Abstract: A loose-fitting garment for individuals wearing an ostomy appliance with an encircling band which contacts the body above the stoma. The downwardly extending fabric which covers the torso has a large vertical opening therein and a pocket on the exterior covering a portion of the opening. The appliance fitted to the stoma extends through the opening and rests in the pocket. A cover flap is provided to shield the appliance from view.

Abstract: Bathing trunks having substantially triangular front and rear panels joined at the corners, with said front panel being solid throughout, and said rear panel having two cut-outs leaving between them a band-like panel part of a width to cover the cleavage between a wearer's buttocks, and the cut-outs exposing the wearer's buttocks.

Abstract: A lightweight, snug fitting, woman's protective undergarment for use in playing volleyball provides shock-absorbing pads integral with a panty brief to protect portions of the lower mid-section of the female anatomy subject to injury during floor impact, including the frontal hip portion (iliac crest), the bony prominence at the side (greater trochanter of the femur), and the bony prominence depicted by the dimples below the waist at the posterior (posterior superior iliac spine), while providing for access of air for cooling and hygienic evaporation of moisture from remaining portions.

Abstract: A disposable panty and method of making the disposable panty wherein two panels are positioned so that the facing sheets of each face each other. The panels include absorbent pads between said facing sheets and outer backing sheets. Pairs of elasticized strips are disposed along the sides of said panels, one pair cooperating to form a waistband. The panels are attached to each other along the end edges and at a location medial the end edges and adjacent the other pair of elasticized strips to form thigh bands defining crotch seals.

Abstract: Garments, including panty garments and hose. Each garment includes support structure comprising twin, diagonally inclined halves forming stress vectors directed between the hips and pelvic region of the wearer. The panty garment may include lower leg portions separated by a lower crotch panel. The intermediate portions of the waistband halves ride over the iliac crest on opposite sides of the wearer, forming a first anchor point. Extreme ends of the support structure halves preferably converge at the front and rear of the crotch panel, passing over the abdomen and lower back regions, thus forming a second anchor point at the pelvic region.

Abstract: The object of the invention is an improved brief or panty and method of making the same that has porous fabric panels and elastic members that are elastic in all directions. The panty lies flat against the body of the wearer and the fabric panel does not gather adjacent the elastic members.The panty has an hourglass-shaped panel (10) and an elastic member (11) having hourglass exterior margin (21) and interior margin (22) overlying and bonded to the exterior margin of the fabric panel (10). A functional crotch portion (20) is interposed between the elastic member (11) and the panel (10).The panty is manufactured by forming an hourglass-shaped panty blank (10) of elastic material having front (19) and rear (18) panel portions; forming an elastic border member (11) from elastic material; superimposing the border member (11) on the hourglass margin of the panty blank (10) and bonding it thereto; and securing corresponding transverse edges of the front (19) and rear (18) panel portions.

Abstract: A panty liner construction including an interior liquid absorbent layer, an intermediate liquid impermeable layer which may be permanently incorporated in or removably connected to a fabric panty where the liner defines leg openings therethrough connected to the panty to accommodate different size persons within a prescribed range.

Abstract: This garment is knit exclusively of cotton yarn and has sufficient stretchability and recoverability to properly fit several body sizes. The garment comprises single courses of large stitch loops (courses C-1, C-3 and C-5) of cotton body yarn (C) alternating with single courses of small stitch loops (courses C-2, C-4 and C-6) of cotton body yarn (C) extending throughout the main body portion of the garment. The courses of large stitch loops provide stretchability to the garment and the courses of small stitch loops provide density and opacity to the garment.

Abstract: A disposable undergarment particularly suitable for the toilet training of infants is provided. The undergarment is fabricated from a compressively shrunk non-woven fabric in a single layer or laminated to provide multiple layers. The undergarment is made from a single blank of substantially rectangular shape of which one longer side margin is adapted to become the waist encircling portion of the undergarment, and the other side margin is adapted to become the leg openings. Joining all layers of the fabric together in the crotch area provides leg apertures when the undergarment is formed from the blank.

Abstract: A halter top which is made of non-stretchable or slightly stretchable material is provided for sports use, e.g., as a jogging outfit for females. The halter top consists of the combination of a body encircling portion constituted by a discontinuous panel having a pair of free lateral edges and cooperating means at the free lateral edges to hold such free lateral edges together and means for adjustably securing such halter top to the upper chest portion of a female body by means, e.g., of shoulder straps which adjust the distance from the breasts to the top of the shoulder. The body encircling portion includes a pair of breast receiving and supporting cups including a vertical seam bisecting each breast cup, the preselected variable, but permanent, location of said vertical seam thereby providing preselected different cup sizes. The top edge of the breast receiving and supporting cups is so curved as to follow the natural incline of the breasts.

Abstract: Training panties for babies and toddlers, the panties being made in several different designs, one of the designs including a cotton panty with cut-out crotch, a disposable paper crotch member insertable therein and easily attached in place by Velcro-like members of the pantie being hooked in holes of the paper member, the Velcro-like members being hidden behind flaps that keep wetness away from the child's body.

Abstract: Panty, panty brief, brief or other nether garment provided with a soft, nonbunching air permeable crotch panel provided with means for absorbing odorous molecules from ventilating air passing therethrough and a method of controlling the emission of odors from a woman's crotch region thereby.

