Patent ID: 6550286
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A41C,D04B

Abstract:
A support garment comprising at least one region that is molded to create a three-dimensional retaining and support area for at least one protuberant part of a wearer's body, said support garment being manufactured from a tubular knitted fabric, said fabric being made from a first extensible and heat-deformable material, said first material being provided with a ribbing that constitutes a bottom edge of said support garment to elastically encircle the body of a wearer, said support garment being defined by a plurality of cuts made in said tubular knitted fabric, said three-dimensional area being lined by at least one lining made from a second material, said second extensible and heat-deformed material having a first face that is coated with a heat-activatable adhesive, said first and second materials having a modulus of elongation created by heat deformation or elastic, said adhesive having an activation temperature such that it enables deformation to be induced by hot-molding of said at least one region to impart a three-dimensional aspect to said at least one region without affecting adhesion between said first and second materials.