Patent ID: 9119426
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: A41D,A41F

Abstract:
1. A maternity garment comprising: an article of clothing having a front and back, the article of clothing comprising a waistband, the waistband including a central stiffened panel at the front of the garment, the central stiffened panel flanked by elastic pieces on each side of the stiffened panel, and a zipper half along an inside of the waistband on the front of the garment and along an inside bottom edge of the waistband on the back of the garment; a generally cylindrical elastic band capable of expanding around a pregnant woman's belly, the elastic band having a bottom and a top, wherein a height of the band between the bottom and the top is greater in a front of the band than it is in a back of the band; and another zipper half on the bottom of the elastic band that interacts with the zipper half on the inside of the waistband to connect the bottom of the elastic band to the inside of the waistband of the article of clothing; wherein the article of clothing can be worn by the pregnant woman early in pregnancy and the band can be added to the article of clothing for wear later in pregnancy by connecting the zipper half on the inside of the waistband to the zipper half on the bottom of the elastic band so that the front of the elastic band is disposed at the front of the garment and pulling the elastic band over the inside of the waistband and over the pregnant woman's belly.