Reversible neckline shapewear garments
AssigneeSpanx, Inc.
InventorDeneb Torano
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a reversible neckline shapewear garment that can be worn forwards or backwards, depending on the wearer's preference. The reversible shapewear garment described herein includes two necklines, wherein the first neckline may extend under the wearer's breasts and the second neckline may extend across or above the wearer's breasts. Advantageously, this reversible garment may be worn backwards or forwards by the wearer while contouring to the natural body without creating visible lines or bulges of fabric or losing shape. Also disclosed herein are methods of assembling and wearing the reversible neckline shapewear garment.
Claims19
A reversible shapewear garment comprising:
- a first neckline on a first side of the reversible shapewear garment, the first neckline configured to extend under a wearer's breasts;
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- a second neckline on a second side of the reversible shapewear garment, the second neckline configured to extend across or above a wearer's breasts,
- wherein the first side comprises an upper region and a lower region, the upper region of the first side comprising a first panel and a second panel that at least partially define the first neckline, and
- wherein the second side comprises an upper region and a lower region, the upper region of the second side comprising a third panel that at least partially defines the second neckline.
A method of making a reversible shapewear garment, the method comprising:
- cutting first, second, and third panels from a first fabric,
- providing a tubular lower region formed of a second fabric,
- attaching the first and second panels to a superior edge of a first side of the tubular lower region such that the first and second panels at least partially define a first neckline configured to extend under a wearer's breasts,
- attaching the third panel to a superior edge of the second side of the tubular lower region such that the third panel at least partially defines a second neckline configured to extend across or above a wearer's breasts, and
- attaching a superior edge of the third panel to a superior edge of the second panel or attaching the superior edge of the third panel to the superior edges of both the first and second panels,
- wherein the formed reversible shapewear garment is configured to be worn with the first neckline extending under a wearer's breasts or to be worn with the second neckline extending across or above a wearer's breasts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.