Abstract:
Pocketed undergarments including one or more pockets are disclosed. The one or more pockets are affixed to a crotch area of an undergarment while allowing a male member to protrude through the undergarment.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application. No. 62/183,777 filed Jun. 24, 2015, entitled Underwear Including Integral Pockets, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    It is common for garments to have pockets. For example, pants generally are provided with pockets to store items such as wallets or mobile phones. 
         [0003]    However, commonly provided garment pockets are publicly visible, and thus may be pickpocketed or exposed to pat-downs which compromise the security or privacy of items stored in such common pockets. 
         [0004]    Patents exist that attempt to solve this problem by providing pockets on underwear. However, such patents either disclose pockets located on non-crotch areas of undergarments, or in a crotch area that prevents a male from accessing or exposing their male organ. A filled pocket located on a non-crotch area will cause an unnatural bulge on the non-crotch area, revealing hidden items in the pocket. A crotch-blocking pocket that blocks frontal access to the male organ through a frontal face of underwear inconveniently requires a male to expose the male organ above the waist band by pulling down the waist band or an entire unit of the underwear, or through bizarre paths such as through a thigh interface of the underwear. 
         [0005]    As such, there exists a need for improved underwear that can more conveniently and secretly hide items while allowing a user to expose their male organ through a frontal crotch face of underwear. 
       BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0006]    Disclosed is an undergarment comprising, an elastic waistband, two leg portions attached to said elastic waistband, a crotch area connecting said two leg portions to one another, said crotch area having an opening defining a passageway for allowing a male organ to pass through and protrude from said undergarment, and a double-walled pocket affixed externally at said crotch area, said double-walled pocket covering said opening. 
         [0007]    In another aspect, said double-walled pocket has lateral sides that are affixed along lateral edges of said opening. 
         [0008]    In another aspect, said double-walled pocket has an inner wall, a top of said inner wall being affixed along a portion of said waistband. 
         [0009]    In another aspect, said opening has a bottom edge, said double-walled pocket overlapping said bottom edge. 
         [0010]    In another aspect, said bottom edge is elastic. 
         [0011]    In another aspect, said double-walled pocket has an outer wall, said outer wall being continuous with a bottom of said inner wall. 
         [0012]    In another aspect, said double-walled pocket has an outer wall, a top of said outer wall being detachably securable to a top of said inner wall. 
         [0013]    In another aspect, said double-walled pocket has an open top and a closed bottom and closed sides to receive and store items. 
         [0014]    In another embodiment, disclosed is an undergarment comprising, an elastic waistband two leg portions attached to said elastic waistband a crotch area connecting said two leg portions to one another, said crotch area having an opening defining a passageway for allowing a male organ to pass through and protrude from said undergarment, and a first and a second double-walled pocket affixed externally at said crotch area allowing said male organ to pass through between said pockets. 
         [0015]    In another aspect, each pocket has an outer lateral side that is affixed along a lateral edge of said opening. 
         [0016]    In another aspect, each pocket has an inner wall, a top of said inner wall being affixed along a portion of said waistband, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0017]    In another aspect, said opening has a bottom edge, each pocket being affixed along a portion of said bottom edge, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0018]    In another aspect, each pocket has an outer wall, said outer wall being continuous with a medial side of said inner wall, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0019]    In another aspect, each double-walled pocket has an outer wall, a top of said outer wall being detachably securable to a top of said inner wall, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0020]    In another aspect, each double walled pocket has an open top and a closed bottom and closed sides to receive and store items. 
