IP Library Granted Patent US 6,898,805
Granted Patent B1
US 6,898,805 · App. 10/195,208 · Granted May 31, 2005

Underwear with trimless seam

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Patent No.
US 6,898,805
App. No.
10/195,208
Granted
May 31, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

An underwear construction including multiple fabric panels that are adjoined by trimless seams.

Claims (13)

1. An underwear construction, comprising:

(a) a trunk panel having an upper edge, a lower edge, and opposed side edges, each of the opposed side edges having concave portions formed therealong at least some portion of the opposed side edge and terminating at the bottom edge; and

(b) inner and outer fronts panels having top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, wherein each of the opposed side edges having an upper portion, and wherein the bottom edge is joined to the lower edge of the trunk panel and the opposed side edges are joined along their upper portions to the opposed side edges of the trunk panel by trimless seams.

2. The underwear construction of claim 1 wherein each of the trimless seams comprises a side edge of the trunk panel folded under, wherein the folded edge is cover stitched atop one of the opposed side edges of an inner panel and one of the opposed side edges of an outer panel.

3. The underwear construction of claim 2 wherein said trimless seam is bottom cover stitched.

4. The underwear construction of claim 1 further including an elastic waistband stitched around the periphery of the upper edges of said trunk panel and of said outer panel of the underwear.

5. An underwear construction, comprising:

(a) a trunk panel having an upper edge, a lower edge and opposed side edges;

(b) first and second leg panels, each of said leg panels having a top edge and opposed side edges, wherein each of the opposed side edges having an upper portion, and wherein an opposed side edge of each of said first and second side panels is joined to one of the opposed side edges of said trunk panel; and

(c) inner and outer panels having top and bottom edges and opposed side edges, said outer panel overlying the inner panel and joined to the lower edge of the trunk panel and to the upper portions of the opposed side edges of each of the first and second leg panels along trimless seams.

6. The underwear construction of claim 5 wherein each of the trimless seams comprises a side edge of the trunk panel folded under, wherein the folded edge is cover stitched atop one of the opposed side edges of an inner panel and one of the opposed side edges of an outer panel.

7. The underwear construction of claim 6 wherein said trimless seam is bottom cover stitched.

8. The underwear construction of claim 5 further including an elastic waistband stitched around the periphery of the upper edges of said rear panel, first and second leg panels, and inner and outer panels of the underwear.

Assignments (10)
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 45029/0132 Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: MAIDENFORM LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 074166/0114 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT R/F 59910/0685 Recorded Dec 15, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: MAIDENFORM LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 074165/0634 →
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded May 9, 2022
From: HANESBRANDS INC.; ALTERNATIVE APPAREL, INC.; BA INTERNATIONAL, L.L.C.; CC PRODUCTS LLC; CEIBENA DEL, INC.; EVENT 1 LLC; GEARCO LLC; GFSI HOLDINGS LLC; GFSI LLC; GTM RETAIL, INC.; HANES GLOBAL HOLDINGS U.S. INC.; HANES JIBOA HOLDINGS, LLC; HANES MENSWEAR, LLC; HANESBRANDS DIRECT, LLC; HANESBRANDS EXPORT CANADA LLC; HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES LLC; HBI INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS U.S., INC.; HBI SOURCING, LLC; INNER SELF LLC; IT'S GREEK TO ME, INC.; KNIGHTS APPAREL, LLC; KNIGHTS HOLDCO, LLC; MAIDENFORM (BANGLADESH) LLC; MAIDENFORM (INDONESIA) LLC; MAIDENFORM BRANDS LLC; MAIDENFORM INTERNATIONAL LLC; MAIDENFORM LLC; MF RETAIL LLC; PLAYTEX DORADO, LLC; PLAYTEX INDUSTRIES, INC.; SEAMLESS TEXTILES LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 059910/0685 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2018
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC; IT'S GREEK TO ME, INC.; MAIDENFORM LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 045029/0132 →
AMENDED AND RESTATED PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 15, 2009
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 023649/0812 →
RELEASE OF SECOND LIEN SECURITY INTEREST RECORDED AT REEL/FRAMES 018367/0353, 018367/0312, AND 018545/0521 Recorded Dec 10, 2009
From: CITIBANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 023627/0842 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT FIRST LIEN Recorded Oct 10, 2006
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 018367/0291 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT (SECOND LIEN) Recorded Oct 10, 2006
From: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
To: CITIBANK, N.A., AS THE COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 018367/0312 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2006
From: SARA LEE CORPORATION
To: HBI BRANDED APPAREL ENTERPRISES, LLC
Reel/Frame 018279/0527 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2002
From: TRUONG, TONY N.; THOMPSON, TERESA
To: SARA LEE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013113/0231 →