Patent ID: 9655388
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A41B,A41D,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Claim:
1. A garment formed of circular knit tubes comprising: a torso region including front and back portions; a pair of legs extending from said torso region, each leg including an inner thigh portion; a crotch region connecting the front and back portions of the torso region; and a plated panel knit into said garment in a plated manner including a base portion, moisture transmitting fibers plated on an inside of said base portion, and low friction fibers having a low friction coefficient plated on an outside of said base portion, said plated panel adapted to minimize moisture and friction in areas of said garment that rub together when said garment is worn by a wearer, said plated panel disposed continuously along said crotch region and extending: downwardly and continuously from said crotch region along the inner thigh portion in each leg of said garment, and upwardly and continuously from said crotch region across the front portion, and beyond the areas of said garment that rub together when said garment is worn by a wearer, adapted to provide an area of moisture reduction and friction reduction below a wearer's gut, in the wearer's crotch, and between the wearer's thighs, wherein said plated panel is seamless in the inner thigh portion in each leg of said garment, adapted to minimize seam friction against the wearer's skin, and wherein said plated panel, knitted to said garment, in assembled combination, define structure of said garment adapted to cause perspiration from the wearer's skin to move to said moisture transmitting fibers and from said moisture transmitting fibers to said low friction fibers so that the wearer's skin remains dry.