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COOLING TRUNKS FOR A BATH HOUSE
The invention relates to the field of light industry, in particular, to the
design and manufacture of men's underwear of special purpose and can be used
during a temporary stay in rooms with high temperature conditions, for
example, when visiting the baths and saunas.
It is known that the reproductive system of men is quite sensitive to high
temperatures. It is found that the skin temperature, as the temperature of
blood
entering and flowing from the area of the reproductive glands (testes),
normally 3.5-5.0 C lower than the temperature of other organs. Overheating of
the scrotum is very dangerous for men's health, because it leads to disruption
of reproductive function. Especially it concerns considerable high-temperature
influence, which occurs when visiting a bath or a sauna. Raising the
temperature of the testes adversely affects the reproductive ability of men ¨
the
condition of male reproductive system after only 1.0-1.5 hour stay in the
sauna
is equivalent to sterility.
There are medical underpants of elastic wind- and water-permeable
material, the front and rear parts of which are connected on the sides and
bottom between the stepping cutouts, and thus consist of the outer and inner
walls arranged at a short distance from one another, forming between them a
hermetic cavity filled with thermal insulation material [see patent of Ukraine
No. 6079 U on class A41D 7/00, published on 15.04.20051.
This technical solution provides thermal insulation of the body area
directly contacting with underpants, thus avoiding overheating. However, a
drawback of the known technical solution is the difficulty in manufacturing
due to product's multilayer structure and poor ergonomic characteristics ¨
waterproof surface of the underpants is unpleasant and breaks the aesthetics
and comfort of taking the bath.
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This drawback is partially removed in the known insulating underpants
made of air- and water-permeable flexible material and having a reverse side
protector with open or closed cells are filled with air and disposed at a
distance
from each other [see patent of Ukraine No. 10515 U on class A41D 7/00,
published 15.11.2005 in Bull. No. 11].
This design of underpants, due to the presence of cells, provides a
distance between the material of underpants and body, and by this a thermal
insulating effect is achieved. However, the disadvantage is not just an
inconvenience, but inefficient use of underpants during a visit to the sauna
or
bath. These insulating underpants really help to maintain a certain
temperature
and can protect their wearer from hypothermia, but in the case of significant
overheating they unlikely can help (due to insufficient insulating properties
of
air in the cells). Another disadvantage of the known technical solution, as
well
as the previous analog, should be considered the fact that the insulation
occurs
over the entire area of the body under the underpants, reducing the health
benefits of saunas for this part of the body. Protection against overheating
should be local ¨ only the area of the scrotum, so as the thermal effect on
the
penis, on the contrary, is desirable because it provides dilation of blood
vessels
and thereby contributes to a better erection.
The closest in its essence and attainable effect, taken as a prototype, are
the underpants for men of trunks-type, consisting of belt and front and rear
parts interconnected by side seams and also contain additional panel forming
with the front part the pocket-type cavity, wherein the front, adjacent to the
body part has a slit for bringing out the genitals into said pocket [see
International application No. 92/18021 A1 on class A41D 9/02, published on
29.10.19921.
The main drawback of the prototype is the lack of a tangible thermal
insulation (cooling) effect. The known underpants in some extent really can
protect the inguinal area from minor overheating by placing the male genitalia
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in a special "pocket". However, in the known technical solution, thermal
insulation is provided only for the part of the genital ¨ given the shape and
location of the slit in the front part of the underpants. This "pocket" is
only for
the penis, scrotum remains in contact with the crotch, so it is overheated
even
because of inter-skin contact, not to mention the high temperature impact when
visiting baths.
Also, a significant drawback of the known technical solution is the
presence of the above slit in front part of the said underpants. As already
mentioned, this solution is completely ineffective when used in the design of
underpants for baths. In addition, the presence of unusual for most men slit
creates certain inconveniences when using the product, and creates a number of
specific requirements for the geometry of the product and the characteristics
of
fabrics at manufacturing ¨ specified slit should be wide enough not to
compress the root of the penis, and sufficiently elastic to avoid the content
of
"pocket" falling back.
Another significant disadvantage of the known underpants is imperfect
form of the additional panel, in particular fact that the said panel is
attached to
the front part of the article with the side seams. It essentially limits the
possibilities regarding the selection of models of underpants' base.
The basis of the invention implies the task to improve the ergonomic
properties of underpants without complicating their design through achieving
physiologically optimal temperature in the scrotum while man visiting the
baths (saunas) by improving the shape of the article and the introducing an
element into design, performing a cooling effect in this area.
This object is achieved by the fact that in the cooling underpants for men
of trunks-type, consisting of a belt, front and rear parts interconnected by
side
seams and having an extension panel that forms a front part of a cavity in the
form of a pocket, according to the proposal, additional panel is made in the
form of trapezoid, a smaller base of which is fixed in the zone of the bottom
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seam joining the front and rear parts, and a large surface of trapezoid faces
towards the belt and is provided with an elastic band, while in the bottom of
cavity there is a container with an opening for filling the cooling agent,
configured in the form of additional bottom panel of underpants.
As cooling agent, tepid water is proposed to use, which firstly has a high
heat capacity, and secondly, is neutral to the body and, thirdly, it is always
in
unlimited quantity in a bath. However, this does not exclude the use of any
other substance, such as emulsion, suspension, gel, etc.
Furthermore, according to the proposal, a coolant container is made of
soft flexible waterproof material.
