Patent ID: 9044051
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A41D

Abstract:
1. A method of making an item of clothing designed for covering at least a portion of a hip and midsection, or a hip and torso region of a person, the item comprising: providing a compression panel having a tubular shape, the tubular shape of the compression panel defining a first opening and a second opening, the second opening being opposite the first opening, the compression panel having a first portion adjacent to the first opening, the first portion having a first circumference, the compression panel having a second portion adjacent to the second opening, the second portion having a second circumference, the compression panel comprising a first material and having a one-piece structure; providing a waistband comprising a portion of the item of clothing, the waistband having a third circumference, the waistband being made of a second material different from the first material, the second material being less resilient than the first material, the third circumference being greater than the second circumference when each of the compression panel and the waistband are not deformed by outside forces; and stretching the second portion of the compression panel and attaching the second portion of the compression panel to the waistband such that the second portion is secured to the waistband along the second portion thereby increasing the second circumference such that the second circumference is greater than the first circumference and such that the compression panel comprises a tapered shape that is increasingly narrow in an axial direction away from the waistband when the compression panel and waistband are attached to each other and are not deformed by outside forces, and wherein, before the stretching and the attachment of the compression panel to the waistband, the first circumference and the second circumference are equal such that the compression panel has a rectangular shape when the compression panel is not deformed by outside forces.