Patents by Inventor Sylvia M. Lawrence

Sylvia M. Lawrence 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).

  • Patent number: 4731884
    Abstract: An article of wearing apparel is constructed having a full conical skirt, a close fitting waist and bodice, and a wide neck strap section, enclosed within a pair of moveable cloth shaping rings. The dress is constructed in three sewn panels of four-way stretchable fabric. The stretch of the fabric, the combination of close fitting bodice and waist and full skirt section, and the manipulation of the strap gathering rings permits the dress to be worn as a strap or strapless dress, as a dress having a crisscross neck or a keyhole neck, with wide or narrow shoulder straps, as a strapless dress or as a pantsuit form. The dress is capable of achieving a multiplicity of appearances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1988
    Inventor: Sylvia M. Lawrence