With Leg Portions Patents (Class 2/404)
  • Patent number: 11612191
    Abstract: The embarrassment of passing gas in public is ubiquitous. One solution is to wear a filter underwear that is generally constructed with a single ply of underwear side panels that are separated by an activated carbon center panel. The activated carbon center panel is attached to an elastic waistband at the underwear back and where the activated carbon center panel traverses between two leg openings to the waistband at the underwear front. The center panel is constructed with a five-ply activated carbon fabric that is sandwiched between cotton fabric, which is sandwiched between bamboo fabric. The five-ply center panel is greater than 1 mm thick to provide filtering capabilities to sufficiently reduce the odor of flatulence to an acceptable level that is not readily detected by a person close by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Stitches Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin White, Robert White
  • Patent number: 11375756
    Abstract: The embarrassment of passing gas in public is ubiquitous. One solution is to wear a filter underwear that is generally constructed with a single ply of underwear side panels that are separated by an activated carbon center panel. The activated carbon center panel is attached to an elastic waistband at the underwear back and where the activated carbon center panel traverses between two leg openings to the waistband at the underwear front. The center panel is constructed with a five-ply activated carbon fabric that is sandwiched between cotton fabric, which is sandwiched between bamboo fabric. The five-ply center panel is greater than 1 mm thick to provide filtering capabilities to sufficiently reduce the odor of flatulence to an acceptable level that is not readily detected by a person close by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Stitches Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin White, Robert White
  • Patent number: 11357266
    Abstract: An undergarment to be worn by an expectant mother, throughout the second stage of labor and delivery. A cooperative interaction among a unique arc segment, waist encompassing band, abdominal segment having a perimeter section defining the abdominal opening of the garment for the wearer's pregnant belly, leg openings and posterior segment, allows for coverage by the undergarment of the perineal area of the expectant mother, between her vagina and her rectum, throughout the second stage of labor and delivery irrespective of the body positions and movements she undertakes at this stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventor: Gerianne Andrea Connors
  • Patent number: 10888470
    Abstract: Absorbent, launderable garments and undergarments for incontinent or other persons likely to discharge fluids from time to time are supplied in many styles and capacities. All include a shaped absorbent pouch assembly, having an inner conformable and permeable layer in contact with the skin and an absorbent cotton layer sealed under a gas-permeable yet waterproof and stretchable textile. The pouch is positioned by a set of elastic strips or sheet elastic fabric; each set being visually similar to a style of regular underwear. A preferred waterproofing treatment uses an emulsion of fluoroalkyl acrylate permeated into a knitted or woven textile. In higher capacity versions the entire garment is waterproofed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: RSD HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Frantisek Riha-Scott, Mark Nairn Davey
  • Patent number: 10750793
    Abstract: An undergarment including one or more sweat-curtailing portions designed to provide protection against the appearance of sweat and eliminate odor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Wearable Confidence, LLC
    Inventor: Konstantine Igor Theodoridis
  • Patent number: 10729931
    Abstract: The invention relates to a garment for sports, health exercise, physiotherapy or another performance, the garment comprising a body part (BP) of the garment and one or more limb parts (L1, L2, H1, H2) of the garment which extend from the body part of the garment. The garment comprises one or more elastic reinforcements (B1, B2, B3) routed in the garment in accordance with one or more fascial lines (FL1, FL2, FL3) of a human body. The elastic reinforcements form a network, being provided both on a front side of the garment and a rear side of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: VASKIA OY
    Inventor: Marika Heiskanen
  • Patent number: 10398183
    Abstract: A garment or article of clothing made of a resilient/elastomeric material includes at least a waist portion, a first leg portion, and a second leg portion. The waist portion further includes a pocket on the rear of the garment, where the pocket is defined by a backing panel, a first flap, and a second flap. The first flap is at least partially disposed over the second flap to secure contents between the backing panel and the second panel, and thus, within the pocket. When the waist portion is stretched, the tensile forces imparted onto the waist portion by the resilient/elastomeric material causes the first flap to at least partially overlie the second flap. The pocket is sized and shaped to receive smartphones and other small personal items, such as keys, money, credit cards, identifications, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Berns, Merida Miller
