Clothing such as shorts and bathing suit

Details Clothing such as shorts and bathing suit Clothing such as shorts and bathing suit

2001-01-23

2002-10-15

Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3765)

Apparel

Bathing garments

C002S400000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06463591

ABSTRACT:

TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a clothing such as shorts, briefs, or a bathing suit.
BACKGROUND ART
When the posture of a person is changed from a standing posture to a sitting posture, a bending or crouching posture, or the like, the shape of the lower half of the buttock is largely changed, and the skin of the lower half portion of the buttock is well stretched. According to measurement examples, in a standing posture, the vertical distance of the skin from the gluteal groove portion to the vicinity of the top of the buttock of a person of ordinary physique is 15 cm, and, in a sitting posture, the distance is increased to 25 cm. In usual shorts or a bathing suit, the hip hemline (an approximately rear half of the inner periphery of a leg opening) is in a position where the skin of the lower half portion of the buttock is stretched and contracted at the highest degree, and hence unstable. When shorts
10
are worn, as shown in
FIG. 7
, a hip hemline
15
a
of the shorts gradually rises in a direction from a position C to a position D, thereby producing discomfort. Therefore, the rising hip hemline
15
a
is sometimes pulled down by hand.
Conventionally, as means for preventing such rising of a hip hemline of shorts from occurring by means of patterning (a cutting method), for example, there are the following means. As shown in
FIG. 9
in which a front body
11
, a back body
12
, and a gusset
13
are shown in developed form, cutting is performed so that the hip hemline
15
a
of the inner periphery of a leg opening
15
of the back body
12
is extended toward the center of the leg opening as indicated by the broken line F, and dart seams are formed so that an envelope for the buttocks is deep. Alternatively, as shown in
FIG. 10
, a back body
30
and a side piece
31
are sewn so as to pass over the top T of the buttock extending from a waist portion
32
to a hip hemline
33
, and a dart which is long and large is formed between the back body
30
and the side piece
31
, thereby enveloping the buttocks (Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3022949).
However, in the means in which, as shown in
FIG. 9
, the hip hemline
15
a
of the back body
12
is cut in form that is extended toward the center of the leg opening
15
so as to deepen the envelope for the buttocks, the portion which is stretched in a sitting posture is formed into loose wrinkles in a standing posture, so that the appearance is often impaired.
In the means in which, as shown in
FIG. 10
, a dart which is long and large is obtained by the cutting method wherein the seamline L of the back body
30
passes over the top T of the buttock extending from the waist portion
32
to the hip hemline
33
, the whole of the protruding buttocks can be fully enveloped. Even when the hip size is identical, however, the hip shape is widely varied, and hence few persons have a hip shape just fitting to the hip portion. In the portion of the seamline L passing over the top T of the buttock, the flexibility of even a stretchable fabric itself is reduced by half. Therefore, the motion of the top T of the buttock which is caused by a sitting or rising operation is suppressed by the portion of the seamline L. In order that the hip hemline
33
is satisfactorily prevented for every person from rising in accordance with a motion of the buttock top T, therefore, a dart which is long and large must be formed between the back body
30
and the side piece
31
. In this configuration, however, the dart portion which fits to the buttock in a sitting posture is loosened when the posture is changed to a standing posture, so that many loose wrinkles and bugginess are caused in the buttock lower portion and the gluteal groove portion, thereby impairing the beauty of the hip hemline.
In other words, in the cutting method wherein the seamline L of the back body
30
passes over the buttock top T as shown in
FIG. 10
, when it is intended to reduce such loose wrinkles and bugginess in the buttock lower portion and the gluteal groove portion, it is impossible to envelop the buttocks widely and deeply, and the effect of preventing the hip hem from rising is reduced by half.
In the shorts shown in
FIG. 10
which is configured so that the seamline L of the back body
30
passes over the buttock top T, the portion of the seamline L of the back body
30
is closely contacted with the buttock top T which protrudes at the highest degree, particularly in a sitting posture, where by a sense of discomfort is produced and the sense of touch is lowered. Furthermore, this causes an adverse effect that, when a person wears an outer garment which is tight and thin, a line elongating along the seamline L easily appears in a prominent manner on the outer garment and tends to attract attention.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
The invention has been conducted in order to solve the problems of the conventional art. It is an object of the invention to provide a clothing such as shorts or a bathing suit in which a hip hemline can be surely prevented from rising, loose wrinkles and bugginess in the buttock lower portion and the gluteal groove portion are hardly produced in a standing posture, a beautiful hip hemline is obtained, and the wearing feeling is improved.
The clothing such as shorts or a bathing suit of the invention is characterized in that, as shown in
FIGS. 4 and 8
, lower end portions of right and left edges
16
,
16
of a stretchable front body
11
in which leg openings
15
that are downward opened are formed in a bilaterally symmetrical manner intersect with lower end portions of hip hemlines
15
a
,
15
a
of inner peripheries of the right and left leg openings, portions of the right and left edges
16
,
16
and extending from vertical intermediate positions to the lower end portions are cut in a form which is connected by a curved edge
16
a
that is outward convex, portions
16
b
of the curved edges
16
a
which are lower than a vertical intermediate position are formed into a linear or curved shape, portions
19
a
of right and left edges
19
,
19
of a stretchable back body
12
are cut into a shape which is spread as moving downward, the portions extending from vertical intermediate positions to lower end portions, a width (P) between the lower end portions of the right and left edges
19
,
19
of the back body
12
is set to be equal to or larger than 0.6 times and equal to or smaller than 6 times a width (H) between the lower end portions of the right and left edges
16
,
16
of the front body
11
, the right and left edges
19
,
19
of the back body
12
and the right and left edges
16
,
16
of the front body
11
are sewn to each other, and, as shown in
FIG. 5
, seamlines L are formed so as to elongate from back waist portions
24
and
25
to the hip hemlines
15
a
with outward detouring around a top T of the buttock.
In a clothing which is obtained by performing setting, cutting, and sewing as described above, it is possible to obtain adequate three-dimensional bulges which are similar to the body shape in the vicinity of the hip hem, in a non-worn state. In a worn state, therefore, the hip hemline can deeply fit to the gluteal groove portion to deeply envelop the buttock lower portion, so that, even when the wearer moves, for example, vigorously bends at the waist, the hip hemline can be surely prevented from rising.
Particularly, the seamlines of the front body and the back body have a pattern which outward detours around the buttock top so as to avoid the top. Even when a pattern in which the hip hemline is downward elongated so as to deeply envelop the buttock lower portion is employed, therefore, loose wrinkles and bugginess in the buttock lower portion and the gluteal groove portion are hardly produced in a standing posture, and the buttocks can be enveloped widely and deeply, unlike the above-mentioned conventional art clothing in which the seamlines of the front body and the back body pass over the buttock top.
When the seamlines of the front body and the back body outward detour around the buttock t

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