Patent ID: 8191176

Claim:
A lower-body garment with a combined stretchably-retained, fastenably-split waist, the garment comprising: a body; a sleevelike waistband provided circumferentially along an upper end of the body, and split by overlapping ends having circumferentially opposing mouths, wherein the mouth in one end opens along the waistband latterly, at about the distance from the tip of the one end by which the one end overlaps the other end; a stretchable band encapsulated in, and unfixed entirely throughout, the waistband such as to be stretchably expandable and contractible circumferentially along the waist, the stretchable band having opposing ends passing out of the opposing mouths in the waistband and coupled into an endless loop by coupling means for adjusting the length of the stretchable band; an unfastenable locking means provided on the overlapping ends of the waistband, for locking the overlapping ends together to cover and hide the stretchable band from being exposed from the ends of the waistband; opening/closing portions formed by at least one split in the body, extending to a common terminal position and continuous with the split in the waistband; and an opening/closing means for closably separating the opening/closing portions away from each other.