Abstract: This invention is a bikini type bathing suit which is convertible to a one piece bathing suit. This is accomplished through the provision of a removable midriff apron which attachs to the top and bottom of the bikini to effectively make the same a one piece bathing suit when desired.

Abstract: An apparel structure based on the movement of muscles during movement of the body, and a process for making such apparel, includes an apparel structure constructed to be comfortable and to have excellent adaptability to movement without tension or slack. It also provides excellent shaping-up effect, can be applied to various kinds of apparel and is particularly suitable for female underwear and shaping-up wear. It is suitable particularly for working wear, sportswear, leisure wear, etc., in which the extent of movement of the body is large, irrespective of male or female.

Abstract: Disclosed is a versatile article of manufacture for use by persons engaged in recreational activities such as those associated with the beach. The article, typically made of fabric, has a tubular upper half attached to a depending panel equipped with ties or fasteners. The upper end of the tubular portion has a central opening between a pair of corner openings rendering the article selectively usable as a garment for a person wearing a bathing suit, as a protective cover for a vehicle seat while occupied by bathers en route to and from the beach, and as a cover for a beach chair. The tubular portion of the article may be imprinted with designs on both the back and the front sides and worn with either design facing forwardly.

Abstract: The invention comprises a two-piece bathing suit having a hidden pocket in a panty section. The pocket can contain additional bathing suit materials for creating an ensemble effect, or for changing the appearance of the bathing suit from a two-piece to a one-piece look.

Abstract: A combination beach towel and robe having a releasably secured flap for closing the head opening of the robe. In another aspect, a pocket is provided at one end of the towel to facilitate use of the towel as a car seat cover and to also provide a pocket for use when the beach towel is used as a robe.

Abstract: This invention relates to a swimsuit, and this swimsuit consists of a brassiere in the upper part and a shorts type bottom section in the lower part, to the reverse side of the above-mentioned bottom part is sewn a mesh cloth covering the whole area, to the above-mentioned mesh cloth on the reverse side of the front center part of the aforesaid bottom section is sewn a retaining cloth consisting of a vertically elastic mesh cloth, to the reverse side in the lower section behind the aforesaid bottom section is sewn a hip lift cloth, around the leg holes of the above-mentioned bottom part is sewn shirring tapes, and to the reverse side in the lower center behind the aforesaid bottom section is sewn a shirring tape in the vertical direction.

Abstract: A two-piece competition suit for use by a woman body builder comprising brief and bra members with a cord member interconnecting the same. The cord cooperates with ring members on the brief so as to variously size the suit and allow the brief to respond to changes in size and/or musculature of the woman body builder.

Abstract: A bulked web composite comprises a differentially tensioned reticulated web of elastic material bonded to at least one gatherable web whereby, upon release of the tensioning forces, the gatherable web or webs are gathered by the reticulated web with different degrees of bulking in different areas due to the different tension levels of the reticulated web. Also disclosed is a method of making a bulked web composite by the steps of: forming a reticulated web of elastic material and elongating at least portions of the web by differentially tensioning it, and bonding the differentially tensioned web to at least one gatherable web to form a composite. The composite is then relaxed whereby portions of the gatherable web are gathered by the contracted reticulated web with different degrees of bulking in different areas. Bulked web composites of such type may be employed to form disposable swim wear, towels, wash cloths, and the like.

Abstract: A bra for use, particularly, during participation in sports is provided. The bra has no cups formed in the material, and seams are otherwise avoided. The bra is, essentially, formed as one continuous knitted piece with a two way stretch and the rear of the bra has a height almost the same as that of the front of the bra to provide added support.

Abstract: A swimsuit for ladies designed with an inner figure-controlling liner garment and an outer single ply bathing garment. The inner and outer garments, formed of elastic materials, are sewn separately along their common perimeters. The inner garment is smaller than the outer garment with greater lateral than vertical stretch for freedom of movement. Secured to the upper edge of the inner liner is a set of arcuate stays which are attached at their ends only to the inseam of the outer garment. The stays support the breasts and lift them upwardly and outwardly against the outer garment for an enhanced but natural appearance.

Abstract: A ladies' top garment with a sewn-in support element to replace the conventional brassiere. In order to provide sufficient support for women wearing lightweight garments, such as a tank top, the invention provides a separate garment component attached to the upper inner side of the main top, and extending rearwardly past its side seam, ending in a releasably engageable strap element at the back.

