US 12,133,563 B2
Upper body garment
Bethany Young, Salmon Arm (CA); Kristin Tansey, Atlanta, GA (US); and Chloe Wieser, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to Spanx, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Spanx, LLC, Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/493,376.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/189,480, filed on May 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361593 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. A41C 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41C 3/0057 (2013.01) [A41C 3/0021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An upper body garment having an inner surface and an outer surface and comprising:
a front panel comprising a breast supporting region;
a back panel configured to cover at least a portion of a wearer's back and wherein the back panel is coupled to the front panel;
wherein the front panel comprises a front inner layer and a front outer layer, and the back panel comprises a back inner layer and a back outer layer;
wherein a portion of each of the front and back outer layers circumferentially folds upward and inward onto the inner surface of the upper body garment, thereby forming an upward and inward folded portion, and further defining a fold crease at a bottom edge of the garment; and
an elastic band circumferentially positioned on the inner surface of the garment at a position superior to a top edge of the upward and inward folded portion;
wherein each of the front and the back panels is configured to extend up to at least a lowest edge of the wearer's thorax; and
wherein the upper body garment is configured to substantially limit movement of the wearer's breast tissue during athletic activity.