Patent ID: 8739314

Claim:
A garment, comprising: an outer garment including a skirt portion having an inner side, a first side seam located on said inner side, a second side seam located on said inner side and opposite said first side seam, and a pair of tethers extending from said inner side, each of said tethers being made from an elastic material and including a first end and a second end opposite said first end, said first end of one of said tethers being attached to said first side seam, and said first end of the other of said tethers being attached to said second side seam, and each of said tethers including a first fastening element located at said second end thereof; and an undergarment having a pair of second fastening elements, wherein each of said first fastening elements of said tethers of said outer garment is adapted to engage releasably a corresponding one of said second fastening elements of said undergarment.