Patent ID: 8347412

Claim:
Athletic pants configured to be worn by a wearer, the athletic pants comprising: a hip portion configured to cover a buttocks of the wearer, the hip portion comprised of a first material; two leg portions extending from the hip portion and also comprised of the first material, each leg portion including a front panel and a rear panel joined together along a left seam and a right seam, each front panel including a knee portion configured to be worn over the knee of the wearer, each leg portion configured to flex at the knee portion between a straight position and a bent position; an opening formed in each knee portion between the left seam and the right seam of each front panel with a second material provided in each opening, wherein the second material has greater elasticity than the first material, each opening having a lens shape defined by an upper arched perimeter portion and a lower arched perimeter portion, the upper arched perimeter portion and the lower arched perimeter portion meeting at two opposing ends of the opening, wherein the upper arched perimeter portion is separated from the lower arched perimeter portion by at least 0.5 inch and no more than 2 inches when the leg portion is in the straight position and when the leg portion is in the bent position, and wherein the distance between the two opposing ends of the opening is at least 6 inches and no more than 12 inches.