A brassiere includes a front portion configured to be positioned along a front of a torso, a back portion coupled to the front portion, and a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion. The front portion includes a cup for supporting a wearer's breast. The cup comprises a fabric layer and a printed layer. The fabric layer includes a first, user-facing side and a second side opposite the first side. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer and forms a discontinuous layer defining covered fabric areas and noncovered fabric areas exposing the fabric layer. An elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the noncovered fabric areas. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer in a pattern configured to provide the cup with an elastic modulus gradient.

Methods of manufacturing a garment apparatus are provided. The garment apparatus can be, for example, a device, a panty, a boyshort, a short, a lingerie item, a barrier, a garment, an undergarment, a membrane, a prophylactic, and/or a system.

Disclosed herein are form-fitting garments configured to hold an ostomy pouch close to the body via a shaped interior pocket creating a barrier between the pouch and skin of an individual. The garment may include a plurality of pockets such that an unused pocket may serve to hold additional supplies. The garment is preferably configured to have a maximum stretch in the horizontal direction allowing for the expansion of the pouch while having minimal stretching in the vertical direction to prevent the interior pocket and garment from sagging under the weight of the pouch.

An apparatus characterized as an undergarment having a front portion disposed between the crotch and waist areas of the apparatus comprised of non-permeable elastomeric material and a plurality of perforations, positioned so that when the apparatus is worn, by a user having genitals characterized as a protrusion or penis, the genitals may remain securely contoured to the abdomen while portions of the genital skin pass though the plurality of perforations so that the user may receive external stimulation to the genitals directly. The apparatus may have cutouts exposing an anus area for being penetrated by an external object. The inventive apparatus lends itself to alleviating gender dysphoria of penis-having people during sexual intimacy. Embodiments also lend themselves to being used by preoperative transgender women and non-binary people for an enhanced comfort during sexual intimacy.

Insulated sleeping bags suitable for use in outdoor environments in ambient temperatures at least as low as 0° F./−18° C. are disclosed. Particularly, the sleeping bags are sized to accommodate young children. The disclosed sleeping bags ensure that the young child using the sleeping bag is insulated against cold ambient temperatures during sleep and eliminates the suffocation hazards posed by previously known cold weather sleeping arrangements for young children.

An undergarment includes a folded fabric attached at lateral edges to form an overlap regions along each side of the undergarment to form a generally triangular configuration complementary to the female anatomy. The overlap region may have a lateral length of about 0.5 inches or more. Some examples may include multiple layers of fabric, natural fiber materials such as jersey knit natural cotton, or both. The undergarment may be assembled using a continuous seam. a fabric wherein the layered assembly comprises jersey knit fabric and the undergarment does not include elastic along body or leg openings, and wherein the layered assembly and the respective first ends and second ends of the upper and lower regions are attached by a continuous seam.

A brassiere includes a front portion configured to be positioned along a front of a torso, a back portion coupled to the front portion, and a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion. The front portion includes a cup for supporting a wearer's breast. The cup comprises a fabric layer and a printed layer. The fabric layer includes a first, user-facing side and a second side opposite the first side. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer and forms a discontinuous layer defining covered fabric areas and noncovered fabric areas exposing the fabric layer. An elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the noncovered fabric areas. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer in a pattern configured to provide the cup with an elastic modulus gradient.

A swaddling device is described. The swaddling device is Y-shaped pod shaped and configured to substantially enclose a baby. The device includes sleeves having at their ends foldover mitten cuffs or similar selectively openable fasteners. The cuffs allow a caregiver to expose the hand or hands of the baby so as to provide skin-to-skin contact. Alternatively, the caregiver can close the cuffs if scratching is a concern. The device is shaped to provide support and snugness for the baby in its mid-section, while also providing sufficient space for hips and knees to flex. The design of the Swaddle Sack with swaddle snugness provides support and partial suppression of the Moro Reflex without arm restraints and allowing sufficient range of motion for baby's upper section which will reduce risk of suffocation for baby in the event that baby rolls over to prone position, because baby will be able to use his or her arms to reposition his or her head to get access to air.

An undergarment includes a folded fabric attached at lateral edges to form an overlap regions along each side of the undergarment to form a generally triangular configuration complementary to the female anatomy. The overlap region may have a lateral length of about 0.5 inches or more. Some examples may include multiple layers of fabric, natural fiber materials such as jersey knit natural cotton, or both. The undergarment may be assembled using a continuous seam. a fabric wherein the layered assembly comprises jersey knit fabric and the undergarment does not include elastic along body or leg openings, and wherein the layered assembly and the respective first ends and second ends of the upper and lower regions are attached by a continuous seam.

A torso garment, such as a brassiere or brief, includes a body formed of inner and outer layers, the body including at least one torso band extending from a portion of the body, where the inner and outer layers overlap along a fold line of the torso garment. The torso garment includes an elastomeric band positioned between the inner and outer layers proximate the fold line.