Patent ID: 7426754

Claim:
A functional clothing article comprising: a body for receiving and supporting a femoral region, a hip region, an abdominal region and a waist region of a user, the body including two leg portions for receiving respective legs of the user; an abdominal support unit provided at a front portion of the body to support the abdominal region of the user; a hip support unit provided at a rear portion of the body to support the hip region, the hip support unit including a fastening unit for detachably coupling the hip support unit to the abdominal support unit, wherein the hip support unit includes an upper portion and extension parts extending out from the hip support unit, the extension parts serving as the fastening unit, the upper portion and the extension parts include elastic materials to allow the user to adjust pressing force with respect to the abdominal region of the user, a plurality of rubber bands are transversely provided from an inner portion of the hip support unit to an inner portion of the extension part, and the extension part is attachable to a portion of the abdominal support unit.