Girdle
OwnerAileen S. Carlsoninventor
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Abstract
A girdle having an extra length crotch opening covered by a two-way stretch extendable brief crotch closure panel having the top of the back portion secured at approximately the waist opening of the girdle, the sides secured laterally along the girdle side seams above the leg portions and terminating in front in a short crotch flap portion which in coaction with the stretchability of the back portion can be extended forwardly over and around the crotch of the wearer to rest marginally on the pelvis and terminate in a widened end that preferably is stretched laterally and secured in front on the girdle at approximately the pelvic crest.
Claims5
A girdle comprising:
- a trunk of two-way stretch material having side seams and defining a waist opening and a lower portion defining leg openings;
- said trunk defining an elongated crotch opening disposed between the leg openings;
- a two-way stretch panel for closing said crotch opening having a back portion attached at one end to the rear part of the trunk at the waist level thereof and a substantial distance along the side seams thereof above the level of the crotch opening, said panel narrowing therebelow to a crotch flap having a free end clearing the crotch opening when unstretched;
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- fastening means provided upon said free end and upon the trunk at approximately the pubic crest of a wearer thereof for releasably holding the crotch flap under the tension established throughout the stretch panel when the free end of the crotch flap is drawn down and forward between the leg receiving openings and is fastened to the trunk.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.