US PATENT SUBCLASS 450 / 94
FOR LOWER TORSO INCLUDING THIGHS, E.G., CORSET, GIRDLES

Current as of: June, 1999
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450 /   HD   FOUNDATION GARMENTS

94FOR LOWER TORSO INCLUDING THIGHS, E.G., CORSET, GIRDLES {39}
95  DF  .~> Combined with apparel type garment
96  DF  .~> With shoulder or upper back brace
97  DF  .~> Comprising sheet rubber or deposited rubber or latex
98  DF  .~> With means bridging or filling out hollows in the body
99  DF  .~> With individual buttock-receiving concavities
100  DF  .~> With crotch or leg straps or leg-encircling parts {4}
107  DF  .~> Comprising latticework of narrow strips or bands, e.g., skeletal
108  DF  .~> With apertured insert-type panel for ventilation
109  DF  .~> With stiffener for upper margin, terminating substantially above lower margin, e.g., waistline antiroll
110  DF  .~> With means to supportingly engage apparel-type garment, e.g., skirt supporters {1}
112  DF  .~> With means to resist vertical motion on body, e.g., friction grips {1}
114  DF  .~> With stiff or nonflaccid body-supporting plate or panel
115  DF  .~> With elastic portions having means to limit or control stretching thereof
116  DF  .~> Elastic in entirely (may include nonelastic closures or girth adjusters) {1}
119  DF  .~> Belt-operated lacing for closures or adjusters
120  DF  .~> Vertically slidable overlapped portions, e.g., "telescoping"
121  DF  .~> One portion laced through aperture in another portion
122  DF  .~> With superimposed supporting panels or bands {4}
129  DF  .~> Having pretensioning means bridging girthwise closure
130  DF  .~> Elastic portions have nonparallel lines of elasticity
131  DF  .~> Elastic bands or panels with varying modulus of elasticity or with stretch limiter
132  DF  .~> With elastic band, panel, or portion, e.g., gussets {1}
134  DF  .~> Girth adjustment by predetermined increments {1}
136  DF  .~> Having girth adjuster and separate nonadjustable separable fastener for closure
137  DF  .~> With plural separately acting girth dimension adjusters {1}
139  DF  .~> With stays at closure edges having nonflaccid interengaging fastening means
140  DF  .~> Plural disconnectable panels with selectively different assembled positions
141  DF  .~> Lacing-type closure with flaccid lace-receiving eyelet or loop
142  DF  .~> Closures or girth adjusters with interiorly disposed chafing shield
143  DF  .~> With stiffening strips or stays {4}
148  DF  .~> With closure means for access opening at lower rear margin of buttock girdling member
149  DF  .~> With insertable or removble panel unit, e.g., "convertible"
150  DF  .~> With article carrying pockets
151  DF  .~> Panels reinforced by tapes or bands
152  DF  .~> With loops for dooning
153  DF  .~> Protective covers, liners, or shields
154  DF  .~> Waistline type, i.e., limited vertical extent
155  DF  .~> Abdominal uplifting sling type
156  DF  .~> Materials and making, e.g., pattern layouts

DEFINITION

Classification: 450/94

FOR LOWER TORSO INCLUDING THIGHS, E.G., CORSET, GIRDLES:

(under the class definition) Subject matter functioning to support or compress the human body portions lying generally below the breast and extending downward to about the line below the thighs.

(1) Note. These devices are characterized in large part in the commercial world as corsets, girdles, abdominal supporters, and waist cinches.