US 4,377,008 AGranted

Article of clothing

AssigneesChicksu Thomas Yi, Helen Yuki Jung

InventorJung D. Jung

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Abstract

An improved article of clothing, more particularly an undergarment, mainly for use in the form of men's briefs or shorts. This invention serves as a health aid and includes the use of a separate compartment in the undergarment which permits the scrotum of the male wearer to be kept from making direct contact with other nearby parts of the body, and to keep the penis in an upward position, away from the scrotum while this undergarment is being worn. An elastic band biases the front base opening of the undergarment toward its closed position, while the scrotum of the wearer is positioned outside of the front base opening, with the elastic band tending to prevent the scrotum from falling back inside the front opening of the garment. A second elastic band is located in the upper area of the front base opening of the garment through which the penis is placed and kept apart from the scrotum. An outer-cover member is placed over the front base opening of the undergarment to form the aforementioned compartment and to cover the male members for conventional purposes of warmth, protection and modesty.

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Dependent claims

In a male undergarment to be worn over the lower torso, said undergarment having a base opening in the front thereof for access to the genitalia, an improvement in said undergarment, said improvement comprising, in combination:

(a) Scrotum-retaining means for separating the scrotum of the wearer of the undergarment from direct contact with other parts of the wearer's body;
(b) penis-retaining means associated with said scrotum-retaining means for separating the penis of the wearer of the undergarment from direct contact with the scrotum,
whereby the scrotum is kept at a reduced temperature for enhancement of hormone and sperm production, said scrotum-retaining means comprising:
(c) An outer-cover member attached to the undergarment and covering the front base opening of the undergarment for providing a separate scrotum-retaining compartment between said outer-cover member and the front of said undergarment for separating the scrotum from direct contact with other parts of the wearer's body;
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(d) means for biasing the base opening in the front of the undergarment toward it's closed position next to the base of the scrotum which passes through said opening while the undergarment is being worn, to retain the scrotum within said separate compartment, and
(e) means for biasing the base front opening of the undergarment toward it's closed position adjacent to the base of the penis which passes through said opening, while the undergarment is being worn, to aid in retaining the penis in the upper portion of said scrotum-retaining compartment.

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