US 12,133,562 B2
Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
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 Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/198,681.
Application 17/198,681 is a continuation of application No. 15/965,004, filed on Apr. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,959,465.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/492,464, filed on May 1, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0195964 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01); A41B 9/08 (2006.01); A41B 9/16 (2006.01); A41C 1/06 (2006.01); A41C 3/08 (2006.01); A41F 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 1/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); A41C 1/00 (2006.01); A41C 1/02 (2006.01); A41C 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0028 (2013.01) [A41B 9/08 (2013.01); A41B 9/16 (2013.01); A41C 1/06 (2013.01); A41C 3/0007 (2013.01); A41C 3/08 (2013.01); A41F 1/006 (2013.01); B32B 1/00 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); A41C 1/003 (2013.01); A41C 1/02 (2013.01); A41C 5/00 (2013.01); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A garment comprising;
a front side and a rear side,
a left cup on the front side configured to support a left breast of a wearer, the left cup comprising a left main region and a left fit-modifying region attached along a left lateral edge of the left main region, wherein the left fit-modifying region has a lower elastic modulus than the left main region,
a right cup on the front side configured to support a right breast of the wearer, the right cup comprising a right main region and a right fit-modifying region attached along a right lateral edge of the right main region, wherein the right fit-modifying region has a lower elastic modulus than the right main region, and
a torso-encircling portion that extends away from the left and right cups toward the rear side of the garment so to at least partially define a torso space for the torso of the wearer;
wherein the combination of the left main region and the left fit-modifying region exhibits elongation from 100% to 170%, and the combination of the right main region and the right fit-modifying region exhibits elongation from 100% to 170%.