  • Patent number: 10273606
    Abstract: Present aspects hereof are directed to a circular knitted garment for a lower torso, formed from a circular knitted tube of fabric. In some aspects, a bottom edge of the tubular fabric body includes an arched front cutout with generally convergent legs, and an arched back cutout with generally divergent legs. Upon sewing a seam between the arched front cutout and the arched back cutout, a vertical seam is aligned with a vertical axis of the tubular fabric body and a front rise of the garment is lower than a back rise of the garment. In further aspects, a bottom angled cutout along the bottom edge of the tubular fabric body provides a perpendicular alignment between the bottom edge of the garment and the vertical inseam of the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: David Turner
  • Patent number: 10058463
    Abstract: A male undergarment that holds an absorbent pad has a waistband and first and second pant portions and a centered hole. A trapezoidal flap is placed over a front panel where the first and second sides of the trapezoidal flap are sewn into the garment, such that the sewn portion of the trapezoidal flap covers the hole. The unattached first and second sides of the trapezoidal flap are releasably secured to the garment via complimentary snaps and snap holders, such that when the snaps are engaged to the snap holders a pouch is formed by the trapezoidal flap and the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Inventor: Wade C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 9924746
    Abstract: An anti-chafing underwear minimizes abrasive skin-to-skin contact on all skin surfaces from the mid-thigh to the waist, including the skin of the upper thigh, between the buttocks in the gluteal fold, inner thigh, scrotum, and the phallus, while retaining the genitals, the phallus, and scrotum in a relaxed position. The underwear includes a waistband, a left panel, a right panel, a center panel, and a front panel. The lower left and right panels wrap around the thighs. Left top edge and right top edges of the left and right panels are fastened to the waistband and overlap at the rear of the waistband. Left and right upper depressed edges of the left and right panels overlap each other to separate and cover the buttocks. The front panel covers the phallus, forming a channel for natural retention of phallus. The center panel forms a channel for natural retention of scrotum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Timothy Davis
  • Patent number: 9833364
    Abstract: A disposable Cast and Intravenous (IV) Medical Shower System for protecting casted and/or IV therapy injected appendages from moisture while a patient is showering or bathing. A plurality of embodiments are disclosed, including a variety of sizes and colors for a variety of users for a variety of applications to accommodate a variety of limbs and afflictions such as wounds with or without a bandages, IV or drain lines, and fixed casts. One embodiment of the system is characterized by flexible stretch vinyl in a tubular shape with only one opening, which creates a water tight seal between the appendage and the system. Additionally, the midsection torso embodiment has an optional pocket on the inside surface (facing the skin) that is used for housing a medical device such as an insulin pump or pocket health monitor. Finally, the process for making and using the system is described in full detail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventor: Warren J. Null
  • Patent number: 9668524
    Abstract: Exercise garments with integrated legwarmers are provided herein. In one embodiment a pair of pants includes an upper segment formed from an elastomeric material and a pair of legwarmers that are each joined to the upper segment, the pair of legwarmers forming a lower segment of the pair of pants, each of the pair of legwarmers having a length, the length of each of the pair of legwarmers being sufficiently long enough to overlap the portion of a foot of a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: ALO, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Harris, Marco DeGeorge
  • Publication number: 20150074874
    Abstract: An undergarment is configured to be wearable by a wearer and includes a waist portion positionable around a portion of the torso of the wearer. The undergarment also includes a front panel extending from the waist portion. The front panel defines a pouch portion positionable so as to extend outwardly and upwardly from an area between the legs of the wearer. The front panel further has an opening defining spaced apart lateral ends and an apex vertically disposed above the lateral ends. A flap extends from the pouch portion and defines first and second lateral edges extending away from the lateral ends of the opening to a free end of the flap. The flap is releasably attachable with a portion of the front panel adjacent the opening so as to be selectively moveable between a closed position and an open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Drawbridge Worldwide LLC
    Inventor: Harrison Ferber
  • Publication number: 20140237704