Abstract: A clothing apparel which is substantially transparent to ultra-violet light wavelengths; and, a coating applied to said fabric for preventing the transmission of light rays of a pre-determined wavelength through said fabric when said fabric is wet by water is disclosed.

Abstract: Bathing trunks having substantially triangular front and rear panels joined at the corners, with said front panel being solid throughout, and said rear panel having two cut-outs leaving between them a band-like panel part of a width to cover the cleavage between a wearer's buttocks, and the cut-outs exposing the wearer's buttocks.

Abstract: A woman's maternity garment, such as a bathing suit or the like, is provided, in the interior of the garment, with a first elastically deformable band spanning and supporting the wearer's lower abdominal region from hip to hip; and a second such band spanning and supporting the small of the back from side to side. Optionally, the garment is further provided with a third, narrower band spanning the wearer's chest from side to side, at the lower region of the portion of the garment covering the breasts, and supporting the breasts.

Abstract: A double triangle type swim suit having an elastic crotch portion to provide improved fit and appearance by preventing curling of the edges in the crotch area.

Abstract: A woman's tank top is provided including an outer shell adapted to be suspended from a wearer's shoulders by a plurality of shoulder straps. The tank top further includes an independently supported shelf bra having front and back portions secured about their top edges to the shell. An elastic band is further provided about the lower edges of the shelf bra in order to draw it about the wearer. The front portion of the shelf bra is shirred to define two pockets to permit the front portion of the bra to conform to the wearer's breasts.

Abstract: Reversible, textile bathing garments are described.

Abstract: A weighted exercise suit designed to enable human users to exercise with added weights removably attached to a body suit. Specifically, it is designed incorporating two weight strips that are removably attached to the suit over the shoulders. Each strip contains separate compartments which hold weights, the amount of which is regulated by the user. Furthermore, the suit is designed to provide for a balanced and symmetrical distribution of weight from front to back and from side to side over the upper body, rather than having the weight placed solely on the lower body as in the prior art weighted belts.

Abstract: A women's garment includes(a) a bodice having a soft fabric front portion to conform to the bust of the wearer,(b) an elastic band spaced inwardly from the bodice and located in a loop shaped path adapted to extend about the body of the wearer so as to tension the band,(c) and a fabric panel attached to the bodice above the level of the band and suspending the band to extend crosswise of said bodice soft fabric front portion so that when tensioned the band will anchor a front panel portion of the fabric panel beneath and in supporting relation to the bust of the wearer.

Abstract: A swimsuit consisting of swim trunks and also, if need be, a corresponding bra, which is improved both esthelically, as well as in its method of making, is made of form inserts which are covered with fabric. The form inserts are in the form of U-shaped clamps so that only the pubic bone and the coccyx are engaged. The form insert for the bra forms cups, each of which encompasses the corresponding breast by more than about two thirds. The swim trunks, as well as the bra, may be simply attached to the body portions to be covered. The fabric cover of the form inserts may consist of any given material. An advantageous feature of the inventive swimsuit is a minimum covering of the body, which still conforms to the ethical national laws, while simultaneously having a maximum esthetic effect and, finally, affording a very economical way of making.

Abstract: An article of clothing comprising an outer garment and an inner garment having an upper part and a lower part. The upper part of the inner garment is capable of extending from above the bust of a person wearing the article of clothing to below the bust of the person and the lower part, which is preferably elastic, is capable of being placed below the bust. The upper part is attached to the outer garment, and the lower part is attached to the bottom of the upper part.

Abstract: A swim suit designed for competitive racing is made of knit mesh fabric of hydrophobic synthetic stretch yarn knitted in a small atlas type of pattern having a multitude of openings therein. The yarn is within the range of 40% to 100% denier so that the openings comprises in the range of 40% to 60% of the fabric, whereupon the entire suit has flow-through characteristics, that is, water and air pass freely through the openings in the mesh, thereby avoiding entrapment of water and/or air, with resultant avoidance of billowing and bubbling while being sufficiently opaque to conceal the underlying body of the wearer. Both men's and women's suits are provided and each includes a liner portion formed of the same fabric as the swim suit.

Abstract: A floatation device to which a swimmer's suit may be secured for retrieval at a later time. The floatation device includes floatation apparatus and apparatus for attaching the bathing suit to the floatation apparatus. The apparatus for attaching the suit to the floatation device may include a spring biased clip, a hole provided in the floatation device, or a pair of narrowly separated fingers extending from the floatation apparatus. The floatation apparatus may be formed of a closed cell synthetic foam formed of a material such as polyethylene, or any other buoyant material.

