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Garment with attached shaperRelated Patent Categories: Apparel, Head Coverings, Skirts, UnderwearGarment with attached shaper description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070130671, Garment with attached shaper. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE FROM RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application 60/749,047 filed on Dec. 12, 2005 and entitled Garment With Attached Shaper, a copy of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to a body shaper, girdle, corset or other inner garment that may be attached to a pants, skirt, dress or outer garment. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A person may wear a body shaper, girdle, corset or other supportive inner garment under an outer garment such as a skirt, pants or dress. Such a shaper may be used with various styles or fits of outer garments though the shaper may not be appropriate for the specific outer garment under which it is worn. Some people object to wearing a shaper for emotional reasons. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0004] In some embodiments, there may be provided an undergarment for the lower body including a cylindrically shaped fabric to encircle a circumference of an abdomen, where the fabric includes an elasticized area to support a body part in the area of the undergarment, and where the undergarment includes a leg loop through which a leg of a wearer is passed, and including a fastener to fasten the undergarment to an outer garment and where the parts of the undergarment define an aperture in a crotch of area of the undergarment. In some embodiments, the leg loop may include a cylindrically shaped fabric to encircle a thigh area of a wearer, and fabric in an area of such thigh may include elasticized fabric. In some embodiments, the fastener may include a permanent fastener and may include one or more sewn stitches to connect the undergarment with the outer garment, such as a skirt, a dress and a pants. [0005] In some embodiments, an elasticized area of the undergarment may correspond to an area of the outer garment that is snug, tight or otherwise in contact with a body part. In some embodiments, a hole or empty area of the undergarment may define an aperture a front crotch. In some embodiments there may be defined two apertures, defined in part by a support band under a buttocks area, so that there is a first aperture in a front crotch area and a second aperture in a rear crotch area. In some embodiments, the aperture extends from a front of the undergarment in an area approximating a pubis bone, to a back of the undergarment in an area approximating a coccyx. [0006] In some embodiments, an elasticized area pulls or holds a body part away from an area of the outer garment that is in contact with the elasticized area. In some embodiments, the undergarment may include a fabric band extending outward from the undergarment, and that connects the undergarment the fastener which is then connected to the outer garment. In some embodiments, the fabric band is under or posterior to a waist band of said garment. In some embodiments, the fabric band is a continuation of or part of a waist band of said undergarment. [0007] In some embodiments the fastener is selected from the group consisting of a sewn stitch, zipper, a VELCRO tape, a button, and a snap. [0008] Some embodiments may include a method of girding an abdomen with an undergarment that includes a fabric formed into a cylindrical shaped, where the fabric includes an elasticized area to support a body part in the area of the undergarment, and where the undergarment defines an aperture in a crotch of the undergarment, and where the undergarment includes a fastener to secure the undergarment to an outer garment; and where the method includes inserting legs into leg loops of the undergarment. [0009] In some embodiments a method may include girding the abdomen with an outer garment attached to the undergarment. [0010] Some embodiments may include supporting a lower buttock with an elasticized band running from a first lateral side of the undergarment to a second lateral side of the undergarment. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0011] Embodiments of the invention are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals indicate corresponding, analogous or similar elements, and in which: [0012] FIGS. 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D and 1E are illustrations of a shaper attached or fastenable to an outer garment, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention; [0013] FIGS. 2A and 2B are front and rear views of a shaper with rear support in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; [0014] FIG. 3A is a front view, and FIG. 3B is a rear view of a full length shaper in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and [0015] FIG. 4 is a flow diagram of a method in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. [0016] It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, elements shown in the figures have not necessarily been drawn to scale. For example, the dimensions of some of the elements may be exaggerated relative to other elements for clarity. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [0017] In the following detailed description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of embodiments of the invention. However it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments of the invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the embodiments of the invention. [0018] Reference is made to FIG. 1, a conceptual illustration of a shaper attached to an outer garment such as pants, in accordance with some embodiments of the invention. In some embodiments, a shaper 100 in the form of for example a girdle, corset or other undergarment for a man or a woman that may shape or contain a body form or body part may be attached by for example a waist band 102 of such shaper 100 or extensions 104 of such waist band 102 to a pants, dress, suit or skirt or other outer garment 106 in an area of such shaper 100. An upper portion of shaper 100 that may surround an abdomen, lower body or tummy may be cylindrically shaped and may gird or encircle the lower abdomen to provide support for such area of the body of a wearer in an area of shaper 100. Continue reading about Garment with attached shaper... Full patent description for Garment with attached shaper Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Garment with attached shaper patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. 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