| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 450007000 | Combined with subjacent body supporters, e.g., foundation garment | 29 |
| 20090098801 | Upper body shapewear undergarment - A shapewear undergarment for a woman, more particularly to an upper body shapewear undergarment with arm compression that gently lifts and compresses flabby areas on the top half of the body, especially the arms, midriff and back. The overall design provides the user with a smoother, toner appearance. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090197508 | Body shaping apparel - The invention is an undergarment designed to assist a brassiere in providing lift and improved cleavage to the bust while also acting as slimming shape wear. The undergarment is worn over a brassiere. The cup-less design provides a level of lift that an ordinary brassiere on its own cannot produce. In addition, the undergarment acts as a slimming shape wear garment. The material is wider under the arm, smoothing bulges created by the brassiere. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090209172 | Body shaping apparel - The invention is an undergarment designed to assist a brassiere in providing lift and improved cleavage to the bust while also acting as slimming shape wear. The undergarment is worn over a brassiere. The cup-less design provides a level of lift that an ordinary brassiere on its own cannot produce. In addition, the undergarment acts as a slimming shape wear garment. The material is wider under the arm, smoothing bulges created by the brassiere. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20140179198 | BODY-SHAPING INTIMACY GARMENT - A body-shaping intimacy garment for a woman has an upper portion that supports or at least contacts undersides of the breasts while leaving the breasts exposed, a torso portion extending from the upper portion, a lower portion that encircles the waist, buttocks and hips while defining a crotch opening through the garment for access during intimate encounters, and leg portions that extend to below the knee. The torso portion, lower portion and leg portions each include respective portions of inner and outer layers of stretchable fabrics. The inner layer fabric is worn stretched about the torso, waist, buttocks, hips and legs, with tension in shoulder straps maintaining some inner layer stretch along the torso portion while worn. The outer layer fabric has a lesser elasticity than the inner layer fabric, and the two fabric layers are connected at the bust but are otherwise disconnected throughout front and sides of the torso and lower portions, and throughout the leg portions to at least below the knee, such that the outer layer is configured to slide over the inner layer, and to flow over local curvature fluctuations of the inner layer, during movement. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140179199 | BODY-SHAPING INTIMACY GARMENT - A body-shaping intimacy garment for a woman has an upper portion that supports or at least contacts undersides of the breasts while leaving the breasts exposed, a torso portion extending from the upper portion, a lower portion that encircles the waist, buttocks and hips while defining a crotch opening through the garment for access during intimate encounters, and leg portions that extend to below the knee. The torso portion, lower portion and leg portions each include respective portions of inner and outer layers of stretchable fabrics. The inner layer fabric is worn stretched about the torso, waist, buttocks, hips and legs, with tension in shoulder straps maintaining some inner layer stretch along the torso portion while worn. The outer layer fabric has a lesser elasticity than the inner layer fabric, and the two fabric layers are connected at the bust but are otherwise disconnected throughout front and sides of the torso and lower portions, and throughout the leg portions to at least below the knee, such that the outer layer is configured to slide over the inner layer, and to flow over local curvature fluctuations of the inner layer, during movement. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140273734 | Shaping Garment - The present disclosure generally pertains to a shapewear garment with an integrated compression liner. The liner is constructed from a singular tubular piece of fabric and provides 360° of compression. The liner is seamless, thus allowing for a smooth appearance. The liner is attached to an outer fashion garment to prevent twisting or turning of the piece. The garment includes a plurality of yarn stitches to provide greater support in the chest and stomach regions. The liner and outer garment may take a T-shirt or tank top configuration with a number of different necklines and lengths. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150038049 | ALL-IN-ONE UNDERWEAR - There is provided an all-in-one underwear having a brassiere portion, a waist slimming portion, and a girdle portion which are integrated with each other. The girdle portion includes an integrated leg insertion portion extended by a predetermined length from a lower portion of the groin toward a knee, a lower zipper openably/closably provided from a navel region to a coccyx region of the hips in the middle of the leg insertion portion, thus solving physiological phenomena of excretion, and a pad having a predetermined length and width and provided on an inner surface of a lower zipper region in such a way as to be secured at a surface in a longitudinal direction thereof, thus preventing damage to the skin when a slider of the lower zipper is opened or closed. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150038050 | FULL TORSO MATERNITY GARMENT - A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip band, two side panels, and a back panel, and is made of high performance fabric with varying degrees of compression. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150359267 | Compression Undergarment - A compression undergarment is provided that has a first compression portion configured to fit about a torso of a wearer, and a second fashionable portion connected to the compression portion and configured to appear as a neck area of a common fashionable, workplace or otherwise fashionable/stylish shirt. When worn with an over garment, only the fashionable portion is exposed, providing an appearance that a complete fashionable shirt is being worn under the over garment. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160192715 | FULL TORSO MATERNITY GARMENT | 07-07-2016 |
| 450008000 | Including plural superimposed supporting panels or bands | 4 |
