Patent ID: 8769718

Claim:
A garment adapted to be used as swimwear, activewear, and casual wear, said garment comprising: a body-shaping inner layer adapted to be disposed adjacent to a wearer's skin, said inner layer including a lower section adapted to cover a portion of the torso and upper thighs of the wearer and an inner bodice section joined to said lower section, wherein the body-shaping inner layer is fashioned by folding and joining selected edges of a sheet of flexible fabric, wherein said sheet of flexible fabric is designed to have a specific shape consisting of (a) an outer peripheral configuration including four corners and two pairs of opposing sides (1) a first of the pair of opposing sides, being linear and parallel (2) a second of the pair of opposing sides having a top, center, and bottom section, the top and bottom sections being curvilinear and including a first end at one of the four corners and a curved portion that forms a second end at the center section, the two ends spaced apart a distance of a substantially rectangular-shaped recess in the center section such that an inner edge of the substantially rectangular-shaped recess is aligned with the first end at one of the four corners, and (b) an inner peripheral configuration defining a rectangular opening through said sheet, said rectangular opening having substantially the same dimensions as the substantially rectangular-shaped, recessed, center section and positioned centrally in said sheet substantially equi-distant between the two pairs of opposing sides, and wherein said substantially rectangular-shaped, recessed, center section and said rectangular opening in said sheet are disposed in a crotch area of a person when the body suit is worn conformingly against and about, and compressively shapes a person's torso and upper thighs, and an intermediate layer disposed over said inner layer, said intermediate layer including a lower portion of a dress disposed over said lower section and an intermediate bodice section including an upper portion of a dress joined to said lower dress portion and disposed over said inner bodice section; and an outer layer permanently affixed to and disposed over said intermediate layer.