Apparel – Nether garments – Bifurcated
Patent
1999-03-29
2000-08-22
Hale, Gloria M.
Apparel
Nether garments
Bifurcated
2 1, 450155, 450115, A41B 900
Patent
active
061051756
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
This invention regards the technical field of hosiery and the manufacture of stockings and tights in general. In particular, it concerns a new product consisting of stockings or tights which are kept in place by resting on the wearer's hips.
BACKGROUND ART
Experts in this field know stockings and tights, normally worn by women and consisting of two moulds which are slipped on the legs and are kept in place in different ways.
The known systems for holding up stockings, e.g. the so-called "self-supporting" stockings, consist of elastic bands which press on the upper part of the thigh. These systems have the drawback of being uncomfortable to wear and of pressing this part of the leg too tightly, sometimes also affecting blood circulation.
Other systems are known, such as garters or similar, consisting of a structure resting on the thigh or round the waist and used to keep the stocking in place by hooking it up. These systems are also not very practical because they can often be seen, especially under a close-fitting dress, and they can be awkward to use.
The most widespread system to keep stockings in place is, however, that used for common tights, i.e. a kind of panty forming part of the two moulds of the legs and supplied with an elastic band around the waist, which keeps the tights in place.
However, this widespread system also has the drawback of pressing the waist too tightly and of therefore being uncomfortable to wear.
DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION
This invention principally aims at eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks and of supplying a stocking which is comfortable to wear, does not press on any part of the body too tightly and does not require any accessories.
This target has been reached-with the invention by realising the idea of stockings or tights with the characteristics described in the seperate claims.
Other characteristics of the stockings are the object of dependent claims.
The advantages resulting from this utility model essentially consist of the fact that the stockings are self-supporting and can be worn without the use of elastic bands which press on the waist or the thigh, and without any accessories; that these stockings can be manufactured as one unit comprising the two moulds of the legs integrated in the supporting pants, and that the same supporting system can be used when the two moulds are separate; that it looks attractive and does not feel awkward for the person wearing it; that the type with the two separate moulds for the legs is easy and comfortable to wear as it allows the wearer to keep the stockings on and wear a normal pair of pants which can be put on and taken off without taking off the stockings; that it keeps the stockings perfectly in place and that the supporting force is proportionally distributed so that the wearer does not feel any pressure on the skin.
These and other advantages and features of this model can be easily understood by every expert in this field by reading the following description and looking at the drawings enclosed.
Reduced to its essential structure and with reference to the figures or the drawings enclosed, a stocking resting on the hips, and which has a supporting system according to the invention, comprises: resting on one or both hips, specifically on the top of the hipbone; the stockings in place, with the same stockings forming a "V" in the abdominal region once they are put on;
Expediently, the stockings resting on the hips can be manufactured in the form of tights supplied with pants which do not have the usual form with an elastic band around the waist, typical of currently existing tights, but have a "v" shape (3) so that they do not press on the waist or the abdomen and exert a proportional force on both hips.
Another advantage lies in the fact that the V-shaped part of the stockings is thickened with elastic material (3) generating various tensions thus eliminating the necessity of a common elastic band.
In addition, the said V-shaped part can be bordered by a thicker zone (2) or may be trimmed with lace or
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Bruscoli Maria Assunta
Conti Giuseppe
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