MULTI-TUMMY LAYER BODY SHAPER WITH VARIABLE DENSITY MESH

Abstract

A woman's multi-tummy layer body shaper with variable density mesh undergarment which includes breast pockets and buttocks pockets made of flexible lace patterned mesh, includes a top region and a multi-layer compression abdominal region below the breasts. For women, the garment has a crotch area made of two overlapping pieces of fabric, leaving a gap to use in the restroom. The garment also includes a pair of arm coverings which cover at least a shoulder clavicle area of the wearer, with optional short sleeves, half sleeves or full sleeves, and optional leg coverings of variable lengths. The body shaper undergarment also includes an abdominal compression area, which includes an inner skin contact compressive breathable, sweat-porous layer therethrough, a middle textured, breathable, sweat-porous compressive layer and an outer breathable, sweat-porous, compressive layer. An optional front openable corset may be provided to the body shaper undergarment.

Claims

1. A woman's body shaper under garment comprising: a breast-covering region made of a flexible mesh portion; a pair of expandable, stretchable side breast-covering mesh regions having flank areas of fabric sufficiently thick to provide side support for said expandable, stretchable mesh breasts region, said flank areas extended on the sides and bottoms of said breast-covering mesh regions of said body shaper undergarment; a pair of expandable, stretchable buttocks-covering mesh regions having side flank areas of fabric sufficiently thick to provide side support for said expandable, stretchable mesh buttocks regions, said flank areas extending on the sides and bottoms of said buttocks mesh regions.

2. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 1 wherein said garment is seamless.

3. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 2 in which the garment is constructed entirely of knitted materials, and in which the garment is manufactured in one continuous knitting process, thereby eliminating a post-process of attaching elastic bands.

4. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 3 in which said garment has an opening for use of a bra.

5. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 4 in which said flank areas of said garment are adapted to support said expandable, stretchable buttocks-covering mesh regions.

6. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 1 wherein said pairs of expandable, stretchable breast and buttocks covering flexible mesh regions are provided in thicknesses or densities in deniers in a range of about 10 deniers to above 50 deniers.

7. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 6 in which said buttocks enclosed expandable, stretchable mesh regions include multiple regions of expansion and stretch, with lower portions of said multiple regions being less expandable and stretchable than intermediate regions of expansion and stretch.

8. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 1 wherein said body shaper undergarment has a body portion which is provided in a thickness or density in deniers in a range of from about 40 deniers to about 200 deniers, and wherein the expandable, stretchable breast mesh regions of said upper abdominal area being the lightest of all mesh portions and being provided in a range of about 10 deniers to about 50 deniers of said garment.

9. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 8 wherein a thickest mesh of said pairs of expandable, stretchable breasts and buttocks enclosed flexible mesh regions is provided in a thickness of a range of deniers of from about 20 deniers to about 100 deniers, wherein further a second mesh of less dense and lighter mesh than said thickest mesh is provided in a thickness or density in deniers of from about 10 deniers to about 80 deniers, and wherein the mesh region being the lightest of all three mesh portions is provided in a range of about 10 deniers to about 50 deniers of said garment.

10. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 1 wherein said breast and buttocks regions are made of a flexible expandable, stretchable, lace-patterned mesh, said breast and buttocks portions being each a pair of expandable, minimal compressive mesh regions; said pair of side flank support regions adjacent to said upper breast and lower buttocks regions, and said mid waist region extending up sides of said body shaper undergarment, said pair of flank supports extending along respective left and right outer peripheral edges of respective upper, mid waist and lower abdominal regions, said side flank supports supporting said expandable stretchable breast and buttocks flexible mesh lace regions from the sides and below, whereby said pairs of expandable breasts and buttocks lace mesh regions are further pushed outward without compression; said expandable, stretchable breasts and buttocks regions being fully covered by flexible, expandable, stretchable, lace mesh made from garment material thinner and less compressive than the respective garment material making up a remainder of said body shaper undergarment, allowing said expandable breasts and buttocks regions to be pushed upward and outward without compression during wearing of the body shaper undergarment of the wearer, in which said expandable, stretchable breasts and buttocks enclosed lace mesh regions include multiple regions of expansion and stretch, with lower portions of said multiple regions being expansive and less stretchable; wherein said expandable, stretchable breasts and buttocks enclosed lace mesh regions include multiple regions of expansion and stretch, with at least one lower portion of said multiple regions being expansive and less stretchable.

11. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 10 wherein a thickest mesh of said plurality of expandable, stretchable meshes in said breasts and buttocks enclosed expandable, stretchable lace mesh regions is provided in a thickness of a range of deniers of from about 20 deniers to about 100 deniers, wherein further a second mesh of less dense and lighter mesh than said thickest mesh is provided in a thickness or density in deniers of from about 10 deniers to about 80 deniers, and wherein the expandable, stretchable mesh region being the lightest of all three portions is provided in a range of about 10 deniers to about 50 deniers of said garment.

12. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 1 further comprising: a top region of knitted fabric; and a multiple-layer compression abdominal region extending over the full abdominal area from immediately below the breasts down to cover the pelvic area of the wearer, extending laterally from side hip to side hip, said multiple layer compression abdominal region below the breasts of wearer comprising a mixture of polyester and elastane knitted fabric.

13. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 12 having a single layer knitted fabric back region below which is a compression region adjacent a crotch of said garment.

14. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 12 wherein said multiple layer compressive abdominal region below the breast of a wearer extending down to cover the pelvic area, comprises a breathable compressive mesh fabric layer and another layer of fabric.

15. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 14 in which said breathable sweat-porous compressive mesh fabric layer is POWER NET® mesh fabric.

16. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 14 in which said compression abdominal region includes an inner breathable, sweat-porous skin contact compressive layer capable of emitting body sweat therethrough, said breathable, sweat-porous compressive mesh fabric layer is a middle layer, and an outer breathable, sweat-porous compressive layer.

17. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 16 in which said breathable, sweat-porous middle compressive layer is a compressive mesh fabric.

18. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 17 in which said compressive mesh fabric is POWER NET ® mesh fabric.

19. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 12 in which said outer layer comprises about 84% polyester and 16% elastane.

20. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 1 further comprising an openable compressive corset.

21. The woman's body shaper undergarment of claim 1 further comprising variable-length arm and leg portions.

22. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 21 wherein said arm portions are made of fabric having a linear density of from about 30 to about 200 deniers.

23. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 1 further comprising wearable copper threaded fabric.

24. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 23 wherein said wearable copper threaded fabric is mixed with flexible fabrics selected from the group consisting of elastane, nylon and/or spandex, wherein further said wearable copper fabrics are knitted or woven with non-conductive yarns.

25. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 1 in which one or more of the various parts of the garment can be separately made and attached together to a central hollow body portion by attachments means.

26. The woman's body shaper undergarment garment as in claim 25 in which said attachment means comprises said parts of said garment being sewn with threads or glued with strips of glue or other adhesive to said central hollow body portion.

27. A woman's body shaper undergarment comprising: a torso area below a breast region and above a buttocks region; said breast region including flexible lace mesh pockets; said buttocks region including expandable, stretchable, flexible mesh pockets; at least one integral abdominal compression area, and at least one of a skirt, shorts or pants of knitted fabric; and said abdominal compression area extending below the breasts of wearer and extending down to cover the pelvic area and extending laterally from side hip to side hip, comprising at least one breathable compressive sweat porous layer and another fabric layer.

28. The woman's body shaper undergarment as claim 27 in which said breathable compressive sweat porous layer is POWER NET® mesh fabric.

29. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 27 in which said at least one breathable compression sweat porous layer of said abdominal compression area being below breasts of wearer and extending down to cover the pelvic area, comprising an inner skin contact compressive breathable layer, said breathable compressive sweat-porous layer being a middle breathable compressive layer, and an outer breathable, sweat-porous compressive layer, wherein said middle breathable, compressive sweat-porous layer is stronger and denser than said inner skin contact compressive breathable, sweat-porous layer and said outer breathable, sweat-porous compressive layer.

30. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 29 in which said breathable compressive sweat porous layer id POWER NET® mesh fabric.

31. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 27 wherein said breast and buttocks mesh portions are provided in patterned configurations.

32. The woman's body shaper undergarments as in claim 31 wherein said patterned breasts and buttocks mesh configurations comprise patterned lace configurations.

33. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 27 further comprising wearable copper threaded fabric.

34. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 33 wherein said wearable copper threaded fabric is mixed with flexible fabrics selected from the group consisting of elastane, nylon and/or spandex, wherein further said wearable copper fabrics are knitted or woven with non-conductive yams.

35. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 27 in which said undergarment is seamless.

36. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 27 in which one or more of the various parts of the garment can be separately made and attached together to a central hollow body portion by attachments means.

37. The woman's body shaper undergarment as in claim 36 in which said attachment means comprises said parts of said garment being sewn with threads or glued with strips of glue or other adhesive to said central hollow body portion.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0052] The present invention can best be understood in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is noted that the invention is not limited to the precise embodiments shown in drawings, in which:

[0053] FIG. 1 illustrates a front perspective view of a women's body shaper undergarment of a previous prior art invention.

[0054] FIG. 2 illustrates a rear perspective view of the same women's body shaper undergarment of FIG. 1 from the previous prior art invention.

[0055] FIG. 3 illustrates a front perspective view of the women's body shaper undergarment of the present invention.

[0056] FIG. 4 illustrates a rear perspective view of the woman's body shaper undergarment of the present invention.

[0057] FIG. 5 illustrates a left-side elevation view of the woman's body shaper undergarment of the present invention, showing the breasts being uncovered.

[0058] FIG. 6 is a left-side perspective detail of an alternate embodiment of the right buttocks covering provided in mesh, illustrating two bands of higher density mesh at the bottom area.

[0059] FIG. 7 is a rear perspective detail of the alternate embodiment mesh covering as in FIG. 6 showing the two higher density bands near the bottom of the mesh areas of both buttocks.

[0060] FIG. 8 is a left-side perspective view of the body shaper undergarment of the present invention, showing the higher density bands of both buttocks as well as the higher density mesh bands near the bottom of the front mesh region.

[0061] FIG. 9 is also a front elevation view of the body shaper undergarment of FIG. 3, showing various leg covering lengths thereon.

[0062] FIG. 10 is a front elevation of the body shaper undergarment of FIG. 3, showing various sleeve covering lengths thereon.

[0063] FIG. 11 is a front elevation of a woman's body shaper undergarment showing an exploded view of a compressive sweat porous second layer for the abdominal portion, where the arrows indicate the layer can be on the front, sides and/or rear of the body shaper undergarment.

[0064] FIG. 12 is a front elevation of the women's body shaper undergarment of FIG. 11, showing the breasts revealed for covering with an outer garment blouse or shirt.

[0065] FIG. 13 is a rear view of another embodiment for a body shaper undergarment with flexible, expandable, reinforced lace mesh body parts, shown covering the buttocks of the wearer.

[0066] FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of the breast area of the preferred embodiment of FIG. 13 for a body shaper undergarment with flexible, expandable, reinforced lace mesh body parts, shown covering the breasts of the wearer.

[0067] FIG. 15 is a front elevation view of an alternate preferred embodiment for shapewear garment with flexible, expandable, reinforced lace-patterned mesh body parts and multilayer abdominal compressive layers, wherein the expandable lace mesh body parts are shown covering the breasts of the wearer.

[0068] FIG. 16 is a rear view of an alternate preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 15 for shapewear garment with flexible, expandable, reinforced lace-patterned mesh body parts and multilayer abdominal compressive layers, wherein the expandable lace-patterned mesh body parts are shown covering the buttocks of the wearer.