    Abstract: Underwear adapted to add an inner structure to a traditional covering comprising waistband and fabric panels conventionally covering the buttocks, hips, and genital areas. The inner structure may include a fabric panel bearing a ridge intended to occupy the cleft separating the buttocks, with the fabric panel adhering closely to the buttocks. The inner structure may also or instead include a fabric scrotum guard which covers the rear of the scrotum and which separates the scrotum from the inner thighs and separates the right and left perineal folds where inner thighs meet the lowermost trunk. The scrotum guard may include adjustment structure for adjusting tightness of the fit with the Y formed at the scrotum and the entire perineum. The front of the traditional covering may have an opening for retrieving the penis which opening is arranged horizontally rather than in the traditional generally vertical orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Hamlet Mehrabian
  • Patent number: 8769726
    Abstract: An article of clothing includes a front portion, a rear portion oppositely positioned from the front portion, a waistband encircling a top of each of the front portion and the rear portion, a right leg panel and a left leg panel extending downward from the waistband in the rear portion, a rear right band extending downward from the waistband and flanking a lateral edge of the right leg panel, a rear left band extending downward from the waistband and flanking a lateral edge of the left leg panel, a sacrum guide that runs horizontally between the rear right band and the rear left band, and a pubis guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventor: Rodney B. Burke
  • Patent number: 8752217
    Abstract: An integrally molded, multi-part athletic protector with a rigid upper core cup, a semi-rigid lower scrotal bridge joined to the lower edge of the rigid core cup and adapted for both longitudinal and lateral flexion, and a flexible marginal cushion lining the interior surfaces of the core cup and scrotal bridge with a rolled peripheral edge contoured to the user's body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Franklin Sports, Inc
    Inventor: Scott F Cheney
  • Patent number: 8726423
    Abstract: An undergarment for a man includes a waistband and a partitioning panel having an upper edge and an opposed lower edge. The upper edge is interconnected with a waistband. The partitioning panel has an opening defined therethrough. The undergarment may include a boxer style pants portion with the panel being inside the pants portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Inventor: Hai Gu
  • Patent number: 8535364
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to apparati and associated methods for an easy on-off device to support and provide direct therapeutic cooling relief to the affected genitalia of persons having post-operative pain and swelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Urology Inventions, LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Margolis, Mark Kelly, Peter Loisides
  • Patent number: 8486035
    Abstract: A medical undergarment system effective for supporting an ostomy system consists of a first diagonal catheter channel, a second diagonal catheter channel, a first vertical catheter channel, and a second vertical catheter channel. The system consists of tubing, a base undergarment, and a fluid bag. The medical undergarment system provides a comfortable yet stable ostomy system that can easily be slipped on and off by a user. The system enables convenient and easy removal of bodily fluid when using a catheter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventors: Hector F. Arce, Brian O. Mohika
  • Publication number: 20130152280
    Abstract: The present invention is a medical sectional undergarment that includes a base panty garment that includes a first side end, a second side end and a crotch coverage end, a first hook and loop fastener to allow a user or a caregiver to put on and takeoff the base panty garment and a second hook and loop fastener that releasably secures the crotch coverage end to the secured first side end and second side end. The present invention can also be a boxer type of undergarment that includes a first side end, a second side end and a crotch coverage end, a plurality of releasable attachment snaps to allow a user or a caregiver to put on and takeoff the panty garment and a hook and loop fastener that releasably secures the crotch coverage end to the secured first side end and second side end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Inventor: Mary Earls
  • Publication number: 20130104293
    Abstract: An undergarmet for a man includes a waistband and a partitioning panel having an upper edge and an opposed lower edge. The upper edge is interconnected with a waistband. The partitioning panel has an opening defined therethrough. The undergarment may include a boxer style pants portion with the panel being inside the pants portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Hai Gu
  • Patent number: 8397314
    Abstract: An article of clothing includes a front portion, a rear portion oppositely positioned from the front portion, a waistband encircling a top of each of the front portion and the rear portion, a right leg panel and a left leg panel extending downward from the waistband in the rear portion, a rear right band extending downward from the waistband and flanking a lateral edge of the right leg panel, a rear left band extending downward from the waistband and flanking a lateral edge of the left leg panel, a material void region in the rear portion forming a gap between the rear right band and the rear left band, and a sacrum guide that runs horizontally between the rear right band and the rear left band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Inventor: Rodney B. Burke
