IP Library Granted Patent US 11,730,213
Granted Patent B2
US 11,730,213 · App. 17/216,870 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Bottom garment having a comfort fit liner

Inventors: Whitney Neary (Mission, KS); Amber Burke (Lee's Summit, MO); Angela Kathleen Primavera (Lenexa, KS); Hannah Alice Palmer (Kansas City, MO); Shawn Tilson Mueller (Prairie Village, KS); Robert Owen (Pleasant Hill, MO); Ye Ren De (ShuDe FoShan, CN); Surendar Sihag (Rajasthan, IN); Yu Hui Bin (ShuDe FoShan, CN); John D. Lindquist (Liberty, NC); Steven Charles Miller (Olathe, KS)
Assignee: Wrangler Apparel Corp.
A41D27/02A41D1/06
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Patent No.
US 11,730,213
App. No.
17/216,870
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bottom garment including a front panel, a back panel, and a garment lining. The front panel formed of a first fabric and the garment lining formed of a second fabric. The garment lining attached to an inside surface of the front panel and an inside surface of the back panel. The garment lining attached above a crotch point of the garment such that the garment lining is less restrictive than the front panel.

Claims (29)

1. A bottom garment comprising:

a front panel formed of a first fabric;

a back panel; and

a garment lining formed of a second fabric, the garment lining attached to an inside surface of the front panel and an inside surface of the back panel, the garment lining having a top edge, the garment lining attached to the garment along the top edge thereof, the garment lining being less restrictive than the front panel.

2. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the back panel is formed of the first fabric.

3. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second fabric has a stretch in a weft direction that is greater than a stretch of the first fabric in the weft direction.

4. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second fabric has a stretch in a warp direction greater than a stretch of the second fabric in a weft direction.

5. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the first fabric has a stretch in a weft direction greater than 25% when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

6. The bottom garment according to claim 5 , wherein the stretch in the weft direction of the first fabric is between 25% and 60% when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

7. The bottom garment according to claim 6 , wherein the stretch in the weft direction of the first fabric is 50% when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

8. The bottom garment according to claim 5 , wherein a stretch of the second fabric in a weft direction is greater than 80% when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

9. The bottom garment according to claim 8 , wherein the stretch the second fabric in the weft direction is between 80% and 200% when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

10. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein a stretch of the second fabric in a weft direction is 150% or greater when tested according to ASTM D2594-04 (2012).

11. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second fabric comprises a knitted fabric.

12. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second fabric comprises a circular knit fabric.

13. The bottom garment according to claim 12 , wherein the circular knit fabric is an interlock circular knit fabric having 43 wales per inch and 38 courses per inch and 16 gauge.

14. The bottom garment according to claim 1 , wherein the second fabric comprises a synthetic yarn.

15. The bottom garment according to claim 14 , wherein the second fabric comprises polyester yarn.

16. The bottom garment according to claim 11 , wherein the knitted fabric is between 2 oz/sq yd and 6 oz/sq yd.

17. A bottom garment comprising:

a front panel formed of a first fabric;

a back panel; and

a garment lining formed of a second fabric attached on an inside of the front panel and the back panel such that the garment lining is less restrictive than the front panel and the back panel.

18. The bottom garment according to claim 17 , further comprising an elastic support band for maintaining a position of the bottom garment when the garment is worn.

19. The bottom garment according to claim 18 , wherein the elastic support band is disposed between the inside of the front panel and the garment lining.

20. A bottom garment comprising:

a waistband;

a first fabric forming a first garment panel, the first fabric panel having a top edge attached to the waistband; and

a second fabric forming a garment lining, the garment lining having a top edge, the garment lining attached along the top edge to an inside of the waistband or an inside of the first garment panel, the garment lining attached such that the garment lining is less restrictive than the first garment panel.

Assignments (4)
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 3, 2025
From: WRANGLER APPAREL CORP.; THE H.D. LEE COMPANY, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 071824/0398 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: VF JEANSWEAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
To: WRANGLER APPAREL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062999/0280 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: NEARY, WHITNEY; BURKE, AMBER; PRIMAVERA, ANGELA KATHLEEN; PALMER, HANNAH ALICE; MUELLER, SHAWN TILSON; OWEN, ROBERT; SIHAG, SURENDAR; BIN, YU HUI; LINDQUIST, JOHN D.; MILLER, STEVEN CHARLES; DE, YE REN
To: VF JEANSWEAR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Reel/Frame 062971/0432 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jan 3, 2022
From: THE H.D. LEE COMPANY, INC.; WRANGLER APPAREL CORP.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058570/0335 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16212899 · Dec 7, 2018
Continuation 15264783 · Sep 14, 2016
Provisional Application 62218210 · Sep 14, 2015
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