US 10,966,468 B2
Garment with inner panel
Sandra Ann Waitz, New York, NY (US); and Catherine Shannon, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston Salem, NC (US)
Filed by HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC, Winston-Salem, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/681,951.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/381,986, filed on Aug. 31, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2018/0055095 A1, Mar. 1, 2018
Int. Cl. A41B 9/00 (2006.01); A41B 9/04 (2006.01); A41D 27/02 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 9/004 (2013.01) [A41B 9/04 (2013.01); A41D 27/02 (2013.01); A41B 2300/30 (2013.01); A41B 2300/35 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A female undergarment comprising:
a first fabric layer comprising an abdominal region and a crotch region, wherein the crotch region is defined by a first leg opening and a second leg opening; and
a second fabric layer secured to the first fabric layer at the crotch region and at the abdominal region, thereby defining a first opening between the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer proximate the first leg opening and a second opening between the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer proximate the second leg opening,
wherein the second fabric layer is sewn to the first fabric layer at a top of the crotch region and at the abdominal region to yield a first seam at the top of the crotch region and a second seam at the abdominal region,
wherein the first opening is defined along a first edge of the second fabric layer, where the first edge is a straight edge, and the second opening is defined along a second edge of the second fabric layer, where the second edge is a straight edge, and
wherein a width of the second fabric layer at the abdominal region exceeds a width of the second fabric layer at the crotch region, and wherein the second fabric layer is configured to distribute a vertical pull in the crotch region across the abdominal region when worn, thereby relieving tension at the first leg opening and the second leg opening.