  • Patent number: 8332968
    Abstract: An elongated crotch section is combined with seam construction to provide comfort to the wearer. Two front pieces and two back pieces are formed into or stitched to a waist band. A two piece center section forming a crotch of the boxer is without multiple seams. Seams are only on the sides and a single horizontal seam connects the two pieces of the crotch portion. The two piece crotch component forms an elongated pouch to hold the male genitalia. There is no junction of multiple seams at the groin or inseam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventor: Cary J. Williams
  • Patent number: 8292868
    Abstract: A pant has a garment shell. The garment shell includes a front region, a back region, a contracted crotch region, side seams connecting the front region to the back region, two leg openings, and hanging legs. At least a portion of each of the front region, the back region, the contracted crotch region and the hanging legs include portions of a single flat web. The hanging legs include no elasticization around a full periphery of the leg openings and are adapted to hang loosely about a wearer's thigh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Heather Schenck Mortell, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Robert Lee Popp
  • Publication number: 20120260404
    Abstract: A male undergarment, including at least one enclosing panel, a cover panel, disposed substantially at the front of the undergarment, and a separation panel disposed interiorly of the cover panel, wherein the cover panel has a portion thereof selectively attachable to a portion of the undergarment, and a portion thereof coupled to the at least one enclosing panel, and the separation panel has an opening defined therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Inventor: Tyrone STEELE
  • Publication number: 20120246806
    Abstract: A footed undergarment for babies and toddlers is disclosed. This one piece undergarment addresses the issue of the lack of leg coverings for little boys which can be worn under their pants. By making the undergarment as one piece with the feet attached ensures that the child will have his legs covered and warm when taken outside in the cold months. The undergarment consists of a body portion with an elastic waistband and pant leg openings, a rear panel to give a better fit over a diaper, a band of stretch fabric encircling the ankle and the attached feet consisting of a top, bottom and heel section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Karen Lane
  • Publication number: 20120204325
    Abstract: An item of men's underwear includes a garment having a front side, a rear side, and a waistband defining a waist opening. The garment further defines respective openings for the left and right legs of a wearer, and includes a crotch region connecting the front and rear sides and which in use is located between the wearer's legs. There is a pair of elongate support bands extending from and being connected to the waistband at spaced positions therealong on the front side. The bands cross each other at a crossing point on the front side are curved to pass around either side of the wearer's external genitalia and continue via the crotch region to the rear side. The bands cross each other at a crossing point on the rear side, and are connected to and terminate at spaced positions on the waistband on the rear side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: TODD CREATIVE SERVICES LTD.
    Inventor: Geoffrey Oswald Todd
  • Patent number: 8202264
    Abstract: A pad in a generally T-shaped configuration has a central section with a height and a cross section with a width. The central section has generally parallel edges remote from the cross section. The pad has an exterior surface and also an interior surface positionable in facing contact with the interior surface of pants. A central adhesive strip in a rectangular configuration extends for between 40 percent and 60 percent of its length along the length of the central section. The central adhesive strip extends for between 40 percent and 60 percent of its length through the cross section. Each of two laterally disposed side adhesive strips is in a rectangular configuration with a width essentially equal to the width of the central adhesive strip and a length extending for between 30 percent and 40 percent of its length of the central adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventor: Lori L. Pettit
  • Patent number: 8176573
    Abstract: A boxer-style pant and methods of making a boxer-style pant having side seams and hanging legs. At least a portion of each of the hanging legs may be non-planar in an uncontracted state prior to formation of the side seams. The methods each involve providing at least one web. In some methods, a crotch panel is bonded to first and second regions of the web between two leg openings, and a distance between bonded regions of upper and lower edges of the crotch panel, measured parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pant, is shorter along a central region of the crotch panel and longer in distal regions of the crotch panel, such that the bonded region results in a bow-tie-shaped crotch panel. In some methods, a crotch region of the web is folded and stabilized along a longitudinal centerline of the web. In some methods, leg extensions are attached to at least a portion of each of two leg openings. Front and back regions may be joined together to form the side seams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Popp, Joseph Daniel Coenen, Heather Schenck Mortell, James Bassey Pinkney, Lars Nilsen Nordang, James Richard Schermerhorn
