U.S. patents subclasses for class: Foundation Garments

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Vertically slidable overlapped portions, e.g., "telescoping"
Vertically spaced
Waistline type, i.e., limited vertical extent
With additional means interiorly attached to extension to support the diaphragm area
With additional nonelastic connector means
With adhesive means or vacuum cup to secure to body
With apertured insert-type panel for ventilation
With article carrying pockets
With closure means for access opening at lower rear margin of buttock girdling member
With compartment for carrying articles, e.g., coin pocket
With crotch or leg straps or leg-encircling parts
With cup supplementing uplift straps or slings diagonally crossing at front center
With cup-supplementing means to add volume to breast, e.g., pads
With detachably connected crotch piece
With elastic band, panel, or portion, e.g., gussets
With elastic portions having means to limit or control stretching thereof
With elastically extensible connector
With floatingly attached cup-supplementing breast supporting strip or panel
With girthwise inelastic size adjustment additional to separable closure
With individual buttock-receiving concavities
With inflatable or liquid-containing chambers
With insertable or removable girth-changing units
With insertable or removble panel unit, e.g., "convertible"
With lacteal fluid receptor or shield
With loops for dooning
With means bridging or filling out hollows in the body
With means providing girthwise elasticity for brassiere
With means to attach extension to subjacent body-supporter or garment, e.g., hold-downs
With means to gather peripheral edge, e.g., drawstring
With means to resist vertical motion on body, e.g., friction grips
With means to separably retain breast-form-supplementing pads
With means to supportingly engage apparel-type garment, e.g., skirt supporters
With means to vary size of breast cups
With midriff covering extension terminating adjacent waistline, e.g., "longline"
With nonparallel lines of elasticity
With opening therethrough, e.g., overlapped panel
With plural separately acting girth dimension adjusters
With reinforcing stitching
With selectively different assembled positions
With separable closure for each layer
With separable fastener or connector for apparel-type garment
With separable joint between paired stays
With shoulder or back brace
With shoulder or upper back brace
With size adjustment for both, e.g., maternity type
With stays at closure edges having nonflaccid interengaging fastening means
With stiff or nonflaccid body-supporting plate or panel
With stiffened supporting means contacting only lower half of breast
With stiffener for upper margin, terminating substantially above lower margin, e.g., waistline antiroll
With stiffening strips or stays