Abstract:
A male undergarment having a scrotum receiving cradle with an internal opening defined therein, in which the penis extends through resting in a penis enclosure. The outer penis enclosure connected to the crotch section of the tubular body portion, thereby forming a pocket with the front area of the tubular body portion. Said penis enclosure is canopied by fabric allowing the penis to be concealed no matter what state, additionally, allowing comfortable, access for left or right handed users.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    This invention relates to a male undergarment. The garments developed in the past have attempted to provide relief to the wearer in the area of health protection; however, they have not adequately provided means for gently supporting and separating the penis and scrotum while providing a layer of fabric as an aid to perspiration control, protecting from the effects of the disorders of heat rash and/or herpes or the reduced sperm. Some prior art undergarments have attempted to solve the health-related problem concerning proper air circulation to the genitals of the wearer; however, the majority, for the most part, inhibit air circulation. The current invention addresses also the unsolved need of the difficulty in accessing the penis for urination 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    A male undergarment having a scrotum receiving cradle with an internal opening defined therein, in which the penis extends through resting in a penis enclosure. The outer penis enclosure connected to the crotch section of the tubular body portion, thereby forming a pocket with the front area of the tubular body portion. Said penis enclosure is canopied by fabric allowing the penis to be concealed no matter what state, additionally, allowing comfortable, access for left or right handed users, no matter the number of outer layers of clothing. 
       OBJECTIVES OF THE INVENTION 
       [0003]    Essentially the object of this invention to provide a male undergarment or swim wear having a construction that is intended to separate the penis from the scrotum, provide a high degree of comfort to the wearer, by preventing excess heat and the excess perspiration experienced in this area and retained from the nature of the body. 
         [0004]    It is another objective of the present invention to provide a male undergarment which both covers and supports a wearer&#39;s penis in any state. The penis is supported by the bottom seam of the penis enclosure once in the flaccid state. Additionally, the penis is always concealed with the penis enclosure and penis enclosure flap which canopies the penis. Retainers are attached to the enclosure and the flap to ensure the positioning of the penis and prevent unintentional exposure. The retainers are flexible allowing the penis to be comfortable no matter in which state, flaccid or erect. The opening on the enclosure is horizontal allowing ease of access by either left handed or right handed individuals. The retainers allowing sufficient give to enable ease or access for urination. 
         [0005]    It is yet another objective of the present invention to provide an undergarment which simultaneously provides health protection, support, comfort, and privacy without a radical departure from the customary appearance of a brief. 
         [0006]    Yet still another objective of the present invention is to provide a penis support as well as scrotum support for the comfort of the wearer. 
         [0007]    Yet another objective of the present invention is to provide a male undergarment in a variety of sizes and styles with sufficiently suitable materials to allow air circulation to such areas such as the penis and scrotum. 
         [0008]    Finally due to separate support features for the penis and the scrotum, unlike the prior art, the elastic on the leg openings may be relaxed. Additionally, with the relaxed elastic around the legs, air circulation improved or facilitated to the affected areas. Thus this invention can take the form of either boxer, brief or any type of swim wear. 
     
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0009]      FIG. 1  is a front of the tubular body portion of the present invention illustrating the penis enclosure flap, flap retainers, penis enclosure, waistband, and two leg bands. 
           [0010]      FIG. 2  is a front cross sectional view of the tubular portion shown in  FIG. 1  illustrating the penis port for a user&#39;s penis to be extended therethrough into the penis enclosure separating the penis from the scrotum. 
           [0011]      FIG. 3  is a back cross sectional view of the tubular portion shown in  FIG. 1  illustrating the penis port for a user&#39;s penis to be extended therethrough into the penis enclosure separating the penis from the scrotum. 
           [0012]      FIG. 4  is a frontal view illustrating the penis being accessed by either a right handed or left handed user for urination. 
           [0013]      FIG. 5   a  is a front view of the garment illustrating the penis in a flaccid state supported by the bottom portion of the penis enclosure. 
           [0014]      FIG. 5   b  is a front view of the garment illustrating the penis in an erect state being concealed in conjunction with the penis enclosure and the penis enclosure flap. 
