GB2346070A - Hosiery undergarment having slits either side of crotch - Google Patents
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- GB2346070A GB2346070A GB0009655A GB0009655A GB2346070A GB 2346070 A GB2346070 A GB 2346070A GB 0009655 A GB0009655 A GB 0009655A GB 0009655 A GB0009655 A GB 0009655A GB 2346070 A GB2346070 A GB 2346070A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B9/00—Undergarments
- A41B9/004—Undergarments characterized by the crotch
- A41B9/005—Undergarments characterized by the crotch with crotch line opening
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B11/00—Hosiery; Panti-hose
- A41B11/14—Panti-hose; Body-stockings
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
- A41B9/00—Undergarments
- A41B9/04—Knickers for ladies, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
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Abstract
An undergarment of light hosiery weight material has slits on either side of the crotch (5) for receiving the side flaps (wings) of a conventional sanitary towel. The undergarment is preferably made up of a main body portion (2) for supporting and sculpting a wearer's body, an upper band (1) adapted to fit around the waist and leg portions (3) which may be of various lengths and may include anti-roll means (4) to prevent slippage of their ends.
Description
DESCRIPTION
HOSIERY UNDERGARMENT 1.-This invention relates to hosiery undergarments with slits at either side of crotch/gusset.
2.-Traditionally hosiery has been divided into stockings of various lengths and tights in which a body portion is provided with hosiery legs which may extend as far as to cover the toes of the feet. They are not, however, always suitable in hot weather when many women would prefer to go bare legged.
These items of hosiery are normally distinguished from under garments, such as panties, knickers, etc. in which the bodies of the latter tend to be relatively loose and the leg portions not closely associated with the wearer's leg, but finishing just below the buttocks, often creating an unflattering line visible on the outer garment, commonly known as panty-line or knicker-line.
3.-Garments such as girdles, which have a substantial leg portion beneath the crotch, are usually of such weight that they are not suitable to wear under fashionable close-fitting garments, moreover they often cause the wearer to feel restricted in movement and in addition, psychologically their impact is such that many modem women would not consider wearing them.
4.-With fashionable bare legs, close-fitting trousers, slacks and shorts, there is a need for a garment which has the advantages of the sculpting yet lightweight structure of a pair of control-tights and yet does not have full length legs as in a pair of tights which cover the feet. However with the lightweight material from which such a garment would be constructed there would tend to be movement or rolling up of the leg portion which would be both uncomfortable and spoil the line of the outer garment.
5.-Modem sanitary towels used by women of many nationalities are constructed with side flaps designed to wrap around the gusset of underwear worn, with the purpose of holding towel in place. With present styles of tights, girdles and other hosiery items with a significant leg portion it is not possible to successfully use these fashionable type of sanitary towel with side flaps.
According to the present invention there is provided a garment (Fig. 1 illustrates a short version of garment) with a supporting and sculpting body portion (Fig. l feature 2) to shape the contours of the body beautifully, of translucent light hosiery weight material, having a significant leg portion
(Fig. 1 features 3 and 4) to avoid visible knicker-lines, yet short enough to be comfortably worn during hot summer days when bare feet or legs are desired, both leg portions (Fig. 1 feature 4) finished with one of either methods described below to avoid such leg portions rising up and with slits on either side of crotch-gusset (Fig 2 feature A) to permit use of modem sanitary towels with side flaps and finished with an upper waist-band (Fig. l feature 1)) to hold garment in place.
The upper body portion of garment can be finished at different heights of the body as required i. e hip level, waist level or below bust-line level.
By light hosiery weight material is meant one of the materials well known in the art, for example nylon, rayon, silk, Lycra, (registered trademark) or blends thereof, usually of a knitted structure, the denier of the fiber and the weight of knitting being appropriate to hosiery type garments i. e.: relatively transparent or translucent materials, as compared to the more heavy structures of for example girdles or other rigid garments or materials such as wool. A garment of this nature can have sufficient weight of material and structure to effect control but invisible enough to be worn under close fitting outer garments.
By control, support or sculpting is meant different levels of pressure applied to body of wearer by garment to help shape the body of wearer. ie: flatten stomach and smooth hips.
The structuring and styling of the garment will be such that it is resilient and expandable, so that on donning the garment the body will cause some expansion of the garment, as it is donned, resulting in a close fit of the garment to the body as compared to looser garments such as panties, knickers and similar garments.
The following describes methods that should be used to hold leg portion in place: "methods to hold leg portion in place" a) Disposed around the inside portion of the leg there could be a sufficient
number of areas of increased adhesivity to the leg which can be achieved
by use of a polymeric material having a slight adhesive or"tacky"surface.
