Garment with multiple regions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12239177-B1
Application number	US-202318501077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Nov 3, 2023
Priority date	Feb 19, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2025
Grant date	Mar 4, 2025

Abstract

A liner includes a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer or the hip area and buttocks area of a wearer. The fabric body having at least a first region and a second region each having a different modulus than another of the several regions. The first region is an abdominal region or a buttocks region. The second region is selected from the following group of regions, namely a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, a buttocks region if the buttocks region is not the first region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, an abdominal region if the abdominal region is not the first region and any combination thereof.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liner comprising:
a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer, the fabric body having a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions including at least a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region each having a different modulus than another of the plurality of regions, the first region being an abdominal region in which it can attain a modulus of between 0.742 to 1.272 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in a width direction on a wearer, and the second region being selected from the group consisting of a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, a buttocks region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, and any combination thereof.

2. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the liner forms or is part of a garment selected from the group consisting of a panty, jeans, leggings, jeggings, legwear, hosiery, dress, pants, a skirt, a swimsuit bottom, a lingerie body suit and/or all body suits, a shapewear bottom, and any combination thereof.

3. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the second region is the buttocks region.

4. The liner of claim 3 , further comprising a third region that is the bottom buttocks surrounding region, the top buttocks surrounding region, and the side buttocks surrounding region.

5. The liner of claim 4 , further comprising a fourth region that is the side hip region.

6. The liner of claim 5 , further comprising a fifth region that is the waist whittler region.

7. The liner of claim 6 , further comprising a sixth region that comprises the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region.

8. The liner of claim 7 , further comprising a seventh region that is the waist transition region.

9. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the abdominal region is between the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region, wherein the bottom buttocks surrounding region, the top buttocks surrounding region, and the side buttocks surrounding region surrounds the buttocks region, wherein the side hip region has a first side hip region on a side of the first abdominal border region opposite the abdominal region and a second side hip region on a side of the second abdominal border region opposite the abdominal region, wherein the waist whittler region has a first waist whittler region above the first side hip region and above the buttocks region and a second waist whittler region above the second side hip region and above the buttocks region, and wherein the waist transition region is above the waist whittler region, the super waist whittler region, the first abdominal border region, the second abdominal border region and the abdominal region.

10. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the buttocks region can attain a modulus of between 0.371 to 0.689 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

11. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the side hip region can attain a modulus of between 0.602 to 1.118 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

12. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the side buttocks surrounding region can attain a modulus of between 0.987 to 1.833 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the length direction on the body.

13. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the waist whittler region can attain a modulus of between 0.399 to 0.741 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

14. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region each can attain a modulus of between 0.399 to 0.741 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in a length direction on the body.

15. The liner of claim 9 , wherein the waist transition region can attain a modulus of between 0.504 to 0.936 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

16. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the second region is the side hips region and further comprising the waist whittler region, the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region, wherein the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region border opposite sides of the first region, wherein the side hips region has a first side hip region on a side of the first abdominal border region opposite the first region and a second side hip region on a side of the second abdominal border region opposite the first region, and wherein the waist whittler region has a first waist region above the first side hip region and a second waist region above the second side hip region.

17. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the body of fabric is free of side seams.

18. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the body of fabric has side seams.

19. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the abdominal region covers an abdominal region and a crotch portion on the body.

20. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the liner is connected to a garment shell.

21. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the liner is only in a front portion of a garment.

22. A liner comprising:
a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and a buttocks area, the fabric body has a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions having at least a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region each having a different modulus than another of the plurality of regions, the first region being an buttocks region can attain a modulus of between 0.371 to 0.689 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in a width direction on the body, and the second region being selected from the group consisting of a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, an abdominal region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, and any combination thereof.

23. The garment of claim 22 , wherein the liner is only in a rear portion of a garment.

24. The liner of claim 22 , wherein the liner forms or is part of a garment selected from the group consisting of a panty, jeans, leggings, jeggings, legwear, hosiery, dress, pants, a skirt, a swimsuit bottom, a lingerie body suit and/or all body suits, a shapewear bottom, or any combination thereof.

Assignees

• Global Trademarks Inc

Inventors

• Waldman Mark
• Gordon Ruth
• Butler Lisa Mary

Classifications

• A41D2400/38

  Shaping the contour of the body or adjusting the figure · CPC title

• A41B9/00

  Undergarments (corsets A41C1/00; brassieres A41C3/00) · CPC title

• A41D1/00

  Garments (for children A41D11/00) · CPC title

• A41B2400/38

  Shaping the contour of the body or adjusting the figure · CPC title

• A41D27/02 Primary

  Linings · CPC title