Posture-Improving Garment

摘要

A garment for improving the wearer's posture provides cords that, when secured in place, exert a slight pressure against the wearer's shoulders each time he/she starts to slouch, serving as a reminder to be more erect. The garment had a horizontal channel that is located around the body of the user, preferably just below the breast area, that accommodates a first cord. The garment further includes vertically-extending channels that extend upward from the horizontal channel and over the shoulders of the user. Respective cords in each vertical channel pass over respective shoulders of the garment from the front of the garment, and extend down the back of the garment to a position at which they are accessible to a person wearing the garment (the “user”), and are anchored in the front of the garment by the horizontal cord in such a way that when the vertical cords are sufficiently pulled at the rear of the garment and secured in place, they lightly engage the front of the wearer's shoulders so that the wearer will feel a slight pressure against his/her shoulders each time he/she starts to slouch, serving as a reminder to be more erect.

主权项

1. A garment disposed about a centerline and having a front, a back, a left side and a right side, said garment comprising:
a generally horizontally-extending channel formed in the garment to extend generally horizontally about the body of a user wearing the garment; a pair of generally vertically-extending channels, each extending over a respective shoulder of the garment-wearing user towards or into the generally horizontal channel in the front of the garment, and each being in communication with the generally horizontal channel in the rear of the garment; and cords disposed in the channels in such a way that, when pulled and secured, cause the generally horizontal channel to be secured about the user's body and the generally vertical channels to exert a lightly sensed pressure against the user's shoulders that increases when the user slouches as a reminder to be more erect, the cords including a first cord disposed within the generally horizontal channel to substantially circumscribe the user's body, and second and third cords that extend through respective ones of the generally-vertical channels to the front of the garment in such a way that the first cord serves as an anchor against which the second and third cords can be tensioned to create said sensed pressure shoulder engagement utilized by the garment, said second and third cords extending from the user's shoulders down the back of the garment and into the generally-horizontal channel at the rear of the garment, at least one end of each cord being accessible to the user for pulling and securing via at least one opening in the garment; and one or more deflection surface members within the generally-horizontal channel at the rear of the garment configured to transition the second and third cords to a generally horizontal orientation within the generally-horizontal channel to minimize lateral movement of the garment about the user when the second and third cords are pulled.