Buttock lift support

• US 7,081,036 B1
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Issued: 07/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Blackbird Tech LLC
• Original Assignee: Janeen L. Howard, Stacy D. Howard
• Inventors: Howard, Stacy D., Howard, Janeen L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hale, Gloria M.
• Application Number:
  US10/842,642
• Time in Patent Office: 806 Days
• Field of Search: 450/100, 450/101, 450/106, 450/107, 450/98, 450/99, 450122-124, 450/131, 450/151, 450/155, 240/0, 240/6, 240/8, 2 6/9, 222/8, 223/8, 222/7
• US Class Current: 450/100
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 2400/38 Shaping the contour of the body or adjusting the figure
• CPC Class Codes: A41C 1/00 Corsets or girdles

Abstract

A buttock lift support extends a lift band from each of a pair of elastic leg bands to a waistband so as to wrap around the buttocks of the wearer and exert an upward pressure thereon. Side, rear and front panels, and a thong strap can be incorporated to create a panty garment having the lift support integrated therein.

Claims

1. A buttocks lift support comprising:

a pair of thigh encircling elastic bands adapted to tightly fit the upper thighs of a wearer;

an elastic waistband adapted to be tightly fit to the waist of a wearer;

a pair of lift bands, each lift band attached at a lower end to a respective thigh encircling band at an inner thigh region and at an upper end to a respective side of said waistband at a hip location thereon, so that said lift bands wrap around beneath the buttocks of the wearer and spiral up and out to said waistband, said lift bands being tightly engaged with a wearer'"'"'s buttocks when said lift support is worn to exert a significant lifting force thereon and also on the thigh encircling elastic bands;

a side panel sewn to an outer side of each of said thigh encircling elastic bands and extending up and over a wearer'"'"'s hips to a respective side of said waistband to thereby cover the wearer'"'"'s hips; and

a crotch strap extending from the front of said waistband to the rear of said waistband to pass over the crotch area of the wearer, which together with said side panels form a panty garment.

2. A buttocks lift support according to claim 1 further including an adjustable hooked strap secured to said waistband to allow tightening of said waistband to enhance support of said lift bands.

3. A buttocks lift support according to claim 1 wherein said lift bands have a width on the order of three inches in a region engaging the wearer'"'"'s buttocks.

4. A buttocks lift support according to claim 3 wherein said lift bands are elastic, but still stiff enough to exert a substantial lift.

5. A buttocks lift support according to claim 1 wherein said crotch strap is sewn to said thigh encircling elastic bands at said inside thigh region.

6. A buttocks lift support according to claim 5 further including a pair of rear fabric panels, each sewn between a respective side of a rear segment of said crotch strap, said side panels, and the rear of said waistband to cover the wearer'"'"'s buttocks.