US3196879A

US3196879A - Panty-girdle combination

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Publication number: US3196879A
Application number: US235400A
Authority: US
Inventors: Mona H Leese
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-11-05
Filing date: 1962-11-05
Publication date: 1965-07-27
Anticipated expiration: 1982-07-27

Description

0M 165 M. H. LEESE PANTY-GIRDLE COMBINATION Filed Nov. 5, 1962 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 PANTY-GIRDLE COMBINATION Filed Nov. 5, 1962 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fi i 0 fieverre cu/ f 14/, 34 if 5 llryarrregf Juliy 2K M. H. LEESE 3,19,87

PANTY-GIRDLE COMBINATION Filed NOV 5, 1962 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 y wi ng United States Patent 3,196,879 PANTY-GIRDLE COMBHNATION Mona H. Leese, 11626 Blix St., North Hollywood, Calif. Filed Nov. 5, 1962, Ser. No. 235,400 13 Claims. (Cl. 128-528) This invention relates to a panty-girdle combination to encircle and desirably support and confine the whole abdominal region of the wearer in a comfortable manner.

One requisite of an undergarment construction for this purpose is that it be comfortable for the wearer at all body postures including standing, sitting, bending and stooping. Another requisite is that the garment structure be dynamically flexible in the sense of yielding freely to follow all body movements and of conforming freely to different successive postures without binding, wrinkling or curling. It is further desirable that the garment construction lend itself to eflicient fabrication with economy in both material and labor.

The object of the invention is to meet these needs and in addition to avoid certain troublesome diificulties that arise in the construction of any garment that is intended to confine the abdominal region.

One of these difficulties is that a confining garment structure that extends up and over the buttocks from the crotch, tends to be stretched excessively when the wearer sits down and especially when the wearer bends over or stoops. The excessive stretching creates exceedingly uncomfortable concentrated pulling force in the crotch region of the garment.

This problem of excessive strain in the fabric of the garment when the wearer bends or stoops is solved in part by providing two garments in the form of a lower panty and an upper waist nipper. The lower margin of the front of the waist nipper overlaps the upper margin of the front of the panty and both garments are releasably interconnected in this region. The virtue of this construction is that while the back region of the waist nipper and the back region of the panty are normally and desirably close together, the two separate freely at the back when the wearer bends and thus avoid the necessity of stretching the fabric all the way down the back.

The problem of excessive stretching strain in the fabric when the wearer bends is solved in further part by employing a panty construction that inherently provides a maximum stretching range along two diagonals that intersect at the crotch. Each of these two diagonals extends downward across the front of the panty and through the crotch all the way up the back of the panty, the freedom for stretching action being continuous and uninterrupted through the whole extent of each of these two diagonal ranges. In this regard, a special advantage is that there are no cross seams whatsoever in the crotch region.

From the foregoing explanation, it is apparent that with the back region of the waist nipper disconnected from the back region of the panty, the amount of stretch by the panty to accommodate bending action is reduced and the further provision of providing the panty itself with an extended stretching range completely solves the problem of avoiding excessive strains when the wearer bends or stoops.

Another difiiculty that is encountered arises from the fact that stays are desirable to keep the garment fabric fiat in the upper front abdominal region. When the ice wearer bends forward, the stays tend to dig into the flesh in an uncomfortable manner and often painful manner. This difliculty is met, in part, by overlapping the front region of the waist nipper with the front region of the panty as mentioned above and is met, in further part, by incorporating a pair of spaced diagonal stays of highly flexible character in the front of the waist nipper. Each of the two stays is of a highly flexible type of a wellknown construction which may be described as a flattened metal coil construction. Such a stay is freely flexible in all lateral directions.

The two spaced stays incline forwardly and upwardly towards each other and each is dimensioned and located to overlap the rib cage of the wearer when the wearer is in an upright posture. When the wearer sits down, the two stays merely shift slightly in their contact with the rib cage without dropping below the rib cage. Thus the upper ends of the stays cannot tend to dig into the flesh and the lower ends of the stays are freely slideable in their overlapping, diagonal relation to the front of the panty. If the wearer bends sharply forward, the two diagonal stays readily flex to follow the changing body contour and help to replace the garment in its proper position on the body after bending.

