Patent ID: 7404813

Claim:
An undergarment comprising: a first body panel comprising first and second longitudinally spaced terminal edges; a second body panel comprising first and second longitudinally spaced terminal edges; and a crotch member comprising first and second terminal edges and laterally opposed side edges, said crotch member having a longitudinally extending length defined between said first and second terminal edges of said crotch member, wherein said crotch member is non-releasably connected to said first body panel at a first attachment location located at said first terminal edge of said first body panel, wherein said first attachment location is longitudinally spaced along said length of said crotch member from said first terminal edge thereof, and wherein said crotch member comprises a first unattached end portion extending between said first attachment location and said first terminal edge of said crotch member, wherein said first unattached end portion is unattached to said first body panel, wherein said crotch member comprises an overlapping portion extending between said first terminal edge of said first body panel and said first terminal edge of said crotch member, wherein said first unattached end portion of said crotch member has a first length and said overlapping portion of said crotch member has a second length, wherein said first length is at least 20 percent of said second length, and wherein said crotch member is connected to said second body panel at a second attachment location, wherein said second attachment location is longitudinally spaced along said length of said crotch member from said second terminal edge thereof and is located at said first terminal edge of said second body panel, and wherein a second unattached end portion of said crotch member extends between said second attachment location and said second terminal edge of said crotch member, wherein said second unattached end portion is unattached to said second body panel.