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US 9,427,029 B2Granted
Garment having zones with varying shape control characteristics
AssigneeMaidenform, Inc.
InventorSteven Castellano
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Abstract
A garment that includes a first shape control material layer and a second shape control material layer fused to the first shape control layer. The first shape control material layer has a first degree of stretch and is shaped in a basic garment shape. The second shape control material layer has a second degree of stretch and is shaped to correspond to a portion of a wearer's body that is less than that covered by the first shape control material layer.
Claims21
A garment comprising:
- a first shape control material layer having a first degree of stretch and shaped in a basic garment shape to define a body of the garment;
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- a second shape control material layer overlapping a portion of a surface of the first shape control material layer and fused to the first shape control material layer along at least a portion of a periphery of the second shape control material layer, wherein the second shape control material layer is fused to the first shape control material layer only adjacent peripheral edges of the second shape control material layer, the second shape control material layer having a second degree of stretch and shaped to correspond to a portion of a wearer's body that is less than that covered by the first shape control material layer, wherein the second shape control material layer defines a portion of the body of the garment that is less than the body of the garment defined by the first shape control material layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.