           [0015]      FIG. 6  is a side view of the garment illustrating the penis placed through the port within the penis enclosure additionally concealed with the penis enclosure flap with the scrotum separated from the penis in its own scrotum receiving cradle. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0016]    As shown in  FIG. 1 , a male undergarment or swimwear shown generally of several elements. The main elements of the preferred embodiment is a tubular body portion shown generally as  45 , a penis enclosure  25 , a penis enclosure flap  10 , enclosure retainers, and flap enclosure retainers as shown in  FIG. 1 . The tubular body portion  45  has a front, a back, a crotch area, a leg band  15  and waistband  5  as commonly known in the art. In the preferred embodiment the front area of the tubular body has a penis enclosure  25  and enclosure flap forming a opening defined therein. A waistband  5  encircles the upper perimeter of tubular body  45  to encircle securely the waist or hip of the wearer and hold the garment in a relatively fixed position during use. Tubular body portion  45  can seamless tubular member snugly encircling the torso of the wearer. Where, however, garments are made in varying sizes, it is sometimes necessary to reduce or enlarge the diameter of the overall tubular body, including enlarged proportioned waistband  5 , and leg bands  15 . Tubular body portion  45  also includes a pair of leg-receiving openings, with leg bands  15  and in a generally tubular condition to provide for the formation of the crotch area, which may be in the form of a scrotum receiving cradle as shown in  FIG. 6 . In another embodiment, the body of the invention can be in a form of a boxer, brief, bikini brief, swim trunk, or bikini. 
         [0017]    In the preferred embodiment, the enclosure flap is held in place by a flap retainer  20 . The flap retainer  20  is designed to securely prevent the unintentional exposure of the user&#39;s penis  1 . Another purpose of the flap retainers  20  is to gently secure the penis  1  within the penis enclosure  25 . The resistance of the elastic on the retainers are designed for comfortable access to the penis for urination while holding the penis  1  in place securely as shown in  FIG. 4 . The flap and enclosure retainers can take the form of either a solid piece of elastic fabric or in a string-like form. 
         [0018]    The user wears the undergarment as commonly known by inserting legs into the leg openings and pulling up the waistband  5  securely onto the hips or waist. In the preferred embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , the user insert his penis  1  into and through the port  30  to ultimately place the penis in the penis enclosure  25  leaving the scrotum in the interior of the tubular body. In the preferred embodiment, the port is shaped substantially as a triangle. The shaped port ensures that there is no unintentional slippage of the penis out of the penis enclosure from the port  30  during normal wear. The scrotum may rest comfortably and securely in the scrotum receiving cradle  50  as shown in  FIG. 6 . 
         [0019]    The penis enclosure  25  is held in place by the enclosure retainers  35 . The enclosure retainers  35  prevent the unintentional opening of the penis enclosure exposing the penis. Additionally, the enclosure retainers ensures the penis remains in the penis enclosure. In the preferred embodiment, a horizontal opening is located at the top portion of the penis enclosure. Further the horizontal opening of the penis enclosure is covered by an enclosure flap  10  as shown in  FIG. 4 . The horizontal opening is designed for easy access for urination for either right handed or left handed users. 
         [0020]    Additionally, the invention ensures the comfort of the user, no matter the state of the penis  1 . As shown in  FIG. 5A  and  FIG. 5   b , the penis  1  can either be in erect state or flaccid state without concerning the user on comfort or exposure. The enclosure retainer  35  and flap retainer  20  ensures that the flap and penis enclosure is secured such that at all times fabric from either the enclosure  25  or the flap  10  prevents unintentional exposure of the penis. Comfort of the user is ensured when the penis  1  is in the flaccid state, the penis  1  rest on the lower portion of the penis enclosure  40  as shown in  FIG. 5A . Comfort is ensured for the user&#39;s penis in the erect state through the use of flexible retainers as shown in  FIG. 5B . Additionally, as shown in  FIG. 5B  unintentional exposure of the penis  1  is prevented by the penis enclosure  25  and the enclosure flap  10 . 
         [0021]    The undergarment of the present invention as described and illustrated will provide greater comfort by moisture absorption and air circulation than conventional forms of briefs. The garment minimizes binding, pinching, and especially chafing, and at the same time provides anatomically correct freedom for the male genitals but with the additional concealment (modesty) over and beyond that provided by customary briefs, as this invention will totally encase the male genitalia in a pocket preventing the occasional unexpected exposure. Access to the penis may be obtained by simply lifting or moving the penis flap  10  up while pushing the penis enclosure  25  down. 
         [0022]    The garment of the present invention may be made entirely of a light mesh knit or woven fabric or parts of the garment may be of knit fabric and other parts of woven fabric. The preferred materials utilized for the present invention is commonly known in the art to facilitate such effects as aeration, absorption of moisture, and quick drying. The brief may also be made in a variety of sizes resulting from variations in the sizes of the various elements including the tubular support body portion  45 , elastic leg openings  15 , the penis enclosure  25 , and the port  30 . 
         [0023]    Additionally, with the penis and scrotum secured in place the leg openings can afford very lose or non existent elastic. 
         [0024]    While the above invention has been described with reference to certain preferred embodiments, the scope of the present invention is not limited to these embodiments. One skilled in the art may find variations of these preferred embodiments which, nevertheless, fall within the spirit of the present invention, whose scope is defined by the claims set forth below