[0069] FIG. 17 is a front perspective view of the breast area of the alternate preferred embodiment shown in FIG. 15 for shapewear garment with flexible, reinforced, expandable, lace-patterned mesh body parts and multilayer abdominal compressive layers, wherein the expandable, lace-patterned mesh body parts are shown covering the breasts of the wearer.

[0070] FIG. 18 is an exploded detail view of a brassiere with expandable, lace-patterned breast pockets, to be used with a woman's garments, shown with slots for insertion of silicone or other synthetic breast inserts.

[0071] FIG. 19 is an exploded detail view of the torso portion of a woman's garment, shown with a first outer compressive layer, a stronger middle compressive layer and an inside compressive layer to be placed adjacent to the wearer's skin.

[0072] FIG. 20 in a front perspective view of a body shaper undergarment with a corset for covering the abdominal portion of the body shaper garment.

[0073] It is further noted that the various region areas of the body shaper undergarment are shown with various cross hatchings and line configurations, which like areas bear the same cross hatchings and/or line configurations.

DETAILED DESCRIPTIONOF THE INVENTION

[0074] FIGS. 1 and 2 are prior art drawings illustrating the front and the back respectively of a body shaper undergarment for butt enhancement. In FIG. 2, expandable mesh regions marked with item labels “B” and “C” are expandable pouches which allow the buttocks to expand into them as supported by less stretchable surrounding regions to form a more desirable look. FIG. 1 of the same prior art shows a thick fabric region over the stomach wall marked as item label “A” which helps to compress the stomach flat.

[0075] FIGS. 3 and 4 are front and rear perspective views of a woman's body shaper undergarment of this invention as worn by a user. Although specific body shaper undergarments may vary in terms of materials and design, the functional aspects are well illustrated by the elements of FIG. 3. Expandable mesh regions 1 are provided in the breast regions which expand outward. Abdominal torso region 8 is denser and more compressive than the stretchable mesh regions 1 covering the breasts. The area around the crotch 5 includes structural sections of thick support material. The side and bottom flank areas 2 are of the thickest fabric which continues to the back as illustrated in FIG. 4, and in the front view of FIG. 3 and the back view of FIG. 4 there are shown upper thigh bands 12, which are less dense than flank regions 2. Mid-thigh bands 6 may have knitted-in welts. Item 7 is a wide-open crotch double gusset. Two bra straps with adjusters 15 support the body shaper undergarment foundation (i.e., front, back and side flanks). The mesh areas 16 and 17 on the right buttocks and left buttocks are shown FIG. 4 as being supported at the edge by the fabric of dense side and bottom flank areas 2.

[0076] FIG. 5 is a right-side perspective view showing the items described in FIGS. 3 and 4 from the side where sections such as the shape of the side and buttocks flanks 2 are more clearly visible, but wherein the expandable breast mesh regions 1 are shown removed, but revealing the exposed breasts.

[0077] FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 illustrate an alternate embodiment with torso region 21 below the breasts wherein the expandable mesh areas 24 for the buttocks have variable stretchability.

[0078] FIG. 6 is a side detail view of a right buttocks area covered in expandable mesh 24 that has a plurality of sub-regions, preferably three sub-regions of stretch 25, 27 and 28. While most of the expandable buttocks covering area 25 is thin and quite stretchable; the bottom sub-region 26 has two crescent shaped bands' sub-regions 27 and 28 which become more dense and have less stretch. Band 28, adjacent to support fabric 22 is the densest mesh while band 27 is less dense than band 28 but denser than the upper buttocks covering area 25. Upper thigh support rings 12 is denser than the lower thigh support rings 6 as also shown.

