Patent ID: 8827767

Claim:
A garment comprising a structure adapted to cover a wearer's torso and at least an upper portion of a wearer's thighs, the garment comprising: a posterior region for extending across a wearer's back, and an anterior region for covering a wearer's breasts and abdomen, a left and right lateral region bordering the anterior and posterior regions on a wearer's left and right side respectively, a shoulder region positioned to extend over each shoulder of a wearer and bordering two armholes for fitting a wearer's arms; a posterior panel disposed in the posterior region, the posterior panel comprising a first non-stretchable material and positioned to extend transversely at least over an inter scapular upper back region of a wearer and longitudinally to at least a wearer's waistline; an abdominal portion centrally disposed in the anterior region, the abdominal portion comprising a stretchable material having a level of compression different than that of a material disposed in the anterior region encircling the abdominal portion; a shoulder support portion extending laterally and upwardly from a lower portion of the posterior panel to the shoulder region above each of the two armholes, the shoulder support portion also wrapping laterally around each of the left and right lateral region and extending under each axilla of a wearer; a lower torso region extending transversely around a wearer's buttocks and lower abdomen; and a body support portion positioned to extend over the lower torso region and further extending along each of the left and right lateral sides to the shoulder region, the body support portion bordering and encircling the abdominal portion and comprising the material disposed in the anterior region encircling the abdominal portion, and wherein the posterior panel is operatively connected between an upper edge of the body support portion in the shoulder region and an upper edge of the body support portion in the posterior region.