Patent ID: 6560786
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A41B

Abstract:
An undergarment comprising:at least one panel including a front panel having a front top edge and extending down a front of a wearer's body from the front top edge, the front panel extending to a crotch of the body; a rear panel having a rear top edge and extending down a rear of the wearer's body from the rear top edge to the crotch, wherein at least one of the front and rear top edges is elastic over its length and the at least one panel is shaped so that it has left and right upper corners with respect to the left and right sides of the body at both the front and the rear top edges, and the front and rear panels being sized and shaped such that when the undergarment is worn on the body, there is space between the front and rear top edges and between the left corners at the front and rear panels and between the right corners at the front and rear panels and along the sides of the body; a left and a right flexible strap respectively fastened to the rear panel at the top rear edge at the left and right upper corners of the rear panel; each strap having a free end with a respective first fastening element thereon; a respective second cooperating fastening element at the front top edge of the front panel at the left and right upper corners of the front panel for cooperating with the respective first fastening elements so that the strap at each side of the body extends from the rear panel and may be fastened to the front panel for completing the formation of the undergarment, the cooperating first and second fastening elements being adapted to be fastened together, and separated and refastened.