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 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 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.