Abstract: Embodiments herein are jacket systems with interchangeable elements that can form a jacket with configurable or swappable components. For instance, a customizable jacket that includes components of the jacket system includes a jacket body, a sleeve-receiver fastener, and a waist-receiver fastener. The jacket body is configured to fasten into a closed configuration and to unfasten into an open configuration. In the closed configuration, the jacket body defines an inner space interior to the jacket body. The sleeve-receiver fastener is integrated with the jacket body at a shoulder of the jacket body and is configured to attach a detachable sleeve, such that the detachable sleeve is toollessly detachable from the body. The waist-receiver fastener is integrated with the jacket body along a lower portion of the body, and the waist-receiver fastener is configured to attach a detachable waistband, such that the detachable waistband is toollessly detachable from the body.

Abstract: A convertible garment intended to be worn in a plurality of wearing configurations by an individual/user, the garment comprising a front panel and a rear panel connected to each other by a left-hand junction and a right-hand junction located to either side of a central opening, extended on the front side by a indentation (teardrop neckline), a strap/lash comprising a central portion attached to the edge of the central opening but not to the edge of the teardrop neckline, and free portions extending the central portion, two symmetrical passages, each comprising a first slit in the front panel, a second slit in the rear panel and a sewn link, linking the front and rear panels close to the slits, the garment being free of stitching linking the side edges of the front and rear panels, the developed length of the edge of the central opening LD excluding the teardrop neckline and the developed length of the edge of the teardrop neckline LF being such that said garment can be worn at least either in tunic configurat

Abstract: A garment assembly including a first garment portion having an outer perimeter, a second garment portion, and a first fastener. The first fastener is positioned on the first garment portion and configured to removably attach the first garment portion to the second garment portion. The first fastener has a base portion that extends entirely about the outer perimeter. The first fastener further has an extension portion that overlaps with at least part of the base portion in a radial direction but is axially spaced apart from the base portion.

Abstract: The object of the disclosed subject matter is to provide a way for one to wear a single dress garment while appearing to wear two separate clothing articles, such as an iconographic tee shirt and a separate bottom skirt ensemble. The wearer of the dress garment thus enjoys the aesthetic pleasures of wearing a skirt while enjoying the functional benefits and built-in comforts of a tee shirt and a dress.

Abstract: An adjustable clothing garment is provided. A clothing item shaped to cover at least a portion of a wearer's body and having attached on a bottom edge, a series of snaps is provided. A connecting clothing item having a substantially circular shape with a series of snaps affixed on a top edge that correspond with the series of snaps on the clothing item is provided.

Abstract: A modular garment system includes an attachment system for attaching multiple garments together. In one embodiment, the garment system includes an upper body garment that is attachable to a lower body garment. The upper body garment includes a plurality of connectors that are aligned with a plurality of retaining members on the lower body garment. The retaining members on the lower body garment, for instance, may be placed on top of existing belt loops. The retaining members may include a flap, while the connectors may have a loop-like structure. In order to connect the upper body garment to the lower body garment, the flap may be inserted into the loop-like structure and secured to the lower body garment. The upper body garment can also include a draw cord that can be used to further secure the upper body garment against the lower body garment.

Abstract: A multi-layered garment may comprise components that are affixed using integrated belt loops. In particular, shorts belt loops of a shorts component may pass through an opening created when single-layer skirt belt loops of a skirt component are oriented outwards. Both the skirt belt loops and the shorts belt loops may be fully functional and aesthetically pleasing belt loops. Additionally, the shorts belt loops may be combined with the skirt belt loops to form integrated belt loops, thereby allowing a belt to pass beneath both sets of belt loops simultaneously to affix the shorts component to the skirt component.

Abstract: A clothing assembly is provided. The clothing assembly comprises an undergarment removably attachable to an upper body garment. The undergarment and upper body garment are attachable such that, when attached, they prevent the upper body garment from coming untucked from pants, a skirt, or some other lower body garment to which the upper body garment is tucked into.

