Patent ID: 7941871

Claim:
Board shorts for use during surfing or similar activities, including: a first portion fabricated from a less stretchable material, said first portion comprising the majority of said shorts, and a second portion fabricated from a more stretchable material, said second portion configured and positioned in said shorts to provide elastic stretching of said second portion during movement of the wearer's body; said second portion extending in an arcuate path from the front of one thigh of a first leg of said shorts, upward along the first leg, around the side of the shorts to the back of the shorts, across the back of the shorts, around the other side of the shorts, downward along the second leg to the front of the second thigh of said shorts; said first portion comprising un upper ring configured to encircle the wearer's torso, said first portion extending continuously from a front section of said upper ring downwardly through a crotch portion and then upwardly to operatively join a lower edge of said second portion, said second portion comprising an elongated strip that is operatively abutted along both a first edge and a second edge by first portion.