US 4,790,032 AGranted

Woman's slip with V-shaped cutouts

OwnerEster D. Girouardinventor

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Abstract

A woman's slip is provided with a plurality of spaced-apart V-shaped openings along the lower hem portion of the slip. Each V-shaped opening has associated with it a pair of fabric closure-pieces for selectively and alternatively closing of the V-shaped opening or exposing the V-shaped opening, so that the slip may be used with a slitted outergarment, such as a skirt or dress, and alternatively used also with non-slitted outergarments. Each piece is integrally connected with a portion of the slip, and is capable of swinging movement along one side thereof relative to the slip. A plurality of mating female and male fastening elements keep each of the fabric closure-pieces in each of their two possible positions. The V-shaped openings are closed off by the fabric closure-pieces so that the V-shaped openings are not visible when wearing a non-slitted outergarment that is also somewhat sheer, so that the slip looks aesthetically pleasing.

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Dependent claims

In a woman's slip for use under a skirt or dress, which skirt or dress may or may not be provided with an elongated slit or slits, comprising:

a main body portion for wearing by a person from the waist downwardly, said main body portion comprising a lowermost circumferential rim portion;
the improvement comprising:
at least one V-shaped cut-out having the wider portion thereof originating coplanar with said lowermost circumferential rim portion such that said wider portion divides said rim portion;
said at least one V-shaped cut-out having an apex thereof spaced from said rim portion toward the waist portion of the undergarment;
and a pair of substantially triangularly-shaped closure pieces for closing off said at least one V-shaped opening and for exposed said at least one V-shaped opening when it is desired to form same, each of said pair of closure pieces having a side edge thereof formed integrally with a corresponding portion of said main body portion for pivotal movement thereat so that each said closure piece may be alternatively swung outwardly to close off said at least one V-shaped opening and alternatively swung inwardly to expose said at least one V-shaped opening;
and
means for fastening each of said pair of closure pieces in said outwardly-swung position and in said inwardly-swung position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.