         [0021]    In yet another embodiment, disclosed is an undergarment comprising, an elastic waistband, two leg portions attached to said elastic waistband, a crotch area connecting said two leg portions to one another, said crotch area having an opening defining a passageway for allowing a male organ to pass through and protrude from said undergarment, a first and a second double-walled pocket affixed externally at said crotch area allowing said male organ to pass through between medial surfaces of said pockets, each pocket having an inner wall, a top of said inner wall being affixed along a portion of said waistband, for each pocket respectively, each pocket having an outer wall, outer lateral sides of said inner wall and outer wall being together affixed along lateral edges of said opening, for each pocket respectively, said opening having a bottom edge, a bottom of said inner and outer wall being together affixed along a portion of said bottom edge, for each pocket respectively, and said outer wall being continuous and integrally formed with said inner wall through said medial surfaces, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0022]    In another aspect a top of said outer wall is detachably securable to a top of said inner wall, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0023]    In another aspect, said together affixed portions of said inner and outer wall cause said pocket to have a closed bottom and closed sides to hold and store items. 
         [0024]    In another aspect, said inner and outer walls of said pockets are together stitchably affixed at said lateral edges of said opening and at said bottom edge of said opening, for each pocket respectively. 
         [0025]    In another aspect, a top of said outer wall is detachably securable to a top of said inner wall via hook and loop fasteners. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0026]      FIG. 1  presents a front view of a pocketed undergarment. 
           [0027]      FIG. 2  presents a sectional view of pocket, the section taken along sectional line  2 - 2  of  FIG. 1 . 
           [0028]      FIG. 3  presents a partial view of an inside of the undergarment looking out, the partial view taken from sectional line  3 - 3  in  FIG. 2 . 
           [0029]      FIG. 4  presents a front view of a pocketed undergarment including two pockets. 
           [0030]      FIG. 5  presents a partial view of the pockets of  FIG. 4 , the partial view taken from sectional line  5 - 5  of  FIG. 4 . 
           [0031]      FIG. 6  presents a sectional view of an inside of the undergarment of  FIG. 4  looking out, the section taken along sectional line  6 - 6  of  FIG. 5 . 
           [0032]      FIG. 7  presents a sectional view of a pocket of  FIG. 4 , the section taken along sectional line  7 - 7  of  FIG. 4 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0033]    The illustration of  FIG. 1  shows a front view of a pocketed undergarment  100  that includes an elastic waistband  102 , leg portions  104 , a crotch area  106 , and an opening  222  in the crotch area  106 . 
         [0034]    The undergarment  100  may generally resemble underwear such as common briefs or boxer briefs. The leg portions  104  may be attached to the elastic waistband  102  and each leg portion may define a passageway for receiving, a human leg of a wearer. The waistband  102  may be inelastic in some embodiments. 
         [0035]    The crotch area  106  connects the two leg portions  104  to one another. The crotch area  106  is a region between the leg portions  104  and the waistband  102 . The opening  222  may be disposed in the crotch area  106 . For example, the crotch area  106  may be or may include a sheet of fabric, or an affixed flap, which includes or defines the opening  222 . The opening  222  may be an empty region between a lower crotch material  116  and the waistband  102 . The lower crotch material  116  may extend between the leg portions  104  and may be below the opening  222 . The opening  222  defines a passageway for allowing a male organ to pass through and protrude from the undergarment  100 . For example, a male organ of a wearer may pass through the opening  222  to urinate while the wearer wears the undergarment  100 . The opening  222  may have a width and a height. 
         [0036]    The undergarment  100  includes a double-walled pocket  108  that is affixed externally at the crotch area  106 . For example, the pocket  108  may cover the opening  222 . The pocket may have a width and a height. The width and the height of the pocket  108  may cause the pocket  108  to have a frontal surface area that is greater than or equal to a size of the opening  222 . The pocket  108  extends from the waistband  102  downward below the opening  222  to cover the opening. The pocket  108  may have lateral sides  110  that are affixed along lateral edges  112  of the opening  222 . For example, the lateral edges  112  may define a width of the opening  222 . The pocket  108  may be affixed along the lateral edges  112  via stitching  114  or other known adhesive methods such as by glue. 