  • Publication number: 20120071849
    Abstract: A sanitary undergarment, comprising a fabric body, a crotch portion, a waist opening, and a thigh opening, each comprising one or more layers made of a breathable leak-proof material for blocking flow of the body fluid through the fabric body. The sanitary undergarment generally comprises a boxer brief construction. The fabric body constitutes a front portion and a rear portion and blocks flow of the body fluid of the wearer outside the sanitary undergarment and prevents staining of the outer garment. The front portion covers a front part of a pelvic region of the wearer. The rear portion covers a rear part of the pelvic region of the wearer. The crotch portion covers a crotch region of the wearer and comprises one or more of a first layer and a second layer. The second layer prevents chafing at the inner thigh regions of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Inventor: Deepa A. Kumar
  • Patent number: 8128675
    Abstract: Cooling apparatus (and method) for reducing the risk of, and/or alleviating, male infertility, particularly in a heated environment, includes: a pouch to enclose the scrotal area of the male user; a thermoelectric cooling device to be worn by the male user at a distance from the pouch; and a fluid pump also to be worn by the male user for pumping a cooling fluid from the cold side of the thermoelectric cooling device to the pouch, and a cooling fluid over the hot side of the thermoelectric cooling device to dissipate the heat generated therein to the atmosphere. The thermoelectric cooling device and pump are incorporated in a waistband to be worn around the waist of the male user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Inventor: Fathallah Nahhas
  • Publication number: 20110307996
    Abstract: A mens support nethergarment (10) having a main body (12) for surrounding the lower body of the wearer and a waist opening (14) located at an upper end of the main body (12). The main body (12) has a front panel section (16) and a rear panel section (18) each formed of knitted or woven fabric. The front and rear panel sections (16, 18) extend downwardly from the waist opening (14) and are joined together to define a crotch region (22). The front panel section (16) is shaped to define a pouch (24) for containing the genitalia of the wearer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventors: Sean Colin Radford, Lisa Marie Watson
  • Publication number: 20110214215
    Abstract: The invention relates to men's underwear that provides options with respect to waist size and pouch size. The pouch size may vary in order to accommodate males of varying genital sizes. For a given waist size there may be at least two pouch sizes, wherein each pouch size is different from the other. The present invention provides multiple options for pouch size within each waist size. Therefore, rather than being limited to selecting from waist size only, providers and/or user may also select from varying pouch sizes. This effectively increases the number of undergarment options.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: Skiviez, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert CLARK
  • Publication number: 20110126842
    Abstract: A compacted sexual-transmitted-disease controller brief which encases the lower abdomen, pelvic region (including genitalia and anus) and upper thigh regions of a user. The compacted controller brief is comprised of a waist enclosure, a pelvic enclosure, left and right upper thigh enclosures and a condom enclosure that are each compacted and a folding arrangement that compacts each of the compacted enclosures. The compacted brief is suitable for a user to slide onto the user's pelvis region and to unravel and unfurl so as to extend about the users waist region, upper thighs and erect penis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Michael Vasquez
  • Patent number: 7937777
    Abstract: A disposable wearing article has a front waist covering panel, a rear waist covering panel and a crotch covering panel, a body facing sheet and an undergarment facing sheet in the front and rear waist covering panels are elastically stretchable in a waist-surrounding direction. These sheets are made of nonwoven fabrics and have regions in which these sheets are placed upon each other and the undergarment facing sheet repetitively undulates in the waist-surrounding direction to form a plurality of gathers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Uni-Charm Corporation
    Inventors: Satoru Sakaguchi, Hiroki Ishikawa
  • Publication number: 20100275349
    Abstract: An athletic undergarment and a protective cup assembly is provided. The undergarment includes a cup pocket for holding the protective cup over the groin of the wearer. The cup includes an attachment location in a lower portion to secure a first end of a strap. The cup pocket defines a slit in a bottom portion of the cup pocket sized to allow the strap to pass therethrough. The coupling mechanism is provided having a first portion on the strap and a second portion disposed in a rear portion of the undergarment proximate to the waistband. In use, the strap extends between the legs portions so that the first portion and the second portion of the coupling mechanism can couple in a secure manner to inhibit displacement of the cup when exposed to upward forces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Applicant: Jaco Clothing LLC
