Garment Structure with Elastic Shaping Bands

Abstract

A garment structure is provided to lift glutei and thin hips. The garment structure includes a belt part, a front part, a rear part, and one or more elastic bands positioned within an interior space of the garment structure. The garment structure may include one or more rear elastic bands positioned to be between the user and the rear part when the garment structure is worn by the user, one or more front elastic bands positioned to be between the user and the front part when the garment structure is worn by the user, or both one or more rear and one or more front elastic bands.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A garment structure wearable by a user, comprising:
 a belt part;   a front part;   a rear part joined to the front part by at least two outer leg side seams and two inner thigh seams, the inner thigh seams connecting to one another at a crotch point, and   a pair of front elastic bands positioned within an interior space of the garment structure to be between the user and the front part when the garment structure is worn by the user;   wherein each of the front elastic bands includes a first side, a second side, an upper base extending between the first side and the second side of each respective elastic band, and a lower base extending between the first side and the second side of each respective elastic band;   wherein the first side of each front elastic band is directly joined to a respective one of the outer leg side seams;   wherein the second side of each front elastic band includes a first portion that is directly joined to a corresponding first portion of the other front elastic band and a second portion that is directly joined a respective one of the inner thigh seams starting at the crotch point.   
     
     
         2 . The garment structure of  claim 1 , wherein the lower base of each of the pair of front elastic bands is concave towards the top of the garment structure when worn. 
     
     
         3 . The garment structure of  claim 1 , wherein the first side of each front elastic band meets the upper base at a first point and wherein the first point is directly joined to the respective one of the outer leg side seams at a position below the belt. 
     
     
         4 . The garment structure of  claim 3 , wherein the first point is directly joined to the respective one of the outer leg side seams at a position less than 0.5 inches below a top of the belt part. 
     
     
         5 . The garment structure of  claim 4 , further comprising a yoke part situated below the belt part, wherein the first point is directly joined to the respective one of the outer side seams at a position in the range of one to two inches below the yoke. 
     
     
         6 . The garment structure of  claim 1  wherein each lower base is concave turned toward the belt. 
     
     
         7 . The garment structure of  claim 1 , wherein the pair of front elastic bands include a fly seam allowance. 
     
     
         8 . The garment structure of  claim 7 , wherein the fly seam allowance comprises, in each of the front elastic bands, a recessed area positioned along the front second side extending from the upper base downward to the first portion. 
     
     
         9 . The garment structure of  claim 1  further comprising a pair of rear elastic bands positioned within an interior space of the garment structure to be between the user and the rear part when the garment structure is worn by the user;
 wherein each of the rear elastic bands includes a first side, a second side, an upper base extending between the first side and the second side of each respective rear elastic band, and a lower base extending between the first side and the second side of each respective rear elastic band; 
 wherein the first side of each rear elastic band is directly joined to a respective one of the outer side seams; 
 wherein the second side of each rear elastic band includes a first portion that is directly joined to a corresponding first portion of the other rear elastic band and a second portion that is directly joined to a respective one of the inner thigh seams starting at the crotch point. 
 
     
     
         10 . The garment structure of  claim 9  wherein each rear elastic band is directly joined to each respective front elastic band along a respective one of the inner thigh seams starting at the crotch point. 
     
     
         11 . The garment structure of  claim 9  wherein each lower base of each rear elastic band is concave turned toward the bottom of the garment structure.