| 20090191789 | Combination uplift and coverage bra - An uplift and coverage bra includes a pair of breast cups having at least one layer of a first predetermined material formed as such breast cups. A mechanism is connected to at least one of an outside edge generally adjacent to a lower portion of each of such breast cups and an inside edge generally adjacent to the lower portion of each of such breast cups, for at least partially encircling a user's torso. Such mechanism has an upper edge and a lower edge and at least a rear portion. A joining mechanism is connected to at least one of such mechanism for at least partially encircling such user's torso at a predetermined location thereon and the inside edges adjacent to the lower portion of such breast cups, for joining at least one of such breast cups and such mechanism for at least partially encircling such user's torso. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090270012 | FULL TORSO MATERNITY GARMENT - A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip band, two side panels, and a back panel, and is made of high performance fabric with varying degrees of compression. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20120196508 | Garment for Providing Body Shaping - A garment for providing body shaping. In one embodiment, a slip-shaped body garment uses support bands to provide support in various areas of the body while maintaining an overall smooth and desirable body shape. | 08-02-2012 |
| 450010000 | Each layer separately encircles body | 1 |
| 20110230119 | STRETCH MARK PREVENTION UNDERGARMENT - Stretch mark prevention undergarments ( | 09-22-2011 |
| 450011000 | Including apparel-type garment | 8 |
| 20090017722 | COMPOSITE SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention is directed to a composite support system comprising a body garment and a brassiere portion. The body garment has an upper edge along which is provided one, or more than one first fastener. The brassiere portion has at least a bra base, two breast supporting cups each with a lower edge, and one, or more than one second fastener along the lower edge of the breast supporting cups, along the bra base, or any combination thereof. The second fastener is complementary to the first fastener. The complementary joining of the one, or more than one first and second fasteners reversibly attaches the lower edge of the breast supporting cups, the bra base, or a combination thereof, of the brassiere portion to the upper edge of the body garment. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100136882 | No end slimming garments - The present invention provides garments having a designed construction with the use of combining fabrics, one made of a stretch fabric of various percentages and the other made of a non-stretch fabric. Garments within any given style use a combination of varying panels made of both non-stretch and stretch fabric placed in strategic sections to push the fat tissue of the body to areas where it is more appealing to the eye. The stretchable fabric gives expansibility to this pushed body fat, while the non-stretch fabric restricts and pushes the fat tissue. By combining the two said fabrics together creates the reshaping of a body. Designs have various infinite combinations of these fabric panels targeting sections to enhance or to hide areas of excess body fat and redistribute them to areas more appealing to create the illusion of a slim youthful body. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20110003533 | SHAPE CONTROL GARMENT HAVING UNIFORM OUTER APPEARANCE - A shape control garment includes: a fabric layer, formed in a shape operable to cover a portion of a wearer's body when the shape control garment is worn by the wearer, the fabric layer having: (a) an inner surface, facing the wearer's body when the shape control garment is worn by the wearer, and (b) an outer surface, facing away from the wearer's body when the shape control garment is worn by the wearer; and a control layer, affixed to at least a portion of the inner surface of the fabric layer so as to provide control and/or compression to a portion of the wearer's body, and not be viewable to an outside observer when the shape control garment is worn by the user. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110207382 | BODY SLIMMER - A stretchable undergarment comprises a one-piece body slimming unit made of front and rear panels cut and sewn along the edges to form a tubular body shaping garment construction which is stretchable in the longitudinal direction, and having a lightweight zippered opening along the front. The undergarment is made from a woven stretchable satin material containing a small amount of thin spandex-type elastic fibers forming a predominately one-way vertical stretch in a base textile fabric made from thin polymeric textile fibers such as nylon. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120129425 | SHAPEWEAR GARMENT - A shape enhancing garment includes a garment shell and a garment lining permanently affixed to the shell to form a garment. The garment lining is stretchable 40-100% along the wale and 50-100% along the course, and the garment lining is sized to apply compression to a body of a wearer of the garment. Preferably, the garment lining is made of one or more of a circular knit fabric consisting essentially of spandex and polyester, which stretches 40-100% along the wale and 50-100% along the course; and a stretch powernet fabric consisting essentially of spandex and nylon, which stretches 50-100% along the wale and 50-100 along the course. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120302133 | FULL TORSO MATERNITY GARMENT - A maternity garment, which provides mild support to shape a woman's body and to act as a suspender for bottoms such as pants, shorts, or skirts that may be ill fitting due to body changes as a result of pregnancy, wherein the preferred garment has at least one shoulder strap, a belly panel, a hip band, two side panels, and a back panel, and is made of high performance fabric with varying degrees of compression. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20130178133 | UNDERGARMENT WITH A WEIGHT SUSPENSION MEANS - The various embodiments herein describe a women's undergarment comprising a strapless bra having a body portion with a pair of bust cups extending upwardly from a lower chest band, an underwire support frame provided on the chest band extending to the sides of the bra, two inner bra pads suspended in the bust cups, two straps attached to each of the inner bra pad, a loop provided on sides of the bra for passage of the strap, a panty, a support fabric provided inside the panty and an attachment means provided on one end of the strap for attaching the bra to the support fabric. The straps attached to the support fabric exerts a pulling force on the support fabric causing an upward lift of the support fabric thereby distributing the weight of breasts to lower buttocks and upper thighs of the user. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20160106158 | Maternity Exercise Garment - A maternity exercise garment for pregnant women includes abdominal and breast support portions integrated with a cover portion. The abdominal support portion comprises a plush-elastic band which is hidden and provides compression and support while still promoting comfort and freedom of movement. The abdominal support is positioned at the base of the abdomen to assist with lift of the abdomen of the pregnant women and to redistribute the extra weight. | 04-21-2016 |
