US 12,075,855 B2
Power mesh panels for tummy-covering garments
Heather A. Strobel, Pasadena, CA (US); and Elizabeth Munoz-Guzman, Arcadia, CA (US)
Assigned to Torrid LLC, City of Industry, CA (US)
Filed by Torrid LLC, City of Industry, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/859,572.
Application 17/859,572 is a continuation of application No. 17/239,392, filed on Apr. 23, 2021, granted, now 11,510,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/015,339, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0338563 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A41D 1/06 (2006.01); A41F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/06 (2013.01) [A41F 9/00 (2013.01); A41D 2400/38 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tummy-covering garment having mesh fabric panels configured to apply a compressive force to a wearer of the tummy-covering garment, the tummy-covering garment comprising:
a waist seam, a fly facing having a left fly facing seam and a right fly facing seam, a left hip seam, and a right hip seam;
a left mesh fabric panel including:
a first left fly side edge affixed to the left fly facing seam, the first left fly side edge being at least as long as the fly facing;
a second left fly side edge that meets the first left fly side edge at a left medial line of the left mesh fabric panel;
a first left seam side edge affixed to the left hip seam, the first left seam side edge having a reducing curved shape towards the left medial line;
a second left seam side edge that meets the first left seam side edge at the left medial line, the second left seam side edge having the reducing curved shape towards the left medial line;
a first left waist edge affixed to the waist seam;
a second left waist edge; and
a left bottom edge opposite the first and second left waist edges when folded at the left medial line, the left bottom edge being defined by a fold that is created when the left mesh fabric panel is folded at the left medial line, thereby creating a dual layer left mesh fabric panel, the reducing curved shape reducing in a direction from the first and second left waist edges towards the left bottom edge, creating greatest width at the first and second left waist edges and decreasing width in the direction from the first and second left waist edges towards the left bottom edge, the reducing curved shape being more pronounced than a garment curve along the left hip seam of the tummy-covering garment, the left bottom edge providing greater compression than the first and second left waist edges; and
a right mesh fabric panel including:
a first right fly side edge affixed to the right fly facing seam, the first right fly side edge being at least as long as the fly facing;
a first right seam side edge affixed to the right hip seam, the first right seam side edge having a reducing curved shape towards a right medial line;
a first right waist edge affixed to the waist seam;
a second right waist edge; and
a right bottom edge opposite the first and second right waist edges when folded at the right medial line, the right bottom edge being defined by a fold that is created when the right mesh fabric panel is folded at the right medial line, thereby creating a dual layer right mesh fabric panel, the reducing curved shape reducing in a direction from the first and second right waist edges towards the right bottom edge, creating greatest width at the first and second right waist edges and decreasing width in the direction from the first and second right waist edges towards the right bottom edge, the reducing curved shape being more pronounced than a garment curve along the right hip seam of the tummy-covering garment, the right bottom edge providing greater compression than the first and second right waist edges.