Patent ID: 8375470

Claim:
A garment having an adjustable waistband and adjustable modesty flap, comprising: a garment material having a waist portion and a pair of leg portions extending downwardly from said waist portion, said garment material having inner and outer surfaces; a waistband situated at an upper end of said waist portion that originates and terminates at a closable seam, said seam having opposed separable edges extending downwardly from said waistband that selectively define a generally V-shaped open configuration when said edges are spaced apart from one another and a generally closed configuration when said edges are adjacent one another; a waistband extension member extending outwardly from a waistband terminal end and extending across said seam, said extension member having a waistband coupling member at a terminal end thereof; wherein said waistband includes an inner waistband surface positioned against a user and an outer waistband surface opposite said inner waistband surface; a plurality of waistband fasteners spaced apart along said outer waistband surface, each waistband fastener having a configuration complementary to said waistband coupling member for selective attachment thereto; a modesty flap having a proximal edge fixedly connected to said inner surface of said waist portion adjacent a first edge of said seam, said modesty flap having a free edge opposite said modesty flap proximal edge and having an upper segment; a flap coupling member attached to said modesty flap upper segment adjacent said free edge thereof; and a plurality of modesty flap fasteners positioned on said inner waistband surface and spaced apart therealong, each flap fastener having a configuration complementary to said flap coupling member for selective attachment thereto.