Back, shoulder and stomach support

Claim 1

A support garment comprising: A body encircling member stretchable in a body encircling direction and being nonstretchable in the direction parallel to the axis of the member; means secured to the ends of the member for joining the ends together in a body encircling form; a pair of shoulder loops each made of elastic webbing and secured at their ends to the body encircling member an adapted to extend from the back of the body encircling member around the shoulders and under the arms of the wearer to the sides of the member to pull back the shoulders of the wearer; the ends of the loops at the back of the member overlapping subStantially the full width of the body encircling member and overlapping each other on the member; said member including a plurality of parallel panels of elastic webbing secured together along their adjacent parallel edges by stitching that allows some relative movement of the adjacent edges; said member and loops being made of the same material; a soft lining secured to the inner surface of the member and the loops; the ends of the loops overlapping at least a portion of the member at approximately a right angle to the body encircling direction and substantially eliminating the stretch of the member at the center of the back; and the ends of the loops at the front overlapping only the top portion of the member so as not to appreciably reduce the stretchability of the member at the front.