Undergarment with interactive communication purpose
An improved undergarment is disclosed for allowing a wearer of the undergarment to selectively communicate a message relating to bedroom behavior. Disclosed also is system for an undergarment consisting of an undergarment comprising a front external face, a back external face and a means for removable attachment of at least one label to the front external face or the back external face, and at least one label comprising a message that relates to human behavior in the bedroom, the label for removable attachment to the undergarment.
The Applicant herein uses the term Date Panties™ and Date Panty™ (individually each term is referred to herein as ‘Mark’) in connection with the disclosure of embodiments for an undergarment/undergarment system per the disclosed invention. The reader is advised that the Applicant claims ownership rights in the Mark and at all times reserves for the Applicant intellectual property rights in the Mark.
FIELD OF THE INVENTIONThis invention relates to fashion and more specifically to fashionable multipurpose undergarments.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONPer a scene in the 1984 coming-of-age film, Sixteen Candles, Sam, the female protagonist, gives her panties to a “geek”. The “geek” then charges admission to the boys' restroom for a viewing of the panties “trophy” he had acquired. From father-son stories to personal experiences to contemporary folk mythology, the significance of a young man acquiring a young woman's panties has come to signify a rite of passage of sorts. Similarly, per a symbolic wedding ceremony tradition, the groom removes a garter strap from the leg of his bride and tosses it in the air for bachelor wedding guests to fight over. Thus undergarments or parts thereof are known to be used to symbolically communicate certain messages to those who see them or acquire them. However, the owner of the undergarment or part of undergarment is limited in the described communication being unable to define and control the actual meaning of the “trophy.” A woman's participation in this transaction has been limited by the style of undergarment she chooses to wear. The applicant has invented an undergarment that serves the normal functions of an undergarment (as reusable body covering) and one which enables its wearer to control the message the undergarment communicates to one who sees the undergarment. Thus the disclosed undergarment might be suggestively and distinctively called a Date Panty™ or Date Panties™, i.e., panties worn by a wearer when the wearer intends the panties to be seen by a non-wearer of the panties. The names Date Panty™ and Date Panties™ are not intended however to limit the disclosed invention in any way but are offered as an illustration of one possible use of the disclosed invention and/or one possible way to market the invention. The applicant has invented an undergarment system whereby one or more labels comprising messages is attachable to the undergarment, then removable and replaceable.
Various improvements relating to garments are known, including the following: U.S. Pat. No. 5,776,586 to Lipper entitled “Promotional hang-tag with integral removable tattoo;” U.S. Pat. No. 5,416,928 to Koenig entitled “Versatile garment attachment and article of clothing;” U.S. Pat. D553,826 and D559,501 to Austin entitled “Undergarment with a pocket,” and U.S. Pat. No. 5,168,580 to Foo entitled “Jacket with changeable attachments;” U.S. Pat. No. 2,688,136 to Freedman entitled “Garment,” and U.S. Pat. No. 2,556,039 to Landert entitled “Blouse.” However, the applicant is not aware of prior art directed to an improved undergarment and undergarment system for facilitating user-controlled communication relating to bedroom behavior of the user of the undergarment and for facilitating interactive intimate play.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONPer the disclosed system for an undergarment, a user (i.e., wearer) of the undergarment is empowered to communicate his/her desired message while wearing the undergarment that might be seen by another. In accordance with embodiments of the disclosed, an undergarment is adorned alternatively with a button or ribbon on its front external face whereby a label bearing a pre-printed message can be affixed to the undergarment, removed from the undergarment, and replaced (with the same label or a different label). Thus the disclosed undergarment comprises a message that is controlled by the wearer (and/or selected by the wearer from a plurality of possible messages) and the message is changeable, removable, replaceable, even tradable (thus creating a market and demand for labels bearing messages for use per the disclosed systems for undergarments). The term “human behavior in the bedroom” as used herein shall refer broadly to conduct (verbal and non-verbal communication, physical interaction, other behavior) of individuals that is normally deemed to be intimate human behavior, including but not limited to sexual behavior and associated play. The term “message” is used broadly herein to refer to for example text, digits, letter(s), logo, trademark, image, ornamentation, an attachment, or combinations thereof, all of which capable of communicating something to an observer. The disclosed undergarment is versatile and may be used without the communication function in those instances when the wearer does not intend the panty to communicate a message or to be seen by another. In that instance, no label is used with the disclosed undergarment. When used in connection with a date, a wearer of the undergarment per the disclosed system may signal his/her willingness, or lack thereof, to engage in sexual intercourse with a date, the wearer thus being prepared to communicate this information if the undergarment becomes exposed during the date. The disclosed undergarment may alternatively be used in interactive play whereby the wearer removably attaches several labels to the undergarment, each label having a unique message, thereby inviting the other party to the interactive play to manually remove successive labels until the message acceptable to that other party, or to both the wearer and the other party, is exposed and used as the controlling message for the interactive play.
