Patent ID: 8695115

Claim:
A garment for wear by a human body having a localized fat accumulation, comprising: a boning segment for supporting and shaping the body during wear; an insulative and perspiration impermeable first panel; an insulative and perspiration impermeable second panel, an edge of the second panel overlaps an edge of the first panel; a first row of stitches connected to the second panel and the first panel, in combination, near the edge of the first panel; a second row of stitches connected to the first panel and the second panel, in combination, near the edge of the second panel; wherein the first row of stitches and the second row of stitches form a tube bounded by the first panel and the second panel between the first row of stitches and the second row of stitches, and the tube is sized to accommodate accommodate the boning segment in the tube; wherein the first panel and the second panel, as connected in combination by the first row of stitches and the second row of stitches, are sized to conform to the localized fat accumulation; and a supportive cover connected at least in part to the first panel and the second panel to form a laminate, for retaining the first panel and the second panel, in combination, in contact to the localized fat accumulation during wear.