US 12,102,148 B2Granted

Arts uniform and costume garment

AssigneeTagg Apparel LLC

InventorsBarbara Albers, Sally Rojas Herrera, Carolina Phinney, Marialexandra Garcia

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Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the arts garment, and, in particular, ballet tights for adults and adolescents for use during classes, rehearsals, and performances. The subject tights offer a redesign of the existing waistband by one or more of, and preferably all of, the following: removing the elastic component of the traditional waistband, and Nylon the use of flat and thinner seams, extra soft yarn with a tight knit weave, a V-shape seam to follow the natural female pelvic structure, a crotch size to fit most, if not all, vagina shapes and sizes, a double layer moisture wicking built-in underwear with G-string and a full back in the rear, and appropriate cut outs on the bottom of foot.

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Dependent claims

A garment configured to be worn during a performance, the garment comprising:

a leg portion comprising a proximal end and a distal end;
a foot portion comprising a proximal end that transitions into the distal end of the leg portion;
a lower torso panel comprising a front side, a rear side, and a distal end that transitions via knitting into the proximal end of the leg portion;
a G-string seam arranged at a rear side of the garment and comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the rear side of the lower torso panel is attached to the G-string seam between the proximal end and the distal end of the G-string seam;
a waistband comprising a distal end that is interconnected to a proximal end of the lower torso panel and to the proximal end of the G-string seam;
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a panty panel comprising a “V”-shape assembly having a width that is wider at a proximal end of the panty panel and narrower at a distal end of the panty panel, wherein the proximal end of the panty panel is interconnected to the distal end of the waistband at a front side of the waistband and the narrower distal end of the panty panel is connected to the distal end of the G-string seam at the rear side of the garment.

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A garment comprising:

two leg portions, each leg portion comprising respective proximal ends and respective distal ends;
two foot portions, each foot portion comprising respective proximal ends that transition into the respective distal ends of the two leg portions and each foot portion further comprising respective distal ends that transition into toe reinforcement regions;
at least one cut-out in each of the two foot portions, wherein the at least one cut-out in each of the two foot portions is configured to expose at least one of a heel of a foot and a ball of the foot;
a lower torso panel comprising a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end of the lower torso panel transitions into the proximal ends of the respective leg portions;
a waistband having a distal end and comprising an elasticity that is less than an elasticity of the leg portions and the foot portions;
a reinforcement knit that transitions the proximal end of the lower torso panel with the distal end of the waistband, wherein the reinforcement knit comprises an elasticity that is less than the elasticity of the waistband and more than an elasticity of the lower torso panel;
and a panty panel having sides that form a “V”-shape assembly with a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the panty panel proximal end is wider than the panty panel distal end and wherein the panty panel sides are connected by a panty reinforcement knit to the lower torso panel and to the proximal ends of the leg portions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/251,389Filed 11 Jun 2019 · us provisional application
Priority: 11 Jun 2018
Published: US 2021/0251321 A119 Aug 2021
Granted: 1 Oct 2024
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