US Patent 7856668 Article of apparel for resistance training

Patent 7856668 was granted and assigned to Nike, Inc. on December, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Nike, Inc.

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7856668

Date of Patent

December 28, 2010

Patent Application Number

11529567

Date Filed

September 29, 2006

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 12082630 System and device for affecting drag properties of an object

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gary L. Welch

Patent abstract

The apparel is an athletic garment formed from textiles for use as a resistance training tool that works by increasing the fluid resistance such as aerodynamic drag or hydrodynamic drag on an athlete in a predetermined event. The athletic garment has a first fabric for covering at least a portion of a first body segment, and a second fabric, different from said first fabric, for covering at least a portion of a second body segment; wherein the second fabric is a turbulence-generating fabric.