COMPRESSION SHORTS
Compression shorts are provided with a sleeve having an opening at a proximal end of the sleeve that communicates with an opening in the crotch area of the shorts. The sleeve is attached to the crotch area of compression shorts by an elastic engagement of the shorts with the sleeve at a proximal end of the sleeve. A flap is joined to the sleeve. The girth of the sleeve and is expanded or contracted by locating and attaching an end of the flap against the sleeve. A distal end of the sleeve comprises a closure flap to permit covering or uncovering a distal opening in the sleeve, and to adjust the useful length of the sleeve.
Compression shorts are shorts formed of an elastic compression material. Compression shorts apply pressure to areas of the body which the shorts cover. Compression shorts support areas of the body that they cover, and may aid muscle recovery after exercise and aid recovery from sports related injuries.
People who engage in athletic endeavors or fitness exercises may wear compression shorts both to prevent injury and to aid in recovery from athletic injury or from exercise. Specifically, compression shorts may reduce inflammation, muscle pain or damage. Compression shorts may improve athletic performance.
A shortcoming of compression shorts known in the art is that the shorts may provide genital area discomfort to males. There is a need for compression shorts that are worn similarly to underwear, but which do not apply pressure from the compression material to the penis.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTIONThe present invention is directed to shorts formed of an elastic compression material having a sleeve for receiving the penis that does not apply compression to that area. The sleeve may be formed of a textile material, and have an opening at the distal end of the sleeve. The proximal end of the sleeve is fixed to the shorts by an elastic engagement or connection of the shorts with the sleeve.
Adjustment of the girth of the sleeve accommodates different sizes is provided along the length of the sleeve. The sleeve is open at both ends for inserting the penis into the sleeve at the proximal end of the sleeve, while providing an opening at the opposite, distal end of the sleeve.
A flap is provided at the distal end of the sleeve for covering the distal end. The flap may be selectively attached to the sleeve to cover the opening at the distal end or to provide a complete opening at the distal end as needed.
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The girth of the sleeve 2 is adjustable. In the embodiment shown in the drawing figures, the girth is adjusted by a flap or flaps, such as the pair of flaps 20,22. Each flap has hook and loop material 24, and the sleeve has an area 26 of corresponding hook and loop material to allow the flaps to be pulled against the sleeve and connected to the sleeve by the hook and loop material. Connecting devices other than hook and loop material may be used to pull against the sleeve to reduce the girth of the sleeve.
A closure flap 6 is present on the distal end 12 of the sleeve 2. The closure flap allows covering and uncovering the opening in the distal end of the sleeve. Hook and loop material 28 that is present on the closure flap connects to corresponding hook and loop material that is present on the sleeve, or to hook and loop material that is present on an outside of the flaps 20,22 when the flaps are connected to the sleeve.
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Claims
1. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material, comprising:
- a sleeve comprising an opening at a distal end of the sleeve, the sleeve being fixed to the shorts by an elastic engagement of the shorts with the sleeve at a proximal end of the sleeve,
- the sleeve comprising a flap that is joined to the sleeve along a length of the sleeve and at a first end of the flap, a second end of the flap comprising a connector, wherein the girth of the sleeve is reduced by positioning and connecting the second end of the flap to the sleeve, and
- wherein the distal end of the sleeve comprises a closure flap joined at a first end to the sleeve, and the closure flap comprises a connector and the closure flap covers the opening at the distal end of the sleeve when the closure flap is connected by the connector to the sleeve.
2. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, wherein the shorts comprise an opening in a crotch area of the shorts, and the sleeve comprises an opening in a proximal end of the sleeve that communicates with the opening in the crotch area of the shorts.
3. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, wherein the shorts comprise an opening in a crotch area of the shorts, and the sleeve has an opening in a proximal end of the sleeve that communicates with the opening in the crotch area of the shorts, and wherein the elastic engagement of the shorts with the sleeve is formed by elastic material that connects the sleeve to the shorts.
4. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, wherein the distal end of the sleeve comprises a closure flap joined at a first end to the sleeve, and the closure flap comprises a connector and the closure flap covers the opening at the distal end of the sleeve when the closure flap is connected by the connector to the sleeve.
5. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, the sleeve having a second flap that is joined to the sleeve along a length of the sleeve and at a first end of the second flap and the first end of the second flap is spaced apart from the first end of the flap, a second end of the second flap comprising a connector, wherein the girth of the sleeve is reduced by positioning and connecting the second end of the second flap to the sleeve.
6. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, wherein the sleeve is formed of a textile material.
7. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 1, wherein the connector of the second end of the flap connects to the sleeve by hook and loop material.
8. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 5, wherein the connector of the second end of the second flap connects to the sleeve by hook and loop material.
9. Shorts formed of an elastic compression material as described in claim 4, wherein the connector of the closure flap connects to the sleeve by hook and loop material.
Type: Application
Filed: Feb 8, 2022
Publication Date: Aug 10, 2023
Inventor: John Harper (Harleyville, SC)
Application Number: 17/666,677