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Claims
1. A system for a versatile improved undergarment consisting of
- an undergarment comprising a front external face, a back external face and a means for removable attachment of at least one label to the front external face or the back external face, and
- a plurality of labels, each label comprising a pre-printed message that relates to human behavior in the bedroom, each label for removable and replaceable attachment to the undergarment.
2. The system per claim 1 wherein the message further comprises a third party advertisement that relates to human behavior in the bedroom.
3. An undergarment comprising a front external face, a back external face, and a label removably affixed to the front external face or the back external face, the label comprising a pre-printed message that relates to human behavior in the bedroom.
4. An undergarment comprising a front external face, a back external face, a first label containing a first message removably attached to the front external face of the undergarment, a second label comprising a second message removably attached to the back external face, the first message and the second message relating to human behavior in the bedroom.
5. An undergarment per claim 4 wherein the first message and the second message comprise substantially the same message.
6. An undergarment comprising a front face and a pocket removably attachable to the front face of the undergarment, the pocket for receivably containing at least one condom, the pocket comprising a pre-printed message that relates to human behavior in the bedroom.
7. An undergarment per claim 3 wherein the undergarment is a woman's panties.
8. A system for an undergarment per claim 1 wherein the message comprises a third party advertisement that relates to human behavior in the bedroom.
9. A system for an undergarment per claim 1 wherein the undergarment is a woman's panties.
10. An undergarment per claim 3 where the undergarment is a man's undergarment.
11. An undergarment comprising a front external face and a back external face, a button fixedly attached to the front external face, a label comprising a pre-printed message removably affixed to the button, the message relating to human behavior in the bedroom.
12. An undergarment comprising a label removably attachable to a front external face of the undergarment by way a ribbon attached to the undergarment, the label comprising a pre-printed message selected by a wearer of the undergarment, the message relating to human behavior in the bedroom.
13. A label comprising at least one pre-printed message that relates to human behavior in the bedroom, the label constructed of a soft and pliable material, the label for removable, replaceable attachment to an undergarment.
14. A label per claim 13 wherein the undergarment is a woman's panties.
15. A label per claim 13 wherein the undergarment is a man's undergarment and where the message comprises a third party advertisement that relates to human behavior in the bedroom.
16. A package comprising a plurality of labels, each label comprising a pre-printed message relating to human behavior in the bedroom, each label for removable attachment to a face of an undergarment, the undergarment comprising an attachment means for affixing the label to the undergarment.
17. A package per claim 16 wherein at least one label comprises a pre-printed message that comprises a third party advertisement relating to human behavior in the bedroom.
18. A package configuration comprising in combination at least one undergarment comprising a means for removable attachment of a label to a front external face of the undergarment, and a plurality of labels, each label comprising a pre-printed message relating to human behavior in the bedroom.
19. A package configuration per claim 18 wherein the message comprises a third party advertisement relating to human bedroom behavior.
20. A method of construction of a single-ply pre-printed label, the label comprising a front face, a back face, a top end, and a bottom end, a central axis defining an equal top half and bottom half of the front face, a first message printed on the front face above the central axis, a second message printed on the front face below the central axis in a mirror relationship to the first message, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. folding the label along the central axis with the front face inside to expose the back face,
- b. stitching the top end and the bottom end together to create a stitched end,
- c. turning the label inside out to expose the front face,
- d. creating an opening in the label substantially near the top stitched end and away from the pre-printed message, the opening adapted to allow removable attachment of the label to a button.
21. A method per claim 20 wherein the first message and the second message are the same message.
Type: Application
Filed: Jul 13, 2009
Publication Date: Jan 13, 2011
Inventor: David Levi Gwaltney (Las Cruces, NM)
Application Number: 12/502,198
International Classification: A41B 9/08 (20060101); D05B 23/00 (20060101); B65D 85/18 (20060101);