US3566879A - Girdle - Google Patents
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- US3566879A US3566879A US764757A US3566879DA US3566879A US 3566879 A US3566879 A US 3566879A US 764757 A US764757 A US 764757A US 3566879D A US3566879D A US 3566879DA US 3566879 A US3566879 A US 3566879A
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- 229920002334 Spandex Polymers 0.000 claims description 5
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C1/00—Corsets or girdles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C1/00—Corsets or girdles
- A41C1/02—Elastic corsets
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- GIRDLE It is a function of all foundation garments, which will be referred to hereinafter as girdles regardless of their specific construction or whether they are intended for male or female use, to produce a slimming appearance of the body of the wearer around the abdominal and buttock regions. The wearers posture may, incidentally, be improved.
- FIG. 1 is a sketch showing the Transversus Abdominus muscle system in the human boy
- FIG. 2 is a sketch showing the Internal oblique muscle system in the human body
- FIG. 3 is a sketch showing the External oblique muscle system in the human body
- FIG. 4 is a sketch showing the Rectus Abdominus muscle system in the human body
- FIG. 5 is a sketch showing a front view of a girdle according to the present invention.
- FIG. 6 is a sketch of a side view of a present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a sketch of a rear view of a present invention.
- FIG. 1 shows the Transversus Abdominus muscle which stretches across the abdomen from side to side.
- 1 represents the elastic stretch panel corresponding to the Transversus Abdominus muscles.
- FIG. 2 shows the Internal oblique muscles which stretch downwardly and outwardly.
- the corresponding elastic panel in the girdle in FIG. 5 is shown as 2.
- FIG. 3 shows the External oblique muscles which stretch upwardly and outwardly
- an elastic panel 3 is girdle according to the girdle according to the provided in the girdle to correspond.
- FIG. 4 shows the Rectus Abdominus muscles which act vertically up and down, and in FIG. 5, the panel shown as 4 acts in the same way as the Rectus Abdominus muscles.
- FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, 6 represents-a panty girdle having an encircling upper portion and a pair of legs 8.
- the girdle is formed with side panels 9 of a stretchable or nonstretchable material extendingbetween elastic lace leg bands 10 and waist band 11.
- Lower front panels 12 and 13 of stretchable material extend from leg bands 10 to the main front panel 14 which is described in more detail hereinafter.
- back panels 15 and 16 of stretchable material extend between the leg bands 10 and main back panel 17 which is of similar construction to panel 14.
- a stretchable or nonstretchable crotch panel 18 may also be provided.
- Front panel 14 includes elastic panels 1, 2 and 3 which, as previously indicated correspond to the muscle system of the abdomen.
- Panel 1 lies in a substantially normal plane to he vertical side panel 9 and it will be observed that the edges of panel 1 are not parallel.
- Upper edge 19 slopes upwardly and away from panel 9 and lower edge 20 slopes downwardly and away from panel 9.
- Panel 2 slopes upwardly and away from panel 9 and has nonparallel sides.
- panel 3 slopes downwardly and away from panel 9 and has nonparallel sides.
- Each of elastic panels 1, 2 and 3 is securely sewn to its adjacent panel, panel 9, and vertical stretch or nonstretchable center panel 4.
- Center panel 4 corresponds to the Rectus Abdominus muscles and acts in the vertical plane to control the abdomen.
- edges of panels 1, 2 and 3 are not parallel, and it is a particular feature of the present invention that the nonparallel edges 19, 20, 21 and 22 have a common focus 23 which, by extrapolation, is usually located on side panel 9. Further, these nonparallel edges are sewn together to ensure that no gaps in muscle control occur.
- back panel 17 has 3 subpanels having nonparallel edges and which have a common focus at 23.
- back panel 17 is not provided with a vertical panel corresponding to panel 4 but this feature could be incorporated.
- the girdle is fabricated from any of the known elastic materials commonly employed in the art and generally known as elastic power nets and elastic lenos.
- a 420 denier bare Lycra (Trademark for a spandex fiber) knitted with 50 denier nylon has been found particularly suitable to retain light weight and maximum control. Rubber elastic may also be employed.
- the garment is double ply Lycra (Trademark), at panel 4 the garment is three ply and elsewhere the girdle is single ply material.