The proposed form of the additional panel allows using it at any design of
currently known models of underpants, including type of strings, tanga and
other widely used in baths.
Processing edge of additional panel with elastic band excludes falling out
of the container with a cooling agent. However, it is not the only possible
solution in principle. The other known means can also be used ¨ buttons,
hooks, zippers and others. The pocket formed, in addition to its direct
purpose,
may serve for keeping some small items such as condoms.
Execution of container for the cooling agent in the form of bottom part of
underpants' additional panel, made of soft flexible material provides
ergonomic design. Said container is naturally designed so that can be easily
removed from the space between the front part of the underpants and their
additional panel. However, it may be stationary construction element, which
does not alter the consumer properties of the article in general.
Availability of opening in the container makes it possible to fill the latter
with a cooling agent, for example, water, an unlimited number of times
immediately before using the underpants that provides the convenience of use.
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Thus, the totality of the essential features of the proposed solution
concerning the men's cooling underpants for baths, obtained due to design
changes, provides the required technical result.
Further essence of the proposed technical solution is explained in
conjunction with illustrative material, which shows a general view of the
proposed men's cooling underpants for baths.
Proposed underpants consist of belt 1, front 2 and rear 3 parts,
interconnected by side seams and provide additional panel 4, forming with the
front part 2 a pocket-type cavity. Additional panel 4 is provided with an
elastic
band 5. In the bottom part of the cavity there is a container 6 with opening 7
for filling the cooling agent configured in the form of the bottom part of the
additional panel 4.
The proposed cooling underpants are used as follows. A man shall wear
underpants before visiting the baths or sauna, for example, in the locker
room.
Immediately prior to the baths session, a man fills a container 6 with any
available cooling agent, such as tepid water, and places it into the space
between the front part of underpants fitting to genitals 2 and additional
panel 4,
positioning it directly under the scrotum. Thereafter baths can be enjoyed
without the risk for men's health ¨ water contained in the container 6, as a
rule,
does not have time to warm up to unsafe temperatures and thus enables
maintenance of temperature mode of inguinal zone.
It should be noted that the scope of the proposed use of underpants is not
limited to baths. They can be successfully used by representatives of some
professions in which protection against high temperatures is not provided by
protective uniform. It applies, for example, to cooks of hot shop, bakery
workers, metallurgists and others. The proposed design of underpants is able
to
protect from the 'targeted' (at waist level) infrared radiation from plates,
ovens, stoves, blast and open-hearth furnaces, convectors, adversely affecting
the male reproductive organs.
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The claimed technical solution was tested in practice. The proposed
cooling underpants for baths do not contain in its composition a single
structural element or material which cannot be implemented at the present
stage of development of science and technology, particularly in the field of
light industry, therefore, are suitable for industrial applications, have the
technical and other advantages over conventional counterparts, which confirms
the possibility of achieving a technical result of the claimed subject. In the
known sources of patent and other scientific and technical information, there
are no revealed designs and samples of insulating underpants for baths with
the
set of essential features referred in proposal, therefore, the proposed
technical
solution meets the criterion of "novelty", and therefore can get legal
protection.
The essential difference of the proposed technical solution from known
ones is that the additional panel is trapezoid-shaped, the smaller base of
which
is fixed in the area of the bottom seam joining the front and rear parts, and
large trapezoid base faces towards the belt and is provided with an elastic
band,
and that in the bottom of cavity between the additional panel and the front
part
of the underpants there is a container made of soft flexible material with an
opening for filling the cooling agent, for example with water, made in the
form
of bottom part of the underpants' additional panel. The indicated differences,
in the aggregate, can significantly improve the ergonomic features of the
underpants. None of the known underpants' designs can simultaneously
possess all the above properties, since they do not contain in their
composition
the totality of the essential features claimed.
The technical advantages of the proposed technical solution, as compared
to the prototype, include the following:
- ensuring physiologically optimum temperature for the male
reproductive organs due to the presence of the container with a cooling agent
in the design;
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- improved ergonomic features due to improvements in shape of the
article;
- simplicity of filling and removal of the coolant of the container;
- versatility by allowing the use underpants also without cooling
container.
Social benefits from the implementation of the proposed technical
solution, as compared with the prototype, are obtained by convenience of
cooling underpants.
Medical effect of the introduction of the proposed technical solution, as
compared with the prototype is obtained by maintaining reproductive function
of men, regardless of the frequency and duration of visit baths and saunas.
After the description of the proposed technical solution, persons skilled in
this art should be apparent that all of the above is merely illustrative, and
not
limiting, being presented by this example of specific performance. Numerous
possible options for implementation of the proposed cooling underpants for
baths may vary depending on the wishes of the users, and, of course, within
the
scope of one of the conventional and natural approaches in this field of
knowledge, and considered as ones within the boundaries of the scope of the
proposed technical solution.
The quintessence of the proposed technical solution is the presence in
underpants' construction of the container of special design with a cooling
agent, made in form of the bottom part of improved trapezoidal additional
panel of the underpants with free-end elastic band to prevent falling out of
the
said container. And namely this circumstance allows the proposed design of
the cooling underpants to acquire above mentioned and other advantages.
Using a combination of individual components from the totality claimed, of
course, limits the range of the benefits listed above, and cannot be
considered
as new technical solutions in the field of knowledge, as any other designs,
such
as those described, no longer require any creativity from designers and
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engineers and cannot be considered the results of their creative activity or
new
intellectual property, subject to protection with title documents.
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