Two additional difiiculties that are commonly encountered are solved by the garment structure. One of these difficulties is that the wearer may find it diflicult to slip into the panty because the waist dimension of the panty is necessarily restricted for the panty to serve its purpose of confining the abdominal region of the body. The other difliculty is that with the panty desirably constructed of elastic fabric, the front of the panty may be so yieldable as to be incapable of pulling in on the front abdominal region.

The first difliculty is met by a wrap-around construction that provides two flaps having their base portions connected to the body of a panty at the two sides respectively of the panty. Before the panty is donned by the wearer, the two side flaps are free to make the waist dimension of the panty freely stretchable to permit the wearer to slip into the panty. The two side flaps are then wrapped around the rear of the wearer and are interconnected by the wearer to reinforce and restrict the waist portion of the panty. Thus only a single layer of fabric in the rear region of the waist of the panty need be stretched in donning the panty, but two layers of the fabric become effective to encircle the body when the panty is donned. In this regard a feature of the invention is that the two wrap-around flaps are adapted for adjustable interconnection to give the wearer choice with regard to the degree panty.

The second difficulty that the front of an elastic garment may be too resilient is met by providing two layers of elastic fabric permanently sewn together at the front of the panty. The two mutually reinforcing layers of fabric provide the required strength across the front of the abdomen of the wearer, covering a portion of the hip bones.

An important advantage of the invention is that the wrap-around panty construction providing the two diagonal continuous extensive stretching ranges may be made of only two pieces of material and the two pieces of material may be of the same configuration. Each of the to which the body is to be confined by the awasvo two pieces of elastic fabric is of the general configuration of an hourglass and the two pieces are sewn together in overlapping relation to form a composite piece that is also of the general configuration of an hourglass. The narrowed neck of the hourglass configuration is the crotch of the panty and is formed with full overlap of both pieces of fabric for maximum strength in this region. Each of the two pieces of fabric provides a diagonal line of stretch that runs straight with the weave of the goods the two diagonals intersecting at the crotch region.

The features and advantages of the invention may be understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings, which are to be regarded as merely illustrative:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the garment con bination;

FIG. 2 is a similar view of the panty alone, the waist nipper being omitted;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view of the panty;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view of the panty with the wrap-around flaps open;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the panty with the wraparound fiaps closed;

FIG. 6 is a fragmentary perspective view showing means for adjustably interconnecting the two wrap-around flaps at the back of the panty;

FIG. 7 is a front elevational view of the waist nipper with the waist nipper open fiat;

FIG. 8 is a similar inside or rear view of the flat of the waist nipper;

FIG. 9 is a plan view of a composite fabric member comprising two overlapping pieces of elastic fabric;

FIG. 10 is a plan view of a piece of elastic yardage showing how pieces of fabric may be cut therefrom to make panties; and

FIG. 11 is a front view of a junior version of the panty.

In the drawings, the panty of the garment combination is generally designated P and the associated waist nipper is generally designated W. Y

The panty shown in FIGS. 1-6 may be formed of two pieces of elastic fabric, which fabric, for example, may be of the type known to the trade as Banlon elastic, or the type known to the trade as spandex elastic. The two pieces of the fabric may be cut from yard goods in the manner indicated in FIG. 10. Each of the fabric cutouts shown in FIG. 10 is of the general configuration of an hourglass, the fabric having an enlarged end portion to form one-half of the back of the panty and a second enlarged end portion 22 to form a part of the front of the panty, these two end portions being interconnected by a relatively narrow neck portion 24 which is in the crotch region of the finished panty.

The end portion 20 has a substantially straight edge 25 which is at the upright back seam of the panty, a second substantially straight edge 26 which is at the lower leg opening of the panty, and a third straight edge 27 which is at a side seam of the panty. The neck portion 24 of the piece of fabric is formed by two opposite

curved edges

28 and 30, the curved edge 28 being a continuation of the straight edge 25.

The second enlarged end portion 22 has two substantially

straight edges

32 and 34 which meet at a point 35 to form one of the two wrap-around flaps of the panty. The second straight edge 34 and the curved edge 30 form a second oppositely directed point 36 which, as will be explained, is in the general region of one of the hip bones of the wearer when the panty is worn. The term hip bone is to be understood as meaning the upper point of the pelvic bone in the hip region of the anatomy.