Abstract: A one-piece woman's competition swimming suit has a continuous elastic edging, made in a single piece, forming a closed loop around the openings for the passage of the legs in the lower portion of the suit, rising at a slant along the lateral sides of the suit, then forming the lower peripheral edging of the upper portion of the suit, and joined to a transverse edging of the upper portion of the back of the suit essentially in a central region thereof in which two back straps converge, and are also connected to the transverse edging. The transverse edging can form a continuation of the armpit edging of a breast panel of the suit.

Abstract: An adjustable swimsuit for women comprises an upper piece and a lower piece. The upper and lower pieces are adjustably connectable by the wearer to provide selected exposure, and particularly concealment, of imperfections in the skin as, for example, surgical scars.

Abstract: A halter top which is made of non-stretchable or slightly stretchable material is provided for sports use, e.g., as a jogging outfit for females. The halter top consists of the combination of a body encircling portion constituted by a discontinuous panel having a pair of free lateral edges and cooperating means at the free lateral edges to hold such free lateral edges together and means for adjustably securing such halter top to the upper chest portion of a female body by means, e.g., of shoulder straps which adjust the distance from the breasts to the top of the shoulder. The body encircling portion includes a pair of breast receiving and supporting cups including a vertical seam bisecting each breast cup, the preselected variable, but permanent, location of said vertical seam thereby providing preselected different cup sizes. The top edge of the breast receiving and supporting cups is so curved as to follow the natural incline of the breasts.

Abstract: An athletic or sports brassiere which includes a one-piece back, strong under-bust support, and breast cups which are made to limit upward bounce during jogging or similar athletic activities, but which have elastic panels supporting the underside of the breast. The one-piece back is T-shaped, with the shoulder straps and side bands part of the one piece back. The garment fastens in the front for ease of use and for comfort.

Abstract: Bathing trunks made of an elastic and preferably plasticized cloth, formed by a single piece shaped in such a way as to reproduce, in succession, one rear half, the front portion and the remaining rear half, the longitudinal edges of said rear halves being connected to one another by means of a cross-stich seam, are described. The rear and front flaps forming the lower middle portion of the trunks are seamed together by interposing a strip provided with a plurality of transversely extending holes.

Abstract: A feminine performance costume garment for wearer use primarily in dance or competitive athletic activities such as gymnastic events and the like, and method of making the same, structurally comprising in combination an exterior costume garment and a panty brief undergarment wherein the undergarment is affixed integrally to the exterior costume garment by sewably stitched communication at the respective garment leg openings and vertically by stitching along the laterally disposed respective sides thereof, in such a manner so that during practice and performance use by one attired in such a performance costume garment combination the undergarment and exterior costume garment leg openings, by virtue of the combined structural construction of being respectively secured one to the other so as to move together as a unit, thereby eliminates the problem otherwise encountered by the exterior costume garment leg openings riding up to expose the undergarment in the crotch area and upper thigh leg areas of the wearer du

Abstract: A competition swimsuit for permitting air or water to escape from the region of the middle of the back of the swimmer. An upper portion of the back of the suit merely overlaps a lower portion of the back of the suit to provide a space through which air or water can escape.

Abstract: A body-type garment, i.e. a garment intended to cover at least a portion of the torso of the wearer comprises a strip of material having generally parallel side edges and inclined end edges defining at least approximately a parallelogram shape. String passages, for example a hem or fold, extend at least along the side edges of the strip. The strip is coiled into helical form about the body of the wearer with side edges of adjacent convolutions of the strip adjacent one another. String extending through the string passages is drawn taut and secured so as to hold the side edges of adjacent convolutions adjacent one another. A pants-type garment comprising a body portion and two leg portions extending downward from the body portion has each leg and an associated portion of the body portion made from a strip of material likewise having side edges and inclined helical edges defining at least approximately a parallelogram.

Abstract: Swim trunks formed by a piece of fabric contoured to define a waist and a pair of leg sections, the fabric having a side seam extending between the waist and the lower end of one leg. The seam is interrupted to form a slit whose edges are secured to the complementary tapes of a zipper and to the sides of a pocket. In its normal state, the pocket is interposed between the inner surface of one leg of the trunks and a loose liner suspended from the waist and conforming to the contours of the trunk. The zipper includes a slider having a double pull tab. The outside tab serves to open and close the pocket in its normal mode when the pocket is usable to carry keys and other small items. The inside tab serves to open and close the pocket when it is pulled inside out to function in the reverse state as a carry bag into which the trunks are stuffed. One side of the pocket is provided with a pair of eyelets through which a string is looped, the bag being held from the string in the reverse mode of the pocket.

