Global Patent Index - EP 4209142 A1

EP 4209142 A1 20230712 - LOWER BODY GARMENT FOR MATERNITY

Title (en)

LOWER BODY GARMENT FOR MATERNITY

Title (de)

UNTERKÖRPERBEKLEIDUNGSSTÜCK FÜR DIE MUTTERSCHAFT

Title (fr)

VÊTEMENT POUR LE BAS DU CORPS POUR MATERNITÉ

Publication

EP 4209142 A1 20230712 (EN)

Application

EP 23150371 A 20230104

Priority

  • US 202263297308 P 20220107
  • US 202318149119 A 20230102

Abstract (en)

A lower body garment (10, 110, 210) has a pair of legs (12) having an upper edge (14) located below a wearer's pregnant belly and a waistband (16) connected to the upper edge (14). The waistband (16) has a front waistband portion (16a) that substantially covers the wearer's pregnant belly and a rear waistband portion (16b) that covers the wearer's sacroiliac joints, and which, together with the front waistband portion (16a), encircles the wearer's torso. The rear waistband portion (16b) has a rear three-layer section having an inner layer of fabric (20) contacting the wearer's skin, an outer layer of fabric (24) facing outwardly from the wearer, and a middle layer of material (22) between the inner and outer layers of fabric (20, 24). The front waistband portion (16a) has a front three-layer section (26, 126, 226) and a front section (28, 128, 228) having no middle layer of material (22). Stretch, recovery, and/or modulus of the three-layer sections (18, 118, 218, 26, 126, 226) may be greater than the same properties of the section (28, 128, 228) having no middle layer of material (22).

IPC 8 full level

A41D 31/18 (2019.01); A41D 1/21 (2018.01); A41F 9/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

A41D 1/21 (2017.12 - EP); A41D 20/00 (2013.01 - US); A41D 31/185 (2019.01 - EP); A41F 9/00 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4209142 A1 20230712; CA 3186130 A1 20230707; US 2023218026 A1 20230713

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 23150371 A 20230104; CA 3186130 A 20230106; US 202318149119 A 20230102