Lower-body garment with multi-axial crotch gusset
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAlaa E. Baghdadi, Serena Y. Chang
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Abstract
A lower-body garment includes a multi-axial crotch gusset. The crotch gusset includes an elongated trunk having an elongated front portion and an elongated back portion where the elongated trunk continuously extends from a front side of a pelvic portion of the lower-body garment adjacent a waist opening to a back side of the pelvic portion of the lower-body garment adjacent the waist opening. The crotch gusset further includes a first wing that extends along an inner thigh portion of a first leg portion of the lower-body garment, and a second wing that extends along an inner thigh portion of a second leg portion of the lower-body garment.
Claims21
A lower-body garment comprising:
- a pelvic portion comprising a waist opening, a front side, and a back side;
- a first leg portion and a second leg portion extending from the pelvic portion;
- a crotch between the first leg portion and the second leg portion;
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- a crotch gusset comprising:
- an elongated trunk that extends from the front side to the back side of the pelvic portion;
- a first wing that extends from the elongated trunk and along an inner thigh portion of the first leg portion;
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- a second wing that extends from the elongated trunk and along an inner thigh portion of the second leg portion.
A crotch gusset comprising:
- an elongated trunk having an elongated front portion and an elongated back portion;
- a first wing extending away from the elongated trunk in a first direction at a first location between the elongated front portion and the elongated back portion;
- a second wing extending away from the elongated trunk in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second location between the elongated front portion and the elongated back portion;
- a peripheral edge that continuously extends, sequentially around the elongated front portion, the first wing, the elongated back portion, and the second wing, the peripheral edge comprising:
- a first curvilinear transition from the elongated front portion to the first wing;
- a second curvilinear transition from the elongated front portion to the second wing;
- a third curvilinear transition from the elongated back portion to the first wing;
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- a fourth curvilinear transition from the elongated back portion to the second wing.
A method of manufacturing a lower-body garment comprising a pelvic portion comprising a waist opening, a front side, and a back side, a first leg portion extending from the pelvic portion, and a second leg portion extending from the pelvic portion, the method comprising:
- forming, from a one-piece panel, a crotch gusset comprising:
- an elongated trunk having an elongated front portion and an elongated back portion,
- a first wing extending away from the elongated trunk in a first direction at a first location between the elongated front portion and the elongated back portion, and
- a second wing extending away from the elongated trunk in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second location between the elongated front portion and the elongated back portion;
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- integrating the crotch gusset into a crotch area of the lower-body garment such that the elongated trunk extends from the front side of the pelvic portion adjacent the waist opening to the back side of the pelvic portion adjacent the waist opening, and such that the first wing extends from the elongated trunk and along an inner thigh portion of the first leg portion, and the second wing extends from the elongated trunk and along an inner thigh portion of the second leg portion.
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