US3734101A - Girdle with waistline area control - Google Patents

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US3734101A
US3734101A US00207495A US3734101DA US3734101A US 3734101 A US3734101 A US 3734101A US 00207495 A US00207495 A US 00207495A US 3734101D A US3734101D A US 3734101DA US 3734101 A US3734101 A US 3734101A
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  • ABSTRACT A girdle which provides for waistline area control and generally includes a body encircling and molding region terminating at an upper portion in a plurality of generally convergent marginal edges extending upwardly with respect to the body encircling region and inwardly with respect to each other to provide a plurality of open spaces between upwardly projecting areas.
  • a transversely extensible and preferably transversely elastic band of material is superimposed substantially circumferen'tially along the upper portion of the girdle. The band is secured to the upwardly projecting areas along the marginal edges of such projecting areas to provide zones of lesser modulus of elasticity between said upwardly projecting areas.
  • This invention relates to girdles and similar foundation garments and more particularly to improvements in the upper portion or waist region thereof. More particularly, the invention relates to an improved waist region for a girdle particularly a high-waisted girdle having alternately spaced regions of double-walled construction which provide without the use of stays, the necessary wall stability to mold the waist of the wearer and reduce unsightly bulging, with such areas interspersed by regions of lower modulus which deter the tendency of the waist portion of the garment to roll over and facilitates the placing of the garment on the body without the use of releasable zippers.
  • modulus is to be used herein as it is commonly utilized in the elastic fabrics part of the textile industry. Namely, it is the modulus of elasticity, which is measured as the ratio between the stretching force applied to the fabric and the percent elongation. The more resistance to stretch a fabric has, the higher its modulus value.
  • the fabrication becomes more expensive not only in terms of the cost of the zipper but further in terms of the sewing operation.
  • the zipper itself includes nonstretch bindings, which when emplaced in a garment, provides a non'stretch zone in the garment thus altering the balance of the garment, i.e., one side of the garment (generally overlying the hip) includes the zipper and the other side does not.
  • the line of stitching attaching the waistband to the girdle provides a ready pivotal line or fulcrum for the waistband, thus giving the waistband a predilection to roll over.
  • Black requires the additional step of folding over the upper margin of the garment to establish a doublewalled construction.
  • a line of stitching is required around the girdle which can have undesirable effects on anatomical control regions used in conjunction with the main body encircling region of the girdle.
  • abdominal and/or derriere control means having stretch characteristics primarily in the vertical direction.
  • the existence of the aforementioned line of stitching and/or doubled layer construction secured across the anatomical control means can have the undesirable effect of partially negating the vertical stretch characteristics thereof.
  • a girdle it is desirable in a girdle to have, if desired, the ability to provide selective vertical stretch areas along the abdominal and derriere regions, often times in combination with twoway stretch body panels. The stresses exerted on all these panels provides a related stress on the waistline area and thus providing problems of garment balance not present in brassiere technology.
  • the instant invention establishes the desired release and shaping characteristics of the waist portion of a girdle by providing a girdle in which the main body encircling and molding region terminates at an upper portion thereof in a plurality of upwardly projecting areas disposed thereabout, with each such area including a plurality of generally convergent marginal edges extending upwardly with respect to the main body encircling region and inwardly with respect to each other to thereby further establish a plurality of open spaces of predetermined depths alternately spaced between the upwardly projecting areas.
  • a band of material of appreciable wall stability such as horizontally extensible elastic.
  • the end result of this extremely simple construction is a waist region comprising areas of double-walled construction which provide, without the use of stays, the necessary wall stability to mold and reproportion the waist of the wearer and reduce unsightly bulging, with such area interspersed by regions of lower modulus due to the absence of any superimposition of the girdle body material, which deter the waist region from curling or rolling over and further provides sufficient releases so as to allow placement of the garment on the body without the need for a side zipper.
  • the invention is employed in a high-waisted girdle in which the waist portion thereof projects above the normal waist line region of the wearer.
  • the improved waist region hereof is employed in conjunction with a girdle including supplementary anatomical control means (such as reinforcement paneling for the abdomen and/or derriere) having stretch characteristics primarily in the vertical direction.
  • supplementary anatomical control means such as reinforcement paneling for the abdomen and/or derriere
  • the line of stitching employed to aid in the securement of the aforementioned band of elastic material to the upstanding areas of the body encircling region is not secured across such reinforcement paneling and therefore has no restricting effect on the vertical stretch characteristics thereof.
