Patent ID: 8092273

Claim:
Lower underwear to be put on a body for intimate contact therewith, comprising: an abdomen portion of the lower underwear arranged to partially cover an abdomen of the body; a crotch portion of the lower underwear including a width and arranged to partially cover a crotch of the body; a buttock portion of the lower underwear including an area arranged to cover a buttock of the body; a pair of power tapes provided at least in the crotch portion of the lower underwear, wherein when the lower underwear is arranged such that when placed on a flat surface with a front side up, said power tapes cross each other at an inner area of the crotch portion on the front side of the underwear without extending along an edge of the crotch portion; and wherein the power tapes are arranged to apply a force to the crotch of the body such that the abdomen portion, the buttock portion, and the crotch portion having the power tapes are arranged to embrace the pelvis of the body.