- a girdle having an elastic body encircling portion including a front portion and a back portion, said front portion including a central panel and three contiguous elastic panels, which are also contiguous with said central panel and said back portion, on each side of said central panel, said elastic panels being stretchable in a direction generally transverse to said central panel such that when said girdle is worn the uppermost pair of said elastic panels is stretchable in the direction of the internal oblique abdominal muscles of the human body, the lowermost pair of said elastic panels are stretchable in the direction of the external oblique abdominal muscles of the human body and the intermediate pair of elastic panels are stretchable in the direction of the Transversus Abdominus muscles of the human body.
- a girdle as claimed in claim 1 in which the central panel is stretchable in the direction of the Rectus Abdominus muscles of the human body.
- a girdle as in claim 1 including leg portions.
- a girdle as claimed in claim 3 including leg portions and a nonelastic crotch portion.
- a girdle as claimed in claim 3 including leg portions panels and an elastic crotch portion.
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- Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
- Professional, Industrial, Or Sporting Protective Garments (AREA)
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
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CA13735 | 1968-03-01 |
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BE (1) | BE728923A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
CH (1) | CH493218A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
DE (2) | DE1807863C3 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
FR (1) | FR2002970A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
GB (1) | GB1229704A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
NL (1) | NL6902855A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) |
Cited By (6)
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EP1424912A2 (en) | 2001-08-06 | 2004-06-09 | Medestea Internazionale S.r.l. | Control girdle with shaping action |
US20070220660A1 (en) * | 2006-03-24 | 2007-09-27 | Martin Roesch | Athletic supporter with stability anchor |
US20090031470A1 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2009-02-05 | Toray Industries, Inc. | Pants |
US20180177245A1 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2018-06-28 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
US20180289077A1 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2018-10-11 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
WO2020028828A1 (en) * | 2018-08-03 | 2020-02-06 | Rosecovered Llc | Shapewear garment |
Families Citing this family (2)
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US4538615A (en) * | 1984-01-20 | 1985-09-03 | Glamorise Foundations Inc. | Multipanel foundation garment |
US5571039A (en) * | 1994-10-28 | 1996-11-05 | Ford; Donna M. | Abdominal support |
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US3255756A (en) * | 1964-03-16 | 1966-06-14 | Swisstex Company | Girdle construction |
US3438376A (en) * | 1966-05-13 | 1969-04-15 | Fortuna Foundations Inc | Foundation garment |
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- 1969-02-25 BE BE728923D patent/BE728923A/xx unknown
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US3255756A (en) * | 1964-03-16 | 1966-06-14 | Swisstex Company | Girdle construction |
US3438376A (en) * | 1966-05-13 | 1969-04-15 | Fortuna Foundations Inc | Foundation garment |
Cited By (10)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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EP1424912A2 (en) | 2001-08-06 | 2004-06-09 | Medestea Internazionale S.r.l. | Control girdle with shaping action |
US20090031470A1 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2009-02-05 | Toray Industries, Inc. | Pants |
US8732865B2 (en) * | 2005-04-21 | 2014-05-27 | Toray Industries, Inc. | Pants |
US20070220660A1 (en) * | 2006-03-24 | 2007-09-27 | Martin Roesch | Athletic supporter with stability anchor |
US7631369B2 (en) * | 2006-03-24 | 2009-12-15 | Winds Enterprises, Inc. | Performance underwear |
US20180177245A1 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2018-06-28 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
US20180289077A1 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2018-10-11 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
US10638798B2 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2020-05-05 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
US10660374B2 (en) * | 2016-12-28 | 2020-05-26 | Carrie Glaude | Adjustable foundation garment |
WO2020028828A1 (en) * | 2018-08-03 | 2020-02-06 | Rosecovered Llc | Shapewear garment |
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CH493218A (fr) | 1970-07-15 |
GB1229704A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) | 1971-04-28 |
BE728923A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) | 1969-08-01 |
DE1807863C3 (de) | 1973-12-20 |
DE1807863A1 (de) | 1969-10-16 |
FR2002970A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) | 1969-11-07 |
NL6902855A (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) | 1969-09-03 |
DE1807863B2 (de) | 1973-05-30 |
DE6806081U (de) | 1969-03-06 |
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