| 摘要 |
A lumbar support garment for surrounding at least the lumbar region of a wearer of the garment comprises a main cloth, a stretchable auxiliary belt, and longitudinal sheet-form support bones. The main cloth comprises a single-sheet of cloth made of stretchable fabric, or a face cloth and a lining cloth made of stretchable knit fabric, and extends in use from the lumbar region of the wearer's back, around the wearer's sides, to at least the sides of the wearer's abdomen; and wherein the main cloth includes vertical seam parts in the vicinity of the side regions or seam parts at least extending from the waist sides and slant downwards in the front of the main cloth. Darts are formed at the seam parts configuring the vertical-sectional form of convex shape to the skin side. The stretchable auxiliary belt is made of stretchable knit fabric narrower than the main cloth and is provided on the skin side surface of the main cloth or the outermost surface of the main cloth at the position between the face cloth and the lining cloth of the main cloth, extends from the back at least to the side regions and is fixed to the above-mentioned main cloth at least at both right and left ends of the auxiliary belt. The longitudinal sheet-form support bones are made of an elastomer resin or an amorphous resin in the vicinity of the portions in contact with right and left M. latissimus dorsi and M. gluteous maximus of the wearer's back side of the lumbar support garment, and are mounted directly to the outermost surface of the main cloth or to the face cloth and/or lining cloth at the portion between the face cloth and lining cloth of the main cloth. The present invention provides lumbar support garments which are preferable for relieving and preventing lumbago suited for sports applications with their thinnes, less degradation of the body contour, lightweight, sweat evaporating ability, ability to follow the wearer's movements, without liability of breakage of bones, wearing comfortableness, excellent fitness to the lumbar portion. <IMAGE> |
