Patent ID: 8479320

Claim:
A clothing article that facilitates a wearer's ability to expel bodily waste while wearing the clothing article, the clothing article comprising: a garment capable of covering a pelvis region of a wearer and capable of being worn over an inner layer of clothing; wherein the garment has a front side and a rear side, the front side capable of covering the front portion of the pelvis region, the rear side capable of covering the rear portion of the pelvis region; wherein the front side of the garment has one or more attachment points; wherein the rear side comprising a rear flap, the rear flap when closed capable of covering the rear portion of the pelvis region, the rear flap when opened capable of exposing the rear portion of the pelvis region and capable of extending around the pelvis region and capable of being secured at the one or more attachment points; wherein the rear flap hinges along a bottom portion of the rear flap, the bottom portion of the rear flap being configured high enough on the garment to prevent the rear flap when opened from touching ground when the wearer is standing upright, the bottom portion of the rear flap being configured low enough on the garment to allow the rear flap when opened to be capable of extending between legs of the wearer beneath a crotch of the wearer and capable of being secured at the one or more attachment points; and wherein the rear flap comprises a corresponding fastener that mates with a fastener located at the one or more attachment points, the corresponding fastener located adjacent to a top edge of the rear flap between a first side edge and a second side edge of the rear flap; wherein the rear flap has a flap width between the first side edge and the second side edge, said flap width is less than a garment width of the garment at a waist portion of the garment to allow the wearer to reach inside the garment and to lower the inner layer of clothing.