Panty garments with redirected stress support structure
OwnerCarolyn Kinderinventor
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Abstract
Garments, including panty garments and hose. Each garment includes support structure comprising twin, diagonally inclined halves forming stress vectors directed between the hips and pelvic region of the wearer. The panty garment may include lower leg portions separated by a lower crotch panel. The intermediate portions of the waistband halves ride over the iliac crest on opposite sides of the wearer, forming a first anchor point. Extreme ends of the support structure halves preferably converge at the front and rear of the crotch panel, passing over the abdomen and lower back regions, thus forming a second anchor point at the pelvic region.
Claims5
A garment such as panty hose, tights, leotards or the like, the garment comprising:
- a panty portion;
- a pair of left and right elongated, tubular leg portions coupled to said panty portion;
- and,
- stress redirecting means for supporting said panty and leg portions and comprised of first left, and second right elongated waistband members which, when said garment is worn are stressed and anchored upon the wearer's hips above the crest of the wearer's ilium and which downwardly converge at the front of the wearer toward the lowermost pelvic region of the wearer, said first left elongated waistband member structurally coupled to said left tubular leg portion to form a redirected stress pattern extending diagonally across the left hip between the top of the wearer's left ilium crest and the pubic area of the left upper inner thigh, said second right elongated waistband member structurally coupled to said right tubular leg portion to form a redirected stress pattern extending diagonally across the right hip between the top of the wearer's right ilium crest and the pubic area of the wearer's right upper inner thigh.
A panty garment comprising:
- a body portion for covering the lower torso of the wearer, the body portion having left and right leg holes and,
- stress redirecting means for supporting said panty portion comprised of first left and second right elongated members anchored upon the wearer's hips above the crest of the illium and downwardly converging to an anchor point near the lowermost pelvic region of the wearer, said first left elongated waistband member structurally terminating adjacent said left leg hole to form a redirected stress pattern extending diagonally across the left hip between the top of the wearer's left ilium crest and the pubic area of the left upper inner thigh, said second right elongated waistband member structurally terminating adjacent said right leg hole to form a redirected stress pattern extending diagonally across the right hip between the top of the wearer's right ilium crest and the pubic area of the wearer's right upper inner thigh.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.