MEN'S UNDERWEAR WITH A BARRIER
A man's underwear having a first fabric layer connecting a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion can be located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart. The first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface. The first fabric layer further having and a frontal region and a dorsal region. A barrier layer connecting a first genital receiving portion to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer. The barrier layer forming a substantial boundary between the user's genitalia and their surrounding anatomy while the user's genitalia remains in a substantially natural position.
The present invention relates to men's underwear. More specifically, the present invention relates to men's underwear having a barrier between the male genitalia and the surrounding anatomy (e.g., legs, inner thighs, stomach, buttocks).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONA man's underwear having a first fabric layer connecting a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion can be located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions can be laterally spaced apart. The first fabric layer can have an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface. The first fabric layer further can have a frontal region and a dorsal region. A barrier layer can connect a first genital receiving portion to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer. The barrier layer can substantially inhibit contact of user's genitalia with the user's surrounding anatomy while the user's genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position. While remaining in this unmodified natural position, the barrier can reduce the friction between the genitalia and surrounding tissue. This barrier can thereby reduce rashes, chaffing, and sweating on either or both of the genitalia and surrounding tissue.
The first genital receiving portion can be shaped for receiving the primary and secondary genitalia. For example, the first genital receiving portion shape can be at least one of a round and oval shape.
An area of connection can be created by the connection of the barrier layer to the first fabric. This area of connection can a substantially round, square, or rectangular shape.
The barrier can be a substantially three-dimensional shaped barrier having at least one of frusto-conical and frusto-pyramidal shape. The first genital receiving portion of the barrier can include a stretch material region. The stretch region can include a different material than that of remaining portion of the barrier layer.
The barrier layer can include at least a first and second material layer. In some instances, the first material layer can be different from the second material layer. Further, at least one of the material layers can be constructed of at least one of a substantially absorbent material, substantially non-absorbent material, and a material having wicking properties.
The barrier layer can be constructed of at least one two-dimensional barrier that can be shape modified into a three-dimensional barrier layer. The barrier shape can be substantially polygonal. Attaching at least two polygonal shaped barriers can create a three-dimensional barrier layer. Thus, attaching at least tow-polygonal shaped barriers can shape modify the two-dimensional barrier to a three-dimensional barrier.
A man's underwear can be created by, for example, connecting a first fabric layer to a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion can be located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions can be laterally spaced apart. The first fabric layer can have an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface and the first fabric layer can further have and a frontal region and a dorsal region. Further, connecting at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer can produce a three-dimensional barrier layer having a first genital receiving portion. This three-dimensional barrier layer can be connected to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer such that the first genital receiving portion can, for example, not directly contacting the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer. The barrier layer can thus provide a substantial boundary between the user's genitalia and their surrounding anatomy. This substantial boundary can be produced while the user's genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position.
Further, the at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer can further include a first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional material having a polygonal shape. The polygonal shape can include a first, second, third, and forth edge. In some instances, at least one of the edges of the first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials can be connected to at least one of the edges of another first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials by at least one of stitching and an adhesive. The first genital receiving portion can include a stretch material region.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood by reference to the following, detailed description of the preferred, albeit illustrative, embodiment of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying figures.
The human male genitalia generally comprises divided into two major regions, the primary genitalia or penis and the secondary genitalia or testes. The testes are generally contained within an extension of the abdomen called the scrotum. Such that the scrotum the external structure of the male genitalia is generally seen as the penis and the scrotum. Due to the structure of the male genitalia, the surrounding anatomy (e.g., upper legs, abdomen, inner thigh, and lower buttocks, etc.) of the body can at times be in contact the male genitalia. Further, both the skin surrounding the genitalia and the genitalia includes sweat glands which can cool the body by producing, perspiration, or sweat.
In modern society many males wear underwear. Underwear being any form of clothing designed to be worn under outer garments in contact with at least some of the anatomy surrounding the genitalia and the genitalia, such as, but not limited to, briefs, boxers, boxer briefs, long underwear, and pajama pants. The disclosed subject matter, includes underwear having a barrier between the surrounding anatomy and the male genitalia. Although the barriers separates the genitalia from the surrounding anatomy, the barrier does not substantially interfere with the natural, unmodified positioning of the genitalia. Further, the barrier reduces the friction between the genitalia and surrounding tissue while the genitalia remains in a unmodified natural position. Thus, the barrier can reduce rashes, chaffing, and sweating on either or both of the genitalia and surrounding tissue. For ease, only briefs will be described and illustratively depicted, however, any reasonable form of underwear intended for a male can include the disclosed barrier.
