Patent ID: 7509822

Claim:
An article of clothing for the lower half of the human body, the article of clothing having a function of body shape correction and including a main body formed of main-body knitting fabric, the main-body knitting fabric providing a high degree of tightness and being made of power net, the article of clothing comprising: front support pieces formed of interlining having no elasticity in a longitudinal direction thereof, the front support pieces being sewn to a front body of the article of clothing at positions inside the ilia on the left and right of the abdominal pelvis of the wearer; back support pieces formed of interlining having no elasticity in a longitudinal direction thereof, the back support pieces being sewn to a back body of the article of clothing at left and right positions that are closer to the back support piece than the gluteus medius muscles of a wearer; waist pieces extending rearward from side portions between the front support pieces and the respective back support pieces to regions around the gluteus medius muscles, the waist pieces having a three-layer structure including the main-body knitting fabric and net-like knitting fabric folded at a bottom edge to form a two-layer structure and placed on the main-body knitting fabric, the net-like knitting fabric providing a high degree of tightness; a navel cover piece provided in the front body and having a three-layer structure in which the main-body knitting fabric is folded so as to sandwich the net-like knitting fabric; and an abdomen piece disposed below the navel cover piece and having a two layer structure including the main-body knitting fabric facing outside and the net-like knitting fabric facing inside, wherein the waist pieces having the three-layer structure and the navel cover piece having the three-layer structure are configured to increase an abdominal pressure for preventing or relieving back pain, wherein, in the waist pieces having the three-layer structure, the main-body knitting fabric and the net-like knitting fabric folded to form the two-layer structure are sewn together at a top edge thereof, and the folded bottom edge of the net-like knitting fabric forming the two-layer structure is not sewn to the main-body knitting fabric and is free from the main-body knitting fabric in areas other than a central area of the back body, thereby providing a function of pulling both sides of the pelvis rearward to facilitate a forward movement of the sacrum and reduce lordosis of the lumbar spine, and wherein the article of clothing has a pant-like shape with left and right leg parts that can be tightly fitted around the thighs.