[0079] FIG. 7 shows the same details from a back view of both buttocks covering areas 25, which is supported by denser mesh sub-region band 27 and densest mesh sub-region band 28 below. However, the main support for the main mesh buttocks covering area 25 and intermediate set 26 of denser mesh sub-regions' bands 27 and 28 is from the densest flank supports 22, which extend from the sides of the body shaper undergarment and around the outer sides of the buttocks covering areas 25 and 26 and bottoms thereof. Below the bottom portion of flank supports 22 are located thigh rings 29.

[0080] FIG. 8 illustrates the body shaper undergarment of the second embodiment with three sub-regions 25, 27 28 of stretch for both the buttocks mesh as well as the front mesh. In this side view, both rear mesh 25 as well as torso region 21 can be seen. The expandable mesh buttocks regions 24 and supported on the sides and bottom. Less supportive thigh rings 29 are also shown. It is important that seamless implementation of these sub-region bands is used to eliminate outwardly visible lines. A continuously variable stretch knitting is ideally suited to replace the discrete bands shown here.

[0081] FIGS. 9 to 12 presented here represents body shaper undergarments which are constructed of breathable sweat-wicking material using seamless WKS or similar knitting techniques with compression in the abdominal area.

[0082] FIGS. 9-10 illustrate garment 120 with central abdominal region 122 and lower hip region 134. It can be paired with bottom covering shorts, pants or skirt for use as active wear. In FIGS. 9 and 10, garment 120 has a top breast region 124 and central abdominal region 122 (below the breasts). It has snaps in the crotch area (not shown). Also shown as short sleeves 126, half sleeve 121 and full sleeve 123 extents which are indicated, as are thigh length regions 136 or lower leg portions 138, and hip portions 134. If bright color pattern is used, the outer layer of control abdominal region 122 is 84% polyester and 16% LYCRA® or elastane, because this holds color and patterns better than a 90% nylon and 10% LYCRA®, or elastane. The fabric mix can also be of nylon and elastane, an elastic polyurethane material in an 84% to 16% ratio, with a thickness of between about 150 to 400 GSM .A single layer fabric back region (not shown) may be provided below the compression zone and adjacent to the crotch. The abdominal compression area 122 may optionally include a plurality of two or more areas, preferably three layers, including an inner skin contact compressive breathable layer capable of emitting body sweat therethrough, a stronger middle compressive layer and an outer breathable compressive layer.

[0083] FIGS. 11 and 12 show body shaper undergarment 170 with central abdominal area 178, shown exploded with the arrows of area 178 indicating a second layer 179, which may cover the front, sides and/or back of garment 170. FIG. 12 shows garment 170 as with the breast region removed, so that it can be comfortably covered by a looser blouse or other toe.

[0084] FIG. 13 shows an alternate preferred embodiment for a rear view of a woman's shapewear undergarment 201 with flexible, expandable, reinforced lace mesh body parts 202, shown covering the breasts of the wearer. The flexible, expandable lace mesh portions 202 are positioned above abdominal portion 203 and hip covering portions 206. Variable length leg portions for shorts 206, thigh length 208, knee height 210 and full-length 212 are also shown.

[0085] FIG. 13 also shows a rear view of body shaper undergarment 201 with flexible, reinforced lace mesh body parts 225, shown covering the buttocks of the wearer. Alternate lower buttocks support mesh portions 227 and 228 of increased mesh density are shown below lace mesh portions 225. Back torso portion 230 is shown with side and bottom flank portions 207 below buttocks portions 225.

[0086] FIG. 14 is a front perspective view of the top portion of the preferred body shaper undergarment embodiment of FIG. 13 for a shapewear garment 201, and shown with flexible, expandable reinforced lace-patterned mesh breast pockets 202, shown covering the breasts of the wearer above torso portion 203. To support the expandable lace mesh breast portions 202, side flank support portions 209 of greater density are provided, of the same material as flank support portions 207 supporting expandable lace mesh buttocks portions 207, as shown in FIG. 13.