| 450014000 | Detachably secured to subjacent supporter by separable fastener | 2 |
| 20120142251 | HIGH BACK BODY SHAPER AND UNIVERSAL BRA ATTACHMENT - In general, the present invention relates to a high back body shaper and universal bra attachment. Specifically, the present invention provides a body shaper having an optional high back and optional crotch flap/closure. The body shaper can have or accommodate any type of (universal) attachment mechanism that allows for attachment of any type of bra. In a typical embodiment, the attachment mechanism comprises a set (at least one) of clips that discretely clip to the bra of a wearer. When the two articles are attached, the attachment mechanisms are hidden. In addition, no gap is present between the band of the bra (e.g., the band around the back of the wearer) and the body shaper when the two are attached. This type of attachment is referred to herein as a gapless connection/intersection. The gapless attachment minimizes lines and prevents unsightly skin bulges and prevents the body shaper from sliding down the back of a wearer. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20160021937 | HIGH BACK BODY SHAPER AND UNIVERSAL BRA ATTACHMENT - An undergarment is intended to be worn by a user in combination with a brassiere having a back band. The undergarment comprises a unitary body piece having an inside, an outside, a front, a back, opposing sides, a top portion and a bottom portion, each defined by their relative positions when worn by the user. The undergarment further comprises at least one fastener adjacent the top portion and operable to removably engage the brassiere adjacent the back hand such that the back of the user is not visible between the back band and the top portion. | 01-28-2016 |
| 450022000 | Subjacent supporter includes crotch member | 3 |
| 20080207088 | UNDERGARMENT - The present invention relates to an undergarment having a brassier region, a middle section having a corset and reclosable opening, and a bottom section with crotch and buttocks regions. The undergarment has a reclosable opening down the portion of the midline of the undergarment, beginning at the brassier portion and extending to a portion of the middle section. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20140273735 | Body Shaper Having Crotch Opening - A body shaper can include a torso portion, first and second leg portions extending from the torso portion, a crotch portion disposed at an end of the torso portion between the first and second leg portions. The crotch portion comprises an opening, a first crotch portion extension and a second crotch portion extension, the first and second crotch portions being movable between a first configuration, in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined to cover the opening and a second configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are separated to expose the opening. The body shaper further includes a first gap disposed between the first leg portion and the first crotch side and a second gap disposed between the second leg portion and the second crotch side, the second gap having a length extending from the first crotch end to the second crotch end and a width extending from the second crotch side to the second leg portion. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160037828 | BODY-SHAPING INTIMACY GARMENT - A body-shaping intimacy garment for a woman has an upper portion that supports or at least contacts undersides of the breasts while leaving the breasts exposed, a torso portion extending from the upper portion, a lower portion that encircles the waist, buttocks and hips while defining a crotch opening through the garment for access during intimate encounters, and leg portions that extend to below the knee. The torso portion, lower portion and leg portions each include respective portions of inner and outer layers of stretchable fabrics. The inner layer fabric is worn stretched about the torso, waist, buttocks, hips and legs, with tension in shoulder straps maintaining some inner layer stretch along the torso portion while worn. The outer layer fabric has a lesser elasticity than the inner layer fabric, and the two fabric layers are connected at the bust but are otherwise disconnected throughout front and sides of the torso and lower portions, and throughout the leg portions to at least below the knee, such that the outer layer is configured to slide over the inner layer, and to flow over local curvature fluctuations of the inner layer, during movement. | 02-11-2016 |
| 450023000 | Wraparound overlapped type torso support | 1 |
| 20080287036 | Gas permeable athletic breast restraint - A breast restraint apparatus encircling an upper torso during vigorous activities such as jogging is made up of a flexible, stretchable and compressible elongated panel having a porous neoprene inner layer bonded to a synthetic fiber layer on one or both sides thereby forming a multi-layer integral assembly. A hook type fastener material layer is joined to the panel at one end and a loop type fastener material layer is bonded to the opposing end of the panel. The two ends of the panel are formed as semicircles and may be joined for encircling the torso of an exerciser. | 11-20-2008 |
| 450027000 | Low out at back | 1 |
| 20100099332 | BODY GARMENT AND SHAPEWEAR DESIGN AND METHOD OF USE - A shapewear garment is described that includes a one-piece foundation, wherein the foundation comprises a compression material having at least one area of firm support and at least one area of light support; and at least one resealable thong-like seam. | 04-22-2010 |
