Stockings with connecting crotchpiece
OwnerThurman B. Oakleyinventor
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Abstract
A pair of stockings are joined at the inner upper edge to form an integral garment connected by a crotchpiece. The crotchpiece extends between the two upper leg portions after being sewn to a portion of the top edge of each stocking. The stockings are worn under, and supported by, a pair of conventional panties. Additional support comes from a circumferential elastic band formed at the top of each stocking by a unique combination of spandex, nylon and cotton yarns. The band fits snugly around the thigh to prevent the stockings from slipping downwardly.
Claims11
A hosiery garment including a pair of full-length stockings, each stocking having upper thigh and lower leg portions and having a length extending to the upper thigh area;
- each thigh portion having a support means comprised of a circumferential band knitted around the upper periphery of said thigh portion and terminating on a line substantially horizontal to the crotch of the wearer for supporting said stockings on the leg of the wearer;
- a crotch member for connecting said pair of stocking at the upper edges of said support means;
- the upper extent of said crotch member also terminating substantially on said horizontal line;
- whereby said hosiery garment terminates substantially above a horizontal line extending through the crotch of the wearer and may be worn as a conventional pair of pantyhose extending to the upper thigh area, and with said crotch member worn underneath a conventional separate panty.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.