Underwear Patents (Class 2/400)
  • Patent number: 6901607
    Abstract: A support pocket with a conformable pouch having an elastic back is secured to the inside front of a man's brief. A pair of flaps extending upwardly from opposite sides of the pouch are movable between a fastened closed position overlapping one another and laying flat against the inside front of the brief, and an open position separated from one another to open the pouch from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Jean D. Elwell
  • Patent number: 6898805
    Abstract: An underwear construction including multiple fabric panels that are adjoined by trimless seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Tony N. Truong, Teresa Thompson
  • Patent number: 6895603
    Abstract: A protective undergarment in the form of, for example, a short having a waistband together with extending portions of material shaped to conform to the buttock and leg region of a user, and an elongated sling of material having opposite ends connected to the waistband and frontal and rear parts of the short. Parts of the sling between its ends are folded longitudinally into complimentary S-shapes so as, at each fold, to provide three plies of the material establishing a pocket part for retaining an end of a fluid absorbent pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: Tailored Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Fredrica V. Coates
  • Patent number: 6848121
    Abstract: Protective pants having an outer part and an inner part each of which include two mutually opposite side parts engaged to a central part, wherein the central part is made with a first and a second elongated section, the first elongated section being longer than the second elongated section and joined to the second elongated section on the front side of the protective pants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: I.M.E.C. medizinische Textilien GmbH
    Inventor: Michael P. Halid
  • Patent number: 6839913
    Abstract: A figure defining and contouring garment, which outlines and defines a wearer's body contours in a fashionable and comfortable manner, includes a waistband coupled to a body with a rear tunnel that extends along the inside rear of the garment from the lower rise or crotch area to the waistband and a waistband tunnel that extends through the waistband. A drawstring anchored in the lower rise area extends upwardly through the rear tunnel to the waistband where it transitions to the waistband tunnel through a diverter region in the waistband. The drawstring transition between the rear and waistband tunnels is advantageously hidden within the waistband. The drawstring is used to adjust the fit of the garment by pulling on the drawstring to tighten the drawstring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: Noble Ideas, Inc.
    Inventor: Ora Zoe Villalobos
  • Patent number: 6837771
    Abstract: Feminine undergarments, particularly brassieres and other body shaping garments that are fabricated using a multi-layered fabric laminate that is formed by gluing multiple fabric layers together, preferably to permit body shaping garments to be substantially fabricated from a single main piece of material or blank cut from the multi-layered fabric laminate and which has finished edges which do not require separate binding or narrow edge finishing, together with a method of making such garments, both on an individual, batch basis, as well as an automated process for making the fabric laminate and multiple garments on a continuous basis, are disclosed. Multi-layer composite fabric laminate materials wherein different portions of at least one fabric layer thereof are made of different fabrics, and a method for making them, are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Playtex Apparel, Inc.
    Inventor: Gloria Falla
  • Publication number: 20040255367
    Abstract: Secret pockets are pockets put on the inside of all kind of underwear to conceal personal items of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventor: Sherrian Denatta Harris
  • Patent number: 6820284
    Abstract: A male supporter includes a lower piece which covers the scrotum from underneath, an upper piece which is formed by belt-like cloth along the penis and covers the penis from the front side, and a pair of suspending devices which are connected to both left and right edges of the upper piece or the lower piece. A back edge of the lower piece is connected to an inner crotch of the underpants via an elastic axis device. A top edge of the upper piece is connected to an upper central part of the underpants. The ends of the suspending devices are connected to the upper left and right of the inside of the underpants. Accordingly, the whole male organs are independently supported. This male supporter has excellent permeability and can retain the whole male organs independently with a sense of stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Horikoshi, Takashi Yasukawa
  • Patent number: 6807685
    Abstract: This invention relates to a garment with a crotch part used in contact with skin, including: a garment main body including a stretchable crotch cloth piece; and a second crotch cloth piece on which an absorbent article is to be applied and held, provided on the inner side of the crotch cloth piece of the garment main body, wherein the second crotch cloth piece is mounted to the garment main body at its front and rear edges and is mounted to the crotch cloth piece of the garment main body at least in one portion of its center line, and right and left edges of the second crotch cloth piece are not bonded to the garment main body and are in free state. An absorbent article can be held at a determined position on the crotch part of the garment with stability and security. The garment also is excellent in close contact to the pudendal cleft region, is difficult to be steamed in use, and has fine appearance and good wearing comfort after mounting an absorbent article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Walcoal Corp.
