Patent ID: 8266723

Claim:
A method of accommodating and covering a portion of a variably sized abdomen comprising the steps of: (a) opening a waistband of a pair of pants by releasing a button at the top of one side of a closable pants opening from a buttonhole at the other side of the top of said closable pants opening; (b) positioning the spaced apart button and buttonhole through the pants in a desired spaced relationship; (c) attaching a buttonhole elastic having a buttonhole positioning the button of the pants through said buttonhole of the buttonhole elastic; (d) stretching the buttonhole elastic to align another hole therethrough with the buttonhole of the pants; (e) securing the stretched buttonhole elastic to the pants by inserting a button of a double button through each of said aligned holes; and (f) positioning a fabric covering which attaches to and extends from said buttonhole elastic to encircle a desired portion of the abdomen.