fabric.
Abstract:
A cycling bib (1) comprising a trousers member (2) and an elastically stretchable suspender member (3), wherein the suspender member comprises a stiffer portion (8) compared to the remaining of the suspender member, according to at least one stretching direction, said stiffer portion (8) being located in the rear lower region of the suspension member.
Abstract:
An wearable airfoil garment having one or more stretchable suspension lines disposed on the garment between one or more of the following combinations of proximate locations: the wrist and the shoulder, the back of the ankle and the back of the leg (upper portion of the adductor longus), and along a location on the back of the arm and a location on the torso. For each stretchable suspension line, a flexible and stretchable cloth material is attached to and forming a portion of the garment. The flexible and stretchable cloth material is attached to the stretchable suspension line, forming a draped and collapsible airfoil. The one or more stretchable suspension lines forms a cusp shape, whereby a trailing edge is formed.
Abstract:
A wearable airfoil garment for reducing the cyclist aerodynamic drag. A garment material is elastically tethered between two or more anchor locations on the garment. The anchor locations are positioned and arranged to form transient, self-adaptive, body-conforming airfoil surfaces on the garment. The self-adjustment of the airfoil surfaces preserves the cyclist's comfort as well as the aerodynamic efficiency. The airfoil surfaces change in a body-conforming manner in response to the movements of a person wearing the garment. The aerodynamic performance of the garment is adjustable to the preference of the wearer. Garment airfoils constructed with seams suitably placed to trigger transition of boundary layers.
Abstract:
A cushioning pad for use with cycling shorts comprises an upper pad layer and a lower pad layer fixed to the upper pad layer. An inflatable chamber is formed by and between the upper pad layer and the lower pad layer. The inflatable chamber comprises a first lateral channel which is nonlinear and which has a width which varies along its length, and a second lateral channel which is nonlinear and which has a width which varies along its length. A pump is provided for inflating the chamber with air, and a release valve is provided for releasing air from the chamber.
Abstract:
A control pad system for a motorcycle has a substantially U-shaped saddle-like unit having a horizontally-disposed upper portion adapted to engage a frame of a motorcycle beneath a seat of the motorcycle, with downward-extending first and second opposite side portions, disposed on each side of the motorcycle frame with the upper portion engaged to the motorcycle frame, and two control pads fashioned from resilient rubber-like material, each having a length, a height and a thickness, one each of the control pads mounted to each of the first and second opposite side portions, such that an outer surface of each control pad is presented outwardly from the motorcycle frame on each side portion. The control pads are positioned in a manner to enable the rider to grip the control pads between the knees, constraining the rider's position forward and rearward on the motorcycle.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a protective element for cyclist pants, having a front protective region (1) and a rear protective region (2), which are connected to each other by a tapering (3). The protective regions (1, 2) and the tapering (3) each comprise a surface (10) having a three-dimensional structure.
Abstract:
The invention provides sports wear that assists in erecting the pelvis and maintaining the pelvis in an erect state.Sports wear 1 having a pelvis supporting section 2 and an anchor section 6, wherein the pelvis supporting section 2 comprises a material with 3-6 times the tensile strength of the material of the clothing other than the pelvis supporting section 2, and holds and supports the pelvis of the wearer, the anchor section 6 is situated on the back side of the sports wear 1 and connects the pelvis supporting section 2 to a fixed part 3 on the back rise line or front rise line, and the pelvis supporting section 2 and anchor section 6 together function to prevent forward tilting of the pelvis of the wearer.
Abstract:
The present invention refers to the field of cyclist sports shorts. More precisely, it refers to a reinforcement bottom lining to be applied inside the shorts crotch. The bottom lining, between two synthetic fabric layers, includes a padding having modulated levels by means of foams and sponges having a gradual pattern for avoiding the presence of steps at abutment and/or rubbing points between body and saddle. Further, the invention provides a process of detecting the body pressure points against the saddle by an impression, that is by the detection of body/saddle casts.