Athletic supporter

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1985-04-23

1987-07-14

McNeill, Gregory E.

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Truss

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A61F 540

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046795545

ABSTRACT:
An athletic supporter is provided having in combination as elements of construction a waistband, leg straps and a genital-supporting pouch. At least the waistband and the pouch of the supporter consist essentially of a knitted or woven fabric of elasticized polypropylene fiber which in the form of a fabric has a coefficient of stretch in all directions of at least about 50% per linear inch and a recovery to the unstretched state in excess of about 95%. The polypropylene fabric, which preferably contains spandex, is characterized by a substantial degree of moisture transfer, with the fibers thereof substantially non-absorbent to moisture, the polypropylene fiber having a specific gravity of approximately 0.9.

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patent: Re23334 (1951-01-01), Montmarquet
patent: 436518 (1890-09-01), Dent
patent: 2454507 (1948-11-01), Flaherty
patent: 4134400 (1979-01-01), Di Matteo
patent: 4590931 (1986-05-01), Kidwell, Jr.

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