         [0037]    Turning to  FIG. 2 , the pocket  108  has an inner wall  200 . For example, a top  202  of the inner wall  200  may be affixed along a portion of the waistband  102 . For example, the inner wall  200  may be affixed to the waistband  102  via stitching (not being visible in the figures). The opening  222  may have a bottom edge  208  and the pocket  108  may overlap the bottom edge  208 . As shown in  FIG. 1 , the bottom edge  208  is shown in dashed line behind the pocket  108 , where the pocket  108  overlaps the bottom edge  208  and a closed bottom  214  of the pocket  108  hangs below the bottom edge  208 . From a perspective looking outward from inside the undergarment  100 ,  FIG. 3  shows the bottom edge  208  in solid line above the closed bottom  214 , the closed bottom  214  shown in dashed line hanging below and behind the bottom edge  208 . The bottom edge  208  may be elastic. 
         [0038]    The pocket  108  may include an outer wall  210 . The outer wall  210  may be continuous with a bottom  224  of the inner wall  200  as shown in  FIG. 2  at fold  220 . For example, the outer wall  210  and the inner wall  200  may be continuously integral with one another as part of a single piece of fabric that is folded at fold  220 . A top  204  of the outer wall  210  may be detachably securable to a top  202  of the inner wall  200 . For example, the top  204  of the outer wall  210  may be detachably securable to the top  202  of the inner wall  200  via fasteners  212  as shown in  FIG. 2 . For example, the fasteners  212  may be buttons or hook and loop fasteners. In an open state where the outer wall  210  is detached from the inner wall  200 , a space between the top  204  of the outer wall  210  and the top  202  of the inner wall  200  may receive items. As such, the pocket  108  may have an openable or open top  206  and the closed bottom  214  and closed sides  110  ( FIG. 1 ) to receive and hold or store items. Received items may be secured by securing the fasteners  212  to each other. 
         [0039]    It is to be understood that the height of the opening  222  may be defined by a distance between the elastic band  102  and the bottom edge  208 . The bottom edge  208  may be a top edge of the lower crotch material  116  of the crotch area  106 . The width of the opening  222  may be defined by a distance between the lateral edges  112 . For example, the lateral edges  112  may extend along inner opposing portions of the leg portions  104 . 
         [0040]    In some embodiments, an upper crotch material (not shown) similar in structure to lower crotch material  116  may be affixed along the elastic band  102  and along opposing inner lateral edges of upper areas of the leg portions  104  such that the opening  222  may be located between such upper crotch material and the lower crotch material  116  or bottom edge  208 . As such a height of the opening  222  may be defined by a distance between a lower edge of such upper crotch material (hot shown) and a top edge (e.g. bottom edge  208 ) of lower crotch material  116 . 
         [0041]    It is to be understood that the height of the pocket  108  may be defined by a distance between the top  202  of the inner wall  200  and the bottom  224  of the inner wall  200 , the fold  220 , or the closed bottom  214 . Alternatively, the height of the pocket  108  may be defined by a distance between the top  204  of the outer wall  210  and the bottom  224  of the inner wall  200 , the fold  220 , or the closed bottom  214 . The width of the pocket  108  may be defined by a distance between opposing lateral sides  110  of the pocket  108 . For example, the width of the pocket  108  may be defined by a distance between portions of the lateral sides  110  of the pocket  108  that are affixed to the undergarment  100  or the leg portions  104 . The height and/or width of the pocket  108  may be greater than or equal to the height and/or width of the opening  222  respectively. 
         [0042]      FIG. 4  shows another embodiment where an undergarment  400  includes at least two double-walled pockets  402  that are each affixed externally to crotch area  106  allowing a male organ of a wearer to pass through opening  222  and through between the pockets  402 . For example, the male organ may pass through between medial sides  502  of the pockets  402  to protrude from the undergarment  400 . The pockets  402  may each have an outer lateral side  504  that is affixed along a lateral edge  112  of the opening  222  for each pocket  402 , respectively. For example, the pockets  402  may be affixed along lateral edge  112  via stitching  404 . 