    Inventors: Mayumi Hasegawa, Naomi Shibata, Michiko Aoki, Namiko Tachiiri
  • Patent number: 6804833
    Abstract: A disposable garment of the “single use” type, obtained by cutting and sewing a tubular woven fabric, consisting of at least two tubular woven fabrics for seamless stockings, cut and open along one side (20), superposed to one another and sewn along the edges of the open side (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Inventor: Anna Maria Bertola
  • Publication number: 20040194193
    Abstract: A Buttocks Support Device is disclosed. Also disclosed is a support device that comprises an abdominal element and a pair of thigh support elements each of which can be but is not limited to be formed as a ring shaped element. Each thigh support element has a buttock section and a midriff or abdominal section, the buttock section being configured to lift and restrain the wearer's buttock. The preferred device includes a sleeve there over for permitting the “rings” to be tightened without pulling on the wearer's skin. It is a further aspect that the device anchor about the wearer's midriff from below the chest to the widest part of the hips or at either the waist or the hips, depending upon the wishes of the wearer. Still further, the thigh support element include adjustment means for adjusting the length of the thigh rings. Furthermore, the preferred abdominal element includes means for attaching and detaching the device from around the wearer's waist as well as adjustment means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Inventor: Karin Hart
  • Patent number: 6799334
    Abstract: Disclosed is a men's brief adapted to support wearer's scrota and a phallus separately from each other and to prevent the phallus from coming into contact with a skin on the scrota or a groin area. The men's brief comprises a shrunken section (3) for tightening a boundary between scrota (B) and a phallus (A), which is formed by folding strip shaped portions along a middle longitudinal line and the both side longitudinal lines of its front part surrounding the scrota (B) and the phallus (A) and sewing each of the strip shaped portions longitudinally, a first bulged section (3-1) disposed above the shrunken section (3) and adapted to surround and support the phallus (A), and a second bulged section (3-2) disposed under the shrunken section (3) and adapted to surround and support the scrota (B), wherein the first and the second bulged section (3-1, 3-2) are provided by formation of the shrunken section (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Shevan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jee-Woo Yu
  • Patent number: 6782557
    Abstract: An undergarment that provides protection against mild to moderate incontinence by using a layer of hydrophilic fabric placed in an absorption region. The fabric most commonly used will be sheared terry cloth. The terry cloth is treated with a strongly hydrophobic polymer material to form a chemical barrier so that moisture will not readily pass through the cloth. This absorptive panel is then simply sewn into conventional undergarments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Dribrief, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert L. Feder
  • Publication number: 20040154078
    Abstract: male sports brief having special pocket for genitals and stitches arranged for increased comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventor: Yvan Auger
  • Patent number: 6772446
    Abstract: A women's undergarment includes a fabric body having a back, a front, side portions connecting the front and the back, a top, a bottom and a crotch. A waistband is secured to the top of the fabric body, and leg openings are provided at the bottom of the fabric body separated by the crotch. Pocket structure is connected to and coextensive with the side portions of the fabric body. The pocket structure has side edges attached to a bottom edge and a top edge. Either the top edge or the bottom edge is open. The pocket structure is sized and shaped to receive a women's sanitary pad through the open edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Inventor: Ronnell Black
  • Publication number: 20040128742
    Abstract: A quick change undergarment includes a fabric having a pair of leg openings and a waistline opening that is worn on a person's midsection such a person's legs extend through each of the first and second leg openings respectively. The waistline opening extends around the person's waist. The undergarment includes a first fastener coupled to the fabric that extends between the first leg opening and the waistline opening, which is operable to create a separation of the fabric between the first leg opening and the waistline opening. The undergarment includes a second fastener coupled to the fabric that extends between the second leg opening and the waistline opening, which is operable to create a separation of the fabric between the second leg opening and the waistline opening. The first and second fasteners may be coupled to the fabric of the undergarment by a reinforcing material for added strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventor: Viola Jackson
  • Publication number: 20040107481
    Abstract: A method of making a boxer-style pant having side seams, a contracted crotch region and hanging legs. A flat web is provided. Portions are removed from the flat web to define leg openings. The flat web is then contracted either elastically or inelastically in selected areas along the flat web between the leg openings. The flat web is cut into separate pieces, folded and side seams are formed. The pant may include an absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: June 10, 2004
    Inventors: Heather Schenck Mortell, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Robert Lee Popp
  • Publication number: 20040098791
