Patent ID: 9320306
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: A41D

Claim Text:
1. Pants for shaping the female buttocks and hips, comprising: a first rear part adapted to at least partially cover the buttocks, a second front part adapted to at least partially cover the abdomen, the first part comprising: wherein: the first rear part and the second front part are outer parts visible when the pants are worn, each of the first element, second element and third element of the first part comprises a knitted fabric and each of the first element, second element, and third element is an outer element, edges of the first element and third element entirely define a central aperture, outer edges of said second element secured to the edges of the first element and third element defining the central aperture by an annular seam to close the central aperture, the annular seam is an outer seam, and the second element comprises two second element parts, each adapted to cover only one of the two central parts of the buttocks, the two second element parts secured together along respective lateral edges for being provided at an intergluteal cleft of the buttocks by a second element central outer seam adapted to be positioned at the intergluteal cleft; the first element comprises only two first element parts, each said first element part comprising a region adapted to cover the lower part and lateral portion of only one of the buttocks, the two first element parts regions secured together along respective lateral edges for being provided at the intergluteal cleft of the buttocks by a first element central outer seam adapted to be positioned at the intergluteal cleft, the first element outer central seam extending continuously from a crotch of the pants to the second element outer central seam, opposed edges of the first element are attached to the second front part, wherein an edge of each first element part is attached to the second front part by first element lateral seams, said first element lateral seams being outer seams; wherein the third element comprises an upper element adapted to cover an upper terminal band of the buttocks and joined to a waist element by an outer seam; wherein the third element upper element comprises two third element parts, each of said third element parts comprising a region adapted to cover the upper terminal portion and an upper lateral portion of only one respective said buttock, the two third element parts regions each having a first lateral edge and an opposed second lateral edge; the two third element parts regions secured together along respective first lateral edges for being provided at the intergluteal cleft of the buttocks by a third element central seam adapted to be positioned at the intergluteal cleft, the third element central seam extending continuously from the second element central seam, wherein the first, second and third elements are attached to provide a continuous intergluteal cleft seam from the crotch to the upper end of the buttocks; wherein the second lateral edge of each third element part is attached to the second front part; wherein the third element comprises a lower edge; the lower edge being rounded to better adapt to the anatomy of the buttocks and to give the central part of the pants a heart shape, the lower edge being adapted to be sewn by an outer seam to a corresponding arched edge of the second element adapted to cover at least a central portion of the buttock, wherein the upper seam portions connecting the third elements and the second element are arched shaped and join in a central V-shaped part, symmetrically divided by the intergluteal seam, and the lower and lateral seam portions connecting the first element and the second element are arched shaped and have an opposed concavity with respect to the concavity of the opposed upper seam portions.