FIG. 9 shows how two pieces of fabric of the described configuration may be partially overlapped and sewn together to form a composite fabric member in the early stage of manufacturing the panty. It is to be noted that the two pieces of fabric cross each other in the crotch region so that in FIG. 9 the end portion 20a of one piece of fabric is on the left side of the composite member and the other end portion 22a of the same piece of fabric is on the right side of the composite member while the end portion 20b of the second piece of fabric is on the right side of the composite member and the other end portion 22b of the second piece of fabric is on the left hand side of the composite member.

Referring again to FIG. 10, it is apparent that a line 38 across the cutout fabric is perpendicular to the side edges of the yard goods and is therefore straight with the goods i.e., oriented in the same direction as threads of the yard goods, in this instance, the orientation being parallel to the warp of the yard goods. In the composite member shown in FIG. 9, the two lines 38 of the two pieces of fabric are diagonal lines which intersect in the crotch region at an acute angle relative to each other. These two lines are lines of stretch which are active when the wearer of the panty bends forward or bends to one side. It can be seen in FIG. 9 that there is no transverse seam in the crotch region to intercept these lines and thus destroy the continuity of stretch along the lines. Thus there is continuous freedom for stretching along the length of each of the two diagonal lines 38.

As indicated in FIG. 9, suitable stitching is employed in the composite member. Thus the previously mentioned two straight edges 27 (FIG. 10) of the two end portions 20a and 2% of the two pieces of superimposed fabric are sewn together to form the upright back seam 40 of the finished panty and both

curved edges

28 and 30 are hemmed, the hems being continued along the

straight edges

32 and 34. The straight edges 26 are hemmed but the straight edges 25 are left unhemmed. The two pieces of fabric are sewn directly to each other in all of the regions where the two pieces of fabric overlap.

It is to be noted that the two pieces of fabric overlap in the extensive area bounded by the two opposite points 36. As may be seen in FIG. 2 this front region 44 of the panty is a generally triangular region in which the two pieces of fabric reinforce each other for confining the abdomen of the wearer. It is also to be noted as indicated in FIG. 3, that each of the two points 36 lies at the region of the hip bone of the wearer.

It is to be further noted in FIG. 9 that the two straight edges 34 of the two pieces of fabric intersect at a slight angle to form a dip 45 at the top edge of the panty. Thus the upper edge of the front of the panty conforms to the contour of the wearers body with no tendency for the upper edge of the panty to curl.

It is apparent that if the yard goods shown in FIG. 10 is of the same character and appearance on both of its faces, one of the fabric cutouts shown in FIG. 10 may be turned over and superimposed on another of the cutouts to make a panty. On the other hand, if the two faces of the fabric differ, one piece for each panty may be cut out as shown at the left in FIG. 10 and the other piece for the panty may be a reversed cutout, such a reversed cutout being shown at the right in FIG. 10.

In the next stage in the fabrication of a panty, the composite fabric member shown in FIG. 9 is folded and each of the straight edges 27 is sewn to the base of the corresponding wrap-around flap by lock stitching along the upright dotted line 48 shown in FIG. 3. The result is the formation of two wrap-around flaps 50 that are shown in open position in FIG. 4 and in closed position in FIG. 5.

Any suitable means may be provided for releasably anchoring the ends of the two flaps 50. For this purpose one of the flaps 50 may be provided with a flat hook element 52 as indicated in FIG. 6 and the other flap may be provided with complementary eyes or loops 54 for engagement selectively by the hook element. The hook element and the eyes or loops may be made of metal or may be made of plastic, but in any event are flat and inconspicuous.

The associated waist nipper W may be of the construction indicated in FIGS. 7 and 8. The body 55 of the waist nipper is of maximum width at the mid-front and tapers in both directions as shown. The opposite ends of the body 55 are provided with two flaps 56 and 53 respectively which are suitably adapted for interconnection. For example, the two

flaps

56 and 58 may be provided with hooks and eyes (not shown) or may be releasably interconnected by what is known in the art as Velcro. FIG. 8 also shows how each of the two

flaps

56 and 58 may be formed with sewn folds 59 that may be let out to increase the length of the waist nipper.

