Undergarment device for treating hip displacement and dislocation

An undergarment device for treating hip displacement and hip dislocation, comprising:

• a panty member having a first open position generally in the shape of a rectangle and a second position wherein the panty member is wrapped around the hips of a user, the longer sides of the general rectangle shape defining covering for the front and back of a user in the second position and the shorter sides defining covering for the sides of a user and extending past the hips to the legs of a user in the second position, each of the longer and shorter sides intersecting at vaulted recesses defining openings for a user's legs in the second position;
• the panty member including means for fastening the device to itself;
• and
• the panty member including valve means on one of the layers for allowing fluid to be injected between the layers for spacing apart the layers,
• whereby upon placing the device around the hips of a user and fastening the device to itself and injecting fluid between the layers, the hips of the user are supported by the device.

An undergarment device for treating hip displacement and hip dislocation, comprising:

• a panty member having a first open position defining generally the shape of a rectangle and a second position wherein the panty member is wrapped around the hips of a user, the panty member having tubular sections of approximately the same diameter extending from one side of the member to the other and each of the tubular sections openly communicating with each other, the longer sides of the general rectangle shape defining covering for the front and back of a user in the second position and the shorter sides defining covering for the sides of a user and extending past the hips to the legs of a user in the second position, each of the longer and shorter sides intersecting at vaulted recesses defining openings for a user's legs in the second position;
• the panty member including means for fastening the device to itself;
• and
• the panty member including valve means on one of the layers for allowing fluid to be injected between the layers for spacing apart the layers,
• whereby upon placing the device around the hips of a user and fastening the device to itself and injecting fluid between the layers, the hips of the user are supported by the device.