Abstract: An ICU/CCU/NICU garment for a patient during hospitalization includes an upper portion of the garment, a lower portion of the garment, and a rear portion of the garment. The upper garment portion includes a pair of front panels releasably connected to each other and to a neck panel leaving an open back. The lower portion of the garment includes an abdominal panel having a pair of leg extensions and a central genital flap leaving an open back. The rear portion having a rear panel is releasably attached to each of the upper portion and the lower portion to provide a desired degree of coverage, while facilitating a selective exposure of the posterior of the patient.

Abstract: A garment includes an outer garment having a skirt portion with an inner side and a pair of elastic tethers having first fastening elements, and an undergarment having a front panel and a pair of second fastening elements. Each of the first fastening elements of the tethers of the outer garment is adapted to engage releasably a corresponding one of the second fastening elements of the undergarment. The first and second fastening elements may include snap elements, buttons, pins, zippers, or hook and loop fasteners.

Abstract: An exercise garment for retaining heat around an abdomen, a lower back, and portions of a pelvic area and a buttocks of a person to help lose weight in those areas during a workout includes an upper garment section being positioned over a portion of an upper torso of the person when the upper garment section is worn. A waist constricting band is coupled to a bottom edge of the upper garment section to constrict against the skin and secure the upper garment section in position. A lower garment section is positioned over a lower torso and upper legs of the person and is coupled to the constricting band opposite the upper garment section. An interior panel is coupled to and extends between the upper garment section and the lower garment section. The interior panel extends over the areas to increase heat retention and sweating during the workout.

Abstract: A perspiration garment comprises a top portion being configured for covering an upper portion of a user's body and for being adorned beneath exterior garments. The top portion comprises a non-breathable material being configured for covering a portion of the user's arms and torso for inducing perspiration. A bottom portion is configured for covering a lower portion of a user's body and for being adorned beneath exterior garments. The lower portion comprises a non-breathable material being configured for covering a portion of the user's legs for inducing perspiration, in which the top portion and the bottom portion are disposable and biodegradable.

Abstract: A medical undergarment system effective for supporting an ostomy system consists of a first diagonal catheter channel, a second diagonal catheter channel, a first vertical catheter channel, and a second vertical catheter channel. The system consists of tubing, a base undergarment, and a fluid bag. The medical undergarment system provides a comfortable yet stable ostomy system that can easily be slipped on and off by a user. The system enables convenient and easy removal of bodily fluid when using a catheter.

Abstract: Convertible pants can include a waist portion, at least one leg connected to the waist portion, each leg including an upper leg portion and lower leg portion removably connected to the upper leg portion by a zipper, the zipper including an upper zipper track attached to the upper leg portion and a lower zipper track attached to the lower leg portion, and an upper zipper flap located on the upper leg portion proximate the upper zipper track, the upper zipper flap including a first reinforced portion extending substantially around the upper leg portion. The upper zipper flap can cover the zipper when the lower leg portion is connected to the upper leg portion by the zipper. A zipper system and garments incorporating the zipper system are also described.

Abstract: Disclosed is a taekwondo uniform. At least a portion of the taekwondo uniform has the shape corresponding to that of the human body, and the taekwondo uniform is prevented from being loosed, so that women and men put on the uniform in common with improved wearability and convenient use. Gap adjusting unit mutually corresponding to each other at the back part and the front part of the uniform are provided, so that the wearability of the uniform is improved.

Abstract: An exercise garment is formed of a pair of shorts and an accompanying vest which are worn by an exerciser to enhance strength, conditioning, power, endurance and agility. The shorts include a pelvic portion with a pair of leg sections depending therefrom. Each leg section terminates at a leg opening having a circumferential zipper strand adjacent thereto. Immediately above the zipper strand are a plurality of juxtaposed, segregated pockets for receiving a weighted bar. A leg extension having multiple weight pockets includes a peripheral zipper strand at an upper end for mating engagement with the zipper strand of either leg section allowing the effective length thereof to be increased. The accompanying vest is formed of a torso portion with a pair of separable sleeves extending therefrom. A plurality of weight pockets are positioned on the front and rear of the torso portion and each sleeve. A torso extension having multiple weight pockets is removably attachable to the lower edge of the torso portion.