Abstract: A diaper cover type garment has a first panel with lateral edges which curve from a maximum near a rearward edge to an intermediate minimum corresponding to a between leg portion and which curve outward to a front edge. A second panel slightly and uniformly tapers from a rear edge connection to a front edge connection. The second panel is formed of an inward fabric layer and a waterproof sheet layer facing the first panel. The first and second panels are stitched downward along lateral edges of the second panel in a back portion of the garment.Fasteners are arranged in sloping lines on a front portion of the garment, and complementary fasteners are mounted within rearward corners of the front panel. Hook and loop fasteners are mounted on the panels without reinforcement. Reinforcement panels are provided on the inside of the first panel with snap type fasteners.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a female undergarment having a panty portion and includes a novel crotch covering portion of two superimposed faces. Both faces are of non-thermoplastic moisture absorbent fibers, and each face has a network of openings thereon in substantially uniform array. The face in proximity to the body has a lesser degree of openess than the outer face and is slightly spaced apart from the body of the wearer during body dynamics. The two faces preferably constitute two separate layers of material. Alternatively, they may be integrally knit together as by a double knit construction.

Abstract: An undergarment for athletic activities such as bicycling, horseback riding, jogging, or the like which provides a thin padded area for protecting the crotch from discomfort, uplift support for the buttocks, and firming of the skin of the lower torso area. The undergarment is comprised of a flexible, stretchable fabric wall that conforms to the lower torso of a human being having elastic waist and leg bands joined together at the waist by adjustable fasteners, a thin ventilated, resilient pad disposed in the crotch area, and a "Y"-shaped support band extending in the rear panel of the garment from the back waistband vertically to the resilient pad. The stretchable material firms the skin in the area covered. The thin pad protects the crotch area from discomfort when sitting, without encumbering movement. The "Y"-shaped support band provides uplift support to the buttocks.

Abstract: A panty liner construction including an interior liquid absorbent layer, an intermediate liquid impermeable layer which may be permanently incorporated in or removably connected to a fabric panty where the liner defines leg openings therethrough connected to the panty to accommodate different size persons within a prescribed range.

Abstract: Bathing trunks made of an elastic and preferably plasticized cloth, formed by a single piece shaped in such a way as to reproduce, in succession, one rear half, the front portion and the remaining rear half, the longitudinal edges of said rear halves being connected to one another by means of a cross-stich seam, are described. The rear and front flaps forming the lower middle portion of the trunks are seamed together by interposing a strip provided with a plurality of transversely extending holes.

Abstract: A feminine performance costume garment for wearer use primarily in dance or competitive athletic activities such as gymnastic events and the like, and method of making the same, structurally comprising in combination an exterior costume garment and a panty brief undergarment wherein the undergarment is affixed integrally to the exterior costume garment by sewably stitched communication at the respective garment leg openings and vertically by stitching along the laterally disposed respective sides thereof, in such a manner so that during practice and performance use by one attired in such a performance costume garment combination the undergarment and exterior costume garment leg openings, by virtue of the combined structural construction of being respectively secured one to the other so as to move together as a unit, thereby eliminates the problem otherwise encountered by the exterior costume garment leg openings riding up to expose the undergarment in the crotch area and upper thigh leg areas of the wearer du

Abstract: An undergarment for use in surgical, medical or other medical treatment environments, comprising at least two completely separable cloth panels, said panels being separable one from the other, the separation and fastening being effected by the use of Velcro or similar adhering materials. The undergarment may also contain a slit positioned near the urinary tract for a catheter or drain and/or adhering means for keeping a folded-back upper or lower side or crotch portion of the undergarment open and secured in place during examination, treatment or surgery, both said slit and said adhering means being sealable also by use of Velcro or similar adhering material.

Abstract: Panties include a semi-triangular crotch-piece which is supported on the wearer by elastic strings which fit over the pelvis. The panties are designed so as not to be visible through clothing.

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: The crotch area of the panty of the invention is made up of three layers: a first or outer layer, a second or inner layer, and a third or middle layer. The first and second layers are made of a porous, non-absorbent material, while the third or middle layer is made of a porous material, such as cotton, wool, or felted fabric. The first and second layers are preferably made of Nylon of about 15 denier. The first outer layer may be printed for decorative effect with a design corresponding to that of the rest of the panty.

Abstract: Legless panty having elasticity around the leg openings thereof which is differentially tailored, as by the application of elastic bands thereto with portions of the elastic bands being prestretched to varying degrees during application, in a manner to gather only the edge portions adjacent the leg opening which in use lie generally along the wearer's groin while leaving smooth and ungathered those edge portions adjacent the leg openings which in use overlie the hips, to thereby provide a smooth outside appearance, reduce bunching under the buttocks and riding up thereon together with self-adjustable easing of the leg openings enabling expansion thereof outwardly from the groin to accommodate thighs of differing sizes and providing a pouch-like non-binding crotch portion firmly held in position by the elastic bands along the groin while readily accommodating natural bodily movements, without pulling, as during walking, sitting, bending, and the like.

Abstract: A brief of stretch fabric of nylon or similar synthetic threads but having a crotch portion and side portions integrally knitted of cotton thread having considerably greater size openings or mesh in the knit for ventilation purposes.