Patent ID: 7730552

Claim:
A pants garment, comprising: left and right leg members for covering the left and right thigh and leg areas of a wearer, each leg member independently comprising a first stretchable portion and a second stretchable portion, wherein said second stretchable portions have a greater tightening force for applying greater pressure than said first stretchable portions, and independently include a front second stretchable portion provided at a front side of each of the leg members, said front second stretchable portion extending obliquely from an upper front portion to a lower front portion of each leg member, and a back second stretchable portion provided at a back side of each of the leg members, said back second stretchable portion extending obliquely from an upper back portion to a lower back portion of each leg member, wherein for each leg member, the front second stretchable portion and a first portion of the back second stretchable portion meet at least at an inner lower portion of the thigh leg member wherein at least either one of the left leg member or the right leg member has the front second stretchable portion extending continuously along the front side from an outer waist portion, along a front outer hip portion, to an inner knee portion of the left or right leg member and then to an outer ankle portion, respectively, and wherein a second portion of the back second stretchable portion extends from an inner upper portion to an outer lower portion of each leg member.