ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,366, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Torrid LLC (City of Industry, Calif.).
"Power mesh panels for tummy-covering garments" was invented by Heather A. Strobel (Pasadena, Calif.) and Elizabeth Munoz-Guzman (Arcadia, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mesh fabric panels that provide a compressive force to a wearer's mid-section and tummy-covering garments equipped with the mesh fabric panels are disclosed. The mesh fabric panels can be formed of a material having a suitable rigidity for providing the compressive force. The mesh fabric panels include left and right panels adapted to be stitched or otherwise affixed to left and rig...