[0087] FIGS. 15, 16 and 17 show an alternate preferred embodiment for shapewear garment 301 with abdominal support region 303 with flexible, expandable reinforced lace-patterned mesh body pockets 302 for breasts and reinforced, expandable lace-patterned mesh body portions 325 for the buttocks and multilayer abdominal compressive layers in abdominal support region 303, wherein the lace-patterned mesh body parts 302 are shown covering the breasts of the wearer.

[0088] Also shown in FIG. 15 below abdominal support region 303 are hip portions 304 and gusset 305 for bathroom use. Variable leg portions are shown, including shorts length 306, thigh length 308, knee height length 310 and full leg portions 312.

[0089] FIG. 16 also shows the lace mesh body parts 325 are shown covering the buttocks of the wearer, wherein optional varying density crescent mesh sub-portions 327 and 328 are shown below less dense mesh buttocks sub-portions 325, which are supported by side and bottom flank portions 307, above optional leg portions 306.

[0090] FIG. 17 is a front perspective view of the top portion of the preferred body shaper undergarment embodiment of FIG. 15 for a shapewear garment 201, and shown with flexible, expandable reinforced lace-patterned mesh breast pockets 302, shown covering the breasts of the wearer above torso portion 303. To support the expandable lace mesh breast portions 302, side flank support portions 309 of greater density are provided, of the same material as flank support portions 307 supporting lace mesh buttocks portions 307, as shown in FIG. 16.

[0091] FIG. 18 is an exploded detail view of a brassiere 380 with lace-patterned breast pockets 384 to be used with the aforementioned woman's garments, with slots 386 for insertion of silicone or other synthetic breast inserts 388 or 389 therein.

[0092] FIG. 19 is an exploded detail view of the torso portion 390 of a woman's garment 301, shown with a first outer compressive sweat porous layer 392, a mid-stronger compressive layer 394 and an inside compressive sweat porous layer 396 to be placed adjacent to the wearer's skin.

[0093] FIG. 20 shows the body shaper undergarment as a corset for covering the abdominal portion of the body shaper, where the corset of FIG. 20 is shown as another uniform fabric layer that goes all around the mid-body (front, sides and back.)

[0094] The section where the attachment hooks or zipper connects is made of a strong fabric that can hold the stretching on the waist area. The hook and eye are made of metal or strong plastic, because they need to be strong.

[0095] Reference numeral 403 is the front closer with eye and hook style of the abdominal tummy area and reference numeral 404 is for the zipper closer shown as an option on the side. The reason the garment may be in corset style, too, is because for after plastic surgery, such as tummy tuck or liposuction, the waist and tummy area as time passes, the torso, tummy and waist area get smaller and smaller because of the post-surgical swelling.

[0096] After liposuction, major swelling may last for a month or two. The minor swelling can linger for several months after that. The skin contraction and shrinkage takes approximately 6-9 months to occur and the body shaper is to be worn for the first 4-6 weeks to assist in the skin contraction such that an even contour is achieved and that is the reason the eye and hook style corset closer is good, because the wearer can make it smaller as they lose inches on their waist area.

[0097] The corset front closer hook and eye clips of the corset can be sewn or glued to a front panel like a regular corset with the eye and the or a zipper.

[0098] In preferred embodiments, the woman's undergarments shown in drawing FIGS. 3-20 are seamless, without any stitching or gluing of the various parts of the garment separately. However, in non-preferred embodiments the various parts of the woman's undergarments can be optionally separately made and attached together to a central hollow body portion by being sewn with threads or glued with strips of glue or other adhesive.

[0099] In the foregoing description, certain terms and visual depictions are used to illustrate the preferred embodiment. However, no unnecessary limitations are to be construed by the terms used or illustrations depicted, beyond what is shown in the prior art, since the terms and illustrations are exemplary only, and are not meant to limit the scope of the present invention.

[0100] It is further known that other modifications may be made to the present invention, without departing the scope of the invention, as noted in the appended Claims. [0101] A complete listing of the claims and their current status is as follows: