Patents by Inventor Sherry E. Kimel
Sherry E. Kimel 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).
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Publication number: 20250366539Abstract: A lower torso garment includes a waistband positioned at an upper end of the lower torso garment, a body region coupled to the waistband and extending between the waistband and a lower end of the lower torso garment, two leg openings proximate to the lower end, and a pouch coupled to the body region. The pouch includes a support element that has at least one strip of elastomeric material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2025Publication date: December 4, 2025Inventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20250325414Abstract: A garment is provided. The garment includes a body provided in the form of a front lower torso portion and a rear lower torso portion, a waist opening, left and right leg openings, and a pouch disposed at least in part in the front lower torso portion. The pouch includes a first pouch panel and a second pouch panel. Each of the first and second pouch panels includes a first fabric layer coupled to a second fabric layer. The first fabric layer of the first pouch panel and the second pouch panel are designed to transport liquid away from a lower torso region of a wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2025Publication date: October 23, 2025Inventors: Rachel Erickson, Tasha Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Kimberly Yontz
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Publication number: 20250325059Abstract: A garment is provided. The garment includes a body having a first opening positioned opposite a second opening, a first sleeve and a second sleeve coupled to the body proximate to the second opening, and a first gusset disposed at least in part in a first underarm region and coupled to the first sleeve and the body. The first gusset includes at least two fabric layers. A first fabric layer of the at least two fabric layers is designed to transport moisture, and a second fabric layer of the at least two fabric layers is imparted with moisture-resistant properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2025Publication date: October 23, 2025Inventors: Rachel Erickson, Tasha Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Kimberly Yontz
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Patent number: 12369650Abstract: A boxer brief includes a body portion, a waist band, a left leg portion, a right leg portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion, a means for providing support to the front pouch via the front pouch being connected to a bottom horizontal seam entirely above the first leg opening and the second leg opening, and a means for separating at least a portion of an external male genitalia of the wearer from at least a portion of an inner thigh of the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: 12349743Abstract: A boxer brief includes a waistband, a body portion, a left leg portion, a right leg portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion provided in the form of a mesh fabric, a gusset, and a support sling. The support sling includes a left fabric panel extending along a left side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam and a right fabric panel extending along a right side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area, the overlap area positioned adjacent to the bottom horizontal seam at the bottom of the front pouch.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20230329356Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd
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Publication number: 20220378114Abstract: A boxer brief includes a waistband, a body portion, a left leg portion, a right leg portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion provided in the form of a mesh fabric, a gusset, and a support sling. The support sling includes a left fabric panel extending along a left side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam and a right fabric panel extending along a right side periphery of the front pouch and connected to the bottom horizontal seam. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area, the overlap area positioned adjacent to the bottom horizontal seam at the bottom of the front pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20220378115Abstract: A boxer brief includes a body portion, a waist band, a left leg portion, a right leg portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion, a means for providing support to the front pouch via the front pouch being connected to a bottom horizontal seam entirely above the first leg opening and the second leg opening, and a means for separating at least a portion of an external male genitalia of the wearer from at least a portion of an inner thigh of the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20210235773Abstract: A lower torso garment includes a body portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion, and a support sling connected to the front pouch and configured to support the front pouch. The support sling includes a left fabric panel extending along a left side periphery of the front pouch and a right fabric panel extending along a right side periphery of the front pouch. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area, and the overlap area is positioned adjacent to a bottom of the front pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Applicant: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: 10986877Abstract: A lower torso garment (220) includes a body portion (104), a front pouch (106) disposed about a front region of the body portion, and a support sling connected to the front pouch and configured to support the front pouch. The support sling includes a left fabric panel (224) extending along a left side periphery (112a) of the front pouch and a right fabric panel (226) extending along a right side periphery (112b) of the front pouch. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area (228), and the overlap area is positioned adjacent to a bottom of the front pouch.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Publication number: 20190387809Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2018Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd
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Publication number: 20190116889Abstract: A lower torso garment (220) includes a body portion (104), a front pouch (106) disposed about a front region of the body portion, and a support sling connected to the front pouch and configured to support the front pouch. The support sling includes a left fabric panel (224) extending along a left side periphery (112a) of the front pouch and a right fabric panel (226) extending along a right side periphery (112b) of the front pouch. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area (228), and the overlap area is positioned adjacent to a bottom of the front pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel I. Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: D809242Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: D809243Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 6, 2018Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: D810398Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Sherry E. Kimel, Tasha R. Perry, Rachel Erickson, Melissa A. Coleman
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Patent number: D893831Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Melissa A. Coleman, Rachel I. Erickson, Frances S. Boyd
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Patent number: D894530Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Jennifer Marie Yerkes
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Patent number: D1007813Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Jessica Singleton
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Patent number: D1121920Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLCInventors: Tasha R. Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Jessica Singleton