Garment with integral support system

A garment for providing support to a wearer comprising:

• an article of clothing configured to cover at least a portion of the lower torso of the wearer, the article of clothing including a front portion and a back portion connected at a crotch portion, the front portion and the back portion defining a waist opening and the front portion, back portion, and crotch portion defining two leg openings;
• a pouch disposed on a frontside of the article of clothing;
• and two straps coupled to the pouch, each strap slidingly disposed through a separate aperture formed in the article of clothing, the two straps including a first strap having a first end and a second end and a second strap having a first end and a second end, the two apertures including a first aperture formed in at least one of the crotch portion, the back portion, and the front portion, and a second aperture formed in at least one of the crotch portion, the back portion, and the front portion, the first end of the first strap and the first end of the second strap coupled to the pouch and the second end of the first strap and the second end of the second strap coupled to at least one of the front portion and the back portion, a length of the first strap disposed through the first aperture, a length of the second strap disposed through the second aperture, the waist opening including a waistband, the pouch directly depending from the waistband, the first strap and the second strap configured to extend to the back portion of the garment between the leg openings, and the first strap and the second strap, coupled to the garment proximate to the waistband.

A garment for providing support to a wearer comprising:

• an article of clothing configured to cover at least a portion of the lower torso of the wearer, the article of clothing including a front portion and a back portion connected at a crotch portion, the front portion and the back portion defining a waist opening and the front portion, back portion and crotch portion defining two leg openings;
• a pouch disposed on a frontside of the article of cloning;
• and
• two straps coupled to the pouch, each strap slidingly disposed through a retaining means formed in the article of clothing, the two straps including a first strap having a first end and a second end and a second strap having a first end and a second end, the two retaining means including a first retaining means formed in at least one of the crotch portion, the back portion, and the front portion, and a second retaining means formed in at least one of the crotch portion, the back portion, and the front portion, the first end of the first strap and the first end of the second strap coupled to the pouch and the second end of the first strap and the second end of the second strap coupled to at least one of the front portion and the back portion, a length of the first strap retained by the first retaining means, a length of the second strap retained by the second retaining means, the waist opening including a waistband, the pouch directly depending from the waistband, the first strap and the second strap configured to extend to the back portion of the garment between the leg openings, and the first strap and the second strap coupled to the garment proximate to the waistband.