    Abstract: A method of making a pant having side seams and side-to-side crotch seams from a flat web. The method can be carried out in either the cross-machine direction or in the machine direction. The method includes providing a z-slit in selected areas along the flat web and folding the resulting flaps back onto the flat web. In the cross-machine direction process, the flat web is folded, side seams and crotch seams are formed and individual pants are cut. In the machine direction process, the flat web is cut into individual garment shells, which are folded, and side seams and crotch seams are formed. In either the cross-machine process or the machine process, the method can also include attaching an absorbent structure to the flat web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Inventor: Michael J. Faulks
  • Patent number: 6738988
    Abstract: An open-sided thong-type brief garment having a resilient wire frame including an anterior frame portion and a posterior frame portion which curve inwardly towards one another in a spring-biased arrangement. The anterior frame portion configured in a symmetrical U-shape and is adapted to curve around the genital region of the wearer in tensioned engagement. The anterior frame portion has an arcuate base and two upwardly extending stems terminating in closed loops. The posterior frame portion is attached to the arcuate base and is configured to curve upwardly between the buttocks of the wearer. The posterior frame portion terminates in a closed loop adapted for tensioned engagement with the sacrum of the wearer. The garment includes a fabric covering on the frame which includes a substantially triangular-shaped front fabric panel which spans the anterior frame portion to conceal the groin area of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventors: Edward T. Ruiter, Jacqueline Dugas-Ruiter
  • Publication number: 20040083538
    Abstract: An undergarment in the form of boxer shorts includes a concealed inside pocket on the front panel for holding valuables and other items such as, but not limited to, a credit card, a membership or I.D. card, paper and coin currency and keys. The pocket hangs freely on the inside of the boxer shorts and is secured to the front panel at a top open pocket mouth. A horizontal slit opening on the front panel, just below the waistband of the boxer shorts, communicates with the pocket mouth to permit placement and removal of the items carried in the pocket. A zipper or other closure mechanism is provided for securing the slit opening closed, thereby safely containing the items in the pocket. Opposing flaps along the horizontal slit opening on the outside of the front panel help to conceal the pocket mouth and closure mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventor: Gwen Vanessa Thomas
  • Publication number: 20040083537
    Abstract: The present invention provides an adjustable undergarment comprised of a fabric portion defining waist opening and leg openings, wherein the leg openings are formed by a first portion of the fabric removably and adjustably attached to a second portion of the fabric by a securing means and wherein the leg openings are formed so as to form a thong or g-string shaped undergarment. Both the waist opening and the leg openings may be adjusted to provide a custom fitted underwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Inventors: Eliaichaloi Mosha, Samwiri T. Kashambuzi, Anne W. Kimotho, John M. Gachora
  • Patent number: 6728973
    Abstract: An undergarment having a body portion and a pair of depending leg portions having a crotch region located therebetween with the body and leg portions being integrally formed from a single blank of warp knitted fabric. The opposed side edges of the blank being seamed together to define the body and leg portions. The blank is knitted to define compressive regions in the blank with different compressive strengths and being knitted to define stretch regions in the blank which have different stretch characteristics with the positional location, the size and shape of the regions being predetermined to provide desired shaping characteristics of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Rachel Webley, Valentina Collins
  • Publication number: 20040064872
    Abstract: An open-sided thong-type brief garment having a resilient wire frame including an anterior frame portion and a posterior frame portion which curve inwardly towards one another in a spring-biased arrangement. The anterior frame portion configured in a symmetrical U-shape and is adapted to curve around the genital region of the wearer in tensioned engagement. The anterior frame portion has an arcuate base and two upwardly extending stems terminating in closed loops. The posterior frame portion is attached to the arcuate base and is configured to curve upwardly between the buttocks of the wearer. The posterior frame portion terminates in a closed loop adapted for tensioned engagement with the sacrum of the wearer. The garment includes a fabric covering on the frame which includes a substantially triangular-shaped front fabric panel which spans the anterior frame portion to conceal the groin area of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Edward T. Ruiter, Jacqueline Dugas-Ruiter
  • Patent number: 6712841
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for treating hemorrhoids and similar ailments are disclosed in which one or more piece of material are used to separate swollen, inflamed tissue from non-swollen tissue, material may be included within an undergarment that may be worn for the treatment of ailments such as hemorrhoids or an episiotomy. The material incorporated into the undergarment has elastic properties that, in the case of hemorrhoids, acts to separate the buttocks. The undergarment may also include one or more pocket enclosures to hold cold compresses, ice packs, pain ointment, etc. directly upon, or in close proximity to, the affected area. Alternately, the material may be one or more single-use strips that include adhesive such that the strips act to separate the affected area from the non-affected area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Florez & Co.
