Abstract: A bag for wearing by a user at a waist or hip region and for carrying a load such as several electronic communications devices has a substantially rectangular main panel and auxiliary panels disposed on the main panel and defining at least one compartment or receptacle for holding an object. The main panel has an upper edge lying along a line and two opposed lateral edges oriented substantially perpendicularly to the line. A belt is attached at opposite ends to the main panel along the lateral edges thereof. The belt has a top edge oriented at an acute angle (preferably between 5.degree. and 10.degree.) relative to the upper edge line of the main panel, on a side of the line opposite the main body of main panel. The main panel is engageable with a user upon a securing of the belt about a waist region of the user.

Abstract: A pants garment has a generally tubular body member made of flexible web material. The tubular body member has an elongate waist or yoke edge at an upper side and a crotch area at a lower side. The tubular body member is provided with a flap section overlapping another portion of the body member. The flap section is defined in part by a boundary edge extending in a generally downward direction from the waist edge. A flexible tensile element has a first effective end coupled to the flap section at the boundary edge and a second effective end coupled to the tubular body member at a point spaced from the boundary edge. This structure enables a user or wearer to place tension on the flap to maintain closure of the garment over a lower torso of the user.