Molded rubber girdle

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AN INTEGRALLY MOLDED ONE-PIECE ELASTIC PANTIE GIRDLE FORMED OF A HOMOGENEOUS MASTICATED RUBBER COMPOUND CONTAINING 45 TO 65 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF NATURAL RUBBER AND 20 TO 40 PERCENT BY WEIGHT OF AN INORGANIC REINFORCING FILLER, SAID RUBBER COMPOUND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF CARBON BLACK, SAID GIRDLE HAVING AN ENDLESS PERFORATED ELASTIC MAIN WALL FOR ENCIRCLING THE LOWER HUMAN TORSO WHICH WALL FORMS A WAIST OPENING AT ITS UPPER EDGE, THE FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS OF THE ENDLESS MAIN WALL BEING UNITED TO PROVIDE AN INTEGRAL PERFORATED CROTCH PORTION WITH LEG OPENINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDES THEREOF, SAID GIRDLE BEING HOMOGENEOUS THROUGHOUT AND HAVING INTEGRAL PORTIONS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE BOTTOM EDGE OF THE GIRDLE AT THE LEG OPENINGS TO PROVIDE EXTENSIBLE GARTER TABS, SAID GIRDLE HAVING RIDGES OF MINUTE SIZE AT THE SIDES OF THE MAIN WALL AND AT THE MARGINS OF THE WAIST AND LEG OPENINGS, EACH RIDGE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM POINTED CROSS SECTION THROUGHOUT ITS LENGTH AND HAVING A HEIGHT LESS THAN 5 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE THICKNESS OF THE MAIN WALL, THE RIDGES AT SAID LEG OPENINGS EXTENDING AROUND THE GARTER TABS, THE RIDGES AT EACH SIDE OF THE MAIN WALL EXTENDING VERTICALLY FROM THE WAIST OPENING TO A LEG OPENING.