Clothing

Abstract

A garment includes a crotch part and leg parts at least partially covering the femoral regions, is to be worn fitted on a body of a wearer, and includes an easily stretchable portion that is stretched relatively easily and a less stretchable portion that is less stretchable than the easily stretchable portion. As part of the easily stretchable portion, the garment includes easily stretchable portions (A) each of which has a substantially band-like shape extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the garment, covers a region along and in the vicinity of musculus rectus femoris on an anterior side of the femoral region, and is stretchable substantially in a width direction thereof. This garment is useful as a garment that includes a crotch part and leg parts at least partially covering the femoral regions and is to be worn fitted on a body of a wearer, that does not lose shape, and maintains the shaping function for keeping the body in shape.

1 . A garment that includes a crotch part and leg parts covering at least parts of femoral regions, that is to be worn fitted on a body of a wearer, and that includes an easily stretchable portion that is stretched relatively easily, and a less stretchable portion that is less stretchable than the easily stretchable portion, wherein the easily stretchable portion comprises: 
 an easily stretchable portion (A) that has a substantially band-like shape extending substantially in a longitudinal direction of the garment, that covers a region along and in the vicinity of the musculus rectus femoris on an anterior side of each femoral region, and that is easily stretchable at least substantially in a width direction thereof.    
     
     
         2 . The garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the easily stretchable portion further comprises: 
 an easily stretchable portion (B) that covers a region of the body along the sulcus inguinalis and is easily stretchable at least substantially in the longitudinal direction of the garment.    
     
     
         3 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the easily stretchable portion further comprises: 
 an easily stretchable portion (C) that, in a posterior side of the garment, covers a region of the body at least on a superior side to a certain position between the sulcus gluteus and a bulge of hip, and that is easily stretchable at least substantially in the longitudinal direction of the garment.  
 
     
     
         4 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the easily stretchable portion (A) has a center position in the width direction thereof that is positioned slightly on a lateral side with respect to a longitudinal center line of an anterior portion of the leg part.  
     
     
         5 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein each leg part further comprises: 
 an easily stretchable portion (A- 1 ) that is arranged substantially in parallel with the easily stretchable portion (A), that has a substantially band-like shape extending substantially in the longitudinal direction of the garment, and that is easily stretchable at least substantially in a width direction thereof.  
 
     
     
         6 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the garment is formed with: 
 an easily stretchable fabric as a base of the garment; and  
 another fabric laminated on an exterior side and/or an interior side of a portion of the easily stretchable fabric that is to be made less stretchable than the easily stretchable portion,  
 wherein the laminated portion constitutes the less stretchable portion, while the other portion constitutes the easily stretchable portion.  
 
     
     
         7 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein 
 the easily stretchable portion is formed with an easily stretchable fabric,  
 the less stretchable portion is formed with a fabric that is less stretchable than the easily stretchable fabric, and  
 the easily stretchable fabric and the less stretchable fabric are seamed so as to form the garment.  
 
     
     
         8 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein 
 the easily stretchable portion and the less stretchable portion are formed by knitting so that the easily stretchable portion and the less stretchable portion are knitted differently by varying knitting stitch.  
 
     
     
         9 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the easily stretchable portion and the less stretchable portion are formed by jacquard knitting so that the easily stretchable portion and the less stretchable portion are knitted differently into patterns by varying knitting stitch of the jacquard knitting.  
     
     
         10 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the garment is formed with an easily stretchable fabric as a base of the garment having a portion treated with a resin, the portion being to be made less stretchable than the easily stretchable portion, 
 wherein the resin-treated portion constitutes the less stretchable portion, while the other portion constitutes the easily stretchable portion.  
 
     
     
         11 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the easily stretchable portion (A) has a width of approximately 3 cm to 8 cm.  
     
     
         12 . The garment according to  claim 5 , wherein a sum of a width of the easily stretchable portion (A) and a width of the easily stretchable portion (A- 1 ) is approximately 3 cm to 8 cm.  
     
     
         13 . The garment according to  claim 2 , wherein the easily stretchable portion (B) has a width of approximately 1 cm to 10 cm.  
     
     
         14 . The garment according to  claim 3 , wherein, in a posterior side of the garment, the easily stretchable portion (C) covers a region of the body ranging from a slightly superior side of the sulcus gluteus to around the vicinity of an upper end of the musculus gluteus maximus.  
     
     
         15 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein a fabric composing the garment is a knitted fabric selected from a two-way stretch tricot knitted fabric and a stretch raschel knitted fabric.  
     
     
         16 . The garment according to  claim 1  or  2 , wherein the garment is a garment selected from a girdle, spats, athletic tights, and pantyhose.