Patent Application
20180084837
The following includes information that may be useful in understanding the present invention(s). It is not an admission that any of the information provided herein is prior art, or material, to the presently described or claimed inventions, or that any publication or document that is specifically or implicitly referenced is prior art.
The present invention relates generally to the field of undergarments and more specifically relates to boxer briefs for wear under a pair of trousers.
Undergarments are items of clothing worn beneath outer clothes, usually in direct contact with the skin, although they may comprise more than a single layer. They serve to keep outer garments from being soiled or damaged by bodily excretions, to lessen the friction of outerwear against the skin, to shape the body, and to provide concealment or support for parts of it. In cold weather, long underwear is sometimes worn to provide additional warmth. Special types of undergarments have religious significance. Some items of clothing are designed as undergarments, while others, such as T-shirts and certain types of shorts, are appropriate both as undergarments and as outer clothing. If made of suitable material or textile, some undergarments can serve as nightwear or swimsuits, and some are intended for sexual attraction or visual appeal.
Undergarments are generally of two types, those that are worn to cover the torso and those that are worn to cover the waist and legs, although there are also garments which cover both. Different styles of undergarments are generally worn by females and males. Undergarments commonly worn by females today include bras and panties, while males often wear briefs, boxer briefs or boxer shorts. The problem with current undergarments on the market is that they do not provide sufficient comfort and support of male genitals. A suitable solution is desired.
Several attempts have been made to solve the above-mentioned problems such as those found in U.S. Pub. No. 2005/0268380 to Gregory Sovell; 2013/0061858 to Sou Fou Saeteurn; 2007/0245463 to Paul Kang, U.S. Pat No. 7,958,571 to William Trent Kitsch; U.S. Pat. No. 6,289,520 to Bradley N. Page; U.S. Pat. No. 7,043,771 to Brian J. Alessi; U.S. Pat. No. 7,065,797 to Shyan-Wei Chen; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,210,882 to Herbert L. Moretz. This art is representative of undergarments. However, none of the above inventions and patents, taken either singly or in combination, is seen to describe the invention as claimed.
Preferably, an undergarment should provide comfort and support for male genitals and, yet would operate reliably and be manufactured at a modest expense. Thus, a need exists for a reliable boxer brief for wear under a pair of trousers to avoid the above-mentioned problems.
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known undergarment art, the present invention provides a novel undergarment. The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail is to provide a boxer brief for wear under a pair of trousers.
An article of clothing for wear under a pair of trousers or the like is disclosed herein. The article of clothing includes a loose fit boxer underwear structure and a support structure within the boxer underwear structure. The boxer underwear structure has a plurality of panels including a gusset panel, said plurality of panels joined at seams, the boxer underwear structure further including a waistband, an outer fly opening, a waist opening, a left leg opening, and a right leg opening; the boxer underwear structure configured to conform to a human body between a waist and an upper portion of a left leg and an upper portion of a right leg; the boxer underwear structure defining a boxer-body between the waist opening and the left leg opening, and the right leg opening. The boxer underwear structure has a front, a rear, a left side, a right side, an interior side, and an exterior side. A support structure is within the boxer underwear structure; the support structure including a pouch configured to support a pair of testicles and having an inner fly opening; the pouch fixed to a gusset seam at the rear of the boxer underwear structure and extending forward and upward to the waistband. The support structure is further fixed to a waistband seam.
The support structure preferably includes a mesh material. The mesh material may comprise a four-way-stretch-nylon-fabric which is flexible and configured to provide compressive support for male genitals. The four-way-stretch-nylon-fabric has moisture wicking properties. Further, the four-way-stretch-nylon-fabric is breathable and is configured to provide ventilation between opposing sides of the four-way-stretch-nylon-fabric. The pouch is configured to secure and support the pair of testicles, and further configured to catch a penis of a user-wearer from contacting legs of the user-wearer when worn by the user-wearer. The pouch is configured to reduce friction between the penis and the legs of the user-wearer and to mitigate skin infection including tinea cruris.
The pouch includes anti-bacterial features configured for improved hygiene and odor protection. The boxer underwear structure is arranged as a boxer short; the boxer short having a loose fit body configured to loosely contour to the human body between the waist and the upper portion of the left leg and the upper portion of the right leg. The pouch is suspended and nested within the boxer underwear structure, and the support structure is further fixed to a waistband seam and to a fly seam of the outer fly opening. The waistband includes an elastic material configured to contour to a waist of the human body. The pouch is sewn on an interior side of the outer fly opening along a seam of the outer fly opening. The pouch is configured to be at least partially suspended above the gusset panel when worn by a user-wearer. The boxer underwear structure is arranged as a boxer brief; the boxer short having a body form fit body configured to closely contour to the human body between the waist and the upper portion of the left leg and the upper portion of the right leg.
According to another embodiment, a method for manufacture is also disclosed herein. The method includes step one, joining a left and right front panel crotch seam; step two, joining a back panel rise seam; step three, assembling a mesh panel; step four, attaching the mesh panel on a front panel fly opening; and step five, joining the mesh panel, a rear seam, and back panels to side seams.
The figures which accompany the written portion of this specification illustrate embodiments and method(s) of use for the present disclosure, article of clothing, boxer briefs (boxer brief system), constructed and operative according to the teachings of the present disclosure.
The various embodiments of the present invention will hereinafter be described in conjunction with the appended drawings, wherein like designations denote like elements.
As discussed above, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an undergarment and more particularly to a boxer briefs as used to improve the comfort and support of male undergarments for wear under trousers. The features of the invention which are believed to be novel are particularly pointed out and distinctly claimed in the concluding portion of the specification. These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings and
Generally, a loose fit boxer is disclosed herein comprising an auxiliary supportive crotch pouch, in particular, the kind of looser fit boxer with a supportive pouch design to secure the penis and reduce direct contact between the penis and the legs, to prevent friction and the occurrence of tinea cruris and other skin infections.
The loose fit boxer comprises an auxiliary supportive crotch pouch. One end of the pouch is attached to the center seam of the crotch or its nearby place and the other end of the pouch is attached to a waistband, waist belt, elastic cord or its nearby place. The pouch secures and protects the penis and supports the weight of the testicles so that the penis does not slant or dangle loosely. The present invention also prevents contact between the penis and the crotch, thereby reducing friction and preventing the occurrence of tinea cruris.
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Boxer briefs 100 may be manufactured and provided for sale in a wide variety of sizes and shapes for a wide assortment of applications. Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, and technological advances, etc.
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It should be noted that the steps described in the method of use can be carried out in many different orders according to user preference. The use of “step of” should not be interpreted as “step for”, in the claims herein and is not intended to invoke the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §112(f). Upon reading this specification, it should be appreciated that, under appropriate circumstances, considering such issues as design preference, user preferences, marketing preferences, cost, structural requirements, available materials, technological advances, etc., other methods of use arrangements such as, for example, different orders within above-mentioned list, elimination or addition of certain steps, including or excluding certain maintenance steps, etc., may be sufficient.
The present disclosure may provide for significant improvements and serve as boxer briefs. It is to be understood that not necessarily all such advantages may be achieved in accordance with any one particular embodiment of the invention. Thus, the invention may be embodied or carried out in a manner that achieves or optimizes one advantage or group of advantages as taught herein without necessarily achieving other advantages as may be taught or suggested herein.
The embodiments of the invention described herein are exemplary and numerous modifications, variations and rearrangements can be readily envisioned to achieve substantially equivalent results, all of which are intended to be embraced within the spirit and scope of the invention. For purposes of summarizing the disclosure, certain aspects, advantages, and novel features of the invention have been described herein. Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientist, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application.