    Inventor: Rebecca Gomez
  • Publication number: 20040049835
    Abstract: A male supporter includes a lower piece which covers the scrotum from underneath, an upper piece which is formed by belt-like cloth along the penis and covers the penis from the front side, and a pair of suspending devices which are connected to both left and right edges of the upper piece or the lower piece. A back edge of the lower piece is connected to an inner crotch of the underpants via an elastic axis device. A top edge of the upper piece is connected to an upper central part of the underpants. The ends of the suspending devices are connected to the upper left and right of the inside of the underpants. Accordingly, the whole male organs are independently supported. This male supporter has excellent permeability and can retain the whole male organs independently with a sense of stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Akira Horikoshi, Takashi Yasukawa
  • Publication number: 20040034902
    Abstract: The detachable panties are constructed so as to enable donning and removal of the panty with minimal effort and bodily movement. The panties comprise a front panel, applicable to the front of a wearer's torso, a rear panel, applicable to the back of the wearer's torso, a crotch portion extending adjacently below the torso between front and back panel, a waistband at the top of front and rear panels, and leg portions. Fastening means are distributed on selected areas of the panty to allow assembly and removal of the panty without the necessity of normal dressing movements. The detachable panties are ideal for general use, as they allow a playful and quick way of donning and removing the garment from the body. The detachable panties are also appropriate for use by elderly people or people suffering from a disability which impairs their movement, as it can be worn and removed without bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Francisca A. Yturria
  • Publication number: 20040016043
    Abstract: An underpant garment worn in a state of being substantially in close contact with a surface of a lower body of a wearer includes a main constituent portion made of stretchable materials that include a first-type material and a second-type material. The first-type material has a straining force greater than a straining force of the second-type material. In the underpant garment, the first-type material is arranged in regions such that in each region the first-type material covers at least a region including a part of musculus gluteus maximus, a part of musculus gluteus medius, a part of musculus tensor faciae latae, and a part of tractus iliotibialis, and the second-type material is arranged in regions other than the regions where the first-type material is arranged. This allows the wearer to smoothly shift from a static state to a dynamic state such as a running state, and helps prevent a displacement of the center of gravity when the wearer is in motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: MIZUNO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Uno, Tatsuo Sakaguchi, Eiji Kaname, Shoji Osada
  • Patent number: 6681407
    Abstract: A women's waistless and seamless clothing adherable underwear includes an oval pad made of a soft absorbent material, wherein the pad has double sided strips of adhesive tape with removable peel-off cover strips to attach to the inside crotch area of low slung clothing pants, such as tight pants, leotards or dungaree jeans facing upward to the skin and crotch of the wearer. The material is preferably a soft, non-woven, absorbent material. The underwear is particularly suited for women who wear tight pants, or low waist hip hugger pants, which widely reveal waist bands and seams of panty underwear, or expose underwear waist bands. The underwear is minimally intrusive and is attractive for women who like to wear jeans without underwear but who fear bacterial infection or exposure to clothing dyes or irritating stitching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Inventor: Christine Martz
  • Publication number: 20040010841
    Abstract: A protective garment for capture and filtration of flatus wherein the garment comprises a water vapor-permeable, air-impermeable membrane that provides a containment body. The containment body captures flatus but not moisture, and a chemically active filter disposed over a hole in the containment body remove odor from the flatus. In one embodiment, the membrane is impregnated with a chemically active substance that also acts as a filter. In another embodiment, the membrane is laminated to a stretchable fabric to increase mechanical efficiency as well as comfort.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventor: Stephen P. Gilmartin
  • Patent number: 6676647
