Women's Close-Fitting Garment for Water Sports

Abstract

The inventive women's close-fitting garment for water sports consists of an assembly of extensible and waterproof panels, in particular, containing an elastomer, for example, of a polychloroprene-type, which are assembled along first assembling lines. Said garment comprises at least one mammary three-dimensional panel for covering each breast and preferably the independent mammary panels which are three-dimensionally shaped in such a way that a breast is covered. Each mammary panel is provided with a second assembling line, which corresponds to the assembly of two edges of a cutting, in particular V-shaped, and is used for three-dimensionally shaping the panel.

1 . A close-fitting garment for the practise of aquatic sports for women, formed from a collection of stretchable and waterproof panels including an elastomer of the polychloroprene type, for example, assembled by means of first seams wherein, among the said collection of panels, there is at least one mammary panel of a three-dimensional configuration, designed to cover each of the two breasts. 
   
   
       2 . A garment according to  claim 1 , said garment including two independent mammary panels, each panel having a three-dimensional configuration designed to cover one breast. 
   
   
       3 . A garment according to  claim 2 , wherein each mammary panel includes a second seam corresponding to the assembly of both edges of a cut-out, in particular of the V-shaped type, the said second seam being intended to provide the panel with its three-dimensional configuration. 
   
   
       4 . A garment according to  claim 3 , wherein each mammary panel at least includes a fabric element and an elastomer layer, in particular a foam layer, attached to the said fabric element, and wherein the second seam corresponds to the assembly of both edges of a cut-out, in particular of the V-shaped type, which is formed in the fabric element at least. 
   
   
       5 . A garment according to  claim 1 , said garment having a transverse shaping element of a less stretchable character than the elastomer layer, intended to lie on either side of the cleft between the breasts. 
   
   
       6 . A garment according to,  claim 2 , wherein the shaping element is a line of stitching or of transverse seaming formed in the panel or panels extending between the two mammary panels. 
   
   
       7 . A garment according to  claim 6 , wherein the line of stitching or of transverse seaming is a first seam of an upper front panel and of a lower front panel. 
   
   
       8 . A garment according to  claim 5 , wherein the shaping element is a strip of a material that is less stretchable than the elastomer layer, placed on a single mammary panel or between two independent mammary panels. 
   
   
       9 . A garment according to  claim 3 , wherein the second seam extends from a first end corresponding to the position of the nipple, up to a second end located at a first seam with a lateral panel. 
   
   
       10 . A garment according to  claim 6 , wherein both of the inner ends of the second seams of the two mammary panels are aligned with the transverse shaping element. 
   
   
       11 . A garment according to  claim 3 , wherein the second seam rises obliquely toward the exterior at an angle α of between 15° C. and 35° C.