US 12,357,039 B2
Raw cut edge swimsuit, and methods of making and using the same
Hayley E Segar, Milford, CT (US)
Assigned to ELEVEN18 LLC, Old Saybrook, CT (US)
Filed by Hayley E Segar, Milford, CT (US)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/689,306.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/158,840, filed on Mar. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0287391 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 7/00 (2006.01); A41D 27/24 (2006.01); A41D 31/02 (2019.01); A41D 31/04 (2019.01)
CPC A41D 7/00 (2013.01) [A41D 27/245 (2013.01); A41D 31/02 (2013.01); A41D 31/04 (2019.02); A41D 2300/52 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swimsuit comprising:
a bust portion comprising an inner fabric layer including an interior surface and an exterior surface, and an outer fabric layer including an interior surface and an exterior surface, the bust portion including a left shoulder strap, a right shoulder strap, a central portion, and a lower end portion, the left shoulder strap and central portion defining a left arm opening, and the right shoulder strap and central portion defining a right arm opening, the left shoulder strap and the right shoulder strap being raw cut without folded edges or stitching when assembled and being bonded with a bonding layer between the interior surface of the inner fabric layer and the interior surface of the outer fabric layer,
a bottom portion, including a waist portion configured to surround a torso, with an inner fabric layer including an interior surface and an exterior surface, and an outer fabric layer including an interior surface and an exterior surface, a left leg opening defined by a lower left edge portion, and a right leg opening defined by a lower right edge portion, the lower left edge portion and lower right edge portion being raw cut without folded edges or stitching when assembled and being bonded with a bonding layer between the interior surface of the inner fabric layer and the interior surface of the outer fabric layer along the left leg opening and the right leg opening, and
a first positioning strip and a second positioning strip adhered to the exterior surface of the inner fabric layer of the bust portion, extending along substantially an entire perimeter of an edge portion of the right arm opening and an edge portion of the left arm opening, respectively,
a third positioning strip and a fourth positioning strip adhered to the exterior surface of the inner fabric layer of the bottom portion, extending along substantially an entire perimeter of the left leg opening and the right leg opening, respectively,
each of the first positioning strip, the second positioning strip, the third positioning strip and the fourth positioning strip having a thickness in the range of 0.3 mm to 1 mm, and a width in the range of 6 mm to 18 mm, and consisting of one layer of one thermoplastic material or one layer of one thermoset material, the one layer being semi-tacky and configured to removably cling to the wearer's skin and further configured to position the swimsuit on the wearer's skin and prevent the swimsuit from slipping out of position with respect to the wearer's skin, and
wherein the bonding layer which bonds the outer fabric layer of the bust portion to the inner fabric layer of the bust portion, and the bonding layer which bonds the outer fabric layer of the bottom portion to the inner fabric layer of the bottom portion, are only present at raw cut edges, including the lower left edge portion and the lower right edge portion of the bottom portion, the lower end portion of the bust portion, the edge portion of the right arm opening and the edge portion of the left arm opening and do not extend continuously throughout the swimsuit.