    Abstract: The disposable pull-on undergarment that has first and second waist regions and a crotch region extending between these two waist regions. The waist regions are connected with each other in bonding zones extending along transversely opposite side edge portions thereof so as to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings. First elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edge of the waist-opening and second elastic members are bonded under tension to peripheral edges of the leg-openings so that respective opposite ends of the first elastic members are positioned and fixed at first zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction of the waist-opening and respective opposite ends of the second elastic members are positioned and fixed at second zones defined immediately inside the bonding zones in a circumferential direction Y of the leg-openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Shimada, Seiji Suzuki, Nariaki Shimoe
  • Patent number: 6665877
    Abstract: Undergarments that protect from the detrimental interaction of electrostatic fields with human tissue. Filaments woven or knitted into patterns or into an insert attached to the undergarments may comprise electrically nonconductive strands and electrically conductive strands. Electrostatic field-concentrators provided upon particular strands create ions from adjacent air molecules and cancel electrostatic charges in their vicinity. The geometry of the preferred filaments is such that the field-concentrators are salient from the central bulk of the filament by a distance at least as great as the axial radius of the field-concentrator terminal surface. As a result, potentially detrimental electrostatic fields are reduced, and concomitant health benefits to the wearer are realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: James R. Gray
  • Patent number: 6666851
    Abstract: A disposable garment that includes a crotch region. The crotch region has a pair of folding guides that extend transversely across a zone defined between peripheral edge portions of respective leg-openings and intersect each other in a transversely middle zone of the crotch region. The crotch region is tucked about the folding guides inwardly of the garment so that the crotch region may be divided by the folding guides into substantially triangular first and second zones defined between the peripheral edge portions of the respective leg-openings and the folding guides, respectively, a third zone extending from the folding guides into a front region, and a fourth zone extending from the folding guides into a rear region with the first and second zones being disposed between the third and fourth zones.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Toshifumi Otsubo, Yoshinori Kumasaka, Hiroyuki Soga
  • Patent number: 6662378
    Abstract: The invention relates to light industry and particularly to men's clothes. A combined waist-worn men's clothes article comprises an outside portion and an inside portion connected to each other, the inside portion being shaped as swimming trunks. The swimming trunks comprise a front panel and a back panel connected to each other by side seams and having an additional panel connected to the front panel by side seams and a middle seam. The additional panel forms a cavity with the front panel, the latter being provided with a slot for communication between the inside portion and the cavity. The back panel and the front panel are connected to each other by an additional seam aligned with the middle seam located at the level of the bottom edge of the scrotum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Philip A. Vartanyan
  • Publication number: 20030222111
    Abstract: A combination diaper and holder secures a baby in a safe and comfortable position while unattended by an adult. The holder is formed of a sheet large enough to fit about a crib mattress or, at least one end of the mattress. The holder has elongated straps for placement about the mattress. A diaper having front and back waistband portions connected by a crotch section is attached to the middle portion of the holder by fastening through one of the waistband portions. The waistband portions each have cooperating fasteners on the ends. The crotch section and the other unattached waistband portion is folded through the baby's legs and the cooperating fasteners are secured to fix the baby within the diaper and on the sheet. A wedge shaped pillow may be provided for elevating the baby. The holder is attached to the wedge shaped pillow by the straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2002
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventor: Lynn Trimble
  • Publication number: 20030217407
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to disposable undergarments and methods of making, using and marketing same. Disposable garments of several embodiments of the current invention offer a uniquely attractive functional disposable undergarment that sacrifices nothing in its appearance, serviceability, and wearability from woven wear. The garments further provides versatility in fashion utility, time conservation and management, and novelty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2003
    Publication date: November 27, 2003
    Inventor: Augua Andrews-Jones
  • Publication number: 20030196252