    Inventor: Ronald L. Wilson, II
  • Publication number: 20100235969
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an undergarment that includes a body and a first elongated loop attached to a front side of the body configured to receive an attachment mechanism of a shirt hold-down device. The undergarment further includes a second elongated loop attached to a back side of the body configured to receive an attachment mechanism of a shirt hold-down device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventors: Kasandra Isaacson, Kim M. Vanyo
  • Publication number: 20100170028
    Abstract: Underwear, such as boxer shorts or long underwear, intended to be used by men. The underwear being provided at its upper end with a first elastic band or panel forming an integral part of the underwear and extending around the entire circumference of the waistband of the underwear. The underwear is provided with a second elastic band, string or panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventor: Bjørn Edwardsen
  • Publication number: 20100058517
    Abstract: An underwear garment comprises a front portion and a rear portion which form a pair of boxer shorts, and an underpants portion within the underwear garment. The underpants portion substantially extends at the front portion of the boxer shorts and is connected to the front of the boxer shorts at at least one portion of the upper edge of the front portion of the boxer shorts and at a further portion in the rear thereof, which is arranged between the crotch of the boxer shorts and the upper edge of the rear portion of the boxer shorts. The underpants portion comprises two free sides that are interconnected by containment elastic elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Applicant: PEROFIL S.P.A.
    Inventor: Alberto Perolari
  • Patent number: 7669253
    Abstract: A positioning structure for the male reproductive organ, and more particularly provides a positioning structure which contributes to the hygiene, health and comfort of the male reproductive organ, and mainly includes a main body, a spacing portion, a holding portion and a positioning portion, wherein the main body further comprises at least one lower retaining portion and a waistband portion. The present invention is able to avoid the pants crotch, and enables upwardly centrally fixing the position of the penis to prevent it from falling down to one side, thereby resolving the problems of ill health, unhygienic state and discomfort of the penis resulting from constant skin contact between the penis and the scrota, while at the same time effectively preventing the problem of compression deformation of the penis when an erection occurs when wearing tight-fitting pants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Inventor: Che-Wen Lin
  • Publication number: 20090133182
    Abstract: Leg wear includes a front having leg opening forming portions, and a back connected to the front having leg opening forming portions continuing to the leg opening forming portions of the front. The leg wear further includes thigh portion parts connected to the leg opening forming poritons of the front and back and formed into a cylindrical shape for inserting the thigh portions, The heights of the crests of the thigh portion parts are smaller than the curved depths of the leg opening forming portions, andthe widths of the crests are made larger than those of the curved portions of the leg opening forming portions, so that the thigh portion parts having a cylindrical shape int eh worn state are shaped to protrude forward relative to the front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Inventors: Muneharu Inagaki, Ikuo Toratani
  • Publication number: 20070283484
    Abstract: A male underwear garment having an inner portion constructed as a brief with leg openings, a waist opening and an operable fly is attached at the waist opening to the waist opening of an outer portion constructed as a boxer short with leg openings, a waist opening and an operable fly so that the operable flies are aligned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Priscilla D. Wright
  • Patent number: 7296307
    Abstract: An athletic cup that is convertible from a hard cup configuration to a soft cup configuration. The hard cup configuration can be used for contact sports or ball sports where maximum protection is needed. The cup can be converted to the soft cup configuration for non-contact sports where a lesser degree of protection is adequate. The cup comprises a hard cup and a soft cup that are detachably connected to each other to form the hard cup configuration. To convert to the soft cup configuration, the hard cup is detached and the soft cup is worn by itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Royal Textile Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark V. Atwater, William D. Atwater, Charles R. Edwards
  • Patent number: 7178174
