One Piece Elastic Body Suit

A number of U.S. Patents relate to variously designed devices for toning the human body, but these patents are nonapplicable to my present invention. These patents are U.S. Pat. Nos. 650,656 to Raabe; 1,618,273 to Davidson; 2,097,376 to Marshman; and 3,411,500 to Gatts.

My present invention relates to a unique and special one piece elastic body suit for toning a user's body.

An object of my present invention is to provide a one piece elastic body toning suit designed to tone and strengthen the body movement and coordination of a person by the application of a positive pressure to the legs, back and shoulder of the person.

Briefly, my present invention comprises a one piece elastic body toning suit having an outer and inner cloth layer which are joined together. The suit has a shirt and trouser section. A plurality of elastic band members are disposed between the inner and outer layers of the suit.

The objects and features of the invention may be understood with reference to the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment of the invention, taken together with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 illustrates a front elevational view of a body toning suit;

FIG. 2 illustrates a rear elevational view of the body toning suit;

FIG. 3 illustrates a front view of a foot engaging means of the suit; and

FIG. 4 illustrates a side cross sectional view of a leg portion of the suit .

Turning now descriptively to the drawings, in which similar reference characters denote similar elements throughout the several views, FIGS. 1-2 and 4 show a one piece elastic body toning suit 10 adapted to tone and strengthen the body movement and coordination of a person 12 by the application of a positive pressure to the legs, back and shoulders of the person. The suit 10 generally comprises a shirt section 14 having a body portion 16, a pair of shoulder portions 18, 20, and a pair of arm portions 22, 24, wherein the front 26 of the body portion 16 has a zipper assembly 28 disposed therein. The zipper assembly 28 extends downwardly from the neck 30 to the waist portion 32 of the shirt section 14. The trouser section 34 of the suit 10 comprises a pair of open ended leg portions 36, 37, a rear seat section 38 and a front upper portion 40. The shirt 14 and trouser 34 sections are formed from a conventional outer fabric layer 42 such as cotton, nylon, polyester or acrylic. The inner fabric layer 44 of the sections 14, 34 is generally formed from cotton, wherein the layers 42, 44 are joined together by conventional sticking means. A waist elastic band member 46 is secured in place between the two layers 42, 44, wherein band member 46 stretches around the entire periphery of the waist portion 32 of the shirt section 14. A first elongated elastic band member 48 is disposed between layers 42, 44, wherein one end 50 of band member 48 is affixed to a lower rear end 54 of a first leg portion 36 and the other end 52 of band member 48 is affixed to a lower front end 56 of the first leg portion 36. The band members 48 extends upwardly through the back of the suit 10, over the first shoulder portion 18, and downwardly through the front of the suit 10, wherein the band member 48 is affixed to a rear and a front of band member 46. A second elongated elastic band member 58 is disposed between layers 42, 44, wherein one end 60 of band member 58 is affixed to a lower rear end 64 of a second leg portion 37 and the other end 62 of band member 58 is affixed to a lower front end 66 of the second leg portion 37. The band member 58 extends upwardly through the back of the suit 10, over the second shoulder portion 20, and downwardly through the front of the suit 10, wherein the band member 58 is affixed to a rear and front of band member 46. A first triangularly shaped elastic strap member 68 as shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 is affixed to the ends 50, 52 of the elastic band member 48, wherein strap member 68 extends downwardly below leg portion 36 and is adapted to receive one of the feet of the user therein. A second triangularly shaped elastic strap member 70 is affixed to the ends 60, 62 of band member 58, wherein strap member 70 extends downwardly below leg portion 37 and is adapted to receive the other foot of the user. When the suit 10 is worn, band members 58, 48 are placed under tension by the downwardly pulling exerted by the feet of the user on strap member 68, 70 thereby exerting pressure on the muscles of the body.

Since obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiment of the invention described herein, such modifications being within the spirit and scope of the invention claimed, it is indicated that all matter contained herein is intended as illustrative and not as limiting in scope.