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US 4,862,523 AGranted
Buttock and leg support
OwnerSergei Lipovinventor
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Abstract
A waist band supported skin-tight garment incorporating an elastic support structure of counterwound elastic helices adapted to engage the lower extremities of the human body to counteract the effect of gravity on the soft tissues thereof to retard sagging of said tissues.
Claims6
A skin-tight garment of daily use such as panty hose incorporating a support structure consisting of elastic support helices and adapted to counteract the effect of gravity on the lower extremities of a human being, said garment comprising, in combination:
- (a) a body of fabric or other flexible sheet material;
- (b) a supporting waist band attached to said fabric body and adapted to encircle the wearer's waist line snugly;
- (c) a first pair of counterwound elastic support helices attached to and supported entirely from said waist band, said support helices extending downward along one leg to a dependent terminal point on the lower leg between the knee and the ankle, said counterwound elastic helices being attached to said garment along their length and exerting upward support on said lower extremities from said dependent terminal point to said waist band;
- (d) a second pair of counterwound elastic support helices attached to and supported entirely from said waist band, said support helices extending downward along the other leg to a dependent terminal point on the lower leg between the knee and the ankle, said counterwound elastic helices being attached to said garment along their length and exerting upward support on said lower extremitites from said dependent terminal point to said waist band;
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- (e) each said pair of counterwound elastic support helices consisting of elastic and structure limiting the number of helical turns to support the claimed function.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.