CPC A41D 13/0015 (2013.01) [A41B 1/00 (2013.01); A41D 1/08 (2013.01); A41D 13/02 (2013.01); A41H 43/00 (2013.01); A61F 13/08 (2013.01); A61H 7/002 (2013.01); A41D 2400/322 (2013.01); A61H 2201/165 (2013.01); A61H 2201/1692 (2013.01); A61H 2209/00 (2013.01)] | 23 Claims |
1. A garment, comprising:
a compressive material configured to be worn by a user, the compressive material shaped to apply a compressive force to skin of the user, the compressive material having at least one watershed portion to overlie at least one watershed of the user and at least one non-watershed portion to overlie at least one nonwatershed region of the user;
watershed fingers secured to the at least one watershed portion of the compressive material, the watershed fingers arranged in a watershed pattern for orientation along at least a portion of the at least one watershed of the user to encourage fluid flow through the at least one watershed, the watershed pattern comprising curved, or curvi-linear lines of a plurality of watershed fingers for alignment along at least a portion of the at least one watershed of the user; and
massage fingers secured to the at least one non-watershed portion of the compressive material for energizing tissues of a user to release fluid, the massage fingers arranged in a massage pattern comprising lines of massage fingers defining a fluid path therebetween for passage of the fluid from the at least one nonwatershed region, wherein:
the massage fingers have tips shaped to penetratingly massage the at least one nonwatershed region of the user;
the watershed and massage fingers are placed at intervals to allow fluid flow through spaces between the fingers;
the watershed fingers are more densely placed on the garment than the massage fingers.
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