Moisture management lower torso garments and methods
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsRachel Erickson, Tasha Perry, Sherry E. Kimel, Kimberly Yontz
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Abstract
A garment is provided. The garment includes a body provided in the form of a front lower torso portion and a rear lower torso portion, a waist opening, left and right leg openings, and a pouch disposed at least in part in the front lower torso portion. The pouch includes a first pouch panel and a second pouch panel. Each of the first and second pouch panels includes a first fabric layer coupled to a second fabric layer. The first fabric layer of the first pouch panel and the second pouch panel are designed to transport liquid away from a lower torso region of a wearer.
Claims20
A lower torso garment comprising:
- a body provided in the form of a front lower torso portion and a rear lower torso portion coupled together to define a waist opening;
- a pouch disposed at least partially in the front lower torso portion and imparted with moisture-management properties, the pouch including:
- a fly panel assembly arranged to be adjacent to a body of a wearer when the lower torso garment is worn in an intended configuration,
- a cover panel assembly positioned adjacent to the fly panel assembly, wherein the fly panel assembly and the cover panel assembly each include a technical face and a technical back, wherein the technical face of the fly panel assembly is imparted with a first texture to facilitate moisture transport, and wherein the technical back of the fly panel assembly is imparted with a second texture different from the first texture, and
- a fly opening at least partially defined by the fly panel assembly and the cover panel assembly.
A lower torso garment comprising:
- a body provided in the form of a front lower torso portion and a rear lower torso portion coupled together to define a waist opening;
- a pouch disposed at least partially in the front lower torso portion and imparted with moisture-management properties, the pouch including:
- a fly panel assembly arranged to be adjacent to a body of a wearer when the lower torso garment is worn in an intended configuration, wherein the fly panel assembly includes a first fabric layer configured to transport moisture away from the body of the wearer, a second fabric layer positioned proximate to an exterior of the lower torso garment, and a third fabric layer positioned between the first and second fabric layers, the third fabric layer provided in substantially the same form as the first fabric layer,
- a cover panel assembly positioned adjacent to the fly panel assembly, and
- a fly opening at least partially defined by the fly panel assembly and the cover panel assembly.
A lower torso garment comprising:
- a body provided in the form of a front lower torso portion and a rear lower torso portion coupled together to define a waist opening;
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- a pouch disposed at least partially in the front lower torso portion and imparted with moisture-management properties, the pouch including:
- a fly panel assembly arranged to be adjacent to a body of a wearer when the lower torso garment is worn in an intended configuration;
- a cover panel assembly positioned adjacent to the fly panel assembly;
- a fly opening at least partially defined by the fly panel assembly and the cover panel assembly;
- a first seam coupling the fly panel assembly to the front lower torso portion;
- a second seam positioned opposite of the first seam, wherein the second seam couples a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer of the fly panel assembly and is positioned and located proximate to the fly opening;
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- a third seam positioned opposite of the first seam that couples the cover panel assembly to the front lower torso portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.