US 12,075,856 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 Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/977,115.
Application 17/977,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/859,572, filed on Jul. 7, 2022.
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 2023/0046224 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
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)] 9 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 left hip seam, and a right hip seam;
a left mesh fabric panel including:
a first left waist edge affixed to the waist seam;
a second left waist edge;
a first left panel seam side edge affixed to the left hip seam, the first left panel seam side edge having a reducing curved shape from the first left waist edge towards a left fold line;
a second left panel seam side edge having the reducing curved shape from the second left waist edge towards the left fold line and that meets the first left panel seam side edge at the left fold line;
a first left panel medial edge affixed to a medial front of the tummy-covering garment;
a second left panel medial edge affixed to the medial front of the tummy-covering garment and that meets the first left panel medial edge at the left fold line; and
a left bottom edge opposite the first and second left waist edges when folded at the left fold line, the left bottom edge being defined by a fold that is created when the left mesh fabric panel is folded at the left fold 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 waist edge affixed to the waist seam;
a second right waist edge;
a first right panel seam side edge affixed to the right hip seam, the first right panel seam side edge having a reducing curved shape from the first right waist edge towards a right fold line;
a second right panel seam side edge having the reducing curved shape from the second right waist edge towards the right fold line and that meets the first right panel seam side edge at the right fold line;
a first right panel medial edge affixed to the medial front of the tummy-covering garment;
a second right panel medial edge affixed to the medial front of the tummy-covering garment and that meets the first right panel medial edge at the right fold line; and
a right bottom edge opposite the first and second right waist edges when folded at the right fold line, the right bottom edge being defined by a fold that is created when the right mesh fabric panel is folded at the right fold 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.