Garment
OwnerShari Riehlinventor
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Abstract
A garment including an inner layer of material adapted to be disposed adjacent to a wearer's skin. The inner layer preferably forms a body suit with legs formed of elastic, body-shaping material that includes a bodice portion and torso/legs portion. The garment also includes at least one exterior layer that may be fashioned as a skirt, a dress, a long-legged pants, a jumpsuit, or similar attire. A construction of a body suit with legs as well as a method for making the torso/legs portion is also disclosed
Claims34
A kit for making a body suit for wearing about a person's torso and upper thighs comprising:
- a piece of fabric substantially as shown in FIG. 6D;
- at least one second piece of fabric adapted to be joined to said first fabric piece in the crotch region.
A body suit for wearing about a person's torso and upper thighs comprising:
- a first portion formed by folding and joining selected edges of a piece of fabric substantially as shown in FIG. 6D.
A garment adapted to be used as swimwear, activewear, and casual wear, said garment comprising:
- a body-shaping inner layer adapted to be disposed adjacent to a wearer's skin, said inner layer including a lower section adapted to cover a portion of the torso and upper thighs of the wearer and an inner bodice section joined to said lower section;
- an intermediate layer disposed over said inner layer, said intermediate layer including a lower portion of a dress disposed over said lower section and an intermediate bodice section including an upper portion of a dress joined to said lower dress portion and disposed over said inner bodice section;
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- an outer layer disposed over said intermediate layer.
A garment comprising:
- an inner layer of elastic, body-shaping, quick-dry material including a lower section adapted to cover at least a portion of the torso and upper thighs of the wearer, said inner layer adapted to be disposed essentially conformingly against the skin of a person wearing the garment;
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- at least one exterior layer of material joined to an upper portion of said inner layer and adapted to drape substantially completely over said lower section, the lower edge of said at least one exterior layer not joined to said inner layer.
A method of fabricating a body suit with legs adapted to cover the torso and upper thighs of a human, said method including:
- providing a first piece of material substantially as shown in FIG. 6D;
- folding said first piece substantially along a vertical line midway between the lateral edges of said first piece to achieve a configuration of said piece substantially as shown in FIG. 6E;
- sewing the edges 42, 44 as shown in FIG. 6E;
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- turning one of the longitudinal ends 38, 40 as shown in FIG. 6E so that the end faces inside-out and pulling said one longitudinal end toward the other longitudinal end so that said one longitudinal end surrounds and overlaps the other longitudinal end and so that said first piece assumes a configuration substantially as shown in FIG. 6F.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.