Abstract: This invention relates to a fabric made from a polymer or of a miXture of polymers having an absorption curve of radiating energy characterized by a minimum absorption between 3,200 A and 4,000 A and an important filtering below 3,200 A, said polymer being eXtruded at a speed allowing an eXtremely quick cooling such that the formation of large crystallites is inhibited while promoting proliferation of crystallites of very small sizes.

Abstract: A woman's garment having seams which extend continuously from its upper edge to its lower edge to mould the upper body, said garment being characterized in that it has two lateral seams symmetrical in relation to the vertical plane of symmetry of the body, each seam following, downwardly, a path such that it crosses the breast, while passing substantially over the nipple region and while forming by a first contour a housing for the breast, and such that it crosses the side in order to be directed downwards and outwards towards the iliac crest then downwards and backwards to the level of the sacral promontory, and finally such that it crosses the gluteal muscles to extend at least as far as the gluteal fold while forming by a second contour, a housing for the buttock.The garment is one which moulds the upper body such as a one-piece bathing costume, an all-body tight garment, a leotard, or a blouse of the type closing between the legs.

Abstract: A woman's swimsuit includes a body having a front portion defining breast cups and a rear portion adapted to extend across the back of a wearer, joined together forming side seams. A bust support extends across the inside of the front portion and is joined to the garment side seams by tension balancing panels.

Abstract: A brassiere comprises two breast-receiving cups or pockets formed each from one of two flexible elongate strips (or from one half of a unitary flexible strip of twice the length), each strip being split or slit lengthwise from one end to a location near its other end where the two strips are joined together (or near the middle of the unitary strip), the slit forming the strip into two limbs which are crossed over each other to form a conical breast-receiving concavity having its apex at the end of the slit. One limb of each strip has a plurality of apertures therethrough through which the other limb is passed to hold the two limbs in crossed position, and the limbs are provided with fastening means to permit them to serve as back and shoulder straps for the brassiere. The material of the strip or strips may be heat-formed to three-dimensional shape so as to make the breast-receiving cups or concavities conform approximately to parts of spherical surfaces.

Abstract: A training device for competitive swimmers in the form of a drag suit adapted to be worn over the swimmer's regular suit. The drag suit adds weight and increases the resistance (drag) to the swimmer's movement through the water and thus helps in the development of the swimming muscles. The increased drag is caused by a plurality of pockets on the front and back of the suit which pockets open in the direction of the swimmer's movement through the water. Water entering the pockets is impeded in flowing through them whereby the drag is created. The pockets are located on the suit in such a manner that the drag is distributed evenly on the swimmer with no imbalance tending to cause the swimmer to roll or dip.

Abstract: A brassiere including two pouches which are connected to each other at the neckline by means of a tie which slides inside tubular hems of the pouches. Strings slide within tubular hems on the outer sides of the pouches of the brassiere, the position of which with respect to the armpits of the wearer, as well as the height and depth of the pouches, being adjustable by such strings sliding freely inside the tubular hems.

Abstract: The convertible beach attire of the invention is useful as swimming or sun-bathing attire. The invention comprises a pair of modesty panels of cloth or the like, and connector means attached to and/or forming part thereof and releasably connected to opposite sides of the panels to cause them to depend therefrom at the front and rear. The attire itself includes the bottom of a spring-type bikini, skimpy sunsuit or the like under the panels. The connector means may also include components which permit the panels to be affixed to the sides when not in use. The convertible beach attire is simple, attractive, inexpensive, highly functional and convenient.

Abstract: A brassiere having two fabric pouches coupled to each other through the inner ends of their lower edges, and including ties of adjustable length, wherein two of the edges of each pouch are provided with hems in the form of tubes inside of which the ties may slide freely. At least one of the hem tubes is common to the two pouches, and the lengths of the ties are adjustable by the wearer to vary the height, the width, the depth, and the visible area of each pouch. The position of the brassiere with respect to the shoulders of the wearer is also adjustable through the lateral ties connected to each other behind the neck of the wearer.

Abstract: A swimsuit, particularly for women comprising a tight-fitting body having an elongated opening porous seam down the back, extending from the neck to adjacent the waist for the escape of air or water from inside the swimsuit.