A shapewear garment including an abdomen section and two leg sections. At least one of the two leg sections includes at least one pocket that is adapted to secure items.

A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.

A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.

Articles, such as garments, including films comprising dried aqueous polyurethane dispersions are disclosed, whereby the garment has an altered stress which is exhibited during wear of the garment. The film may be bonded to the fabric of the article to provide a fabric or film laminate.

Articles, such as garments, including films comprising dried aqueous polyurethane dispersions are disclosed, whereby the garment has an altered stress which is exhibited during wear of the garment. The film may be bonded to the fabric of the article to provide a fabric or film laminate.

A method and apparatus for applying pressure to the abdomen of a patient to facilitate the insertion of a colonoscope is characterized by the use of a tensile compression device in the form of an elastic band which is wrapped around the patient's abdomen and secured in place. The tension of the band is adjusted to apply a desired degree of pressure to the patient's abdomen to reduce loops in the patient's colon so that the colonoscope can be fully inserted into the colon with minimal discomfort to the patient. The ends of the device are connected together when the desired degree of tension is obtained so that constant pressure and support are provided to the patient's colon. Addition pressure can be manually applied simultaneously with the pressure from the tensile device to reduce or eliminate more distal loops in the colon.

An apparatus for supporting trousers has an elastic band adapted to wrap around a waist of a person wearing the trousers, a pouch affixed at or adjacent to a lower edge of the elastic band, and a trousers-engaging element for grasping or abutting an interior surface of the trousers. The trousers-engaging element is a strip of polymeric material received within the interior of the pouch. The strip a polymeric material has a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. The horizontal portion is adapted to engage with an interior surface of the trousers.

An apparatus for supporting trousers has an elastic band adapted to wrap around a waist of a person wearing the trousers, a pouch affixed at or adjacent to a lower edge of the elastic band, and a trousers-engaging element for grasping or abutting an interior surface of the trousers. The trousers-engaging element is a strip of polymeric material received within the interior of the pouch. The strip a polymeric material has a vertical portion and a horizontal portion. The horizontal portion is adapted to engage with an interior surface of the trousers.

A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.

A lower body garment with shaping benefits is provided. The lower body garment may comprise an outer garment and a control panel inside the outer garment, such that the control panel is not visible from the outside of the outer garment. The control panel may have a rectangular shape and line a full circumference of an interior waist of the outer garment. Further, the control panel may be anchored to the outer garment at a top edge seam of the outer garment. In certain aspects, the lower body garment may be a legging, pant or skirt.