Abstract: A modular garment system includes an attachment system for attaching multiple garments together. In one embodiment, the garment system includes an upper body garment that is attachable to a lower body garment. The upper body garment includes a plurality of connectors that are aligned with a plurality of retaining members on the lower body garment. The retaining members on the lower body garment, for instance, may be placed on top of existing belt loops. The retaining members may include a flap, while the connectors may have a loop-like structure. In order to connect the upper body garment to the lower body garment, the flap may be inserted into the loop-like structure and secured to the lower body garment. The upper body garment can also include a draw cord that can be used to further secure the upper body garment against the lower body garment.

Abstract: A multi-purpose unisex garment that can be worn in a variety of configurations on different parts of the body and for a variety of occasions. The garment includes a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material, which is positioned opposite the first sheet of material. The first and second sheets of material are secured to one another at or near two opposite ends of the sheets of material. The two other opposite ends of the sheets of material are open to allow a part of the body to pass through at least one of the openings. At least one of the open ends has a securing device positioned along at least a portion of the opening that may securely close at least a portion of the respective opening to secure the garment about the person.

Abstract: This multiple component invention comprises a shirt, pants and bodysuit, which are readily donned without the necessity of executing normal dressing movements. Although conventional looking, this adjustable clothing combination does not don in the conventional manner, this clothing combination opens fully, allowing the physically challenged individual to readily self-don without assistance. The need for bending one's knees, bending forward or downward, removing and replacing one's shoes, is eliminated. The donning of the shirt does not require the individual to fold their arms or raise them to the shoulders. The very nature of this invention and improvements over prior art, allows the individual who has become dependent on others, to return to a life of self-reliance, independently living on one's own. The attributes of this multiple component invention for the wheelchair bound or bed-ridden individual needing assistance, will aid the caregiver, lessening stress on the patient and the caregiver.

Abstract: A garment for use in a shower is disclosed. The shower garment includes a first panel, a second panel, and a strap. The strap has a first end releasably coupled to a second end thereof and is adapted to extend around a waist of a user. The first panel and the second panel depend from the strap and substantially cover the pelvic region and the buttocks, respectively, of the user.

Abstract: An adjustable garment includes an article of clothing and a plurality of improved and unique adjustment features. The improved adjustment features includes a plurality of spaced apart pockets and elastic band members disposed along sleeves, inseams and interior front and back portions of a shirt body portion, pants inseams, interior front and back pants leg portions, waist section of pants, interior portions of foot or bootie portions and associated extended body portions on one-piece garments. The spaced apart pockets include a lower closed end and an upper open end with a fastener adjacent thereto. The elastic band having a first end cooperating with the lower closed end and a second end extending partially out of the open end with a plurality of fastener holes thereon. Adjustment of the garment is achieved by pulling the second end to connect a desired fastener hole with the pocket fastener.

Abstract: A multi-purpose unisex garment that can be worn in a variety of configurations on different parts of the body and for a variety of occasions. The garment includes a first sheet of material and a second sheet of material, which is positioned opposite the first sheet of material. The first and second sheets of material are secured to one another at or near two opposite ends of the sheets of material. The two other opposite ends of the sheets of material are open to allow a part of the body to pass through at least one of the openings. At least one of the open ends has a securing device positioned along at least a portion of the opening that may securely close at least a portion of the respective opening to secure the garment about the person.

Abstract: A protective suit (1) with a trunk part (5) comprising an upper shoulder part (2) with a neck opening (22) and sleeve openings (7,8) arranged on either side of the neck opening (22), a lower trouser part (3) with two leg openings (9,10), a waist part (4) arranged between the shoulder part (2) and the trouser part (3), and sleeves (11 ,12) attached to the sleeve openings (7,8) and legs (13,14) attached to the leg openings (9,10), and comprising an openable seal (19) arranged in the trunk part (5). The openable seal (19) extends continuously from a point (17,18; 21) on the front (15) of the protective suit (1) located level with one sleeve opening (7), in a line down past the waist part (4) and continuing in over the trouser part (3) and then in a downward arch across the back (16) of the protective suit, back to the front (15) of the trouser part (3), continuing in a line up past the waist part (4) to a point (17,18; 21) situated level with the other sleeve opening (8).

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a flexible, detachable, pressure- providing garment that can be worn by a subject in order to provide to the subject sensory and body awareness.

