Patent ID: 8146176

Claim:
An equestrian riding garment comprising: a pair of elastic tights configured to cover a substantial length of each of an equestrian's legs and to cover the equestrian's crotch, hips and buttocks substantially up to the equestrian's waist, the elastic pants including a crotch region, a buttocks region and each of a front and an outer thigh regions; plural inseam patches of durable yet pliable material affixed to the pair of elastic tights to support the inseam region of either of the equestrian's legs, each of the plural inseam patches configured and dimensioned selectively to extend along the inseam region of either of the equestrian's legs; and a butt patch of durable yet pliable material affixed to the pair of elastic tights to support the equestrian's buttocks region, the butt patch configured and dimensioned selectively to extend substantially fully around the surface of the equestrian's buttocks and substantially to conform shape-wise therewith, and wherein a surface of the butt patch comprises an exterior surface of the riding garment, wherein both the plural inseam patches and the butt patch are configured to grip a saddle and further to prevent wear therefrom, wherein neither the plural inseam patches nor the butt patch extends into a crotch region of the garment, the garment being characterized in the crotch region thereof and in each of the front and the outer thigh regions thereof by only the elastic tights, and wherein the garment is characterized by the elastic tights with the selectively extending plural inseam patches and the selectively extending butt patch affixed thereto, and wherein the garment does not include patches configured to extend along both the front and outer thigh regions.