Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shaping garment with fit-adjustable brassiere portion
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Application No.: US15965019Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US11234468B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Angelica Melendez , Jennifer Johnson , Elena Novosiolova
- Applicant: Spanx, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: Spanx, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Spanx, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Meunier Carlin & Curfman LLC
- Main IPC: A41C3/08
- IPC: A41C3/08 ; A41C3/00 ; A41B9/16 ; B32B1/00 ; B32B5/02 ; B32B5/26 ; A41B9/08 ; A41F1/00 ; A41C1/06 ; A41C5/00 ; A41C1/02 ; A41C1/00

Abstract:
Designing garments that include brassiere cups can be challenging due to the natural fluctuation of a woman's breast size, as well as a possible disconnect between the size of her breasts and the size of the rest of her body. The high range of size variability places pressure on stores to stock inventories that include great ranges of sizes. This places an inventory risk to the store, since rarer sizes may never sell. The disclosed garment addresses these issues by including a fit-adjustable brassiere portion. The cups of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion include fit-modifying panels that increase their flexibility and elasticity. The rear side of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion includes a back adjuster with highly elastic regions that enables the brassiere portion to fit a broader range of chest sizes. Each of these features give the garment a more universal fit and enable stores to carry fewer sizes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180310641A1 SHAPING GARMENT WITH FIT-ADJUSTABLE BRASSIERE PORTION Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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