WO1996023920A1 - Culotte a ceinture de contention du bourrelet abdominal - Google Patents

Culotte a ceinture de contention du bourrelet abdominal Download PDF

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WO1996023920A1
WO1996023920A1 PCT/US1996/001268 US9601268W WO9623920A1 WO 1996023920 A1 WO1996023920 A1 WO 1996023920A1 US 9601268 W US9601268 W US 9601268W WO 9623920 A1 WO9623920 A1 WO 9623920A1
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Harold Gene Osborne
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Alba-Waldensian, Inc.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/04—Knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/10—Patterned fabrics or articles
    • D04B1/102—Patterned fabrics or articles with stitch pattern
    • D04B1/106—Patterned fabrics or articles with stitch pattern at a selvedge, e.g. hems or turned welts
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D04—BRAIDING; LACE-MAKING; KNITTING; TRIMMINGS; NON-WOVEN FABRICS
    • D04B—KNITTING
    • D04B1/00—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes
    • D04B1/22—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration
    • D04B1/24—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel
    • D04B1/243—Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent on the use of particular machines; Fabrics or articles defined by such processes specially adapted for knitting goods of particular configuration wearing apparel upper parts of panties; pants

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  • the invention relates generally to a panty- type undergarment for controlling abdominal bulge, a blank for making the panty and a method for making the panty. More specifically, the invention relates to the production of a circular knit panty-type undergarment having a wide turned welt knitted about its upper waist portion to form a abdominal bulge control band, and a blank and method for making the panty-type undergarment.
  • Patent No. 3,174,482 to Parrott disclose undergarments for supporting or flattening the abdominal region of a wearer.
  • the undergarment taught by the Blair patent has regions of a higher denier elastic material angled downwardly across the lower front of the undergarment to cause a wearer's abdomen to be lifted and flattened.
  • As the construction of this undergarment requires the use of many individual panel portions which must be seamed together, production of this undergarment tends to be labor intensive and slow.
  • the Parrott patent discloses a man's undergarment in the form of a pair of shorts which has a supplemental abdominal support band removably attached to a portion of the undergarment corresponding to a wearer's abdominal region.
  • the abdominal support band is disclosed as being circumferentially stretchable without being vertically stretchable, and is wider in the region proximate the center of the wearer's abdomen than the rest of the support band area.
  • the Parrott undergarment uses multiple seamed together panels and releasable-type fasteners are then attached to the undergarment so that the shaped elastic band can be attached thereto.
  • pantyhose designed to provide body bulge control .
  • the pantyhose of Lawson et al includes a narrow turned welt portion about its upper waist portion for providing a high degree of compressive force around the waist of a wearer, and leg portions providing little or no compressive force to a wearer's body.
  • An intermediate portion which provides a medium degree of compression is provided between the area of high compressibility and the area providing little or no compressive force in order that a smooth transition between the more compressive and less compressive parts of the pantyhose may be achieved.
  • panty-type undergarment having a wide control band portion for minimizing bulging of the abdominal region. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a method for making such an abdominal bulge controlling panty by circularly knitting.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a blank which can be used to form an abdominal bulge controlling panty with a minimal number of steps.
  • panty-type undergarment having a bulge control band for compressively controlling at least a portion of a wearer's abdominal region.
  • panty-type undergarment refers to articles of wearing apparel used to clothe at least a portion of a person's body between the waist and the thighs, a portion of which extends between a wearer's legs.
  • the panty-type undergarment includes a body portion for covering at least a portion of the region between a wearer's waist and legs. This body portion includes a crotch portion defined by first and second leg openings. The body portion may be specially configured to accommodate either female or male anatomy.
  • the bulge control band is integrally knit to the body portion and is knit so that it has a greater resistance to coursewise stretch than the body portion.
  • the bulge control band has a predetermined walewise length and the length of the body portion from the control band to the bottom of the leg openings is about 1.5 - 3 times, and preferably about 2 times, the predetermined walewise length of the control band.
  • elastic bands are also provided to extend circumferentially about the leg openings .
  • a method of manufacturing a circular knit blank for forming a panty having a bulge control band includes the step of knitting a series of courses in the form of a turned welt defining a first length of fabric.
  • the turned welt is knit to have a predetermined resistance to coursewise stretch by using particular knit configurations, such as rib knit, knitting with elasto eric yarns while they are in a stretched configuration, or knitting with a greater number of yarns in this region.
  • a second series of courses is knitted to the turned welt to define a single layer tubular fabric which is used to form the body portion of the panty.
  • This fabric portion is desirably about 5 inches in length and about twice as long as the turned welt portion of the blank.
  • this portion of the blank is formed to have a lesser resistance to coursewise stretch than the turned welt portion of the blank.
  • a portion of the single layer tubular fabric spaced from the turned welt portion desirably is formed from a modified knit configuration to form the crotch portion. Particularly desired is a knit configuration which forms a pile for forming the wearer contacting side of the crotch portion.
  • the blank provided by this method can then be readily formed into a panty-type undergarment. This is done by cutting and removing first and second spaced areas to define first and second leg openings and a crotch portion therebetween. The crotch portion between the leg openings is joined to the back portion of the tubular blank to form a completed panty.
  • elastic banding is attached around the leg openings in order that the leg openings can conform to a wearer's legs when the panty is donned.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a panty according to the invention as it is worn on a wearer with the control band folded downward;
  • FIG. 2 is a frontal view of a panty according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a rear view of a panty according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a front view of an alternative embodiment of a panty according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a view of a blank according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is view along line 6-6 of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 1 depicts the panty 10 of the invention having a bulge control band portion 12.
  • the bulge control band portion 12 of the panty 10 is desirably folded downwardly by the wearer in order to provide bulge control for the wearer's lower abdominal region. It is particularly desirable for the entire bulge control band 12 to be folded downwardly, as this orientation of the band provides particularly effective bulge control for the entire abdominal region. Because the control band extends circumferentially around the panty, the control band controls bulges around the hips and back of the wearer as well as the abdominal region.
  • Figs. 2 and 3 show front and rear views, respectively, of a preferred embodiment of a panty according to the present invention, as shown generally at 10.
  • the panty 10 includes a circularly knit body including a control band portion 12 and a body portion 14 which is integrally knit with the control band portion.
  • the body portion 14 has a front panty portion 14A and a rear panty portion 14B.
  • First and second leg openings 16 are provided, preferably in the front panty portion 14A, to accommodate the legs of a wearer.
  • the control band portion 12 and the body portion 14 can be respectively proportioned so that upper portions of the leg openings 16 abut the control band portion 12; alternatively a number of courses defining the body portion 14 can separate upper portions of the leg openings 16 and the control band portion 12.
  • the leg openings 16 are preferably substantially oval shaped, and have their bottom portions located proximate the bottom of the panty.
  • the leg openings 16 also define a crotch portion 18 therebetween.
  • a seamline 22 connects the front panty portion 14A to the rear panty portion 14B at the crotch portion 18.
  • This seamline may be formed by any conventional means of attaching fabric pieces together, though a sewed seamline is particularly preferred.
  • elastic banding 20 is preferably provided around each of the leg openings 16 so that the banding reduces the diameter of the leg openings. In this way, the leg openings can readily expand to allow a wearer's legs to enter the leg openings 16 and contract to securely grip the legs and maintain the panty in its proper position on the wearer's body.
  • the control band portion 12 is in the form of a turned welt; thus it has a cylindrical configuration about the upper end of the circularly knit panty 10.
  • the control band portion 12 defines a walewise length A.
  • the body portion 14 defines a second walewise length B on its front panty portion 14A which extends from the control band 12 to the bottom 17 of leg openings 16.
  • This length B is about 1.5 - 3 times, and preferably about 2 times, the length A of the control band portion 12.
  • This length of the control band portion allows the control band to be folded downwardly to compressively control the abdominal bulge of a wearer.
  • the rear panty portion 14B of the body portion 14 defines a walewise length C.
  • the length C in the particular embodiment depicted in Figs. 1 and 2 is shown as being greater than the length B in order to provide greater material fullness for the rear panty, or buttocks covering, portion 14B of the panty 10.
  • the lengths B and C could be equal, provided that length B is still about 1.5 - 3 times the length A of the control band portion 12.
  • the control band portion 12 also has a predetermined coursewise resistance to stretching which is greater than the coursewise resistance to stretching of the body portion 14.
  • the panty is capable of providing a greater degree of compressive force to a portion of a wearer's body positioned underneath the control band portion 12 than underneath the body portion 14.
  • FIG. 4 depicts an alternative embodiment of the panty 10 according to the invention, in which the panty is provided in a "bikini-style" form.
  • the panty in 10 this embodiment also includes a control band portion 12, a body portion 14, leg openings 16, a crotch portion 18, and a seam 22 where front and rear panty portions are joined together.
  • the control band portion 12 has a walewise length D and the body portion 14 has a walewise length
  • FIG. 5 depicts a blank according to the present invention for forming a panty having a bulge control band.
  • the tubular blank 31 has a wide turned welt portion 30, as shown more specifically in FIG.
  • the body portion 32 is integrally knit to the turned welt portion 30 and desirably includes a region 34 proximate the bottom of the blank which has a modified knit configuration for forming the crotch portion 18 of the panty 10.
  • FIG. 6 shows a sectional view along line 6-6 of FIG. 5.
  • the turned welt portion 30 is formed as a tubular cylindrical member to include a first side 30A and a second side 30B.
  • the body portion 32 is preferably knit to this turned welt portion 30.
  • a first series of courses is circularly knit in the form of a turned welt 30 to define a cylindrical tubular band portion having a first tubular length which defines the walewise length of the panty control band.
  • a second series of courses is knit to the turned welt 30 to define a single layer tubular fabric length which is approximately 2 times the walewise length of the turned welt portion, thereby forming panty blank 31.
  • a portion of this single layer fabric length remote from the turned welt preferably has a modified knit configuration to form the crotch portion 34 of the blank 31.
  • the blank 31 is then cut to define leg openings and a crotch region.
  • the cutting is preferably performed along curved lines 36, 38 and 40, as shown in FIG. 5, in order to produce a panty which has greater material fullness along the rear panty portion.
  • the cutting could be performed to form panties having any conventional configuration, such as french-cut or thong style.
  • the crotch portion 34 is then attached to the back of the blank, as shown at seam 22, and elastic banding 20 is preferably attached about the leg openings 16.
  • the elastic banding is attached about the leg openings while the banding is in a stretched condition. When the attachment is completed and the elastic banding is allowed to retract, the leg openings 16 are reduced in diameter.
  • leg openings 16 can readily expand to allow a wearer's legs to enter the leg openings and contract to securely grip the wearer's legs and maintain the panty in its proper position on the wearer's body. It is noted that the order of these steps could be modified, with the seaming of the crotch portion 34 to the rear of the panty blank being performed prior to cutting of the leg openings 16, for example.

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La présente invention concerne un sous-vêtement (10) et notamment une culotte pourvue d'une ceinture (20) de contention du bourrelet abdominal destinée à rendre moins apparent le bourrelet abdominal. Ce sous-vêtement est tricoté en tube pour présenter une ceinture (12) de contention intégrée et des parties formant corps (14). Le tricotage de la ceinture de contention lui procure une plus grande résistance à l'étirement que la partie formant corps. Cette ceinture de contention (12) est par ailleurs caractérisée par une longueur prédéterminée dans le sens de la colonne de mailles, la partie formant corps présentant dans le sens de la colonne de mailles une longueur d'environ 1,5 à 3 fois la longueur de la ceinture de contention. L'invention concerne également un procédé et un patron de réalisation de la culotte à ceinture de contention du bourrelet abdominal.
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US6352607B1 (en) 1999-04-13 2002-03-05 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece panels
WO2005078178A1 (fr) * 2004-02-13 2005-08-25 Santoni S.P.A. Methode et machine pour produire des articles en tricot et produits ainsi obtenus
WO2014197332A2 (fr) * 2013-06-06 2014-12-11 Sabin Amy Styczynski Appareil de fourniture de tension dans des vêtements et procédé d'utilisation
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US4390999A (en) * 1980-12-29 1983-07-05 Kellwood Company Panty hose with body bulge control
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US3595034A (en) * 1968-07-25 1971-07-27 Hanes Corp Panty hose support garment
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US6352607B1 (en) 1999-04-13 2002-03-05 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Process for making absorbent articles with single-piece panels
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WO2014197332A2 (fr) * 2013-06-06 2014-12-11 Sabin Amy Styczynski Appareil de fourniture de tension dans des vêtements et procédé d'utilisation
WO2014197332A3 (fr) * 2013-06-06 2015-02-05 Sabin Amy Styczynski Appareil de fourniture de tension dans des vêtements et procédé d'utilisation
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