Patent ID: 9622514
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A41B

Claim:
1. An undergarment adapted to prevent skin-to-skin contact between the skin of a wearer's overhanging abdomen and the skin of the underlying lower torso of the wearer, comprising: a) an undergarment constructed to fit around the lower torso of a wearer, said lower torso having an anterior portion and a posterior portion, wherein the undergarment comprises a front panel and a rear panel for covering respectively the anterior and posterior portions of the lower torso of the wearer, the front panel and the rear panel being joined together forming a midline seam of the undergarment, substantially coinciding with the left and right hip regions of the wearer's lower torso, wherein a contiguous fabric shell is formed enclosing an interior space, said interior space via having a waist opening and two leg openings, a crotch panel disposed between the two leg openings and extending between the front panel and the rear panel and being contiguous therewith, said undergarment having a left half and a right half; and b) a partition panel comprising a fabric panel having a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges, disposed within the interior space and extending between the left and right halves of the undergarment and affixed thereto, the side edges of the partition panel are affixed to the undergarment substantially at the left and right hip regions of the lower torso, and wherein the bottom edge of the partition panel straddles the crotch panel and is affixed thereto, wherein the interior space of the undergarment is divided into an anterior compartment and a posterior compartment, said anterior compartment forming a pouch adapted to receive the overhanging abdomen of the wearer.