Pants garment with body profile enhancement features

Abstract

A pants garment enhances the anatomic shape of a lower torso of a human body and provides a natural appearance of the fit on the body and a high level of comfort. The pants garment may be formed with a high back and low front to better highlight and accentuate the buttocks of the wearer. The pants garment can include elastic panels along a front of the torso portion to draw in the wearer's stomach and pull on the rear portions of the garment to lift and accentuate the buttocks. The pants garment can be formed of a shape recovery material that cooperates with the elastic panels to assist in lifting of the buttocks. The pants garment can be formed primarily of two mirror image sections that are interconnected along the front and rear seams. The leg portion of each section has a tubular configuration with a single seam extending along an inner side thereof. The seamless outer surface provides a streamline appearance, and cooperates with the shape recovery material to accentuate the buttocks.

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       39 . A pants garment, comprising: 
 a right section and a left section each including a torso portion, the torso portions being attached at a rear portion extending from a crotch portion to a waist portion to cover a lower torso region of a wearer, the waist portion being highest at a top of the rear portion and lowest at a top of an opposite front portion of the torso region;    the right and left sections each further including a leg portion extending from the torso portion to cover at least a portion of a leg of a wearer, each of the leg portions having a tubular construction with an inner side and an outer side, each leg portion being joined together along an inner side thereof to form the outer side of the leg portion that is free of a joining seam extending the length of the leg portion; and    a fastening system configured to releasably secure the right and left sections together along the front portion thereof.    
   
   
       40 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein at least one of the right and left sections comprises multiple pieces of fabric.  
   
   
       41 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein the right and left sections are made of denim fabric.  
   
   
       42 . The pants garment of  claim 41 , wherein the denim fabric is a shape recovery material.  
   
   
       43 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein the right and left sections are made of a corduroy fabric.  
   
   
       44 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein the right and left sections are made from a blend of cotton and elastic fibers.  
   
   
       45 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein the right and left sections are joined at the rear portion by a generally linear segment extending from the waist portion and a concave curved segment in the crotch portion with a slope that extends away from the waist portion.  
   
   
       46 . The pants garment of  claim 45 , wherein the right and left sections have a longitudinal axis extending through the leg portion, and wherein the generally linear segment is inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the respective leg portion.  
   
   
       47 . The pants garment of  claim 39 , wherein the waist portions of the right and left sections is defined by a torso engaging band.  
   
   
       48 . A pants garment, comprising: 
 a torso region to cover a lower torso of a wearer, the torso region including a right section and a left section each including a rear edge and a front edge, and being joined along the rear edges to define a rear joining seam, the rear joining edge including a concave segment in the crotch portion that is sloped to extend away from the waist portion and a generally linear segment which is inclined and extends from the concave segment to the waist portion, the waist portion including a rear central portion and an opposite front central portion, wherein the waist portion is highest at the rear central portion and lowest at the front central portion,    a fastening system configured to releasably join the right section and left section together along the front edges; and    a pair of leg regions extending from the torso region to cover at least a part of each leg of a wearer, each said leg region (i) being tubular to define an inner side and an outer side, (ii) being joined together along the inner side, and (iii) having a seamless outer side;    wherein the torso and leg regions are formed of a denim fabric.    
   
   
       49 . The pants garment of  claim 48 , wherein the denim fabric is a shape recovery material.  
   
   
       50 . The pants garment of  claim 49 , in which the denim fabric is composed of substantially 98% cotton fiber and 2% elastic fiber.  
   
   
       51 . The pants garment of  claim 48 , wherein the right and left sections each comprises multiple pieces of denim fabric.  
   
   
       52 . The pants garment of  claim 48 , wherein the denim fabric has a weight of about  12  ounces per square yard.  
   
   
       53 . A pants garment, comprising: 
 a right section and a left section each having a torso region and a leg region, each said torso region having a front edge, a rear edge and a waist edge interconnecting the front and rear edges, the rear edge including a concave curved segment adjacent the leg region, the concave curved segment having a slope extending away from the waist edge, and a generally linear segment connecting the concave curved segment to the waist edge, the rear edges of each section being connected along a rear seam,    each said leg region having a first side edge and a second side edge that are interconnected along an inner side thereof, and a fastening device for releasably securing the front edges together.    
   
   
       54 . The pants garment of  claim 53 , wherein each of the right and left sections has a longitudinal axis extending generally parallel to the leg region, and wherein the generally linear segment is inclined relative to the interconnection of the first side edge and the second side edge of the respective leg region.  
   
   
       55 . The pants garment of  claim 54 , wherein the waist edge is at an acute angle to the longitudinal axis such that the waist edge is extending away from the leg region as the waist edge extends toward the rear edge, so that the waist is highest at the rear seam and lowest at the front edges.  
   
   
       56 . The pants garment of  claim 53 , wherein the right and left sections are made of a twill weave fabric.  
   
   
       57 . The pants garment of  claim 53 , wherein the right and left sections each include a secondary piece of material.  
   
   
       58 . The pants garment of  claim 53 , wherein the right and left sections each comprise a shape recovery material.  
   
   
       59 . The pants garment of  claim 58 , wherein the right and left sections each further includes elastic panels secured along a front portion of the torso region, each elastic panel having a first edge attached to the waistband, a second edge attached adjacent the fastening device and a third edge attached along a mid-portion of said section, the fastening device being operable to releasably secure the left section and right sections together along the front edges so that the right elastic panel and the left elastic panel are tensioned to push against an abdominal region of a wearer and to raise a gluteal region of a wearer.