    Abstract: A body-smoothing lower-body undergarment is constructed by circularly knitting a pair of seamless two-ply fabric tubes, longitudinally slitting an upper portion of each tube for a distance generally corresponding to a desired rise of the undergarment so as to form two fabric edges, and joining the two fabric edges of one of the fabric tubes to the two fabric edges of the other fabric tube so as to form a single larger fabric tube that serves as a panty portion of the undergarment, while lower portions of the fabric tubes serve as legs of the undergarment. The two-ply construction allows the bottoms of the legs to be formed without leg bands. The undergarment preferably has a 1×1 vertical rib knit construction, a turned welt waistband, and an abdominal control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Inventor: Sara T. Blakely
  • Patent number: 6635042
    Abstract: A disposable pants-type diaper is composed of a pair of sheets each having longitudinally opposite end portions extending in a transverse direction and transversely opposite side edge portions extending in a longitudinal direction. The pair of sheet are bonded together in desired zones including the transversely opposite side portions to form a disposable pants-type diaper. The pair of sheets are placed upon each other so that one of the transversely opposite side edge portions is destined to lie on a belly side of the diaper and the other thereof is destined to lie on the rear side of the diaper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshinori Kumasaka
  • Patent number: 6616647
    Abstract: An undergarment is conveniently made with two elasticized top panels bonded and cut at a 45 degree angle on a bottom panel. The top panels have curved leg cutouts matched to the curved leg cutouts of the bottom panel. The curved leg cutouts are preferentially cut for the front and back sections of the garment to produce a comfortable fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary A. Krueger
  • Patent number: 6613032
    Abstract: A product includes front fastening members, which have first regions connected to them, and back fastening members, which have second regions connected to them, with the front or back fastening members being able to receive and co-operate with the other of the front or back fastening members, respectively, and a first fastening ability being exhibited between the front and back fastening members, and the front fastening members or the back fastening members have a first extent in the longitudinal direction of the product, and the other of the front fastening members or the back fastening members, respectively, have a second extent in the longitudinal direction of the product, and exhibiting an extent ratio there between, the first regions can receive and co-operate with the back fastening members, exhibiting a second fastening ability, and/or the second regions can receive and co-operate with the front fastening members, exhibiting a third fastening ability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: SCA Hygiene Products AB
    Inventors: Peter Ronnberg, Cecile Sandin, Ingemar Fernfors
  • Publication number: 20030115660
    Abstract: A method of making a disposable pant having an inward fin crotch seam includes providing first and second panels, each panel having an inner surface, an outer surface, a panel waist edge, a panel leg edge, and two side regions. The panels are positioned such that their respective outer surfaces are in a facing relationship. The panels are bonded together to form a crotch seam. The panels are repositioning such that the inner surfaces are in a facing relationship. The side regions of the first panel are bonded to the side regions of the second panel to create two side seams to define a waist opening and two leg openings. The crotch seam may be inset toward the panel waist edges, and may include one or more slits. The disposable pant may include an absorbent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventor: Heidi Bauerlein Hopkins
  • Patent number: 6572575
    Abstract: There is disclosed a disposable diaper including: an outer sheet facing outward; a liquid-permeable inner sheet facing a liquid receiving side; and an absorbent layer interposed between the outer sheet and the inner sheet, to form a front face portion to be applied to the abdomen of a wearer, an intermediate portion to be applied to the crotch, and a back face portion to be applied to the back side. A pattern sheet having a pattern and an area smaller than an area of the diaper, as viewed from the back face or the front face of the diaper, is adhered to the inner side of the outer sheet. The outer sheet allows the pattern to be observed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Shimada, Toru Sasaki, Hiroki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6560786
    Abstract: An undergarment with a front and rear panel and a crotch panel joining them, wherein the panels are so shaped that at the waistband, at the side of the wearer's body, the front and rear panels are spaced apart. A flexible strap attached to the top edge of each side of the rear panel extends to the front panel. Respective fastening devices on the end of the strap and on the front panel at the waistband enable separable attachment to complete the undergarment. The fastening devices are selected from a group consisting of hook and loop fasteners, snap fasteners, belt and buckle fasteners, hook and eye fasteners, clasp fasteners, bow and tie fasteners and slide fasteners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: Jody C. Lipton
