Patent ID: 7959618

Claim:
A pant-shaped garment having a length direction and a transverse direction, the garment comprising: a rear portion intended to be arranged over the buttocks of a user during use; a front portion intended to be arranged over the belly of a user during use; a crotch portion intended to be arranged in the user's crotch during use; a waist opening with a waist edge extending in the transverse direction; and two leg openings each being bordered by a leg edge wherein each leg edge has a front part of the leg edge being located generally on the front portion and a rear part of the leg edge being located generally on the rear portion; wherein the rear portion and the front portion are mutually connected in two side joins which run in the length direction from the waist opening to each leg opening; wherein the front portion and the rear portion of the garment are each comprised of an elastically extensible sheet material; wherein the rear part of each leg edge is curve-shaped and exhibits a convex curved segment with respect to the rear portion when the garment is in a flat outstretched state, wherein the convex curved segment is located mainly on the rear portion; and wherein the convex curved segment extends along essentially the entirety of each leg edge located in the rear portion of the garment, wherein the crotch portion is joined to the front portion in a front join and to the rear portion in a rear join, wherein both joins are arranged parallel to the transverse direction, wherein the front, crotch and rear portions are discontinuous panels prior to the joining.