Athletic trunks with overlapping leg panels

Athletic trunks, comprising:

• a waistband for encircling the waist of a wearer;
• a pair of rear panels joined together along common forward and rearward edges in a vertical plane, said rear panels also being joined along their upper edges to the periphery of said waistband;
• and,
• a pair of front panels joined together, and to said forward edge of said rear panels, along a common edge in said vertical plane, said front panels being joined along their lower edges, which extend beneath said common forward edge of said rear panels, to the lower edges of said rear panels, said front panels also being joined along their upper edges to said waistband so that said front panels overlap said rear panels, and said front panels being free of attachment to said rear panels over the portion of overlap remote from said waistband and said vertical plane.

Athletic trunks, comprising:

• a waistband for encircling the waist of a wearer;
• a pair of rear panels joined together along common forward and rearward edges in a vertical plane, said rear panels also being joined along their upper edges to the periphery of said waistband;
• and,
• a pair of front panels joined together, and to said forward edge of said rear panels, along a common edge in said vertical plane, said front panels being joined along their lower edges, which extend beneath said common forward edge of said rear panels, to the lower edges of said rear panels, said front panels also being joined along their upper edges to said waistband so as to overlap said rear panels, said front panels having rearward edges joined to said waistband about midway between said forward and rearward edges of said rear panels, said rearward edges sloping forwardly and downwardly from said waistband to said lower edges of said front panels so as to substantially parallel the crease at the junction of the thigh and torso of a wearer.