         [0043]    Turning for the moment to  FIGS. 5 and 7 , the pockets  402  each may have an inner wall  500  respectively, where the inner wall  500  has a too  700  that is affixed along a portion of the waistband  102 , for each pocket  402  respectively. Each pocket  402  may be affixed along a portion of the bottom edge  208 , for each pocket  402  respectively. For example, each pocket  402  may be affixed to the bottom edge  208  via stitching  712 . The pockets  402  each may have an outer wall  706  such that the outer wall  706  is continuous with a medial side  502  ( FIG. 5 ) of the inner wall  500 , for each pocket  402  respectively. The outer wall  706  may be continuous and integrally formed with the inner wall  500  through the medial surfaces  502 , for each pocket respectively. For example, the outer wall  706  and the inner wall  500  may be continuously integral with one another as part of a single piece of fabric that is folded at medial surfaces  502  for forming each pocket. Outer lateral sides  406  of the inner wall  500  and the outer wall  706  may be together affixed along lateral edges  112  of the opening  222  ( FIGS. 4 and 5 ), for each pocket respectively. A bottom.  708  of the inner wall  500  and the outer wall  706  may be together affixed along a portion of the bottom edge  208  ( FIG. 7 ), for each pocket respectively. A top  702  of the outer wall  706  may be detachably securable to a top  700  of the inner wall  500 , for each pocket respectively ( FIG. 7 ). The top  702  of the outer wall  706  may alternatively be detachably securable to the elastic waistband  102 . The outer wall  706  may be detachably securable is hook and loop fasteners or buttons. As such, each pocket of pockets  402  may have an openable or open top  704  and a closed bottom  710  and closed sides  504  to receive and store items while the male organ is allowed to pass through the opening  222  and through between the medial surfaces  502  of the pockets  402  to protrude from the undergarment  400 . In an open state where the outer wall  706  is detached from the inner wall  500 , a space between top  702  of the outer wall  706  and top  700  of the inner wall  500  may receive items. Received items may be secured by securing the top  702  of the outer wall  706  to the top  700  of the inner wall  500 . The together affixed portions of the inner and outer wall may cause the pocket to have the closed bottom  710  and the closed sides  504 , for each pocket respectively. The inner wall  500  and the outer wall  706  of the pockets  402  may be together stichably affixed at the lateral edges  112  of the opening  222  and at the bottom edge  208  of the opening  222 , for each pocket respectively. 
         [0044]    It is to be understood that the above descriptions of the opening  222  with respect to the embodiment of  FIGS. 1-3  may be appropriately applied to the embodiment of  FIGS. 4-7 . For example, in some embodiments where the above described upper crotch material (not shown) is affixed along the waistband  102 , the top  700  of the inner wall  500  may be affixed to the upper crotch material (not shown). 
         [0045]    It is to be understood that respective heights of each pocket  402  may be defined by a distance between the top  700  of the inner wall  500  and the bottom  708  of the inner wall  500  or the closed bottom  710 . Alternatively, a height of each pocket  402  may be defined by a distance between the top  702  of the outer wall  706  and the bottom  708  of the inner wall  500  or the closed bottom  710 . A width of each pocket  402  may be defined by a distance between opposing lateral sides  504  of each pocket  402 . For example, the width of each pocket  402  may be defined by a distance between portions of the lateral sides  504  of each pocket  402  that are affixed to the undergarment  400  or the leg portions  104 . The height of each pocket  402  may be greater than or equal to the height of the opening  222 . The collective width of the pockets  402  may be greater, equal to, or less than the width of the opening  222 . The width of each pocket  402  may be less than the width of the opening  222 . 
         [0046]    It is to be understood that the medial sides  502  do not require stitching. Each of the medial sides  502  may be formed by folding a sheet of fabric material into a tubular structure, and affixing the tubular structure at the bottom  710  and at a lateral side  504  of the tubular structure to affix both the inner and outer walls  500  and  706  to the undergarment  400 , and by affixing the Inner wall  500  to the undergarment  400 . This provides a pocket  402  with an open or openable top, without requiring stitching where the male member allowed to pass through at the medial sides  502 . 
         [0047]    It is to be understood that descriptions of like elements as described above with respect to  FIGS. 1-3  also apply to  FIGS. 4-7 . For example, the crotch areas, the openings, and the waistbands may be analogous in the figures.