Abstract: The invention relates to a player's outfit for teams playing ball games, especially soccer, rugby, handball, or basketball. Said outfit comprises a top part and shorts, the top part and the shorts being embodied as a single piece. In order to obtain an increased level of comfort while making the outfit easy to handle and esthetically appealing, the player's outfit further comprises a piece that is worn over the shorts and is or can be joined to the shorts and/or the top part.

Abstract: A cooling garment comprises a phase change material and at least one of: at least one leg portion and at least one arm portion. The phase change material may have a transition temperature between solid and liquid phases of between about 60° F. to about 90° F. The at least one arm portion has the phase change material disposed therein, and the at least one leg portion has the phase change material disposed therein. The arm and leg portions may be attached to a torso portion and shorts portion, respectively, and may be removable therefrom. The cooling garment may include a sensor configured to indicate a cooling capacity of the phase change material. A portable container having a reactivation substance stored therein may be provided to reactivate the phase change material. In one embodiment, the portable container is part of a self-contained breathing apparatus. In another embodiment, the phase change material is submerged in the reactivation substance in the container.

Abstract: A two-part protective suit, especially for protective purposes and/or for military purposes, such as a NBC protective suit or the like, with a jacket and trousers, the jacket having a peripheral edge which overlaps the trousers and is able to be joined to the trousers. The jacket also has a peripheral connecting section which is joined to the jacket, above the jacket edge, i.e., spaced away from the jacket edge, the connecting section and the trousers having a connecting element so that the connecting section can be joined to the trousers for sealed connection of the jacket to trousers.

Abstract: A pattern for camouflage and a method for making the pattern. Rely on photographic images arranged in a synthetic perspective relationship, appearing to extend toward the horizon. The photographic images are images of landscape features in a selected environment. The pattern blends in with landscape features both in proximity to and distant from the camouflage pattern. In one embodiment, the pattern is adapted to be seamlessly repeatable across a surface. In one or two dimensions the method for making the camouflage includes taking photographs and selecting photographic images that represent the landscape features in the selected environment. The method also includes separating those images and arranging them into a repeating pattern. Photographic images are arranged in synthetic perspective which includes obscuring background images with foreground images in a manner that simulates the perspective in the selected environment.

Abstract: An article of clothing that may be converted from a vest, to a jacket, to a hooded jacket, to overalls, to a parka or to various types of clothing in between.

Abstract: An interchangeable three in one cycling jersey for providing a cyclist with a jersey vest, a vest with short sleeves and a vest with long sleeves. The cycling jersey allows the cyclist to quickly and conveniently convert the jersey vest using a pair of hidden sleeve zippers to a short sleeve or a long sleeve jersey. The jersey includes a jersey vest with a pair of attachable short sleeves and a pair of attachable long sleeves. The short and long sleeves include upper and lower arm openings for receiving the cyclist's arm therethrough. The jersey vest includes a front portion, a rear portion, a first side with a first arm opening, a second side with a second arm opening, an open bottom portion for putting on the jersey, a top portion with head opening and a collar therearound. The jersey vest is characterized by having one half of a narrow nylon hidden sleeve zipper attached to and disposed around a side of the first and second arm opening.

Abstract: An adjustable garment shirt for allowing different sized persons to be able to wear the shirt by allowing the wearer to be able to tighten and pull drawstrings together allowing multiple panel sections to cover different and varying sized bodies. Drawstring type laces criss-cross back and forth between rows of lace holes that are located on the edges of panels on the garment. The ends of the drawstrings can have hook and loop fastener ends that attach to different locations on hook and loop fastener rectangular patches located on the panels. The further along the fastener tie end is located on the rectangular patch, the closer the panels connect to one another. Extra flap materials can exist between the edges of the panels so that modesty of the wearer can be maintained.

Abstract: A method is provided comprising the steps of placing a first shirt on, placing a second shirt over the first shirt, and removing the first shirt while the second shirt is on. The method may be further comprised of playing tennis after placing the first shirt on and playing tennis after placing the second shirt over the first shirt and removing the first shirt while the second shirt is on. The first shirt may be comprised of a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the shirt may have a first attachment device. The second portion of the shirt may have a second attachment device. The first attachment device can be attached to the second attachment device in order to attach the first portion to the second portion. The second attachment device can be detached from the second attachment device in order to detach the first portion from the second portion.

Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for reducing or minimizing the particulates and other contaminants which may be brought into a restricted or clean room area. The apparatus and methods include a gown having positioning elements for keeping portions of the gown in place to permit inflation of the gown, for example during an airwash, and the apparatus and methods may also include gown inflation apparatus to remove the particulates and contaminants. Apparatus and methods of the present inventions also inflate the gown not only to eject particulates and contaminants that may be entrained or caught in the gown fabric, but also can be used to inflate the gown while the operator is in an air shower. Methods and apparatus of the present inventions also provide for an improved glove to gown seal, in addition to a reduced possibility of contamination from particulates or moisture from the operator's hands and an enhanced comfort level in the use of latex or rubber gloves with the gown.

Abstract: An undergarment system is provided including an elastic garment including a torso portion for covering a lower half of a torso of an individual and at least another portion integrally coupled to the torso portion for covering another part of the individual. Also included is an elastic sleeve mounted on the elastic garment such that the same encompasses the lower half of the torso, wherein an elasticity of the sleeve is greater than that of the garment.

Abstract: A waterproof outer garment comprises one piece of material wrappable around the wearer between the knees and the back, with edges overlapping and securable to one another by quick locking and quick release fasteners. The edges are securable in varying amounts of overlap to adjust the garment to the size of the wearer, and suspenders prevent the garment slipping down on the wearer. In one embodiment, the entire garment is made from a material impervious to the ingress of water. In another embodiment, portions of the garment which are not subject to contact under pressure with snow and water are made of a lighter weight material which need not be waterproof. Garments according to the present invention which are made partly from non-waterproof material can be made lighter, more comfortable and perhaps more stylish than garments made entirely from waterproof material.

Abstract: An apparatus for providing ease in dressing for patients with shoulder or arm problems, providing doctors with easy access to the injured area is disclosed. The apparatus shows a garment which unzips at the shoulder and down the side. The garment can either be unzipped completely for easy dressing and undressing, or unzipped partially so that the doctor may examine the shoulder area without the garment's removal. The present invention is appropriate for public wear. It can be either sleeveless or short sleeved so that it may fit under or over a cast or sling.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fully modular and evolutive transformable garment obtained by a combination amongst multiple combinations of a plurality of instantaneously removable modules (1-17) which is metamorphosable. According to the invention, the modules (1-17) are interchangeable, substantially complementary by degrees, composite, irregular and optionally heterogeneous. Each module is made lying flat, generally shaped and costumized, and comprises at least on each of the edges to be assembled a means for rapidly fixing the edges to each other. The modules are comprised of a plurality of basic modules (7, 9, 11, 12) and of a plurality of complementary modules (1, 2, . . . ). Each module may be cut in any way as to the material used so that it can be adapted to other modules. Preferably, each module is polyvalent.

Abstract: Convertible skiing pants are disclosed. The skiing pants comprise an upper pants portion or shorts, which includes a waist opening and respective leg openings. The leg openings of the upper pants portions are located around the knees of the skier. A pair of lower pants portion may be removably attached to the upper pants portion by an attachment device, such as a zipper, which extends substantially circumferentially around the legs of the skier. The upper pants portion and both lower pants portions include a device for opening the respective portions along a longitudinal length thereof so that the ski pants may be converted to ski short and the shorts removed altogether, all without the need to remove skis or ski boots.

Abstract: A jacket or coat having a cape with sleeves with a portion extending down over a user's chest. A body portion covers the trunk and a portion of the chest. An attachment element is connected between the body portion and the cape.

Abstract: Drawers or briefs made from a knitted tube flattened to provide a front panel and a rear panel with a top waist opening and a pair of bottom leg openings. The front panel has a linear fly opening having a pair of fabric fly flaps coextensive in length with the fly opening. The flaps overlap each other and the front panel on the interior of the garment at one side of the fly opening, providing a triple layer of fabric along the full length of the fly opening. The layers are sewn together by two lines of stitching extending along the tops and bottoms of said flaps, leaving a free edge on each flap remote from said fly opening. The flaps form a transversely open tunnel extending from the fly opening to the free edges of said flaps, and a pocket closed at the fly opening.