Material of this nature is well known and is usually silicon rubbers or other
elastomeric materials. It is not usually necessary to go to the degree of
adhesivity, which would be achieved by a pressure sensitive adhesive.
Only a slight degree of tackiness is necessary to hold garment in place.
These areas could be of various shapes and distributed around the inner
surface of the leg or one or more strips running circumferentially round the
inside leg. b) A band of reinforced structure ie: of a ribbed consistency, similar to bands
often used to finish garments at waist height would prevent legs from
rising up.
The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a front view of a short version of the garment according to the invention
Fig 2 is a frontal view of the crotch area showing slits at each side
As shown in fig. 1, the garment represents a body of construction similar to the body portion of a pair of conventional tights extending from approximately the waist, down to the legs. The upper portion of leg is of a similar construction to the rest of the garment, the leg portion, which could be of various lengths and extend as far down as the ankles, would be finished with a separate strip of material, such as lace or other decorative material sewn later to the leg portion but with some degree of extensibility. Disposed around the internal periphery of this edge portion of the garment may be a series of rings, strips or other shapes of silicone rubber polymeric type materials which are also extensible and which have a slightly tacky feel to them as to ensure adherence to the skin when worn. To use one of the above described methods to finish the lower end of each leg portion is essential to prevent rolling up of the leg portions of the garment when worn.
The body portion (fig 1 feature 2) and upper leg portion (fig 1 feature 3) are constructed of a conventional light weight hosiery weight knitted material which stretches on being donned by the wearer, so as to hug the body of the wearer and may have sufficient additional strengthen portions to exercise control over certain portions of the wearer's body. The material used can be a nylon, Lycra (register trade mark) or a mixture of nylon with cotton or other blends thereof.
The crotch area (Fig 2 feature A) of this under-garment would have a slit on each side of gusset to allow the side-flaps of sanitary towels to be exposed outside garment and wrapped around gusset or crotch of the same to prevent movement of sanitary towels. The said slit between the crotch and leg portion can be constructed in various lengths and be finished in well known manners in the industry to avoid fraying of the material.
Claims (2)
- CLAIMS 1.-Hosiery undergarment with slits on either side of gusset/crotch.
- 2.-A hosiery under-garment comprising of an upper band, a body portion, a crotch portion with slits on either side of gusset according to claim 1 and a significant leg portion which may extend as far as to cover the toes.
Priority Applications (6)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP00977729A EP1274325B1 (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | Hosiery undergarment |
PCT/GB2000/004487 WO2001080673A1 (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | Hosiery undergarment |
AT00977729T ATE343938T1 (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | TIGHTS |
ES00977729T ES2273735T3 (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | INDOOR CLOTHING CLOTHING. |
DE60031718T DE60031718T2 (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | TIGHTS |
AU15364/01A AU1536401A (en) | 2000-04-20 | 2000-11-24 | Hosiery undergarment |
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GB0006177A GB0006177D0 (en) | 2000-03-14 | 2000-03-14 | A method of producing products from a plastics composition |
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GB0009655A Expired - Fee Related GB2346070B (en) | 2000-03-14 | 2000-04-20 | Hosiery undergarment |
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US20160100635A1 (en) * | 2014-02-07 | 2016-04-14 | Timothy Rankin | Systems and Methods for Isolating Distinct Anatomical Parts Without Support |
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US4301550A (en) * | 1980-06-16 | 1981-11-24 | Gladys Carver | Convenient comfort crotch pantyhose |
GB2162413A (en) * | 1984-07-31 | 1986-02-05 | Alison Margaret Johnson | Ladies' thigh tights |
US5558663A (en) * | 1992-07-23 | 1996-09-24 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Absorbent articles having undergarment covering components with zones of extensibility |
US5711034A (en) * | 1997-01-06 | 1998-01-27 | Cillik; Timea | Menstrual underpants |
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US4301550A (en) * | 1980-06-16 | 1981-11-24 | Gladys Carver | Convenient comfort crotch pantyhose |
GB2162413A (en) * | 1984-07-31 | 1986-02-05 | Alison Margaret Johnson | Ladies' thigh tights |
US5558663A (en) * | 1992-07-23 | 1996-09-24 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Absorbent articles having undergarment covering components with zones of extensibility |
US5711034A (en) * | 1997-01-06 | 1998-01-27 | Cillik; Timea | Menstrual underpants |
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US20160100635A1 (en) * | 2014-02-07 | 2016-04-14 | Timothy Rankin | Systems and Methods for Isolating Distinct Anatomical Parts Without Support |
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