Patents Assigned to Joe W. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4597110
    Abstract: A panty-type undergarment comprising a waistband connected to a body segment having front and back panels which terminate at leg openings, with a crotch segment located between the leg openings and a crotch opening situated between the leg openings and separating the crotch segment and the front panel along an edge of each extending generally parallel to the waistband, wherein the front panel adjacent to the crotch opening has first fastener means and the crotch segment adjacent to the crotch opening has second fastener means releasably engageable with the first fastener means so that the wearer can selectively open and close the crotch opening of the undergarment by selectively peeling apart and pressing together the first and second fastener means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1986
    Assignee: Joe W. Johnson
    Inventors: James R. Smith, Sr., Martha J. Smith
  • Patent number: 4578828
    Abstract: A novel and useful pants-type outergarment having a crotch opening and a padded fly attached to the interior of the outergarment on one side to the crotch opening seam line, beginning at a front placket of the outergarment and extending to the back waistband. First fastener means are provided on one side of the padded fly to cooperate with and releasably engage second fastener means provided on the inner thigh seam line adjacent to the crotch opening so that, when the two fastener means are engaged with each other, the padded fly cannot roll up while the garment is being worn, and third fastener means are provided to selectively close together and open apart the opposite sides of the crotch opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1986
    Assignee: Joe W. Johnson
    Inventors: James R. Smith, Sr., Martha J. Smith