Abstract: Separatable clothes including a base panel for covering a part of the body, and a plurality of auxiliary panels detachably fastening to one another or to the base panel by zippers, hook and loop materials, and snaps for covering the limbs or a part of the body.

Abstract: A garment for the disabled which may be removed while the disabled person remains sitting the garment comprises two major parts. A body which is openable in the back and a back panel that is attachable to the body of the garment so that the opening through the garment is covered. The back panel remains beneath the user of the garment when the body of the garment is removed. The garment is particularly useful to those unable to stand or for whom standing is difficult, particularly without assistance.

Abstract: A single piece upper garment provides for ease of donning and removal by a physically challenged person and/or assistant or caretaker. The garment is formed of one or more sheets or sections of material in which all openings (neck, arms, and torso or trunk) are separable along at least one seam thereof, so the garment may be laid out substantially flat. The back portion may be placed against the back of a person (or the person may lie on the back portion), and the front portion wrapped around the person and closed along a lateral seam, similar to a conventional sewn side seam in a shirt or the like. The shoulders may then be closed, and the sleeves (if any) wrapped about the arms and closed, thereby providing a garment having a conventional appearance but providing for ease of donning and removal. The garment may include pockets and other conventional features, and may also include decorative but non-functional components such as a simulated front buttoned closure.

Abstract: An insect-proof, form-fitting undergarment consisting of top and bottom parts formed of selected breathable material and having omnidirectional stretch properties, and which top and bottom parts may be securely joined at the waist to prevent insect entry. A light cotton lining may be utilized in either or both of said top and bottom parts.

Abstract: A device is disclosed which includes a short pant with both a drawstring and cinches designed to cinch the leg portions tightly. Hook and pile fastening halves are disposed at various areas in the front and back of the pant and two elongated straps having hook and pile fastening halves on their ends are attached at one end to side seams of the pant. Through manipulation of these straps as well as auxiliary straps forming a part of the present invention, the user may provide proper support for their musculature to facilitate rehabilitation.

Abstract: An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower-body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and an upper-body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (58) encircles the legs (24), and side bands (58) are affixed to the reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer's feet, creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook-and-loop tapes (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer's waist and similarly adjustable knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit and the looped bands create a resistance to movement which provides exercise to the wearer's muscles during physical activity.

Abstract: An adjustable children's garment is provided that utilizes hook and loop type connections for adjustments. There is also provided an adjustable connection for garments that includes three flaps. The second flap may be adjustably or removably connected to the first flap and a third, cover flap may be connected over the first and second flap to protect the hook and loop connection. The three flap a arrangement provides for a more secure fastener.

Abstract: An improved garment is provided for a wearer. The garment includes a plurality of flexible, non-airtight garment modules having pockets. A plurality of flexible, water-resistant inserts are provided that are capable of being placed in and removed from the pockets. Preferably, the pockets of the garment modules and the water-resistant inserts for the pockets cover nearly the entire garment module. Because the pockets and the pocket inserts extend up to the edge regions, the edge regions serve, in effect, as flexible joints between adjacent pockets with their respective inserts.

Abstract: An athletic garment for covering a wearers pelvic region and at least a portion of the wearer's legs includes a ventilating portion, for covering the wearer's pelvic region and allowing rapid heat transfer from the wearer's pelvic region, and a pair of form fitting resilient tubular portions, for covering at least a portion of each of the wearer's legs, for providing resilient support for the covered leg portions and for insulating the covered leg portions to slow heat transfer from the covered leg portions. The garment may also include an outer shell for covering the ventilating portion of the garment.

Abstract: An exercise suit which has a pair of stretchable pants (20) and a pull-over top (44) with a lower body reinforcing segment (38) attached, in the middle only, to the pants and a upper body reinforcing collar (54) attached, in the middle only, to the top. A leg band (42) encircle the legs (24) and the side bands (58) are affixed to the respective reinforcing collar. The leg bands (42) grip the wearer's feet creating a continuous loop from the waist to the feet. Hook and loop tape (40) allow the reinforcing segment (38) to be adjusted in tension around the wearer's waist and similarly adjusted knee pads (32) cover the knees in the pants legs (24). The resilience of the suit combined with the looped bands create a resistance to movement providing exercise to the wearer's muscles during physical activity.