Swimwear with comfort liner and body support features

Abstract

A swimsuit includes a swimsuit body and a binding assembly. The swimsuit body includes multiple panels that are sewn together along multiple seams. The panels are made from a first fabric material and together define a body opening. The binding assembly includes a binding material and an elastic member. The binding material may also be made from the first fabric material and is sewn to the swimsuit body along a perimeter of the body opening. The elastic member is secured with the binding material along a length of the binding assembly. The swimsuit body may be formed of one or more outer panels and one or inner panels formed of the same material as the outer panel(s). The first fabric material may include material derived from plastic fibers (e.g., from recycled plastic bottles).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A swimsuit, comprising:
 a swimsuit body including a plurality of panels, at least one of the plurality of panels derived from a recycled plastic fiber, the plurality of panels including:
 an outer swimsuit panel; and 
 an inner swimsuit panel coupled to the outer swimsuit panel and extending across the at least one outer swimsuit panel to define a double layer of swimsuit material. 
   
     
     
         2 . The swimsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the inner swimsuit panel is coupled to opposing edges of the outer swimsuit panel, the inner swimsuit panel made from a same fabric material as the outer swimsuit panel. 
     
     
         3 . The swimsuit of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of side stays, each side stay extending along a side seam of the swimsuit body. 
     
     
         4 . The swimsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of panels includes at least three outer swimsuit panels that are sewn together along offset sew lines that are spaced laterally outwardly from a center of a breast support region of the swimsuit body. 
     
     
         5 . A swimsuit, comprising:
 a swimsuit body including a plurality of panels that are sewn together along a plurality of seams, the plurality of panels made from a first fabric material, the plurality of panels together defining a body opening; and   a binding assembly, including:
 a binding material sewn to the swimsuit body along an entire perimeter of the body opening, the binding material made from the first fabric material; and 
 an elastic member secured with the binding material along a length of the binding. 
   
     
     
         6 . The swimsuit of  claim 5 , wherein the binding material is sewn to the swimsuit body separately from the elastic member using a cross-stitch sewing pattern. 
     
     
         7 . The swimsuit of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of panels includes at least three outer swimsuit panels made from the first fabric material, the at least three outer swimsuit panels sewn together along offset sew lines that are spaced laterally outwardly from a center of a breast support region of the swimsuit body. 
     
     
         8 . The swimsuit of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of panels includes an outer swimsuit panel and an inner swimsuit panel coupled to opposing edges of the outer swimsuit panel, the inner swimsuit panel made from a same fabric material as the outer swimsuit panel. 
     
     
         9 . The swimsuit of  claim 8 , further comprising a plurality of elongated bands sewn in between the inner swimsuit panel and the outer swimsuit panel at opposing ends of each of the plurality of elongated bands to form a plurality of loops for supporting a swimsuit tie therein. 
     
     
         10 . The swimsuit of  claim 9 , wherein the first fabric material is derived from a recycled plastic fiber. 
     
     
         11 . A method of manufacturing a swimsuit, comprising:
 securing an elastic member with a binding material made from a first fabric material along a length of the binding to form a binding assembly; and   sewing the binding assembly to a swimsuit body made from the first fabric material along a perimeter of a body opening defined by the swimsuit body.   
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein sewing the binding material to the swimsuit body includes sewing the binding assembly using a cross-stitch pattern to the body opening. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising sewing at least one inner swimsuit panel to at least one outer swimsuit panel along opposing edges of the at least one outer swimsuit panel so that a seam between the at least one inner swimsuit panel and the at least one outer swimsuit panel defines the body opening. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising sewing a plurality of elongated bands in between at least one of the outer swimsuit panels and the at least one of the inner swimsuit panels to define a plurality of loops. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the elastic member extends along an entire length of the binding. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 11 , further comprising sewing an inner panel to the swimsuit body formed of the first fabric material, the inner panel being formed of the first fabric material. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11 , wherein the first fabric material is derived from a recycled plastic fiber. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 11 , further comprising determining dimensions of each of a plurality of sizes of the binding assembly and swimsuit body by performing a sizing with a person of respective sizes.