Abstract: A body shaping undergarment is disclosed. A plurality of fabric panels are fixed together to form the undergarment and define a first leg opening, a second leg opening and a waist opening. An elastic waist band is disposed around at least a portion of the circumference of the waist opening, and a first and a second elastic leg band are respectively disposed around at least a portion of a circumference of the first leg opening and the second leg opening. A pair of elastic buttock support panels are fixed to the undergarment and disposed so that each elastic buttock support panel elastically supports a respective buttock of a wearer. The pair of elastic buttock support panels is integrally fixed to a same fabric panel of the plurality of fabric panels, and each one of the pair of elastic buttock support panels is integrally fixed to a respective same fabric panel of the plurality of fabric panels as a the first elastic leg band and the second elastic leg band.

Abstract: An undergarment is disclosed having a front fabric panel and a back fabric panel fixed together to form an undergarment having a hollow tubular shape. The undergarment is open at a top end to define an open waist opening and open at a bottom end to define an open hip opening. The front fabric panel has a width longer than a width of the back fabric panel. An elastic waist band having a width of at least one and one-half inches is disposed around the circumference of the waist opening. The elastic waist band has an elasticity effective to constrain and shape the waistline of a wearer. A pair of elastic leg straps are disposed at the hip opening. Each elastic leg strap has a first end fixed to the front fabric panel and a second end fixed to the back fabric panel.

Abstract: A double-closure clasp for maternity, mastectomy or like garments, the clasp comprising a housing member and a pair of clip members slidably insertable in the housing; the housing being unitarily molded from plastic material and comprising a substantially flat base wall, opposed side walls and an upper wall defining a pair of adjacent apertures therethrough, the side walls, base wall and upper wall defining a pair of guideways terminating in transverse open entry slots in the housing through which the clip members are inserted. The clip members each including a substantially flat body defining a fenestration therein, and a resilient tongue extension having one end thereof integral with the body and disposed at an angle relative thereto, the tongue extension being disposed to move into and out of the fenestration, the body further including means for attachment to a portion of the garment.

Abstract: An undergarment affording bust support and an unobstructed view of the wearer's back including a panty portion, a bra portion and joining straps. The panty portion has a front panel, a rear panel, and fasteners for joining the front and rear panels together at the crotch. The bra portion has a pair of cups, a connector joining the cups at the front, and, for each cup, a shoulder strap for supporting the cup on a respective shoulder of the wearer. On each side, the joining straps are a first strap joining the rear panel and a respective one of the cups and a second strap joining the front panel and a respective one of the shoulder straps. The first and second joining straps cross and are secured together adjacent a respective one side of the wearer, preferably at about waist level.

Abstract: A brassiere comprises two bra cups, each including an inner cup and an outer cup peripherally joined together to form upper, lower, inner side and outer side margins. Each of the outer cups is formed of elastic material and each of the inner cups comprises a segment formed of non-elastic material extending upwards from the lower margin and a yoke formed of elastic material connecting the top and sides of the non-elastic segment to the upper, inner side and outer side margins. Thus, the elastic yoke of the inner cup permits the outer cup to accommodate to the breast of the wearer, while the non-elastic segment of the inner cup provides support in the medial region thereof.

Abstract: An improved thermal insulation material comprising a carded web containing 30 to 80 wt. %, preferably 50 wt. % silk, the balance being crimped, hollow polyester staple or very low denier solid cross section polyester filaments. The carded web is uniformly impregnated with a thermosetting resin to form a bat which is employed as a filler for garments, sleeping bags and the like.

Abstract: An improved thermal insulation material comprising a carded web containing at least 10% natural down, the balance being crimped, hollow polyester staple. The carded web is uniformly impregnated with a thermosetting resin to form a bat which is employed as a filler for garments, sleeping bags and the like.

Abstract: A clothes hanger which is particularly adapted to suspend a plurality of articles of apparel. The hanger has a body portion including an elongated bar for suspending a first article of clothing, a pair of downwardly opening elongated slots at each end of the body portion for suspending a second article of clothing, and a pair of sideways opening elongated slots located above the pair of downwardly opening slots for suspending a third article of clothing from the hanger.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for molding thermosetting and thermoplastic materials, particularly components of brassiere cups, enabling precise molding with a high degree of flexibility and control in the molding conditions of temperature, pressure and molding time. Two modes of molding are disclosed; a first mode in which the material is first clamped to the mold prior to conforming the medial portion of the mold to the mold blank; and a second mode in which the material is accommodated in the mold blank followed by clamping of the margins of the material.

Abstract: A brassiere is provided in which left and right bust cups are fixed at their circumferentially outermost sides to body-encircling side panels which fasten in the normal manner. Front and rear overlapping diaphragm panels, fashioned of stretchable material, extending across the front of the brassiere, are stitched at both of their left and right ends to the side panels and are stitched together at their substantially straight lowermost edges. The diaphragm bands include two generally upwardly concave segments, each of which intersect at an apex located approximately centrally of the brassiere. The bottom of the right bust cup is stitched along its lower edge to the upper edge of the right upwardly concave segment of the front diaphragm band. The bottom of the left bust cup is stitched along its lower edge to the upper edge of the left upwardly concave segment of the rear diaphragm band.