US 12,329,213 B2
Posterior-enhancing shapewear garment
Natalie Weirtz, Atlanta, GA (US); Angelica Melendez, Atlanta, GA (US); and Elena Novosiolova, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Spanx, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Spanx, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/854,240.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/840,023, filed on Apr. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0337387 A1, Oct. 29, 2020
Int. Cl. A41C 1/00 (2006.01); A41B 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 1/003 (2013.01) [A41B 9/08 (2013.01); A41B 2300/20 (2013.01); A41B 2400/38 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A buttocks-enhancing shapewear garment comprising:
an outer garment layer, an inner garment layer, an outer pocket layer, an inner pocket layer, a right buttock pad, a left buttock pad, an elongated crotch panel, and a waistband;
wherein the outer pocket layer and the inner pocket layer are configured to cover a buttocks area of the wearer;
wherein the outer pocket layer and the inner pocket layer are attached to the inner garment layer at a pocket perimeter edge such that the outer pocket layer is between the inner pocket layer and the outer garment layer;
wherein the outer pocket layer is attached to the waistband at a top outer pocket edge;
wherein the outer pocket layer and a top inner pocket edge of the inner pocket layer define an upper pocket opening;
wherein a center seam extends inferiorly from the waistband through the outer pocket layer and the inner pocket layer, the center seam separating the outer pocket layer and the inner pocket layer into a right pocket and a left pocket, the right pocket configured to hold the right buttock pad and the left pocket configured to hold the left buttock pad; and
wherein a crotch seam that extends around the elongated crotch panel attaches an edge portion of the elongated crotch panel to an edge portion of the right pocket, an edge portion of the left pocket, an edge portion of the outer garment layer, and an edge portion of the inner garment layer;
wherein the outer garment layer at least partially covers the outer pocket layer, thereby compressing the outer pocket layer.