Garment anchoring system and method

A garment anchoring system for maintaining a garment in position at the waist of a wearer comprising:

• a lower garment including:
• a legged brief lower-torso fitting body portion formed substantially of elastic material containing at least approximately eight percent elastic fiber and having a top and a pair of leg portions at least approximately two inches in width, and
• a continous waist encirling elastic waistband connected to the top of the body portion, including an elastic fiber material at least approximately two inches in width and having a first part of a hook and loop fastener material extending at least along a portion of the front and a portion of the back thereof;
• and
• a second part of the hook and loop fastener material, detachably connectable to the first part thereof, permanently securable to the waist level of a garment to be anchored.

A garment anchoring system for maintaining a garment in position at the waist of a wearer comprising:

• a lower garment including a legged brief lower-torso fitting body portion having a top edge and having a continuous elastic waistband sewn to the top edge of the body portion;
• the body portion being formed substantially of elastic material containing at least approximately eight percent elastic fiber and having a pair of leg portions at least approximately two inches in width;
• the elastic waistband being formed of an elastic fiber containing material and being at least approximately two inches in width, the waistband having a front and a back;
• and
• pressure responsive fastener material secured to the waistband at the front and back thereof.

A method of anchoring a bullet resistant wearer protective vest in the vicinity of the waist level thereof at the waist of a wearer to maintain bullet resistant wearer protective panels of impact absorbing anti-ballistic material carried thereby in a protective relationship on the upper torso of a wearer, wherein the vest includes a fabric shell having a front, a back and a waist level on the front and back at the approximate height of the waist of the wearer when the vest is worn, the method including the steps of:

• providing a horizontally and vertically elastic legged brief lower garment having an elastic fiber containing waistband and a body section formed of elastic material containing at least approximately eight percent elastic fiber and connected to the waistband and extending downwardly from the waistband;
• providing at least two disconnectable two part horizontally extending fasteners with one part of each secured respectively to the front and back of the waistband, and securing the other part of each to the front and back of the shell at the waist level thereof;
• connecting the two parts of each of the fasteners together to connect the lower garment along the front and back thereof in the vicinity of the waistband to the front and back of the shell of the vest at the waist level thereof, to thereby elastically interconnect together, and elastically secure to the waist of the wearer, the front and back of the shell of the vest to thereby maintain bullet resistant wearer protective panels of the impact absorbing anti-ballistic material in a protective relationship on the upper torso of the wearer.