US 5,772,492 AGranted

Lady's under undergarment

AssigneeJane D. Hufstedler

InventorDoris Diann Erwin

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Abstract

A lady's undergarment is provided which has a front neck hole seam that is generally W-shaped and has a raised middle section which falls in between the user's breasts. The undergarment has a lower opening that is defined by a generally straight back hem and a bevel front hem which has a lowermost portion that is cut at an angle. The undergarment may include one strap or two straps or be strapless. A collar may be attached to the undergarment. The back hem of the lower opening of the undergarment may be sufficiently long to be passed between the legs of the user and extended upwards to be attached to the undergarment. The undergarment may include cushioning means at several different sections of the undergarment. Undergarments that are designed for women who are missing one or both breasts may have cushioning to line area where breast is missing. The undergarment may include a flap between the folds of the breasts. A basically triangular patch may be attached to the vicinity of and is designed to closely silhouette the front neck hole seam. Finally, the undergarment may be combined with and attached to a brassiere to be worn by the user as one unit.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A lady's undergarment to be worn on an upper portion of a person's body having an upper portion, a lower portion and a pair of arms, said body having a circumference as measured closely beneath the pair of arms referred to as an arm's eye line, said undergarment being formed from a tubular fabric material defining a front side, a back side, a left side, a right side, an upper opening and a lower opening,

wherein the lower opening of said undergarment is in the form of a single opening for receipt of the lower portion of the body, said lower opening defined by a generally bevel front hem positioned on the front side of the undergarment, and a generally straight back hem positioned on the back side of the undergarment, said front hem extending from a lower edge of the right side to a lower edge of the left side and having a lowermost portion which passes to a point below the back hem, and
wherein a neck hole forms the upper opening, said neck hole being defined by a neck hole seam having
a front neck hole seam positioned on the front side of the undergarment, and
a back neck hole seam positioned on the back side of the undergarment,
wherein the back neck hole seam is generally U-shaped and a lowermost portion of the back neck hole seam passes to a point about even with the back arm's eye line, and
wherein the front neck hole seam is generally W-shaped in order to include a raised middle portion that divides the undergarment into two scoops and that falls in between breasts of the person to maximize lining effect of the undergarment by minimizing movements of the undergarment, and a lowermost portion of the front neck hole seam passes to a point below at least 2 inches below the front arm's eye line.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/846,548Filed 30 Apr 1997 · continuation in part
Priority: 17 Apr 1995
Granted: 30 Jun 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A41C 3/08
Brassieres: combined with other garments
A41B 9/06
Undergarments: undershirts; Chemises
A41B 9/16
Undergarments: shoulder-straps forming part of the undergarments
A41C
Corsets

Family

Serial425,981Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 17 Apr 1995
Serial459,179Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 2 Jun 1995
Serial734,192Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 21 Oct 1996
US 5,667,422 AParent of this continuation-in-part
US 5,772,492 AThis patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.