ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,213, issued on June 17, was assigned to Spanx LLC (Atlanta).
"Posterior-enhancing shapewear garment" was invented by Natalie Weirtz (Atlanta), Angelica Melendez (Atlanta) and Elena Novosiolova (Atlanta).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Shapewear can be used to enhance the appearance of a wearer's buttocks. Typical buttock-enhancing garments include construction that is visible from the exterior and do not provide a natural shape. The garment disclosed herein has an exterior smoothing layer covering an interior construction. The interior construction includes an inner pocket layer and an outer pocket layer attached to an inner garment la...