Patents by Inventor Frances S. Boyd

Frances S. Boyd has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230329356
    Abstract: An undergarment comprising a waistband and a body having a substantially hollow and columnar shape is provided. The body is configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user. The body includes a body panel, first and second leg portions, and first and second leg openings. At a front surface, the body further comprises an outwardly convex pouch. The pouch comprises a U-shaped bottom, fly panel, and center seam. At least two lateral side seams couple two lateral sides of the pouch to the body panel. The body further comprises a gusset portion that borders a portion of the U-shaped bottom and is coupled to the body panels. The gusset portion is configured to fit a curved shape of the user's body. The gusset portion and pouch are coupled together by a curved bottom seam adjacent to U-shaped bottom of the pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20190387809
    Abstract: An undergarment includes a body having a substantially tubular shape and configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user. The body includes a pouch portion about a front surface of the body, and a gusset portion. The pouch portion connects to a body panel at lateral sides of the pouch portion, and the pouch portion has a rounded bottom periphery at a first, lower longitudinal end of the pouch portion to form a U-shaped periphery of the pouch portion. The gusset portion at least partially borders the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd
  • Patent number: D893831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd