US 10,165,812 B1Granted

Illuminating undergarment and method of use

OwnerJami Rose Ramseyinventor

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Abstract

An illuminating undergarment carries a series of illuminating devices for emitting light and presenting a glow from underneath an outer garment. The undergarment can be tailored in any suitable form factor, such as a slip for placement under a skirt or skirt portion of a dress or other form factors for use under dresses, blouses, pants, etc. The undergarment comprises a series of illuminating device retention members affixed to a surface of the undergarment body. The undergarment body can be sectioned into segments, enabling changes in length and/or shape. The illuminating devices are removably attached to the undergarment by the retention members. The illuminating devices can be arranged in a random pattern, a pattern representing an object, a pattern representing text, etc. and any combination thereof. The illuminating devices can be powered by a portable power supply and controlled by a circuit and/or a switch.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A method of passing light through light permissive material of an outer garment, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining an undergarment comprising at least one illuminating device attachment element;
locating at least one illuminating assembly upon said undergarment by securing said at least one illuminating assembly to said at least one illuminating device attachment element, each of said at least one illuminating assembly comprising at least one illuminating element;
placing said undergarment onto a wearer's body;
illuminating at least a portion of said at least one illuminating element of said at least one illuminating assembly;
placing said outer garment over said undergarment, wherein said one or more illuminating elements of said at least one illuminating element are directed towards an interior surface of said light permissive material of said outer garment in registration with said light permissive material of said outer garment;
and
passing light emitted from one or more illuminating elements of said at least one illuminating element through said light permissive material of said outer garment, wherein said transmitted light is visible through said light permissive material of said outer garment.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/687,975Filed 28 Aug 2017 · continuation in part
Priority: 25 May 2013
Granted: 1 Jan 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification21 codes

A41D 27/085
Trimmings; Ornaments: luminous ornaments
A41B 9/00
Undergarments
A41B 9/001
Undergarments: underpants or briefs
A41B 9/04
Undergarments: knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts

Family

Application61/827,589Us provisional application · filed 25 May 2013
Application14/276,016Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 13 May 2014
Application15/297,098Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Oct 2016
US 9,470,411 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 18 Oct 2016
US 9,743,696 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 10,165,812 B1This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.