IP Library Granted Patent US 11,857,009
Granted Patent B2
US 11,857,009 · App. 16/794,674 · Granted Jan 2, 2024

Garment with multiple regions

Inventors: Mark Waldman (New Hope, PA); Ruth Gordon (Bernardsville, NJ); Lisa Mary Butler (Parsippany, NJ)
Assignee: Global Trademarks, LLC
A41D27/02
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Patent No.
US 11,857,009
App. No.
16/794,674
Granted
Jan 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liner includes a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer or the hip area and buttocks area of a wearer. The fabric body having several regions that include at least a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region each having a different modulus than another of the several regions. The first region is an abdominal region or a buttocks region. The second region is selected from the following group of regions, namely a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, a buttocks region if the buttocks region is not the first region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, an abdominal region if the abdominal region is not the first region and any combination thereof.

Claims (23)

1. A liner comprising:

a fabric body that covers at least a hip area and an abdomen area of a wearer, the fabric body having a plurality of regions, the plurality of regions including at least a first region and a second region, the first region and the second region each having a different modulus than another of the plurality of regions, the first region being an abdominal region in which it can attain a modulus of between 0.742 to 1.272 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in a width direction on a wearer, and the second region being selected from the group consisting of a first abdominal border region, a second abdominal border region, a buttocks region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, a top buttocks surrounding region, a side buttocks surrounding region, a side hip region, a waist whittler region, a waist transition region, a super waist whittler region, and any combination thereof, wherein the liner is part of a garment selected from the group consisting of a one piece swimsuit, a tankini and any combination thereof.

2. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the second region is the buttocks region.

3. The liner of claim 2 , further comprising a third region that is the bottom buttocks surrounding region, the top buttocks surrounding region, and the side buttocks surrounding region.

4. The liner of claim 3 , further comprising a fourth region that is the side hip region.

5. The liner of claim 4 , further comprising a fifth region that is the waist whittler region.

6. The liner of claim 5 , further comprising a sixth region that comprises the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region.

7. The liner of claim 6 , further comprising a seventh region that is the waist transition region.

8. The liner of claim 7 , wherein the abdominal region is between the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region, wherein the bottom buttocks surrounding region, the top buttocks surrounding region, and the side buttocks surrounding region surrounds the buttocks region, wherein the side hip region has a first side hip region on a side of the first abdominal border region opposite the abdominal region and a second side hip region on a side of the second abdominal border region opposite the abdominal region, wherein the waist whittler region has a first waist whittler region above the first side hip region and above the buttocks region and a second waist whittler region above the second side hip region and above the buttocks region, and wherein the waist transition region is above the waist whittler region, the super waist whittler region, the first abdominal border region, the second abdominal border region and the abdominal region.

9. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the buttocks region can attain a modulus of between 0.371 to 0.689 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

10. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the side hip region can attain a modulus of between 0.602 to 1.118 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

11. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the side buttocks surrounding region can attain a modulus of between 0.987 to 1.833 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the length direction on the body.

12. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the waist whittler region can attain a modulus of between 0.399 to 0.741 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

13. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region each can attain a modulus of between 0.399 to 0.741 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in a length direction on the body.

14. The liner of claim 8 , wherein the waist transition region can attain a modulus of between 0.504 to 0.936 at 30 percent elongation with a 15 pound load in the width direction on the body.

15. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the second region is the side hips region and further comprising the waist whittler region, the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region, wherein the first abdominal border region and the second abdominal border region border opposite sides of the first region, wherein the side hips region has a first side hip region on a side of the first abdominal border region opposite the first region and a second side hip region on a side of the second abdominal border region opposite the first region, and wherein the waist whittler region has a first waist region above the first side hip region and a second waist region above the second side hip region.

16. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the body of fabric is free of side seams.

17. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the body of fabric has side seams.

18. The liner of claim 1 , wherein the abdominal region covers an abdominal region and a crotch portion on the body.

19. The liner of claim 2 , wherein the buttocks region has an elongation, extension, or elasticity that is higher than a side buttocks surrounding region, a bottom buttocks surrounding region, and a top buttocks surrounding region so that an area of a wearer's body surrounding a wearer's buttocks is compressed at a higher modulus than the buttocks region.

20. The liner of claim 2 , wherein the buttocks region has the lowest modulus at 30% in a length direction on a body and a width direction around the body than any other region.

21. The liner of claim 3 , wherein the side buttocks surrounding region has a modulus at 30% in a length direction on a body that is equal to or greater than 244% more than the buttocks region.

22. The liner of claim 2 , wherein the abdominal region has the highest modulus in a width direction around a body of any other region.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2020
From: A & H SPORTSWEAR CO., INC.; PENBROOKE SWIMSUITS, INC.; MAINSTREAM SWIMSUITS, INC.; MAINSTREAM INTERNATIONAL, INC.; BACKFLIPS, INC.; LONGEVITY BRANDS, LLC; LOS ANGELES CREATIVE DESIGN, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 053737/0450 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2020
From: WALDMAN, MARK; GORDON, RUTH; BUTLER, LISA MARY
To: GLOBAL TRADEMARKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 051858/0771 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62807428 · Feb 19, 2019
Related Publication 20200260808A1 · Aug 20, 2020
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