    Abstract: The invention relates to a pair of man's trousers which is adapted for use by preferably sportsmen and by other active persons, comprising a waist portion (2) connected to back and front portions (3, 4), which merged into each other or are interconnected at a crotch (5). The front portion (4) includes a pocket (7) sewn to its inner side and having an upper, inward directed, free edge portion (8), the vertical position of which can be adjusted relatively the waist portion (2), preferably by means of an adjustment member (9) extending from the waist portion (2), preferably with the aid of adjustment means (9) extending from the waist portion (2), for the purpose of adaptation to the location of the genital organs of the user and/or to the type of sport which the wearer is practicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: Peter Söderström
  • Patent number: 7032249
    Abstract: The unisex active wear garment with modified fly-flap and storage pockets is a pair of shorts or pants for the lower body having a crotch opening covered by a completely removable or partially openable pocketed fly-flap. The crotch opening is designed to expose both the male anatomy and female anatomy. The wearer either partially removes or completely removes the fly-flap from the crotch opening to modestly perform bodily functions without having to entirely disrobe. Pockets on the fly-flap allow the wearer to carry necessities such as toiletries or key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Inventor: Betty H. Smith
  • Patent number: 6115847
    Abstract: The process friendly garments include a waste containment structure that has an absorbent core which is positioned between a wearer and a backsheet, and a cover joined to the pant structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Paulette Mary Rosch, Donald Merlin Fries, deceased
  • Patent number: 6041441
    Abstract: The athletic compression trousers have an elastic waistband, a pair of tubular legs made from a stretchable fabric, a rear crotch panel and a front crotch panel. Belt loops may be attached to the outer surface of the elastic waistband. A waist cord can be provided in a waist cord passage in the waistband. A male support pocket is formed in the lower portion of the front crotch panel. A liner for the male support pocket has an upper opening for the insertion of a cup protector. Hip protection fabric side panels are sewn to either the inside or the outside of each tubular leg. These panels provide padding and protection. If needed, the fabric side panels can have openings for the insertion of hip protection pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Inventors: Paulette M. Counts, Patricia J. Hopp
  • Patent number: 6023789
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a sports short adapted to provide compressive support to the body portions covered thereby, the short comprises an elastic waistband adapted to encircle the waist of a wearer; a body portion formed of a stretchable, compressive material, the body portion comprises a pair of tubular legs having varying circumferential proportions with respect to the waistband to provide the proper maximal compression to the various muscles and decrease muscular vibration, each tubular leg having an upper end region attached to the waistband; a crotch panel continuous from a front portion of the waistband to a back portion of the waistband, the crotch panel being attached at each side to each tubular leg, the crotch panel having a front elongate v-shaped portion attached at a top free end to a front side of the waistband and a back elongate v-shaped portion attached at the other top free end to the back side of the waistband, the back v-shaped portion being generally narrower than the front
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2000
    Inventors: Douglas A. Wilson, Anthony Torr
  • Patent number: 5768712
    Abstract: The sportswear undergarment for a residual leg includes an expansible waist band for encircling a waist of a wearer, a fabric seat portion connected to the waist band, a fabric abdomen portion connected to the seat portion and waist band in a manner such that the seat and abdomen portions substantially enclose the seat and abdomen of the wearer while defining a pair of oppositely disposed open surfaces, a first fabric leg portion connected to one part of the open surfaces and extending in an encircling manner therefrom to a predetermined region about one thigh and a second fabric leg portion connected to another of the open surfaces and extending in an encircling manner therefrom to a predetermined region about another thigh, wherein at least one of the leg portions further includes an enclosed end configured to conformingly receive a residual leg portion of an amputee.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Inventor: Blake Barlow
  • Patent number: 5630232
    Abstract: Drawers or briefs made from a knitted tube flattened to provide a front panel and a rear panel with a top waist opening and a pair of bottom leg openings. The front panel has a linear fly opening having a pair of fabric fly flaps coextensive in length with the fly opening. The flaps overlap each other and the front panel on the interior of the garment at one side of the fly opening, providing a triple layer of fabric along the full length of the fly opening. The layers are sewn together by two lines of stitching extending along the tops and bottoms of said flaps, leaving a free edge on each flap remote from said fly opening. The flaps form a transversely open tunnel extending from the fly opening to the free edges of said flaps, and a pocket closed at the fly opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: J.E. Morgan Knitting Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Miller, George Banavage