Patent ID: 6540730
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A41B,A61F

Abstract:
A garment comprising an inner pad support member superposed on, and bonded to spaced, adhesively coated, receptor areas on the inside of a rear panel portion and the inside of a front panel portion, respectively, said front panel portion also having a reclosable opening, said garment further comprising:first and second shaped segments each having a length substantially equal to a distance between front and rear end margins of said garment, and first and second longitudinal side margins, said first and second segments partially superposed between said end margins along the first side margins to define a longitudinally extending overlapped area between said end margins, said first and second segments each having a width substantially equal to about half a width of the garment plus a width of the overlapped area, said first and second segments including curvilinear cutouts along respective second longitudinal side margins, said rear panel portion including said first and second segments bonded together in a preselected portion of said overlapped area adjacent said rear end margin, said front panel portion opening defined by a non-bonded portion of the overlapped area adjacent said front end margin, said inner pad support member having a length equal to the distance between said end margins and a width substantially equal to the width of said overlapped area and further including: stretched elastic strands adhesively attached at spaced intervals adjacent respective side margins of said support member, and central portions of opposite ends superposed on, and bonded to the adhesively coated, receptor areas of said rear panel portion and said front panel portion, respectively, fastening means protruding from both side margins of said rear panel portion for attachment to respective receptor areas on said front panel portion, and at least one central fastening means attached to an outermost surface of said front panel portion for reclosable securement of said first and second segments near the top of said front panel portion opening.