초록 ▼

A swimsuit having an inner liner of stretchable and resilient fabric for encasing at least a portion of a person\s torso, including the abdomen, hips and rear areas; at least one control panel bonded to the inner liner for restricting the stretching of the inner liner fabric and controlling bulging

A swimsuit having an inner liner of stretchable and resilient fabric for encasing at least a portion of a person\s torso, including the abdomen, hips and rear areas; at least one control panel bonded to the inner liner for restricting the stretching of the inner liner fabric and controlling bulging at a desired area of the encased torso; and an outer swimsuit fabric covering over the inner liner. The control panels are preferably located on the abdomen and both upper rear hip areas of the inner liner and have significantly less stretch than the inner liner fabric alone. The panels may be made of soft, flexible synthetic fabric or plastic laminated to either the interior or exterior surface of the inner liner.

대표청구항 ▼

A swimsuit comprising: a tightly fitting, body-controlling inner liner of stretchable, resilient synthetic or synthetic blend fabric selected from the group consisting of nylon, polyester, spandex, and blends thereof for encasing at least a portion of a person\s torso, including the abdomen, hips an

A swimsuit comprising: a tightly fitting, body-controlling inner liner of stretchable, resilient synthetic or synthetic blend fabric selected from the group consisting of nylon, polyester, spandex, and blends thereof for encasing at least a portion of a person\s torso, including the abdomen, hips and rear area, and having legholes in the liner lower portion; a bra portion secured to said inner liner; a plurality of control panels of soft, flexible synthetic fabric or plastic having less than 25% of the stretch of said inner liner fabric alone in both warp and fill directions laminated on the abdomen and upper rear hip areas of said inner liner by directly contacting the surfaces of the panels and liner and applying heat and pressure to fuse the panels and liner together for restricting the stretching of said inner liner fabric and controlling bulging at said areas to provide a more appealing shape to the torso; and an outer swimsuit fabric covering over said inner liner, including said bra portion, said outer swimsuit secured to said inner liner at said bra portion and said legholes.