Patent ID: 6353940
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: A41B

Abstract:
Underwear for use by a wearer having an abdomen, torso, legs, and opposing iliac crests each having an anteriormost portion, said underwear comprising an anterior side having a middle, a posterior side, a left side, a right side, a superior edge, a textile material, two openings for accommodating said legs of said wearer, and retention means, said retention means substantially comprising a substantially non-elastic material on said anterior side, said retention means substantially comprising a substantially elastic material on at least, said left side, and said right side, said non-elastic material extending substantially across said wearer's abdomen between the anteriormost portion of each of said wearer's opposing iliac crests, said anterior side substantially comprising inferior retention means, the superior edge of said anterior side comprising a V-shape.