Garment with lowered waist portion
OwnerAlfred Birtchinventor
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Abstract
A garment comprises a span member having a right upper portion, a left upper portion, and a lower middle portion and defining an open space between the right and left upper portions. A waistband is connected to the right and left upper portions of the span member. The span member is substantially rigid such that movement of the right upper portion away from the left upper portion is resisted, and such that circumferential tension is maintained along the waistband sufficient to maintain the garment in a desired location on a wearer's body. The fabric of the garment is attached to the span member to form a garment with an open space between the right and left upper portions of the span member.
Claims23
A garment comprising:
- a span member comprising a right upper portion, a left upper portion, and a lower middle portion, the span member thereby defining an open space between the right upper portion and the left upper portion;
- a waistband connected at a right end thereof to the right upper portion of the span member and connected at a left end thereof to the left upper portion of the span member;
- wherein the span member is substantially rigid such that movement of the right upper portion away from the left upper portion is resisted, and such that circumferential tension is maintained along the waistband sufficient to maintain the garment in a desired location on a wearer's body;
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- wherein fabric of the garment is attached to the span member to form a garment with an open space between the between the right and left upper portions of the span member.
A method of making a garment, the method comprising:
- providing a span member comprising a right upper portion, a left upper portion, and a lower middle portion, the span member thereby defining an open space between the right upper portion and the left upper portion;
- connecting a waistband at a right end thereof to the right upper portion of the span member and at a left end thereof to the left upper portion of the span member;
- wherein the span member is substantially rigid such that movement of the right upper portion away from the left upper portion is resisted, and such that circumferential tension is maintained along the waistband sufficient to maintain the garment in a desired location on a wearer's body, and
- attaching fabric of the garment to the span member to form a garment with an open space between the between the right and left upper portions of the span member.
A belt for use with a garment comprising a span member having a right upper portion, a left upper portion, and a lower middle portion, the garment including a waistband attached at each end thereof to the span member, the garment thereby defining an open space between the right upper portion and the left upper portion of the span member, the belt comprising a buckle member at each end thereof adapted for releasable attachment to corresponding ones of the right and left upper portions of the span member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.