  • a girdle comprising a body encircling and molding region terminating at an upper portion thereof in a plurality of upwardly projecting areas each including a plurality of generally convergent marginal edges extending upwardly with respect to said body encircling region and inwardly with respect to each other thereby further establishing a plurality of open spaces of predetermined depths alternately spaced between the upwardly projecting areas; and a band of material secured to the upwardly projecting areas along the marginal edges thereof, providing zones of lesser modulus between said upwardly projecting areas.
  • Another object of the instant invention is to provide such a girdle which establishes predetermined release characteristics in the waist portion thereof to deter the tendency of the waist portion to curl or roll over especially when the wearer sits, stoops or bends.
  • Another object of the instant invention is to provide such a girdle which facilitates the placement of the garment on the body of the wearer.
  • Yet another object of the instant invention is to provide such a girdle which is more economical and easier to manufacture than prior girdles intended to provide similar control.
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide an improved waist region for a girdle having anatomical control means associated therewith.
  • Another object of the instant invention is to provide an improved waist region for a high-waisted girdle.
  • FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a girdle constructed in accordance with the teachings of the instant invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic illustration of the girdle of FIG. 1 as worn.
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view of the girdle shown in FIG. 1 taken along the lines 33 thereof.
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the girdle shown in FIG. 1. taken along the lines 44 thereof.
  • FIG. 5- is a sectional view of the girdle shown in FIG. 1 taken along the lines 5-5 thereof.
  • FIG. 6 is a partial front perspective view of an alternative embodiment of a girdle having a waistband constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view of the girdle shown in FIG. 6 taken along the lines 7-7 thereof.
  • FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the girdle shown in FIG. 6 taken along the lines 8-8 thereof.
  • FIG. 9 is a partial front perspective view of yet another embodiment of a girdle having a waistband constructed in accordance with the instant invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a partial sectional view of an alternative embodiment of the instant invention.
  • FIGS. 1 through 5 a girdle constructed in accordance with the principles of the instant invention.
  • FIGS. 1 through 5 a girdle constructed in accordance with the principles of the instant invention.
  • the present invention is equally applicable to other similar foundation garments, such as panty girdles, corsets, back supports, or the like, and even to garments generally for use by both men and women, such as swim suits, trousers, shorts, pants, or the like.
  • the girdle 10 comprises a main body encircling region 12 which is adapted to confine and shape the body of the wearer from the waist down through the hips.
  • the body encircling region may comprise a single piece of material or if desired, the body encircling region may comprise a plurality of parts appropriately sewn together.
  • the body encircling region in the embodiment is comprised of material having two-way stretch characteristics, for example a power net material, or a laminated material such as the type of U. S. Pat. No. 3,489,154 or an appropriate woven material.
  • the aforementioned are only exemplary of the type of materials which may be employed depending on the characteristics desired to the main body portion of the garment.
  • the girdle includes anatomical control means in the form of an abdominal control panel 16 sewn along its side edges 18 to the main body encircling region 12.
  • anatomical control means in the form of an abdominal control panel 16 sewn along its side edges 18 to the main body encircling region 12.
  • the stretch characteristics of the control panel 16 are primarily in the vertical direction thereby facilitating stretching movements while at the same time properly molding the flesh of the abdomen.
  • the body encircling region 12 terminates in a plurality of upwardly projecting areas 22 spaced circumferentially thereabout. As shown, the areas 22 are integral portions of the main bodyencircling region 12 and therefore consist of the same material. Of course, e areas 22 may differ depending upon the components of the main body encircling region 12.
  • Each of the areas 22 includes a pair of generally convergent marginal edges 24 and 26 which extend generally upwardly with respect to the body encircling region 12 andinwardly with respect to each other.
  • the marginal edges 24 and 26 extend upwardly from an imaginary base line 28 which corresponds generally to the waist line location of the wearer and to a line of stitching 30 to be discussed in further detail.
  • the generally curved marginal edges 24 and 26 thereby establish a scalloped configuration which necessarily establishes a plurality of generally inverted triangular open spaces 32 of predetermined depths alternately spaced between the upwardly projecting areas 22.
  • the depth of the open spaces32 which are at the front of the girdle and adjacent the upwardly projecting area 22 into which the control panel 16 projects are not as deep as the other spaces 32 about the remaining circumference of the girdle.
  • a band 36 of a material, such as elastic is superimposed upon the upwardly projecting areas 22 and secured thereto by a line of stitching 34 following the marginal edges 24 and 26 . Because it is not overlayed with the body material such band 36 has a lower modulus than such areas of superimposed material. More preferably, the band 36 has stretch characteristics only in a horizontal direction as indicated by the single doubleheaded arrow 38.
  • the band 36 has a width at least equal to the depth of the deepest open space 32. Thus all of the generally triangular open spaces 32 now become overlayed by the correspondingly shaped portions of the band 36. As illustrated in FIG. 9, the band may have a width greater than the width of the area 22 inches and actually extend thereabove.
  • the ends 40, 42 of the band 36 are sewn upon each other whereby it will be appreciated that the band 36 has a total length approximating the circumference of the body encircling region 12 at the upper portion thereof.
  • the length of the band 36 may be less than the circumference of the body encircling region 12'. In such a case, it is desirable to locate the gap in the band 36 at the rear of the garment.
  • the end result is an extremely simplified waist region comprising areas of double-walled construction (comprising the upstanding areas 22 superimposed upon correspondingly shaped areas of the elastic band 36) which provide the primary wall stability to mold and redistribute the waist of the wearer, with such double-walled areas being interspersed by those regions of lower modulus which fill the triangular spaces 32 to provide the waist region with the high release characteristics which deter roll over and at the same time facilitate garment placement on the body.
  • the manufacture of these various embodiments of the instant invention is extremely simple. Thus, once the regions 22 have been defined, the only step required in the instant invention is to secure the band 36 in overlying relationship with respect to the areas 22.
  • FIG. 2 is intended to illustrate the manner in which the improved waist region of the instant invention functions when the girdle 10 is on the body.
  • the double-walled portions of the waist region comprising the upstanding areas 22 superimposed upon correspondingly shaped areas of the band 36, tend to restrain, mold and redistribute the fleshy waist region of the wearer, especially in the high-waisted garment illustrated, while the release areas, comprising those portions of the elastic band 36 which fill in the inverted triangular open spaces 32, provide the waist region with a limited degree of extensibility (indicated by the horizontal arrows 38) which deter waist band curl over especially when the wearer bends or stoops for example in the manner illustrated in FIG. 2.
  • the predetermined release characteristics built into the waist region of a girdle constructed in accordance with the instant invention materially facilitates garment placement on the body.
  • control panels 16 and 16" are illustrative of such control means and as noted, have stretch characteristics primarily in the vertical direction to achieve certain predesired functional results.
  • the control panels 16 extend above the waist-line region 28 of the body encircling portion 12 and up into the upstanding area 22 which is centrally located in the front of the garment.
  • the line of stitching 30 which aids in securing the band 36 to the upstanding areas 22 does not extend across the abdominal control panels 16 (compare for example FIGS. 4 and 5). Accordingly, the performance of the control panel 16 is in no way affected because the girdle includes the improved waist construction of the instant invention. Further the absence of such lines of securement eliminates a pivot line thus aiding in deterring roll or curl.
  • the depth of the triangular open spaces 32 which are adjacent the upstanding area 22 into which the control panel 16 projects is actually less than the depth of the remaining open spaces 32.
  • the triangular open spaces 32 which are closest to the control panels 16 and 16" do not extend all the way down to the waist line portion of the garment 28 corresponding in turn to the location of the line of stitching 30.
  • the provision of the reduced depth open regions 32 adjacent the abdominal control panels 16 has the effect of reducing the horizontal stretch characteristics of the waist region of the garment in that area (the abdominal region) where horizontal release characteristics are least desired.
  • FIG. 10 there is illustrated yet another embodiment of the instant invention wherein the band 36" actually extends below the waist-line portion 28" corresponding in turn to the location of the line of stitching 30".
  • the tendency of the waist region of the garment to curl out in the clockwise direction illustrated by the arrow 50 will be resisted to a certain extent by that portion 52 of the band 36" which extends below the fulcrum defined by the line of stitching 30".
  • each of the embodiments described provides at the upper portion of a girdle an extensible collar region having selective release areas adapted to allow for a predetermined outward flaring which not only allows for the emplacement of the girdle on the body with a portion of the girdle extending upward beyond the normal waistline area of the wearer, but additionally provides in such area means to mold and reproduction flesh without untoward pressures, or the need for auxiliary means to provide wall stability such as stays or the like.
  • the construction of the collar region not only is accomplished in a highly economic manner through the implementation of the basic body material of the girdle in combination with a single piece (if desired) of elastic material, the construction is readily adaptable for use with body materials of varying degrees of stretch characteristics and/or modulus with minor variations in affixation providing a ready means for allowing the forces of the body material to properly perform their desired function without exerting pressures on the waistline region to cause distortion, curling, etc.
