Patent ID: 8042194

Claim:
An article of clothing that is a panty substitute consisting of a layer of woven cloth and an adhesive on one side of the cloth for affixing the layer of cloth to an interior surface of a crotch area of an outer garment, which outer garment is a pair of pants, the cloth shaped to fit and conform to the crotch area of the pants to provide an underwear function without bunching or forming visible lines in the pants when being worn by a person, the panty substitute having a nonreinforced peripheral edge and a thickness of less than 2 millimeters and an area not greater than 150 square centimeters, the adhesive being suitable for bonding the cloth to the interior surface of the crotch area of the pants so that the panty substitute is affixed firmly to the crotch area of the pants and remains in place without bunching while being worn by the person.