Garment including elastic fabric having a grooved outer surface

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1989-12-29

1990-11-27

Schroeder, Werner H.

Apparel

Bathing garments

A41D 700

Patent

active

049725220

ABSTRACT:
A garment, such as a swimsuit, made from a laminated elastic fabric having reduced drag with respect to a surrounding fluid as a wearer of the garment moves through the surrounding fluid. The fabric has a stretch fabric layer and an elastic, plastic layer bonded to the stretch layer to form a laminate, and has a plurality of parallel, spaced grooves disposed in an outer surface of the plastic layer. The garment has its grooves substantially aligned with the direction of movement of fluid over a portion of the garment as the wearer of the garment moves through the fluid.

REFERENCES:
patent: 1770615 (1930-07-01), Herlich
patent: 2220277 (1940-11-01), Ralston
patent: 2374506 (1945-04-01), Schorovsky
patent: 2434111 (1948-01-01), Hawley
patent: 4343044 (1982-08-01), Borda
patent: 4606964 (1986-08-01), Wideman

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