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US 9,179,713 B2Granted
Flocked shapewear garments
AssigneeSpanx, Inc.
InventorsTosha L. Hays, Sylma Colon-Otten
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are flocked shapewear garments. The flocked shapewear garments comprise a fabric, an elastomeric coating, and flocking fibers embedded in the elastomeric coating.
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A flocked shapewear garment for an abdominal area, the garment comprising:
- at least one fabric panel,
- an elastomeric coating on at least a portion of the fabric panel, the portion being sized and shaped to at least partially cover the abdominal area, and
- flocked fibers embedded in the elastomeric coating,
- wherein the elastomeric coating and flocked fibers have four arms extending laterally over the fabric panel until proximal adjacent hips to provide compression to the abdominal area.
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A flocked shapewear garment for an abdominal area, the flocked shapewear garment comprising:
- at least one fabric panel configured to extend over the abdominal area,
- an elastomeric coating on at least a portion of the fabric panel, and
- flocked fibers embedded in the elastomeric coating,
- wherein the elastomeric coating and flocked fibers are configured to define a superior edge and an inferior edge, wherein the superior and inferior edges progressively diverge from each other extending laterally away from a central portion.
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A flocked shapewear garment for control of an abdominal region, the garment comprising:
- a. at least one fabric panel configured to extend over at least the abdominal region;
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- b. a flocked portion applied to the fabric panel, the flocked portion including a tummy covering portion configured to extend over at least a portion of the abdominal region and a pair of lateral portions extending laterally from lateral sides of the tummy covering portion;
- c. at least one of the lateral portions having subportions bifurcating to define therebetween a portion without flocking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.