Compression garment with multiple compression forces and method for forming the same

A compression garment comprising a circumferential portion of said compression garment formed of only an uncoated single layer of woven stretchable fabric having uniform elastic properties, said circumferential portion extending along an axial direction and including at least one fabric panel of said woven stretchable fabric, each said at least one fabric panel extending completely from one axial end to an opposed axial end of said circumferential portion,

• said circumferential portion having an axially extending seam and different circumferential lengths at a plurality of different axial locations,
• wherein said circumferential portion comprises a pant leg and is configured to provide different circumferential compression values at different axial locations of said plurality of different axial locations including a first portion with graduated compression that decreases from an ankle toward the top of the leg when worn by a wearer,
• wherein said at least one fabric panel has edges, at least one of said edges includes a portion that is non-linear, said portion that is non-linear including at least one set of adjacent straight segments that are non-linear with respect to each other, and wherein said edges are joined to form said seam, and
• wherein said seam comprises stitches.

A non-uniform compression garment comprising:

• a) a circumferential portion formed of only an uncoated single layer of woven stretchable fabric having uniform elastic properties, said circumferential portion extending along an axial direction and including at least one fabric panel extending completely from one axial end to an opposed axial end, said circumferential portion having an axially extending seam and different circumferential lengths at different axial locations;
• and
• b) said compression garment providing compression when worn on a wearer's leg, said compression being graduated compression, variable compression, or uniform compression along said axial direction,
• wherein said variable compression comprises a pattern of first decreasing, then increasing, then decreasing compression values along at least three successive axial locations of said different axial locations,
• wherein said graduated compression comprises said compression decreasing along an ankle-to-thigh direction, and
• wherein said seam comprises stitches formed by heat seal, ultrasonic welding, or laser welding.