Patent Application
20180192718
The present invention relates generally to a figure enhancing garment designed to be worn over the buttocks for the purpose of visual enhancement of size and shape of the wearer's buttock. More particularly, the invention relates to a buttock enhancing pad in the form of a pad having five sides that also features one straight side and one rounded side.
For a number of years both women and men have become more concerned with their appearance and thus greater emphasis has been placed on the desire to have clothing assist the wearer in presenting an aesthetically pleasing look. In response, designers have concentrated on developing garments which enable the wearer to have greater freedom of expression, versatility of activity with maximum ease, and emphasizing the wearer's physical attributes.
Designing aesthetically pleasing garments that meet these criteria is especially difficult when designing garments in situations where seams, ridges and the like are visible to others. This type of clothing emphasizes the figure flaw of flat or scant buttocks. A common way to create a more aesthetic form in the buttocks area is to use body enhancing pads. Although there are undergarments that have body enhancing pads, the difficulty in designing such a garment is to design a garment that provides the desired look and one that remains hidden and unnoticed.
The use of pads is known for undergarments as a device for shaping and flattering the appearance of the wearer. Another type of shaping garment has a cover panel coupled to an undergarment to provide support and shaping to the body of the wearer. Also known is an outer garment and inner liner where the inner liner has a stitch pattern to provide support of areas of the body to accentuate features of the wearer. The seams of such garments are often readily noticed.
Despite prior efforts to produce a comfortable, aesthetically pleasing and practical garment having padding that gives the illusion of an enhanced contour in the buttock region, there remains a desire to produce a garment that has certain improved features allowing for the wearer to adjust the size and shape of the buttock and to not be visible when worn.
It is therefore the general object of the present invention to provide a buttock enhancing pad for covering the buttock area of a wearer that is not detectable to the outside viewer.
The size, shape and material that make up the body enhancing pad of the present invention are all design elements that ensure that the padding provides a realistic boosting effect on the wearer. The pad is designed with five sides meant to realistically mimic the shape of a buttock. The body enhancing pad has an interior side facing the wearer's body that is flat and an outward side having a bulbous dome shape arranged to define a desired buttock profile when the interior side of the body enhancing pad is positioned adjacent a buttock of the wearer,
As stated, the periphery of the pad has five sides, the purpose of which is to realistically mimic the shape of a buttock. A first edge of the pad extends along the midline of the body; a second edge extends from the first edge across the top edge of the pad along the top of the buttock. A third edge extends from the second edge and is the outer-most edge of the pad. The fourth edge extends from the third edge forming a rounded side running along the bottom quadrant, along the outer edge of the buttock cheek. The fifth edge extends from the fourth edge and connects to the first edge and runs along the bottom edge of the pad, ensuring that the pad upholds its intended shape while being worn upright inside the pad pocket of a garment.
Having described the invention in general terms, reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, and wherein:
The present invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to the elements throughout.
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The size, shape and material that make up the body enhancing pad of the present invention are all design elements that ensure that the padding provides a realistic boosting effect on the wearer. The pad is designed with five sides meant to realistically mimic the shape of a buttock. The body enhancing pad has an interior side facing the wearer's body that is flat and an outward side having a bulbous dome shape to add profile to the buttock and arranged to define a desired buttock profile when the interior side of the body enhancing pad is positioned adjacent a buttock of the wearer,
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The pads are designed to have five sides to realistically mimic the shape of the human buttock. The pads are of the type used in a garment worn on a wearer's buttock, as shown most clearly in
The pads may vary in size depending upon the size of the wearer. For example, a pad ranging from 5.75 inches high by 5.75 inches wide by 0.5 inches thick at its thickest point is generally suitable for labeled small size. A large buttock pad might, for example, range from 7.875″×7.875″ wide×0.75″ thick for a triple extra-large size.
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The buttock pads are held in place within the garment by a variety of means. For example, the buttock pad may fit into a pocket sewn into the rear portion of undergarment 11. Another method of holding the pads in place is to sew them to the undergarment. Yet another method for holding the pads in place is to use a two-sided adhesive tape.
A pad can be worn over each cheek for realistic augmentation effect, however, some wearers may choose to wear only one pad over one buttock cheek as a prosthetic for missing, damaged or otherwise compromised gluteus muscle(s). The ideal curve-enhancing body pads are not detectable to the outside viewer. Therefore the size, shape and material that make up this body pad design are all crucial design elements that ensure that the padding provides a realistic boosting effect on the wearer.
In its preferred form, the buttock pad is made of silicone or a material having properties that mimic silicone. The buttock pad may also have a cover that encases the silicone to assist in maintaining the desired shape of the pad. Such covers may be of nylon, silicone, plastic membrane or other suitable material. The consistency and general physical properties of silicone mimic the human body's movement, form and feel making it a most desirable material for such an invention.
There are numerous benefits to wearing the buttock pads of the present invention. These benefits include but not limited to: (1) the fact that clothing may fit better and be more flattering when wearing the buttock pads. This results in the wearer having more wardrobe solutions, saving money and also opening the possibility of wearing different clothing styles; (2) avoidance of buttock augmentation surgery which is a highly invasive and permanent curve-enhancing solution with possible dangerous physical side-effects; and (3) increasing the self-confidence of the wearer.
Many modifications and other embodiments of the inventions set forth herein will come to mind to one skilled in the art to which these inventions pertain having the benefit of the teachings presented in the foregoing descriptions. Therefore, it is to be understood that the inventions are not to be limited to the specific embodiments disclosed and that modifications and other embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the appended claims. Although specific terms are employed herein, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation.
