US20050034208A1

US20050034208A1 - Muscle exaggerating jacket

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Publication number: US20050034208A1
Application number: US10/640,955
Authority: US
Inventors: Jadi Fung
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2003-08-15
Filing date: 2003-08-15
Publication date: 2005-02-17

Abstract

A jacket for smaller men, including teenagers, to exaggerate their upper body's muscles, is comprised primarily of chest muscle portions, stomach muscle portions, ribs portions, armpit muscle portions and bicep portions in the arms. Those muscle portions are made of elastomers like silicon, polyurethane or soft PVC covered with fabric. The stomach muscle portions are developed on an elastic band like a corset, to emphasize the slim waist. The base texture for the jacket is an elastic material such as spandex in order to secure the jacket to the wearer's upper body.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Women's desire to look beautiful can be remedied by putting make-up on their face and working out to slim down. However, satisfying men's desire to appear strong and tough is not so simple. Muscle building usually takes a long time and is sometimes even physically impossible or dangerous. Teenagers under age 17 are often forbidden to attend health clubs for the purpose of bodybuilding, as it can be very dangerous or growth stunting. However, the trend for younger people to look big is growing. Another problem for some men is that their bodies take far more time than average men to increase upper body muscle. Some people may workout for years and are still not able to achieve the size that they want. It is purpose of this invention to provide such men an easy and safe way to look stronger.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a jacket, and more particularly, to a jacket that exaggerates the wearer's upper body muscle.
2. Description of Prior Art
U.S. Pat. No. 4,195,362 to Rolando illustrates a ski-jacket type insulated jacket for absorption of impact shock, which may be incurred by the wearer during participation in sports such as skiing. A plurality of plate assemblies are associated with the body and sleeve forming portions of the jacket, each of the plate assemblies including a resilient support member and at least one rigid plate member.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,089,065 to McGee illustrates a protective and attractive garment such as a jumpsuit, which has the appearance of a normal article of clothing. The garment is particularly suitable for hang-gliding or parachuting and is made from a fabric of two coextensive layers of a close-weave material, which offers substantial resistance to the flow of air or other gas through the material.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,310,927 to DeBose illustrates a toy shirt for children consisting of inflatable chest muscle portions, inflatable stomach muscle portions, and inflatable bicep portions in the arms. It further includes an elastic neckband and elastic wristbands, for securing it to the child. It also includes an optional cape that may be snapped on, or secured with an adhesive to the shoulder portions. This muscle enlarging shirt has a hollow main body, a circular tail portion to fit a child's waist, a pair of arm portions secured to the hollow main body, a pair of inflatable bicep portions, a pair of chest portions, a plurality of stomach portions secured to the hollow main body, and a removable cape, secured to said hollow main body. It is a kind of balloon toy for kids.
None of the prior art introduces a jacket for men that make them look stronger.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A jacket for smaller men, including teenagers, to exaggerate their upper body's muscles, is comprised primarily of chest muscle portions, stomach muscle portions, armpits muscle portions, and bicep portions in the arms, and a cover layer. The muscle portions are made of elastomers such as silicon, polyurethane or soft PVC covered with fabric. The stomach muscle portions are developed on an elastic band, like a corset, to emphasize the slim waist. The base material for the jacket is an elastic material such as spandex or a mixture of spandex with cotton in order to secure the jacket to the wearer's upper body. A cover layer gives the appearance of a conventional jacket. A slide fastener or zipper is provided along the front of body forming portion and covered by a layer of button fasteners for a conventional appearance. Similarly, conventional cuff portions are affixed to the free end of sleeve. Other conventional accoutrements may be provided, such as an elastic strip on the bottom edge of the body-forming portion of the jacket. The purpose of this invention is to provide a healthy, muscular look for young men, not unrealistically bulky, like “The HULK”, but rather like Bruce LEE.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1-a is a front view of the muscle-exaggerating jacket of this invention.
FIG. 1-b is a cross sectional view of the muscle exaggerating jacket of this invention along the line a-a′ in FIG. 1
FIG. 2 is a cross sectional view of the chest muscle portions.
FIG. 3 is a front view of the chest muscle portions.
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the rib portions.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the stomach muscle portions.
FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the stomach muscle portions.
FIG. 7-a is a side view of the armpits muscle portions.
FIG. 7-b is a front view of the armpits muscle portions.
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the bicep muscle portions.
FIG. 9 is a rear view of the muscle-exaggerating jacket of this invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1-a is a front view of a muscle-exaggerating jacket (1) of this invention. The overall look of the muscle-exaggerating jacket (1) is a little bit tight yet slim. The jacket (1) has a Derby jacket collar (2) to give the impression of Derby jacket. A slide fastener or zipper (3) is provided along the front of body forming portion, and covered by a layer of button fasteners (4) for a conventional appearance. FIG. 1-b is a cross sectional view of the muscle exaggerating jacket (1) of this invention along the line a-a′ in FIG. 1. The jacket (1) has two layers of cloths. The inner layer, base cloth (11), is made of resilient material such as spandex. The outer layer or cover layer (12) is made of a conventional material: Cotton, polyester, wool or linen. Chest muscle portions (5), armpit muscle portions (6), bicep portions in the arms (7), stomach muscle portions (8), and ribs portions (9) are made of silicon or polyurethane. Those muscle portions (5,6,7,8,9) are installed between these two layers of fabric, (11) and (12). Those muscle portions are tightly adhered to the inner layer (11) but are covered by the outer layer (12) with some room to give the impression of muscles beneath the jacket.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the chest muscle portions (5). The chest muscle (10) is formulated with silicon, polyurethane or soft PVC. The formulated chest muscle (10) is adhered to base cloth (11), which is spandex. The thickness (13) of the formulated chest muscles (10) is less than 2 cm. But, the formulated muscle (10) should represent the bumpy shape of a well-developed muscle as shown in FIG. 3. The space (14) between the formulated muscle (10) and the outer layer (12) produce a look of real muscle under the jacket.
FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the rib portions (9). The formulated ribs (16) are also made of polyurethane or soft PVC. The thickness (17) of the formulated ribs (16) is less than 0.5 cm. The formulated ribs (16) are adhered to the base cloth (11), which is spandex. The ribs (16) are covered with outer layer (12), which is adhered to the base cloth (11) at the points (15) and (18). The space (19) between the formulated ribs (16) and the outer layer (12) generate a look of real ribs under jacket.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the stomach muscle portions (8). Four stomach muscles (20) are formulated on a stomach sheet (21), which is made of elastic rubber. The stomach sheet (21) is developed like a rubber band, wrapping the waist of the wearer to cover a fat waistline. The stomach sheet (21) is connected to the base cloth (11) by heat sealing or glue adhering at the point (18) of FIG. 4. An elastic strip (22) is developed on the bottom edge of stomach sheet (21). FIG. 6 is a cross sectional view of the stomach muscle portions (8). The outer layer (12) is developed freely from point (18) straight down. The formulated stomach muscles (20) are invisible from the outside. But, if the outer layer (12) adheres to the stomach muscle portions (8) by chance, it looks as though the wearer's stomach muscle is really well developed. The outer layer (12) meets the base cloth (11) at the side line (23) of the jacket (1).
FIG. 7-a and FIG. 7-b is a side and front view of the armpit muscle portions (6), respectively. These armpits muscle portions (6) are installed behind the chest muscle portions (5), along the armpits of the jacket to the back shoulders of the jacket. These armpit muscles (24) are made of the same material as the chest muscles (10), polyurethane or silicon. The inside (24) of the formulated armpit muscles (25) is adhered to the base cloth (11). The outer (26) layer of the armpits muscles (25) may be adhered to the outer layer (12) tightly.
FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the bicep muscles portions (7). The bicep muscles (27) are formulated with soft PVC or polyurethane. The outer layer (12) covers the formulated bicep muscles with some clearance (28).
The outer layer is adhered to the base cloth (11) at the lines of (29) and (30) around the arm.
FIG. 9 is a rear view of the muscle-exaggerating jacket of this invention. An educational sentence (31) can be printed on the back of the jacket.

Claims

1. A muscle-exaggerating jacket comprised of; 1) inner layer of resilient spandex and outer layer of cotton, 2) a Derby jacket collar on the neck, 3) a zipper provided along the front of body forming portion and covered by a layer of button fasteners for a conventional appearance, 4) five muscle portions of chest muscle portions, armpit muscle portions, bicep portions in the arms, stomach muscle portions including a stomach sheet, and ribs portions, which are made of silicon with thickness less than 2 cm and are installed between those two layers of inner layer and outer layer by tightly adhered to the inner layer but are covered by the outer layer with some rooms and 5) an elastic strip developed on the bottom edge of stomach sheet.

2. A muscle-exaggerating jacket comprised of, 1) inner layer of resilient spandex and outer layer of wool, 2) a Derby jacket collar on the neck, 3) a zipper provided along the front of body forming portion and covered by a layer of button fasteners for a conventional appearance, 4) five muscle portions of chest muscle portions, armpit muscle portions, bicep portions in the arms, stomach muscle portions including a stomach sheet, and ribs portions, which are made of rubber with thickness less than 2 cm and are installed between those two layers of inner layer and outer layer by tightly adhered to the inner layer but are covered by the outer layer with some rooms and 5) an elastic strip developed on the bottom edge of stomach sheet.

3. A muscle-exaggerating jacket comprised of; 1) inner layer of resilient spandex and outer layer of polyester, 2) a Derby jacket collar on the neck, 3) a zipper provided along the front of body forming portion and covered by a layer of button fasteners for a conventional appearance, 4) five muscle portions of chest muscle portions, armpit muscle portions, bicep portions in the arms, stomach muscle portions including a stomach sheet, and ribs portions, which are made of poly-urethane with thickness less than 2 cm and are installed between those two layers of inner layer and outer layer by tightly adhered to the inner layer but are covered by the outer layer with some rooms and 5) an elastic strip developed on the bottom edge of stomach sheet.