US 4,247,959 AGranted

Antichafe lower undergarment for women

OwnerEsther E. Roseinventor

Life of this patent

Estimating the term…

Abstract

In a preferred embodiment, a novel undergarment combining advantages of panties and a half-slip, constructed with a narrow crotch width between inner panel sections that become positioned between the legs, formed by seaming-together of precut panels of undergarment knit fabric of which left and right panels are mirror-images of each other, and forward and rearward portions being also substantially similar in shape except for rear additional fullness.

Claims10

Dependent claims

An antichafe lower undergarment comprising in combination:

a composite of first and second pairs of panels of undergarment knit fabric of elongated shape from top to bottom, and said first pair including first and second panels that are mirror-images of each other in shape and being front panels, said second pair including third and fourth panels that are mirror-images of each other and being rear panels, each of said front first panel and said rear third panel having first right and first left upright seam edges, each of said front second panel and rear fourth panel having second right and second left upright seam edges, and said front first panel and said rear third panel each having first and second concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said first right upright seam edge and said top of said front first panel and extending between an upper portion of said second right upright seam edge and said top of said rear third panel respectively, and said front second panel and said rear fourth panel having third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said second left upright seam edge and said top of said front second panel and extending between an upper portion of said fourth left upright seam edge and said top of said rear fourth panel, each of said first, second, third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being joined together at a lower end of each thereof, and said front first panel's first right edge and said rear third panel's first right edge being seamed together along their lengths as a first seam, and said front second panel's second left edge and said rear fourth panel's second left edge being seamed together along their lengths as a second seam, and said first and third concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a third seam, and said second and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a fourth seam, and said front first panel's first left upright seam edge and said rear third panel's first left upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a fifth seam, and said front second panel's second right upright seam edge and said rear fourth panel's second right upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a sixth seam, and from an upper-most location of each of said third seam and said fourth seam, there being imaginary lines each extending downwardly along a surface each of said first, second, third and fourth panels and said imaginary lines being respectively first, second, third and fourth centerlines respectively of said first, second, third and fourth panels, and relative to said first, second, third and fourth centerlines respectively the first, second, third and fourth panels respectively being cut at an angle ranging from about 105 degrees to about 125 degrees off grain of said undergarment knit fabric.

An antichafe lower undergarment comprising in combination:

a composite of first and second pairs of panels of undergarment knit fabric of elongated shape from top to bottom, said first pair including first and second panels that are mirror-images of each other in shape and being front panels, said second pair including third and fourth panels that are mirror-images of each other and being rear panels, each of said front first panel and said rear third panel having first right and first left upright seam edges, each of said front second panel and rear fourth panel having second right and second left upright seam edges, and said front first panel and said rear third panel each having first and second concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said first right upright seam edge and said top of said front first panel and extending between an upper portion of said second right upright seam edge and said top of said rear third panel respectively, and said front second panel and said rear fourth panel having third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said second left upright seam edge and said top of said front second panel and extending between an upper portion of said fourth left upright seam edge and said top of said rear fourth panel, each of said first, second, third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being joined together at a lower end of each thereof, and said front first panel's first right edge and said rear third panel's first right edge being seamed together along their lengths as a first seam, and said front second panel's second left edge and said rear fourth panel's second left edge being seamed together along their lengths as a second seam, and said first and third concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a third seam, and said second and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a fourth seam, and said front first panel's first left upright seam edge and said rear third panel's first left upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a fifth seam, and said front second panel's second right upright seam edge and said rear fourth panel's second right upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a sixth seam, and in which said third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges are of greater length than said first and second concavely-shaped arcuate edges.

An antichafe lower undergarment comprising in combination:

a composite of first and second panels of undergarment knit fabric each having a top and a bottom, said first panel including first and third panel portions folded-over in semicircular form with the third panel portion located substantially behind the first panel portion, and said second panel including second and fourth panel portions folded-over in semicircular form with the fourth panel portion located substantially behind the second panel portion, said first and second panels being mirror-images of each other in shape, and said first and second panel portions being front panel portions, and said third and fourth panel portions being rear panel portions, said front first panel portion and said rear third panel portion respectively each having a front right and a rear right upright edge respectively, said front second panel portion and said rear fourth panel portion respectively having a front left and a rear left upright seam edge respectively, and said front first panel portion and said rear third panel portion each having first and second concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said front right upright edge and said top of said front first panel portion and extending between an upper portion of said rear right upright edge and said top of said rear third panel portion respectively, and said front second panel portion and said rear fourth panel portion having third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said front left upright edge and said top of said front second panel portion and extending between an upper portion of said rear left upright edge and said top of said rear fourth panel portion, each of said first, second, third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being joined together at a lower end of each thereof, and said front first panel portion's front right edge and said rear third panel portion's rear right edge being seamed together along their lengths as a first seam, and said front second panel portion's front left edge and said rear fourth panel portion's rear left edge being seamed together along their lengths as a second seam, and said first and third concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a third seam, and said second and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a fourth seam.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

patentgrep

Loading patent…

Abstract

An antichafe lower undergarment comprising in combination:

a composite of first and second pairs of panels of undergarment knit fabric of elongated shape from top to bottom, and said first pair including first and second panels that are mirror-images of each other in shape and being front panels, said second pair including third and fourth panels that are mirror-images of each other and being rear panels, each of said front first panel and said rear third panel having first right and first left upright seam edges, each of said front second panel and rear fourth panel having second right and second left upright seam edges, and said front first panel and said rear third panel each having first and second concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said first right upright seam edge and said top of said front first panel and extending between an upper portion of said second right upright seam edge and said top of said rear third panel respectively, and said front second panel and said rear fourth panel having third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges extending between an upper portion of said second left upright seam edge and said top of said front second panel and extending between an upper portion of said fourth left upright seam edge and said top of said rear fourth panel, each of said first, second, third and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being joined together at a lower end of each thereof, and said front first panel's first right edge and said rear third panel's first right edge being seamed together along their lengths as a first seam, and said front second panel's second left edge and said rear fourth panel's second left edge being seamed together along their lengths as a second seam, and said first and third concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a third seam, and said second and fourth concavely-shaped arcuate edges being seamed together along their lengths as a fourth seam, and said front first panel's first left upright seam edge and said rear third panel's first left upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a fifth seam, and said front second panel's second right upright seam edge and said rear fourth panel's second right upright seam edge being seamed together along their lengths as a sixth seam, and from an upper-most location of each of said third seam and said fourth seam, there being imaginary lines each extending downwardly along a surface each of said first, second, third and fourth panels and said imaginary lines being respectively first, second, third and fourth centerlines respectively of said first, second, third and fourth panels, and relative to said first, second, third and fourth centerlines respectively the first, second, third and fourth panels respectively being cut at an angle ranging from about 105 degrees to about 125 degrees off grain of said undergarment knit fabric.