US 12,121,080 B2
Waistband for a garment
Linn Anderson, Vancouver (CA); Yurika Cherise Shikai, Vancouver (CA); and Allison Morgan Taylor, Vancouver (CA)
Assigned to LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC., Vancouver (CA)
Filed by LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC., Vancouver (CA)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/304,525, filed on Jan. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240385 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A41F 9/00 (2006.01); A41D 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 1/06 (2013.01) [A41F 9/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A waistband for a garment, comprising:
a front portion for covering at least a portion of an abdomen area of a wearer, the front portion having a front portion outer panel extending from a first side of the front portion to a second side of the front portion, the front portion outer panel having a front portion inner face and a front portion outer face;
a back portion for covering at least a portion of a lower back area of the wearer, the back portion having a back portion outer panel extending from a first side of the back portion to a second side of the back portion, the back portion outer panel having a back portion inner face and a back portion outer face, the first side of the back portion connected to the second side of the front portion forming a first side seam, the second side of the back portion connected to the first side of the front portion forming a second side seam, and the front portion outer face and the back portion outer face forming an outside of the waistband;
a first inner panel have a first inner panel front side, a first inner panel back side, a first inner panel inner face and a first inner panel outer face;
a second inner panel having a second inner panel front side, a second inner panel back side, a second inner panel inner face and a second inner panel outer face, the first inner panel outer face and the second inner panel outer face forming an inside of the waistband;
at least one pocket bag connected to a top edge of the front portion, at least a portion of the at least one pocket bag being bonded to at least one of the first inner panel inner face and/or the second inner panel inner face such that the at least one pocket bag is facing the front portion inner face of the front portion outer panel, the at least one pocket bag having an entrance opening to access into the pocket bag and the front portion having a corresponding opening, the at least one pocket bag being separate from the outer panel inner face; and
at least one bonding adhesive panel to bond the at least one of the first inner panel inner face and/or the second inner panel inner face with the at least one pocket bag and the back portion outer panel with at least one of the first and the second inner panels,
wherein the inside of the waistband is seamless.