Patent ID: 9717281
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A41B,A61F

Claim:
1. Underwear to be worn by a wearer comprising: a waistband having a front and rear portion, the front portion including holes; a single continuous buttock fabric panel comprised of first and second continuous wing structures that depends from a distal end of the rear portion of the waistband and extends to a proximal end of the buttocks fabric panel, wherein the first and second continuous wings further comprise a ridge located between said wings, wherein the ridge is a single continuous ridge that extends from a top of the distal end towards a terminus at the proximal end and which is formed by said wings, such that the ridge is generally perpendicular to the buttock fabric panel, wherein the ridge extends forwardly when the underwear is worn, such that the ridge occupies the crack or cleft separating the buttocks and thereby remains in place to intercept and absorb perspiration, and to separate the buttocks to prevent buttock-to-buttock chafing; a scrotum guard located at the terminus of the ridge, comprising a right side continuation of the ridge and a left side continuation of the ridge, wherein the right side continuation, the left side continuation, and the ridge form a Y when viewed in plan, and wherein the right side continuation and the left side continuation are adapted to fit in folds of tissue at a perineum and cooperate to cover rear and sides of a scrotum thereby separating the scrotum for inner thighs, wherein each continuation terminates in an anchoring member which attached to the front portion of the waistband each project forwardly of the ridge and contact and connect to the front portion of the waistband and; an adjustment feature disposed to fix the scrotum guard selectively at plural distances from a front of the underwear; wherein the adjustment feature comprises a drawstring arrangement which is coupled to the scrotum guard and which loops through the holes in the waistband at the front of the underwear.