Man's underpants with transverse urination opening

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6415450
  • Patent Number
    6,415,450
  • Date Filed
    Wednesday, March 14, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, July 9, 2002
    22 years ago
Abstract
An underpants for man are characterized by a transverse urination opening provided thereon for making a man convenient to urinate.
Description




FIELD OF THE INVENTION




The present invention is directly relative to a man's underpants with a transverse urination opening.




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




Typically, an urination opening is necessary to be created on current man's underpants to make a man convenient to urinate. However, the urination opening provided on a modern underpants for man is commonly designed to be a straight opening.

FIG. 1

shows a cotton underpants for man provided with a straight urination opening for facilitating a man's urination. Nevertheless, when a man dressed in an underpants of

FIG. 1

desires to urinate, the outer sheathing cloth


12


must be pulled left by hand and then the inner sheathing cloth


13


also must be pulled right by hand. The operation to the sheathing cloth of the underpants for man is not very convenient and tasteful, and thus the conventional underpants is not quite suitable for a modern man.




Referring to

FIG. 2

, the woven underpants


20


also include a straight urination opening


21


and a button


22


provided thereon. When a man intends to urinate and the underpants are unbuttoned, the outer sheathing cloth


23


also must be pulled left by hand and then the inner sheathing cloth


24


also must be pulled right by hand. As a result, it is somewhat unqualified to become an ideal underpants for man.




Therefore, the applicant contributes heaps of efforts in developing an ideal underpants for man, and presents a novel underpants for man, in which a transverse urination opening is provided thereon that can make man's urination process more convenient and tasteful.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




An object of the present invention is to provide an underpants for man which can make a man convenient to urinate.




Another object of the present invention is to provide an underpants for man with a tasteful contour.




To this end, the underpants for man according to the present invention are characterized by a transverse urination opening provided thereon for making a man convenient to urinate.




Preferably, the urination opening is located at the middlemost region of man's underpants. Alternatively, the urination opening is located above or below the middlemost region of man's underpants.




Additionally, the underpants for man according to the present invention further include a lining located below the transverse urination opening, and an extending list located either in the interior or exterior of the underpants for shielding the transverse urination opening. Moreover, the underpants for man according to the present invention further include a reinforced list twined around the transverse urination opening.




The underpants for man according to the present invention may be twined by cotton or woven fabric. On the other hand, the transverse urination opening can be linear or archwise.




In addition, the underpants for man according to the present invention further include a button for buttoning the transverse urination opening.











Now the foregoing and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood through the following descriptions with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:




BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS





FIG. 1

shows a cotton underpants for man provided with a straight urination opening according to the prior art;





FIG. 2

shows a woven underpants provided with a straight urination opening and a button according to the prior art;





FIG. 3

shows an exemplary underpants provided with a transverse urination opening according to a first preferred embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 4

shows a second preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention;





FIG. 5

shows a third preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention;





FIG. 6

shows a fourth preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention;





FIG. 7

shows a fifth preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention;





FIG. 8

shows a sixth preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention; and





FIG. 9

shows a seventh preferred embodiment of the underpants according to the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT




Referring now to

FIG. 3

, the underpants


30


for man according to the present invention are provided with a transverse urination opening


32


for making a man convenient to urinate. Unlike the prior art underpants for man, the design of the urination opening provided with man's underpants according to the present invention is modified to be transverse. Therefore, when a man is in an urgent need to urinate, the underpants of the present invention will be more convenient and comfortable for a man to dress in.




The transverse urination opening


32


can be located at the middlemost region of the underpants


30


, or else the urination opening


32


can be located above or below the middlemost region of the underpants


30


. As shown in

FIG. 4

, the transverse urination opening


32


is located on the left-biased region of the underpants, which is in favor of a left-hander to urinate when dressed in the underpants of the present invention. The underpants according to the present invention further include a lining


38


located below the transverse urination opening


32


. The underpants of the present invention can be twined by cotton.




In

FIG. 5

, an extending list


34


is further provided with the underpants of the present invention. The extending list


34


is either located in the interior of the underpants or located in the exterior of the underpants as shown in FIG.


6


. The extending list


34


is used to shield the transverse urination opening


32


of the underpants


30


according to the present invention.




Referring to

FIG. 3

again, a thin list


36


is applied to be twined into a reinforced list


37


around the transverse urination opening


32


for extending the longevity of the underpants


30


. In

FIG. 9

, the transverse urination opening


32


is created by cutting away the front cloth of the underpants


30


, and then twine the yarn


42


into an upper hem


43


and a lower hem


33


.




References are now made to

FIG. 4

, FIG.


7


and FIG.


8


. The transverse urination opening


32


can be a linear opening


38


as shown in

FIG. 4

, or can be an archwise opening


39


as shown in FIG.


7


. In

FIG. 8

, the underpants of the present invention can be twined by woven fabric, and includes a button


40


for buttoning the transverse urination opening


32


.




In summary, it can be clearly understood that the present invention contrives a novel man's underpants with a transverse urination opening which is favorable for a man to urinate. In this way, man do not need to spend too much efforts in the urination process as previously described.




While the invention has been described in terms of what are presently considered to be the most practical and preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention need not be limited to the disclosed embodiment. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims which are to be accorded with the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures. Therefore, the above description and illustration should not taken as limiting the scope of the present invention which is defined by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. An underpants for man, characterized in that a transverse urination opening is provided thereon for facilitating a man's urination, wherein said underpants further comprises a lining located below said transverse urination opening.
  • 2. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said transverse urination opening is located at the middlemost region of said underpants.
  • 3. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said transverse urination opening is located above the vertically middlemost region of said underpants.
  • 4. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said transverse urination opening is located below the vertically middlemost region of said underpants.
  • 5. The underpants according to claim 1 further comprising an extending list being an extension attached to said transverse urination opening and located in the interior of said underpants for shielding said transverse urination opening.
  • 6. The underpants according to claim 1 further comprising an extending list being an extension attached to said transverse urination opening and located in the exterior of said underpants for shielding said transverse urination opening.
  • 7. The underpants according to claim 1 further comprising a reinforced list being a lip twined around said transverse urination opening.
  • 8. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said transverse urination opening is linear.
  • 9. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said transverse urination opening is archwise.
  • 10. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said underpants including said transverse urination opening are twined by cotton.
  • 11. The underpants according to claim 1 wherein said underpants including said transverse urination opening are twined by a woven fabric.
  • 12. The underpants according to claim 1 further comprising a button for buttoning said transverse urination opening.
  • 13. An underpants for man, characterized in that a transverse urination opening is provided thereon for facilitating a man's urination, wherein said underpants including said transverse urination opening are twined by cotton.
  • 14. An underpants for man, characterized in that a transverse urination opening is provided thereon for facilitating a man's urination, wherein said underpants including said transverse urination opening are twined by a woven fabric.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
89217410 U Oct 2000 TW
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