Patent ID: 6928665

Claim:
Cycle pants comprising: a body portion having a waist opening, a crotch portion and a seat portion; a breathable cushion attached to an inside surface of said body portion and having a perineal portion covering said crotch portion and a buttocks portion covering said seat portion, said buttocks portion being wider than said perineal portion and including two spaced apart lobes, and wherein said breathable cushion comprises: a base sheet having a periphery and a matrix of openings therethrough: a cover sheet having a matrix of openings aligned with a matrix of base sheet openings and sealed to said base sheet along the base sheet periphery; and a gel disposed between the base and cover sheets, said gel being continuous between the base sheet and cover sheet openings, said cover sheet being sealed to said base sheet around each of the base sheet openings to form a matrix of pockets, each pocket surrounding a base sheet and cover sheet opening; and means for facilitating bending of the cushion in order to conform the cushion to a curvilinear surface, said means including alignment of the pockets with one another.