Garment having improved, self closing, filamentary fasteners

A garment formed of a first fabric having an approximately rectangular configuration with openings formed on opposite sides thereof to accommodate the legs of a wearer, front and rear portions of the garment established respectively on opposite ends of the leg openings;

• first strip means of one type of filamentary fastener material on an outer surface of the front portion of the garment;
• a pair of second strips of a complimentary type of filamentary fastener material attached to and extending laterally outward from a side of the rear portion of the garment, the pair of second strips spaced from each other along the side of the garment and adapted to be coupled to said first strip means with the garment wrapped around the body of the wearer, said pair of second fastener strips provided on a first fabric base;
• said first fabric base having a substantially rectangular configuration with a portion between the pair of second filamentary fastener strips open, said open portion extending along only a portion of the width of the first fabric base;
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• cover means comprising third, complimentary filamentary fastener strips, mounted on a second fabric base coextensive with the first fabric base with the third fastener strips and facing the second fastener strips, an opening formed in the second fabric base between the third fastener strips and extending along substantially the width of the second fabric, the second and third fastener strips thereby tending to self-close for protection of the second fastener strips during washing.