  • Patent number: 6557182
    Abstract: The invention is an Exercise Device that facilitates and enhances an exercise that improves male penile muscle condition causing firmer longer lasting erections with increased sensation and more powerful ejaculations. The device uses exercise rather than drugs or herbs to improve sexual pleasure for the male and female.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Inventor: Charles Taylor
  • Patent number: 6539555
    Abstract: Provided is a sanitary panty including a panty body formed with a front part, a back part and a crotch part located between the front part and the back part; and a support member. The panty body has a waist portion formed with an upper edge portion of the front part and an upper edge portion of the back part, and a pair of leg openings. The support member is provided inside of the panty body and has elastic stretchability in a longitudinal direction extending from the front part to the back part. The support member is fitted at both ends only with the front and back parts of the panty body. The support member has a narrower width portion of which the width is in a range of 20 to 40 mm and extending from the crotch part to the back part. The width of the support member gradually increases from a terminal end of the narrower width portion in the back part to the waist portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Ayami Suga, Mitsuhiro Wada
  • Patent number: 6539554
    Abstract: A pair of disposable boxer shorts is comprised of a back panel, a right front panel, and a left front panel made of a strong tissue paper. The back panel has a crotch between leg portions. Each front panel has a leg portion with a half crotch along an inside edge. The shorts are made by folding down and securing the top edges of all the panels, folding and pressing the inside edge of the left front panel, joining the lower portions of the inner edges of the left and right panels with a seam to form a fly above the seam, securing the edges of the half crotches on the front panels to the corresponding edges of the crotch on the back panel, attaching the front panels to the back panel at the sides, and attaching adhesive strips to the front panels at the waist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Maria T. Portela
  • Publication number: 20030028952
    Abstract: A garment 10e comprising a stretch fabric wherein the garment covers at least a part of the lower body of a wearer, has a crotch part, and is worn by being fitted to the wearer's body, wherein the garment 10e in part has a portion 1 with a strong straining force; the portion 1 with a strong straining force is a strong straining portion (A); right and left parts of the portion (A) are connected at a position 2 on the back side of the garment corresponding to any region from os sacrum to vertebrae lumbalis of the wearer's body; and the portion (A) covers a region extending from the position 2 through tops of bulges of the buttocks or vicinities thereof approximately in the direction of muscle fibers of musculus gluteus maximus at right and left to at least the vicinity of trochanter major.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Inventors: Takako Fujii, Risa Saka, Toshiko Murakami
  • Patent number: 6516473
    Abstract: Disposable trunks-type pants that include a pair of inner sheets each having a cutout lying between their front and rear side portions and a pair of outer sheets. The inner sheets having respective sheet surfaces bonded together along zones of the front and rear side portions extending in vicinity of upper ends of these sheets as well as along the respective cutouts. The respective sheet surfaces of the inner sheets and respective sheet surfaces of the outer sheets are bonded together along the front and rear side portions of these sheets. Elastic members are attached to the outer sheets along the upper ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventor: Akiko Saito
  • Patent number: 6503235
    Abstract: A disposable pull-on undergarment having front and rear waist regions bonded together along longitudinally extending bonding zones to define a waist-hole and a pair of leg-holes. The respective bonding zones have an upper end lying most adjacent the waist-hole and a lower end lying most adjacent the leg-holes and extend from the upper ends toward the lower ends so that these bonding zones approach a longitudinal center line X of the undergarment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Seiji Suzuki, Takaaki Shimada
  • Publication number: 20020184698
    Abstract: Throw-Away underwear is designed to be a one-piece undergarment designed of a breathable, biodegradable material used in a manner similar to regular underwear. It is to be worn and then disposed of and is available for everyone regardless of age or gender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventor: Anna Harris
  • Patent number: D505767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Inventor: Elsa Cabrera