# US 2018/0360132 A1 · Full torso maternity garment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0360132 A1 - Document ID: US20180360132A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/110,392 - Filed: 2018-08-23 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Earliest claimed: 2008-04-29 - Assignees: Blanqi, LLC - Applicants: Blanqi, LLC - Inventors: Sabina Melarti; Valerie Caron - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180360132A1 ## CPC - A41C 1/10: Maternity corsets - A41C 1/06: with brassieres - A41C 1/12: Component parts - A41C 3/00: Brassieres - A41C 3/08: combined with other garments (with corsets A41C1/06) - A41D 1/21: Maternity clothing; Clothing specially adapted for persons caring for infants - A41F 17/00: Means for holding-down garments - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - A41F: GARMENT FASTENINGS; SUSPENDERS ## Abstract A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip band, two side panels, and a back panel, and is made of high performance fabric with varying degrees of compression. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A maternity garment comprising: at least one shoulder strap; a belly panel; a hip band; two side panels; and a back panel; wherein said maternity garment is dimensionally configured to cover the torso of a wearer, extending through the hips, and wherein said maternity garment is made of material having sufficient compression to deliver a smoothing effect to the physical appearance of the wearer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, wherein said belly panel comprises a top panel section and a bottom panel section, and wherein said belly panel is constructed to deliver a plurality of degrees of compression. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, wherein said top panel section has a lower degree of compression relative to a higher degree of compression of said bottom panel section. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, wherein said hip band has a sufficient compression characteristic to hold a waist-worn garment in place, and said waist-worn garment selected from the group consisting of pants, skirt, shorts, or capris. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, further comprising a friction band attached to said hip band to prevent slippage of said maternity garment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, further comprising a lumbar panel located on a lower portion of said back panel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The maternity garment of claim 1, wherein said at least one strap further comprises a clasp. ### Claim 8 A garment, comprising: a wearable article adapted to be worn at a position proximate the bottom of the breast of the wearer and extending at least to the hips of the wearer, said wearable article further comprising, means for delivering at least a minimum of shaping support to a woman's body, and means for performing a suspender function. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The garment of claim 8, wherein said wearable article further comprises a belly panel, a hip band, a plurality of side panels and a back panel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The garment of claim 8, further comprising one or more straps, wherein said one or more straps are selected from the group consisting of adjustable straps, detachable straps, opaque straps, slip resistant straps, flat straps, rounded straps, twinned straps, multi-width straps, padded straps, convertible straps, halter straps, criss-cross back straps, or criss-cross front straps. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The garment of claim 8, wherein said wearable article further comprises a U-shaped front panel peripheral edge defined proximate an upper edge of said wearable article, and wherein said U-shaped front panel peripheral edge is adapted to scoop underneath the breasts of the wearer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The garment of claim 9, wherein said belly panel further comprises a top panel section and a bottom panel section, wherein said top and bottom panel sections differ in compressive characteristics, and wherein said bottom panel section is generally crescent shaped. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The garment of claim 9, wherein said hip band is adapted to extend from said belly panel and across the hips of the wearer, wherein said hip band connects through said plurality of side panels and to said back panel, and wherein said means for performing a suspender function is said hip band. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The garment of claim 8, wherein said means for delivering said at least a minimum of shaping support to a woman's body is a compression fabric having one or more levels of compression. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The garment of claim 8, wherein said belly panel, said hip band, said plurality of side panels and said back panel are seamlessly related. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The garment of claim 11, further comprising a front panel adapted for wear proximate a region defined by said U-shaped front panel peripheral edge. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The garment of claim 9, further comprising an X-shaped support panel positioned proximate said back panel. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The garment of claim 16, wherein said front panel is removable. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The garment of claim 16, wherein said front panel is further adapted with a bra selected from the group consisting of a sports bra, a demi-cup bra, a push-up bra, a wireless bra, an underwire bra, a racer back bra, a plunge bra, a molded bra, or a full coverage bra. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The garment of claim 16, wherein said front panel further comprises an interior element selected from the group consisting of reinforced panels, reinforced pads, molded and seamless cups, or nursing pads.