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Further, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment, opening 202 can be a shape designed to receive genitalia. The opening 202 can be formed by removing, or cleaving, the apex of the conical or pyramidal three-dimensional shaped barrier to create a surface that conforms with the portion of the genitalia adjacent the abdomen. Accordingly, the barrier can form a frusto-conical or frusto-pyramidal shape. For example, opening 202 can be round, oval, ellipsoidal, or any other reasonable shape for receiving genitalia. Thus, as opening 202 offsets from a where barrier 200 and fabric layer 102 intersect a large number three-dimensional constructs can be created. Further, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the combination of the shape of opening 202 and the shape created where barrier 200 and fabric layer 102 intersect, and in some instances the distance of the offset, can be modified such that the genitalia substantially do not contact the surrounding anatomy while maintaining their natural positioning.
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In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, barrier 200 can be constructed of at least one of substantially absorbent material, substantially non-absorbent material, and a material having wicking properties. For example, barrier 200 can be constructed of wool, linen (in other words flax material), hemp, silk, cotton, ramie, nylon, acrylic, polyester, or any other reasonable material. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, barrier 200 can include layers made of substantially different materials. For example, barrier 200 can have a first layer designed for contacting the genitalia including a wicking material, a second layer on top of the first layer including a substantially non-absorbent material, and a third layer on top of the second layer including a substantially absorbent material. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, barrier 200 can be constructed of a mesh, weave, braid, knit, lace, felt, or a nonwoven material such as, but not limited to a bonded material. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, barrier 200 can be constructed of at least two different materials depending on the location of the material. For example, a first substantially stretchable material can be used stretch material region 602 while a second materials, such as, for example, cotton can be used for the remaining portion of barrier 200.
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In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, opening 202 can be created in barrier 200 by removing a desired amount of material from each substantially two-dimensional shapes at any time prior to combining the material, after combining the material, or any point in between. For example, after each of two-dimensional shapes are combined opening 202 can be punched into it. Alternatively, each of two-dimensional shapes can include a geometric design such that when they are combined opening 202 can be created.
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, the substantially two-dimensional shapes can be combined together by, for example, stitching, adhesive, or any combination therein. For example, referring back to
Now that exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described in detail, various modifications and improvements thereon will become readily apparent to those skilled in the art. Accordingly, the spirit and scope of the present invention is to be construed broadly and limited only by the appended claims, and not by the foregoing specification.
Claims
1. A man's underwear, comprising:
- a first fabric layer connecting a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion is located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart;
- the first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface;
- the first fabric layer further having a frontal region and a dorsal region;
- a barrier layer connecting a first genital receiving portion to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer; and
- the barrier layer forming a substantial boundary between the user's genitalia and their surrounding anatomy while the user's genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position and substantially reduces chafing of at least one of the user's genitalia and surrounding anatomy.
2. The man's underwear of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion is shaped for receiving the primary and secondary genitalia.
3. The man's underwear of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion shape is at least one of a round and oval shape.
4. The man's underwear of claim 1, wherein an area of connection is created by the connection of the barrier layer to the first fabric;
- the area of connection shape being at least one of substantially round, square, and rectangular.
5. The barrier layer of claim 1, wherein the barrier is a substantially three-dimensional shaped barrier having at least one of frusto-conical and frusto-pyramidal shape.
6. The barrier layer of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion includes a stretch material region.
7. The stretch region of claim 6, wherein the stretch region includes a different material than that of remaining portion of the barrier layer.
8. The barrier layer of claim 1, further comprising at least a first and second material layer;
- the first material layer being different from the second material layer; and
- wherein at least one of the material layers is constructed of at least one of a substantially absorbent material, substantially non-absorbent material, and a material having wicking properties.
9. The barrier layer of claim 1, further comprising at least one two-dimensional barrier shape modified into a three-dimensional barrier layer.
10. The two-dimensional barrier of claim 9, wherein the barrier shape is substantially polygonal and attaching at least two polygonal shaped barriers creates a three-dimensional barrier layer.
11. A method for making man's underwear, comprising:
- connecting a first fabric layer to a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion is located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart; the first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface and the first fabric layer further having and a frontal region and a dorsal region;
- connecting at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer to produce a three-dimensional barrier layer having a first genital receiving portion;
- connecting the three-dimensional barrier layer to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer such that the first genital receiving portion is not directly contacting the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer; and
- forming the barrier layer such that a substantial boundary between the user's genitalia and their surrounding anatomy is produced while the user's genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position.
12. The at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer of claim 11, further comprising a first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional material having a polygonal shape;
- the polygonal shape including a first, second, third, and forth edge;
- wherein at least one of the edges of the first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials are connected to at least one of the edges another first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials by at least one of stitching and an adhesive.
13. The first genital receiving portion of claim 11, further comprising a stretch material region.
Type: Application
Filed: Dec 28, 2009
Publication Date: Jun 30, 2011
Inventor: Cody Hoffman (Bronxville, NY)
Application Number: 12/647,931
International Classification: A41B 9/02 (20060101); D05B 23/00 (20060101);