IP Library Granted Patent US 8,499,364
Granted Patent B2
US 8,499,364 · App. 12/352,308 · Granted Aug 6, 2013

Visual privacy garment

Inventor: Shannon M. Dye (Thornton, CO)
Assignee: Camelflage LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,499,364
App. No.
12/352,308
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A ladies' visual privacy garment presents a smooth appearance over the vaginal area. The garment comprises a panty having a crotch portion provided with a layer of thin, flexible semi-rigid material that presents a smooth outer surface and overlies the vaginal area of the wearer, and a second layer of absorbent material.

Claims (15)

1. A lady's visual privacy garment comprising:

a panty having leg openings and a crotch portion between said openings extending upwardly at a front of the panty to provide a front panel of material of generally triangular configuration complemental to the female anatomy and which extends downwardly from along a portion of a frontal waistline to a reduced width at the crotch portion to thereby overlie a vaginal area of a wearer,

a first inner layer of thin, flexible semi-rigid material adjacent an inner face of a lower frontal portion of said front panel, the first inner layer having a first end configured to be positioned below a wearer's buttocks, the first inner layer extending forwardly from the first end over the crotch portion, and the first inner layer having minimal memory and presenting smooth inner and outer surfaces,

said first inner layer having a pattern of small holes therethrough presenting perforations to allow air flow and reduce moisture, and

a second layer of absorbent material overlying said inwardly facing surface of the first inner layer, and secured to said panty at hems of the leg openings on each side of the front panel and by first and second spaced-apart horizontal lines of stitching, the second layer thereby presenting a lining extending over the first inner layer and providing a space between the second layer and the front panel, wherein the first inner layer is secured in the space between the second layer and the front panel,

wherein said first and second layers are of inverted, generally triangular configuration,

whereby to provide the wearer with a comfortable garment that presents a smooth appearance over the vaginal area.

2. The invention as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first inner layer is a thin neoprene material.

3. The invention as claimed in claim 2 , wherein said neoprene material has a thickness of approximately 1/32- 1/16 inch.

4. The invention as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first layer has a thickness of approximately 1/32- 1/16 inch to thereby provide said minimal memory, whereby to conform only to the general shape of the underlying body of the wearer.

5. A lady's visual privacy garment comprising:

a panty having a waistband, a pair of leg openings and a frontal portion between said openings presenting a triangularly shaped front panel having a maximum width at said waistline and extending and tapering downwardly to a minimum width at a crotch portion of a wearer, and a central rear portion continuous with said front panel and adapted to extend from the crotch upwardly to merge with said waistband at a central, rear portion thereof,

an inner layer of absorbent material secured to the front panel at an interior portion thereof to form an enclosure with the front panel, said inner layer adapted to overlie a vaginal area of the wearer when the garment is worn, and

an interior panel disposed in the enclosure, the interior panel having a first end configured to be positioned below a wearer's buttocks and the interior panel extending forwardly from the first end over the crotch portion, said interior panel having minimal memory and a plurality of spaced perforations therein to allow air flow and reduce moisture, whereby to present a smooth surface over the vaginal area of the wearer to prevent an undesired camel toe appearance when the garment is worn,

wherein said inner layer and said interior panel are each generally triangular-shaped with decreasing width from top to bottom.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2009
From: DYE, SHANNON M.
To: CAMELFLAGE LLC
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100175170A1 · Jul 15, 2010