US 12,121,075 B2
Stretchable gusset
Wendy Hanson Allen, Atlanta, GA (US); Deneb Torano, Atlanta, GA (US); and Sylma Colon-Otten, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Spanx, LUC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Spanx, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/837,513.
Application 17/837,513 is a continuation of application No. 15/964,516, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 11,357,265.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/491,756, filed on Apr. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0330622 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A41B 9/00 (2006.01); A41B 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC A41B 9/005 (2013.01) [A41B 9/007 (2013.01); A41B 9/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising:
a front body panel;
a back body panel;
left and right leg portions;
a gusset panel comprising a front gusset panel edge attached to the front body panel by a stitched front seam, a back gusset panel edge attached to the back body panel by a stitched back seam, a free left lateral gusset panel edge unattached to the front body panel or the back body panel, and a free right lateral gusset panel edge unattached to the front body panel or the back body panel;
a left side cover panel extending between the front and back body panels and inward from the left leg portion;
a right side cover panel extending between the front and back body panels and inward from the right leg portion;
the left side cover panel comprising a left front cover panel edge attached to the front body panel and a left back cover panel edge attached to the back body panel; and
the right side cover panel comprising a right front cover panel edge attached to the front body panel and a right back cover panel edge attached to the back body panel;
wherein the left and right side cover panels at least partially overlap the gusset panel.