Abstract: A lower body outer garment, such as a pant or legging or skirt, is provided which has a construction and hidden support which helps to redefine the wearer's appearance. The support is provided in the form of internal mesh re-enforcing panels that lift the buttocks and flatten the tummy. The garment also includes external seaming that provides structure and has a visual effect to re-draw the wearer's outline.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 21, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 24, 2021
Assignee:
LANE BRYANT PURCHASING CORP.
Inventors:
Lazar Otashevich, Siobhan Smith, Jose Manuel Zavala, Jr.
Abstract: A slimming outer garment covering at least a portion of a wearer's lower torso having a garment torso portion for covering the wearer's lower torso with an encircling top edge and a transition band having an edge attached to the garment torso portion along the encircling top edge. The transition band has face-to-face interconnected elastic inner and outer members, where the inner member has a generally straight configuration when in an independent unstretched state and the outer member has an upwardly-directed curved contour when in an independent unstretched state.
Abstract: A slimming outer garment covering at least a portion of a wearer's lower torso having a garment torso portion for covering the wearer's lower torso with an encircling top edge and a transition band having an edge attached to the garment torso portion along the encircling top edge. The transition band has face-to-face interconnected elastic inner and outer members, where the inner member has a generally straight configuration when in an independent unstretched state and the outer member has an upwardly-directed curved contour when in an independent unstretched state.