US 12,121,093 B2
Swimsuit
Ai Minakuchi, Osaka (JP); Hiroyuki Tanaka, Osaka (JP); Shinji Tomimura, Osaka (JP); and Miyoko Kamei, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/621,511
Filed by MIZUNO CORPORATION, Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 1, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/025845
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/006150, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-126218 (JP), filed on Jul. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0346469 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. A41D 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 7/00 (2013.01) [A41D 2600/10 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A swimsuit formed from a stretchable fabric, the swimsuit being configured to cover at least buttocks and an abdomen of a wearer of a corresponding size of the swimsuit when worn by the wearer, the swimsuit comprising:
an abdominal tightening panel attaching to an above abdominal member of the swimsuit, the above abdominal member being adjacently above the abdominal tightening panel, the abdominal tightening panel extending over an entirety of an abdominal portion of the swimsuit and extending to an upper back potion of the swimsuit, wherein the abdominal tightening panel has a first elastic modulus and the above abdominal member has a second elastic modulus, and the first elastic modulus is higher than the second elastic modulus; and
a pair of symmetric first reinforcing bands, each configured to extend from a respective rear armhole portion on one of a left side and a right side of the swimsuit across the abdomen abdominal portion of the swimsuit and down to a lower edge of the swimsuit on the other one of the left side and right side of the swimsuit, the pair of symmetric first reinforcing bands intersecting with each other at the abdominal portion of the swimsuit;
wherein a first angle that is defined by the intersecting pair of symmetric first reinforcing bands is obtuse as viewed in the body length direction of the swimsuit.