Patent ID: 9504280
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A41B

Claim Text:
1. A garment disposed about a centerline and having a front, a back, a left side and a right side, said garment comprising: a generally horizontally-extending channel formed in the garment to extend generally horizontally about the body of a user wearing the garment; a pair of generally vertically-extending channels, each extending over a respective shoulder of the garment-wearing user towards or into the generally horizontally-extending channel in the front of the garment, and each being in communication with the generally horizontally-extending channel in the rear of the garment; and cords disposed in the channels in such a way that, when pulled and secured, cause the generally horizontally-extending channel to be secured about the user's body and the generally vertically-extending channels to exert a lightly sensed pressure against the user's shoulders that increases when the user slouches as a reminder to be more erect, the cords including a first cord disposed within the generally horizontally-extending channel to substantially circumscribe the user's body, and second and third cords that extend through respective ones of the generally vertically-extending channels to the front of the garment in such a way that the first cord serves as an anchor against which the second and third cords can be tensioned to create said sensed pressure shoulder engagement utilized by the garment, said second and third cords further extending via its generally vertically-extending channel from the user's shoulders down the back of the garment and into the horizontally-extending channel at the rear of the garment, at least one end of each cord being accessible to the user for pulling and securing via at least one opening in the garment; and one or more deflection surface members within the generally horizontally-extending channel at the rear of the garment configured to transition the second and third cords to a generally horizontal orientation within the generally horizontally-extending channel to minimize lateral movement of the garment about the user when the second and third cords are pulled.