  • girdles constructed of knitted spandex of a given construction provide a different degree of horizontal and vertical forces than a girdle constructed of a woven fabric, and a girdle constructed of woven material exert a different degree of horizontal and vertical forces than a laminated stretch composite.
  • auxiliary panelling for greater molding and shaping may be provided not only at the abdomen and derriere regions, but may further be found along the hips and thighs of a girdle.
  • the instant invention provides a means for the integration of the body material into the waistline region without having the stretch characteristics of the body material adversely affect the performance of the waistline control.
  • a body fabric having a high degree of vertical elasticity is shaped along its upper edge as heretofore described and, the elastic band heretofore described is superimposed horizontally about the major circumferential upper portion, the relatively high degree of vertical elasticity exerts a downward force on the elastic band.
  • the major degree of securement of the band to the elastic being is along the upwardly projecting areas of the body material along the marginal areas thereof. In such manner, the vertical forces of the body material are more evenly distributed and more smoothly dissipated along the hip region without acting as a vertical force of sufficient degree to cause the waistline region to curl.
  • the lower circumferential edge of the elastic band may be stitched to the body material along the major portion of its extent such as by use of zig-zag or other stitching which will still allow the elastic band to expand horizontally.
  • This same lower extent stitching may also be employed in composite fabrics which by their nature more nearly conform to the body of the wearer since the more natural molding action of the basic girdle material to the body acts to relieve the vertical strain along the waistline of the girdle.
  • the present invention provides a means readily adaptable for use in girdles of varying structure and material composition.
  • a girdle comprising;
  • a body encircling and molding region terminating at an upper portion thereof in a plurality of upwardly projecting areas each including a plurality of generally convergent marginal edges extending upwardly with respect to said body encircling region and inwardly with respect to each other to provide a plurality of open spaces of predetermined depths spaced between the upwardly projecting areas;
  • transversely extensible band of material extending generally circumferentially of said body encircling region, said band secured to said upwardly projecting areas along the marginal edges thereof, providing zones of lesser modulus of elasticity between said upwardly projecting areas.
  • said band is further secured to said upwardly projecting areas by a line of stitching along an imaginary base line of said upwardly projecting areas from which said marginal edges upwardly extend;
  • said body encircling region includes a control region which extends above said imaginary base line into one of said upwardly projecting areas;
  • the predetermined depth of some of said open spaces is less than the predetermined depth of other of said open spaces; wherein said some of said open spaces are located adjacent opposite sides of said one of said upwardly projecting areas into which said control region extends.
  • said body encircling region includes a control region cooperating therewith, and some of said open spaces are located adjacent opposite sides of said control region.
  • said line of stitching terminating at the intersections of said line of stitching and said control region.
  • a girdle comprising:
  • an elastic body encircling band of material said band extending generally circumferentially about the upper terminus of said body encircling region, and overlying said scalloped areas along their inward face, said band being secured to said scalloped areas at least along the scalloped outline thereof said band extending across the intermediate spaced areas between the scalloped areas, and also overlying said scalloped areas.

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US5897423A (en) * 1997-03-17 1999-04-27 Rosenberg; Jennifer Post-pregnancy compression garment
US20070079427A1 (en) * 2005-10-06 2007-04-12 Jockey International, Inc. Undergarment
US20070186325A1 (en) * 2005-11-12 2007-08-16 Eva Torrent Lopez Briefs with lumbar protection
US20090157034A1 (en) * 2007-12-14 2009-06-18 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Absorbent Article Having A Functional and Partially Encircling Waistband
US20100297914A1 (en) * 2009-05-21 2010-11-25 Jacky Cheung Laminated all elastomeric fabric and bar made thereof

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US3890979A (en) * 1973-11-05 1975-06-24 Jeannette I Fierst Reinforced foundation construction
US5897423A (en) * 1997-03-17 1999-04-27 Rosenberg; Jennifer Post-pregnancy compression garment
US20070079427A1 (en) * 2005-10-06 2007-04-12 Jockey International, Inc. Undergarment
US20070186325A1 (en) * 2005-11-12 2007-08-16 Eva Torrent Lopez Briefs with lumbar protection
US20090157034A1 (en) * 2007-12-14 2009-06-18 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Absorbent Article Having A Functional and Partially Encircling Waistband
US9089454B2 (en) 2007-12-14 2015-07-28 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Absorbent article having a functional and partially encircling waistband
US20100297914A1 (en) * 2009-05-21 2010-11-25 Jacky Cheung Laminated all elastomeric fabric and bar made thereof

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