Protective garment

A protective garment in the form of a pantie, a pair of trousers or other legwear with or without an upper/torso part, comprising:

• a front part;
• a back part;
• a waist;
• and
• a crotch part having a leak-proof body comprising a liquid-absorbing layer,
• the protective garment being a washable garment arranged for repeated use,
• wherein:
• the protective garment comprises a dorsal shaping element, in turn comprising a flexible first element part having a ventral end and a dorsal end, a flexible second element part and a flexible third element part;
• the first element part, at its ventral end, is fastened to or constitutes an integrated part of the leak-proof body and is arranged to run along the intergluteal cleft of a standing user wearing the protective garment;
• the second and third element parts are each arranged to extend laterally across the waist and/or buttocks of the standing user wearing the protective garment, towards a respective hip of the standing user;
• the protective garment is arranged so that, as a result of the standing user wearing the protective garment, the first element part applies a first tension force along the intergluteal cleft of the user whereas the second element part applies an at least partly lateral second tension force and the third element part applies an at least partly lateral third tension force;
• the ventral end of the first element part is connected to the second element part via a first force direction transferring connection arranged to distribute the first tension force to the second element part so that the distribution involves a direction change of the distributed force between the first element part and the second element part;
• the ventral end of the first element part is connected to the third element part via a second force direction transferring connection arranged to distribute the first tension force to the third element part so that the distribution involves a direction change of the distributed force between the first element part and the third element part;
• and
• both the first and second force direction transferring connections each is a curved force direction transferring connection arranged to distribute the first tension force to the second or third element part, respectively, so that the distribution involves a gradual direction change of the distributed force in question.