CPC A41C 3/10 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0021 (2013.01); A41C 3/142 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. An upper body shaper garment comprising:
two cup portions with one cup portion for covering each breast of a wearer;
a bottom band directly below the two cup portions and configured to extend across a chest area of the wearer beneath the breasts; and
a back portion, configured in a racer back format, connecting to each cup portion of the two cup portions and the bottom band via a set of wings, wherein each wing, of the set of wings, is configured to be located on each side of the chest area of the wearer, the set of wings extending along the upper body shaper garment sides between a peripheral edge of each cup portion and the back portion,
wherein each cup portion includes:
a support area configured to fit tightly over each breast and configured to capture an upper middle portion of each breast, the support area controlling movement of an upper section of each cup portion;
a shaping area directly below the support area and extending down from a lower peripheral edge of the support area to the bottom band,
the shaping area including one or more compression zones knitted into each cup portion, the one or more compression zones compressing a bottom section of each cup portion to lift the support area above from the bottom band and push the support area adaptively out and away from a body of the wearer; and
a first transition area at an intersection of the shaping area and the support area;
a second transition area between a tightest compression zone and a high compression zone, a third transition area between the high compression zone and a low compression zone, and a fourth transition area between the low compression zone and a medium compression zone;
wherein the second transition area comprises a second stitch gradient that gradually decreases a stitch density specifying a number of stitches knitted into an area of material from a third stitch density of the tightest compression zone to a fourth stitch density of the high compression zone;
wherein the third transition area comprises a third stitch gradient that gradually decreases the stitch density from the fourth stitch density of the high compression zone to a fifth stitch density of the low compression zone;
wherein the fourth transition area compresses a fourth stitch gradient that gradually increases the stitch density from the fifth stitch density of the low compression zone to a sixth stitch density of the medium compression zone.
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