To keep the waist nipper in a fiat state and to prevent wrinkling, the fabric of the waist nipper may be held spread apart laterally by suitable stays. Thus FIG. 3 shows two oppositely and outwardly inclined stays 62 at the two ends of the body 55 and in addition, shows two longer stays 64 which are spaced apart on opposite sides of the midpoint of the waist nipper and are inclined upwardly towards each other.

As heretofore stated, the lower margin at the front of the waist nipper is suitably adapted for releasable connection to the upper margin of the front of the panty. For this purpose, as shown in FIG. 8, a suitable hook element d5 may be provided on the inside of the waist nipper and as indicated in FIG. 2, an inconspicuous cooperating eye element as may be provided on the panty.

The manner in which the panty-girdle combination serves its purpose may be readily understood from the foregoing description. With the two flaps 50 open as shown in FIG. 4, the panty may be readily slipped on by a wearer because the single layer of elastic fabric across the back of the garment readily stretches at the waist. The panty is grasped at each side in the regions of the side seams 43 which desirably resist stretching to facilitate the donning of the panty.

When the panty is donned, the two flaps 5d are hooked together at the desired waist adjustment. The Waist nipper W in open state is then connected to the panty by means of the hook element 65 and the eye element 65 and then the two ends fiaps 5d and 53 of the waist nipper are interconnected.

It is important to note that the two inclined front stays 64 of the waist nipper overlap the rib cage of the wearer in the manner indicated in FIG. 1 where the rib cage is indicated by the dotted lines 68. If the wearer bends forward the inclined stays 6d merely shift without leaving the rib cage and with no possibility of the two stays tending to thrust endwise into the fiesh of the wearer. As heretofore stated, the Waist nipper may be omitted and if it is omitted the eye element 66 on the front of the panty is inconspicuous.

The double thickness at the triangular front region 44 of the panty provides elastic strength where elastic strength is usually needed. The lines of sewing that outline this generally triangular front region of double fabric thickness follow the contours of the body of the wearer for maximum comfort. If the wearer leans forward or leans to either side, the fabric stretches along the heretofore mentioned intersecting diagonal lines Without interference and thus minimizes the pulling forces in the crotch region of the garment.

The junior version P of the panty shown in FIG. 11 does not require the flaps 5d and the flap material may be omitted. It is to be noted, however, that the omission of the flaps stillprovides the double layer of fabric in the triangular front region 44 of the panty. In all other respects the panty P is of the same construction as the adult version.

My description in specific detail of the presently preferred embodiment of the invention will suggest various changes, substitutions and other departures from my disclosure within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. For example, instead of the wrap-around fiaps 50 having extensive free portions as shown in FIG. 4, additional portions of the flap material may be sewn to the body of the panty. Thus, if desired, the flaps 50 may be sewn to the panty along the hem regions designated 70 in FIG. 5.

I claim:

1. A panty-girdle garment to be worn by a human being such as a woman or child, preferably of the feminine sex, wherein the garment has a crotch portion and a front and a back to conform to corresponding portions of the human being wearing the garment, including:

a first piece of elastic fabric and a second piece of elastic fabric overlapping the first piece along the crotch portion, the first and second pieces being attached to each other at the crotch portion along a line extending from the front to the back of the garment to form a composite fabric member, said composite member having a generally hourglass con figuration in the region of the crotch portion, the hourglass configuration of the composite member being defined by first and second enlargements at opposite ends of the composite member, the first enlargement of the hourglass configuration forming the front of the garment and the second enlargement forming the back of the composite member;

said first piece forming the left side of the back of the garment and the right side of the front of the garment,

said second piece forming the right side of the back of the garment and the left side of the front of the garment.

' 2. A combination as set forth in claim 1 in which the first and second pieces intersect each other at an acute angle at the crotch of the garment and in which the first and second pieces are attached to each other along a line extending into the crotch from the second end of the composite member.

3. A combination as set forth in claim 2 in which said two pieces of fabric overlap each other to define a double fabric thickness at the crotch of the garment; and

in which'threads of the fabric in each piece extend continuously across that piece of fabric from end to end of that piece of fabric with the directions of such threads intersecting at an acute angle at the crotch of the garment whereby corresponding uninterrupted lines of stretch action extend across the garment for comfort-lending yield of the fabric of the garment when the human being wearing the garment sits down or bends over.

4. A panty-girdle garment to be worn by a human being such as a woman or child, preferably of the feminine sex, wherein the garment has a crotch and a front and a back to conform to corresponding portions of the human being wearing the garment, including:

a first piece of elastic fabric having a generally hourglass configuration defined by a neck portion and a back portion and a front portion having a greater width than the back portion, and

a second piece of elastic fabric with a configuration corresponding to that of the first piece, the second piece overlapping the first piece and attached to the first piece along the neck and back portions of the first and second pieces to form a composite fabric member having a generally hourglass configuration where the hourglass configuration is defined by enlarged portions at first and second opposite ends, the first enlargement of the hourglass configuration in the composite member forming the front of the finished garment and the second enlargement forming the back and the narrow portion of the hourglass configuration forming the crotch in the composite member,

said first piece forming the left side of the back of the garment and the right side of the front of the garment with a portion extending partially over the left side of the front of the garment in the pelvic region of the human being wearing the garment,

said second piece forming the right side of the back of the garment and the left side of the front of the garment with a portion extending partially over the right side of the front of the garment in the pelvic region of the human being wearing the garment.

5. A combination as set forth in claim 4 wherein said partially extending portion of the first piece has a tapered configuration which converges to a point in the region of the left hip bone of the human being wearing the garment and wherein said partially extending portion of the second piece has a tapered configuration which converges to a point in the region of the right hip bone of the human being wearing the garment.

6. In a panty-girdle garment to be worn by a human being such as a woman or child, preferably of the feminine sex, wherein the garment has a crotch and a front and a back to conform to corresponding portions of the human being wearing the garment, two overlapping pieces of elastic fabric, the pieces overlapping each other in a particular relationship at the crotch at an acute angle to each other to define the front portion of the garment and being attached to each other along the crotch, one piece having a first edge sloping downward to the right from a position corresponding to the right side of the waist of the human being wearing the garment to a region corresponding to the region of the left hip bone of the human being and having a second edge sloping downward to the left from a region corresponding to the region of the left hip bone to the crotch region, the other piece having a first edge sloping downward to the left from a position corresponding to the left side of a region corresponding to the waist to the region of the right hip bone and having a second edge sloping downward to the right from the region of the right hip bone tot he crotch region.

7. A combination as set forth in claim 6 wherein the first and second edges of each piece taper in one direction toward an extremity and wherein the tapered extremities of each piece overlap each other at the back of the garment and wherein means are provided at the tapered extremity of each piece to releasably attach each piece to the other piece.

8. A combination as set forth in claim 7 wherein the means releasably attaching the tapered extremities of the first and second pieces are adjustable to vary the waist dimensions of the garment.

9. A panty-girdle garment to be worn by a human being such as a woman or child, preferably of the feminine sex, wherein the garment has a crotch and a front and a back and a waist to conform to corresponding portions of the human being wearing the garment, including:

two overlapping pieces of elastic fabric each having a back portion and a front portion and each having, at an intermedaite position corresponding to the crotch, an hourglass configuration defined by the front portion and the back portion and each having a configuration identical to that of the other piece, the two pieces being disposed in opposed overlapping relationship at an acute angle to each other and being attached to each other along a line extending from the back of the garment to the crotch to define the back portion of the garment, the front portion of one piece having a first edge sloping downward to the right from the right side of the waist to a region corresponding to the region of the left hip bone of the wearer and having a second edge sloping downward to the left from a region corresponding to the region of the left hip bone of the wearer to the crotch region, the front portion of the other piece having a first edge sloping downward to the left from the left side of the waist to a region corresponding to the region of the right hip bone of the wearer and having a second edge sloping downward to the right d from a region corresponding to the region of the right hip bone of the wearer to the crotch region, said first and second edges of the two pieces respectively defining two opposite wrap-around flaps at their extremities, the flaps having intermediate portions permanently connected to the back portion of the garment along upright seams at the opposite sides respectively of the garment, the ends of the flaps extending around the hips and being attached to the back of the garment at the extremities of the flaps.

1%. A combination as set forth in claim 9 wherein means are included at the extremities of the flaps to interconnect said two wrap-around portions, said interconnecting means being releasable and being adjustable to vary the waist dimension of the garment.

