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US 12,396,496 B2Granted
Garment for facilitating urination
OwnerAngela Louise Davisinventor
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Abstract
A garment for facilitating urination includes two leg openings, and an access panel between the two leg openings. The access panel extends from a front of the garment to a back of the garment, wherein the access panel is coupled to the front of the garment with an attachment. The garment is configurable between an initial, closed configuration and a second, open configuration in which the access panel is at least partially detached from the garment.
Claims19
A garment for facilitating urination, the garment comprising:
- a front side;
- a back side;
- a first leg opening and a second leg opening each defined by the front side and the back side;
- a waistband at a top end of the garment defining a first passageway;
- an access panel assembly between the first leg opening and the second leg opening and extending from the front side of the garment to the back side of the garment, the access panel assembly comprising:
- an access panel positioned on the front side and defining a second passageway at a top of the access panel, the access panel extending horizontally from a first free edge to a second free edge;
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- a bottom panel in a crotch region of the garment coupled to the access panel, wherein the first free edge of the access panel extends from the bottom panel and to the second passageway at the first leg opening and the second free edge of the access panel extends from the bottom panel to the second passageway at the second leg opening:
- a first back panel edge and a second back panel edge on the bottom panel coupling the access panel assembly to the back side of the garment;
- a first front panel edge and a second front panel edge on the bottom panel coupling the access panel to the bottom panel, the first front panel edge intersecting the second front panel edge, and wherein the first front panel edge is oriented obliquely relative to the second front panel edge;
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- an attachment coupling the access panel to the front side of the garment, the attachment including a tightening rope extending through the first passageway in the waistband and the second passageway in the access panel,
- wherein the garment is configurable by the tightening rope to an open configuration in which the access panel is at least partially detached from the garment, wherein the tightening rope wraps around the circumference of the top end of the garment through the waistband and the access panel, and wherein loosening the tightening rope lowers the second passageway on the garment relative to the first passageway, moves the first free edge away from the first leg opening, and moves the second free edge away from the second leg opening, to lower the access panel on the front side and allow for maintaining the waistband in position on a wearer.
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