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US 8,555,422 B2Granted
Male undergarment including supporting structures
OwnerTyrone Steeleinventor
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Abstract
A male undergarment, including at least one enclosing panel, a cover panel, disposed substantially at the front of the undergarment, and a separation panel disposed interiorly of the cover panel, wherein the cover panel has a portion thereof selectively attachable to a portion of the undergarment, and a portion thereof coupled to the at least one enclosing panel, and the separation panel has an opening defined therein.
Claims20
A male undergarment, comprising:
- at least one enclosing panel having an upper portion, a pair of lower portions spaced from each other and from the upper portion, and a crotch area disposed between the lower portions and spaced from the upper portion;
- a front separation panel incorporated by the enclosing panel at a front thereof by extending between a front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel and a front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel and also extending between spaced apart front sides of the enclosing panel extending respectively between the upper portion and the lower portions thereof, the front separation per having an opening for receiving a wearer's genitalia therethrough, the opening being located between the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel and the front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel and between and spaced from the spaced apart front sides of the enclosing panel;
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- a front cover panel disposed exteriorly of and overlapping the front separation panel, the front cover panel having
- a stationary portion permanently coupled to and extending from the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel toward the front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel, the stationary portion also being coupled at least at one of the spaced apart front sides of the enclosing panel, the coupling extending from the adjacent one of the lower portions of the enclosing panel to the front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel, and
- a flap portion merging from the stationary portion above the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel, the flap portion detachably attachable to at least one of the front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel and the other of the spaced apart front sides of the enclosing panel, the flap portion when detached being foldable diagonally across the stationary portion toward the one of the spaced apart front sides of the enclosing panel so as to overlie the stationary portion and substantially expose the opening defined in the front separation panel.
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A male undergarment, comprising:
- at least one enclosing panel having an upper waistband, a pair of lower portions spaced from each other and from the upper waistband, and a crotch area disposed between the lower portions and spaced from the upper waistband;
- a front separation panel incorporated by the enclosing panel at a front thereof by extending between a front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel and a front of the upper waistband of the enclosing panel and also extending between spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel extending respectively between the upper waistband and the lower portions thereof, the front separation panel having an opening for receiving a wearers genitalia therethrough, the opening being located between the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel and the front of the upper waistband of the enclosing panel and between and spaced from the spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel;
- a front cover panel disposed exteriorly of and overlapping the front separation panel, the front cover panel having
- a stationary portion permanently coupled to and extending from the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel toward the front of the upper waistband of the enclosing panel, the stationary portion also being coupled at least at one of the spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel, the coupling extending from the adjacent one of the lower portions of the enclosing panel to the front of the upper portion of the enclosing panel and
- a flap portion merging from the stationary portion above the front of the crotch area of the enclosing panel, the flap portion detachably attachable to at least one of the front at the upper waistband of the enclosing panel and the other of the spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel, the flap portion when detached being foldable diagonally across the stationary portion toward the one of the spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel so as to overlie the stationary portion and substantially expose the opening defined in the front separation panel;
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- at least one fastener for selectively detachably attaching the flap portion of the front cover panel to at least one of the front of the upper waistband of the enclosing panel and the other of the spaced apart front seams of the enclosing panel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.