Patent ID: 8235764

Claim:
A body-shaping garment, comprising: a body-contacting portion for contacting a formable body area having an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer, wherein the inner fabric layer defines a first X-X′ axis and first Y-Y′ axis and the outer fabric layer defines a second X-X′ axis and second Y-Y′ axis, and the inner fabric layer and outer fabric layer are oriented such that the first X-X′ axis of the inner fabric layer is at a first angle ⊖ 1 to the second X-X′ axis of the outer fabric layer, and wherein the inner fabric layer and the outer fabric layer together provide a material having hysteresis values for each fabric layer with a coefficient of variation (S) value defined by: S = std ⁡ ( H L & ⁢ L , H W & ⁢ W , H L & ⁢ W ⁢ ) mean ⁡ ( H L & ⁢ L , H W & ⁢ W , H L & ⁢ W ) × 100 ⁢ % ≤ 10 ⁢ % wherein std is standard deviation, the inner fabric layer and the outer fabric layer each have a length and a width, H L&L is the hysteresis value of the combined inner fabric layer and outer fabric layer cut along the length, H is the hysteresis value of the combined inner fabric layer and outer fabric layer cut along the width and H is the hysteresis value of the combined inner fabric layer and outer wherein one of the inner and outer fabric layers is cut along the width and the other of the inner and outer fabric layers is cut along the length.