Abstract: Vented waterproof baby pants that includes a main body section of waterproof material and has a top opening, leg cut outs, front and rear panels, each panel having opposite side edges extending between the top opening and the respective leg cutout, the adjacent side edges of each panel being joined by a heat seal seam, and elastic bands and open mesh backing strips sewn to the main body section to extend around the top opening and the leg openings. In one embodiment the main body section is provided with a plurality of transversely spaced apertures adjacent to and along the main body section top edge and the leg cutout edges that are on either transverse side of each of the side edges. In the second embodiment parts of the top edge at each transverse side of the waist opening and parts of the edges of the leg opening edge are secured together to provide side gussets. A plurality of vent apertures are provided in the side gussets to open to the interior of the pants.

Abstract: A panty hose garment has a panty portion of increased width to accomodate and provide an improved fit for large hip sizes. The garment is produced by forming a longitudinal slit in first and second tubular knit blanks extending from their respective open ends intermediate the front and rear thereof and forming diametrically opposed first and second slits in a third tubular blank of reduced size intermediate the front and rear thereof. The edge of slit in the first tubular blank is seamed to the edge of the first slit of the third tubular blank and the edge of the slit of the second tubular blank is seamed to the edge of the second slit of the third tubular blank. The garment thus formed includes a panty portion comprising the slit upper welt portions of a pair of tubular blanks respectively seamed to the diametrically opposite slits of a third central tubular blank of reduced length.