Julie Power, Toronto, Canada; Linda Kritikos, Toronto, Canada; Christina Greco, Toronto, Canada; Joanna Griffiths, Toronto, Canada; Talia Greenberg, Toronto, Canada; and Jeremy Jiang, Kunshan, China.
Assigned to Knix Wear Inc., Toronto, Canada.

Filed: 6/1/23
Issued: 9/24/24

A garment configured to be worn by a wearer, the garment comprising: a garment base comprising an interior side and an exterior side, wherein the interior side faces the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer, and wherein the exterior side faces outwardly away from the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer; a fluid retention assembly coupled to the interior side of the garment base, wherein the garment base is continuous and underlies all of the fluid retention assembly, wherein the fluid retention assembly comprises: an assembly interior side that faces the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer; an assembly exterior side that faces outwardly away from the wearer when the garment is worn by the wearer, wherein the assembly exterior side faces the interior side of the garment base; a first fluid-retention zone configured to absorb fluid excreted from the wearer when the garment is worn, wherein the first fluid-retention zone comprises a first absorbent layer; a second fluid-retention zone configured to absorb fluid excreted from the wearer when the garment is worn, wherein the second fluid-retention zone has a greater absorbency per unit area than the first fluid-retention zone, and wherein the second fluid-retention zone comprises the first absorbent layer and a second absorbent layer overlapped with the first absorbent layer; and a moisture-impermeable layer positioned with respect to the garment base such that the moisture-impermeable layer separates the interior side of the garment base from the first fluid-retention zone and from the second fluid-retention zone, such that the moisture-impermeable layer is configured to restrict fluid from exiting the fluid retention assembly to the exterior side of the garment base; and a bonded region comprising a plurality of adhesive bonds, wherein the plurality of adhesive bonds comprises an internal peripheral bond along a perimeter of the second absorbent layer, wherein the internal peripheral bond along the perimeter of the second absorbent layer bonds the second absorbent layer to a moisture-wicking layer of the fluid retention assembly, and wherein at least a portion of the perimeter of the second absorbent layer is not bonded to the first absorbent layer.