Girdle

Claim 1

A GIRDLE HAVING A SHAPE WHEN LAID ON A HORIZONTAL SURFACE SUCH THAT IT HAS ELONGATED UPPER AND LOWER REAR PORTIONS LYING IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND DISPOSED APPROXIMATELY IN PARALLELISM AND LATERALLY SPACED APART WITH RESPECT TO EACH OTHER A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE SO THAT SAID UPPER REAR PORTION IS ADAPTED TO EXTEND ACROSS THE BACK OF A WEARER APPROXIMATELY AT THE UPPER PART OF THE HIP PORTION OF A WEARER''S BODY AND SO THAT THE LOWER REAR PORTION IS ADAPTED TO BE DISPOSED EXTENDING ACROSS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE WEARER''S BUTTOCKS, SAID GIRDLE FURTHER HAVING A SHAPE WHEN LAID ON SAID HORIZONTAL SURFACE SUCH THAT THE REMAINDER OF SAID GIRDLE COMPRISES A FIRST ELONGATED INCLINED PORTION HAVING ONE END EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF SAID UPPER REAR PORTION ALONGSIDE OF AND AT AN ACUTE ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO SAID UPPER REAR PORTION AND SAID FIRST INCLINED PORTION HAVING ITS OTHER END JOINED TO AN END OF SAID LOWER REAR PORTION OPPOSITE TO SAID ONE END OF SAID BACK PORTION, A SECOND ELONGATED INCLINED PORTION HAVING ONE END ATTACHED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID UPPER REAR PORTION FROM SAID ONE END OF THE LATTER AND EXTENDING ALONGSIDE OF AND AT AN ACUTE ANGLE TO SAID UPPER REAR PORTION, SAID SECOND INCLINED PORTION HAVING ITS OTHER END JOINED TO THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID INCLINED PORTIONS FROM SAID ONE END THEREOF, AND SAID INCLINED PORTIONS LAPPING AND CRISS-CROSSING EACH OTHER WHEREBY THE SAID LAPPING PARTS OF SAID INCLINED PORTIONS CAN BE DISPOSED AT THE WEARER''S ABDOMEN, SAID PORTIONS HAVING FLEXIBILITY AND ELASTICITY WHEREBY WHEN THE GIRDLE IS PLACED ON A WEARER AND IS IN A STRETCHED CONDITION ITS ELASTICITY TENDS TO HOLD THE WEARER''S ABDOMEN INWARDLY.