11. A parity-girdle garment to be worn by a human being such as a woman or child, preferably of the feminine sex, wherein the garment has a crotch and a front and a back to conform to corresponding portions of the human being wearing the garment and to confine the abdominal region of the wearers body and to conform to the body in all stretchable positions of the body, comprising:

a panty to encircle the lower abdominal region, the panty being defined by a pair of opposed wrap-around pieces disposed in an overlapping and angular relationship to each other at the crotch and attached to each other from the crotch to the end defining the back of the pieces to stretch in accordance with the stretch of the wearers body, the opposed pieces having flaps extending from the front of the garment to the back of the garment in overlapping relationship to each other at the back of the garment;

means at the ends of the flaps on the opposed wraparound pieces to releasably interconnect the ends of said flaps to constrict the lower abdominal region of the wearer;

a waist nipper to encircle the upper abdominal region above the panty, said waist nipper having two ends;

means to releasably interconnect said two ends of the waist nipper to restrict the upper abdominal region; and

means on the waist nipper and on the panty to releasably interconnect the waist nipper and the panty.

12. A combination as set forth in claim 11 wherein the panty includes a back portion defined by the attachment of the opposed wrap-around pieces from the crotch to the ends defining the back of the pieces and wherein the back portion of the panty is attached to the flaps on the opposed wrap-around pieces along the opposite extremities of the back portion. I

13. In combination to confine the abdominal region of a wearers body and to conform to the body in all stretchable positions of the body wherein the wearers body includes a waist and a crotch and upper and lower abdominal regions and a rib cage above the abdominal regions:

a panty constructed of first and second pieces overlapping each other in region corresponding to the crotch of the wearer at an acute angle to each other and attached to each other along the crotch to embrace the lower abdominal region of the wearers body and to stretch in accordance with the stretch of the wearers body;

a waist nipper constructed to encircle the upper abdominal region of the wears body;

first means on the panty at the upper end of the panty;

and

second means on the waist nipper at the lower end of the waist nipper and cooperative with the first means to releasably connect the waist nipper to the panty, said waist nipper having separable ends, said waist nipper having two front spreading stays inclined upwardly towards each other in positions to overlap the rib cage of the wearer, said waist nipper having a bonded fold which is releasable for increasing the waist dimension of the waist nipper.

3 10 References Cited by the Examiner 3,022,788 2/62 Darcey 128-529 UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS 9/01 Pilling 1285 33 658,320 10/51 Great Britain. 6/48 Morgan 128431 5 1,002,868 11/51 France. 7/51 Burr 128--540 53 Gold 2 224 ADELE M. EAGER, Primary Examiner. 7/59 Beder 128-558 LOUIS R. PRINCE, Examiner.

Claims

1. A PANTY-GIRDLE GARMENT TO BE WORN BY A HUMAN BEING SUCH AS A WOMEN OR CHILD, PREFERABLY OF THE FEMININE SEX, WHEREIN THE GARMENT HAS A CROTCH PORTION AND A FRONT AND A BACK TO CONFORM TO CORRESPONDING PORTIONS OF THE HUMAN BEING WEARING THE GARMENT, INCLUDING: A FIRST PIECE OF ELASTIC FABRIC AND A SECOND PIECE OF ELASTIC FABRIC OVERLAPPING THE FIRST PIECE ALONG THE CROTCH PORTION, THE FIRST AND SECOND PIECES BEING ATTACHED TO EACH OTHER AT THE CROTCH PORTION ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK OF THE GARMENT TO FORM A COMPOSITE FABRIC MEMBER, SAID COMPOSITE MEMBER HAVING A GENERALLY HOURGLASS CONFIGURATION IN THE REGION OF THE CROTCH PORTION, THE HOURGLASS CONFIGURATION OF THE COMPOSITE MEMBER BEING DEFINED BY FIRST AND SECOND ENLARGEMENTS AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE COMPOSITE MEMBER, THE FIRST ENLARGEMENT OF THE HOURGLASS CONFIGURATION FORMING THE FRONT OF THE GARMENT AND THE SECOND ENLARGEMENT FORMING THE BACK OF THE COMPOSITE MEMBER; SAID FIRST PIECE FORMING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BACK OF THE GARMENT AND THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE GARMENT, SAID SECOND PIECE FORMING THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BACK OF THE GARMENT AND THE LEFT SIDE OF THE FRONT OF THE GARMENT.