Noncompressive undergarments

Abstract

A noncompressive undergarment is configured to be donned by a wearer and worn underneath a garment to restrict direct contact between the wearer and the garment. The undergarment includes front and back undergarment panels each presenting a top margin extending along a neck opening of the undergarment. The undergarment includes opposite undergarment sleeves that are each connected to the undergarment panels and at least partly form respective shoulders of the undergarment.

1 . A noncompressive undergarment configured to be donned by a wearer and worn underneath a garment to restrict direct contact between the wearer and the garment, said undergarment comprising:
 front and back undergarment panels each presenting a top margin extending along a neck opening of the undergarment; and   opposite undergarment sleeves each connected to the undergarment panels and at least partly forming respective shoulders of the undergarment,   each of said sleeves being connected along the top margin of each panel along respective raglan seams that end at spaced apart locations along the neck opening so that the sleeve forms a raglan sleeve.   
     
     
         2 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said undergarment presenting opposite inner and outer garment surfaces,   said panels and said sleeves including a fabric that forms the garment surfaces, with the fabric having an inner weave pattern associated with the inner garment surface and an outer weave pattern associated with the outer garment surface.   
     
     
         3 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 said panels and said sleeves including a tricot fabric comprising a breathable, 4-way stretch fabric.   
     
     
         4 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 3 ,
 said tricot fabric including a bamboo fabric material.   
     
     
         5 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 2 ,
 said inner and outer garment surfaces being configured so that the outer garment surface comprises a relatively low-friction surface when compared to the inner garment surface.   
     
     
         6 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said front undergarment panel including a pleated ruching area with laterally extending folds.   
     
     
         7 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 said top margin of the front undergarment panel including an upper neck margin that partly defines the neck opening, with the ruching area being located below the upper neck margin.   
     
     
         8 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 7 ,
 said front undergarment panel having a bust area extending laterally below the upper neck margin and intersected by a circumferential bustline of the undergarment,   said ruching area being centrally located in the bust area along a lateral direction.   
     
     
         9 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 6 ,
 said undergarment presenting opposite inner and outer garment surfaces; and   an elastic strip being attached to the inner garment surface of the front undergarment panel along an upright seam to form the ruching area, with folds on opposite sides of the upright seam.   
     
     
         10 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 9 ,
 said elastic strip having a length dimension that ranges from about two inches to about four inches.   
     
     
         11 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said undergarment panels being attached to one another along side panel seams, each of said side panel seams forming a gather area with folds.   
     
     
         12 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 11 ,
 said front undergarment panel including a pleated ruching area with laterally extending folds,   said gather areas being positioned to vertically overlap the ruching area.   
     
     
         13 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said undergarment being devoid of any seams that attach one of the sleeves to the rest of the undergarment and extend about a circumference of said one of the sleeves.   
     
     
         14 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said raglan seams being sewn using a stretch thread,   said raglan seams comprising a 1-thread lingerie seam formed by a serging machine.   
     
     
         15 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 said front undergarment panel having overlapping sections that at least partly define the neck opening and present an overlapped area below the neck opening.   
     
     
         16 . A noncompressive undergarment configured to be donned by a wearer and worn underneath a garment to restrict direct contact between the wearer and the garment, said undergarment comprising:
 front and back undergarment panels each presenting a top margin extending along a neck opening of the undergarment,   said undergarment presenting opposite inner and outer garment surfaces,   said panels including a fabric that forms the garment surfaces, with the fabric having an inner weave pattern associated with the inner garment surface and an outer weave pattern associated with the outer garment surface.   
     
     
         17 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 16 ,
 opposite undergarment sleeves each connected to the undergarment panels to cooperatively form respective shoulders of the undergarment.   
     
     
         18 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 17 ,
 said undergarment being devoid of any seams that attach one of the sleeves to the rest of the undergarment and extend about a circumference of said one of the undergarment sleeves.   
     
     
         19 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 16 ,
 said panels and said sleeves including a tricot fabric comprising a breathable, 4-way stretch fabric.   
     
     
         20 . The noncompressive undergarment as claimed in  claim 16 ,
 said inner and outer garment surfaces being configured so that the outer garment surface comprises a relatively low-friction surface when compared to the inner garment surface.