US 12,419,363 B2
Shaping garment with adjustable low back
Angelica Melendez, Atlanta, GA (US); Jennifer Johnson, 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 Aug. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/794,010.
Application 18/794,010 is a continuation of application No. 17/125,241, filed on Dec. 17, 2020, granted, now 12,082,627.
Application 17/125,241 is a continuation of application No. 15/964,942, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,881,152, issued on Jan. 5, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/492,650, filed on May 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2025/0212977 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A41C 1/02 (2006.01); A41B 9/08 (2006.01); A41C 1/06 (2006.01); A41C 3/08 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 1/02 (2013.01) [A41B 9/08 (2013.01); A41C 1/06 (2013.01); A41C 3/08 (2013.01); A41C 5/005 (2013.01); A41B 2400/38 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of making a shaping garment, the method comprising:
cutting a left rear panel from a first fabric sheet such that the left rear panel narrows as it extends toward a superior portion of the left rear panel to create a narrowing left superior rear portion;
cutting a right rear panel from the first fabric sheet or a second fabric sheet such that the right rear panel narrows as it extends toward a superior portion of the right rear panel to create a narrowing right superior rear portion;
sewing a right edge of the left rear panel to a left edge of the right rear panel to form a rear side of the shaping garment, wherein the narrowing left superior rear portion and the narrowing right superior rear portion remain unattached to define a rear-side widening space that diverges as it extends superiorly from a central seam on the rear side of the shaping garment;
sewing the rear side of the shaping garment to a front panel to form a front side of the shaping garment, wherein the front panel comprises a superior edge that defines a front-side widening space, the front-side widening space diverging as it extends superiorly from a front lowermost area; and
attaching respective inferior portions of the left rear panel, the right rear panel, and the front panel to a gusset material such that the gusset material at least partially defines an elongated access space extending through a crotch region of the shaping garment between a left leg portion of the shaping garment and a right leg portion of the shaping garment.