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Leg apparel

US11684093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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35Claims

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Assignee

FALKE KGaA · DE

Inventors

Angela Langer · Schmallenberg, DE
Claudius Brinkmann · Lörrach, DE
Georg Wüllner · Winterberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 21, 2020
Grant date	Jun 27, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 11, 2041

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA41B11/003
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In order to provide an article of leg apparel, in particular a stocking, which is suitable for reducing the risk of injury to the wearer of the leg apparel, particularly during sports activities and to achieve compensation of possible functional imbalances in the musculoskeletal system of the wearer, it is proposed that the leg apparel includes at least one compression region in which, in the worn state, the leg apparel exerts a compression effect on the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel, and includes at least one stimulus-inducing structure which, in the worn state, is arranged on an inside of the leg apparel facing toward the leg of the wearer of the leg apparel.

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