Abdominal-restraint garment and methods of assembling the same

1. An abdominal-restraint garment comprising:

an outer garment layer comprising at least one rise, a crotch seam, and an inseam; and

an inner abdominal-restraint layer comprising a front portion configured to extend across the abdominal region of a wearer and comprising a front bottom and a front top, and a back portion configured to extend across the back of a wearer and comprising a back bottom and a back top;

wherein either a front bottom edge of the front bottom is attached to the crotch seam or the inseam along only a central portion of the front bottom edge, or

wherein a back bottom edge of the back bottom is attached to the crotch seam or the inseam along only a central portion of the back bottom edge.

2. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 1 , wherein the outer garment layer further comprises a yoke comprising an inner side, the front bottom edge is attached to the crotch seam or the inseam, and the back bottom of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached onto or adjacent to the inner side of the yoke.

3. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to extend across a garment-wearer's abdominal region.

4. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the front top of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to extend above the front rise of the outer garment layer by 0.25 inches to 20 inches.

5. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the back top of the inner abdominal-restraint layer is configured to extend above the back rise of the outer garment layer by 0.25 inches to 20 inches.

6. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the abdominal-restraint garment is a pair of pants, jeans, a pair of shorts, a skirt, leggings, or tights.

7. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the outer garment layer comprises denim, twill, woven fabric, or knit fabric.

8. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises spandex.

9. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a double-layer of fabric with elastic stitched between the two layers.

10. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer comprises a single layer of fabric.

11. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 10 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer does not comprise elastic.

12. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer is attached to the outer garment layer using one of a group consisting of sewing, adhering, zipping, buttoning, snapping, heat sealing, welding, gluing, bonding, laser cutting, and combinations thereof.

13. The abdominal-restraint garment of claim 2 , wherein the inner abdominal-restraint layer has a higher elasticity than the outer garment layer.

14. A method of assembling an abdominal-restraint garment, the method comprising:

either attaching only a central portion of a front bottom edge of a front portion of an inner abdominal-restraint layer to a crotch seam of an outer garment layer or to an inseam of the outer garment layer, the front portion being configured to extend across the abdominal portion of a wearer, or

attaching only a central portion of a back bottom edge of a back portion of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to the crotch seam of the outer garment layer or the inseam of the outer garment layer, the back portion being configured to extend across the back of a wearer.

15. The method of claim 14 , comprising attaching the front bottom edge of the front portion of the inner abdominal-restraint layer to the crotch seam of the outer garment layer or the inseam of the outer garment layer, and further comprising attaching the back bottom of the inner abdominal-restraint layer onto or adjacent to a yoke of the outer garment layer.