Patent Application
20210227895
Some people experience pain when wearing certain types of clothing due to a change in their body, surgery, giving birth, or some medical condition or event. For example, some women can experience nerve pain in the abdomen area after having a c-section and some women can experience nerve pain around the thighs and genital area by certain medical conditions, like vulvodynia. These nerve pains can be exacerbated by typical undergarments because the nerves are sensitive to the touch.
A medicinal pair of underwear configured to reduce pressure exerted against a women's body is implemented to reduce or remove pain associated with wearing underwear caused by nerve pain. The medicinal underwear includes a front waistband portion that is connected to a lower half front portion of the underwear via stitching, and a rear waistband portion that is connected to a lower half rear portion via stitching. The stitching for the front and rear waistband portions do not engage, that is, there is a gap present between the stitching for the rear waistband and the front waistband to reduce the amount of pressure exerted while the medicinal underwear is worn.
The length of the front waistband is substantially congruent to the length of the front portion, whereas the length of the rear waistband is shorter than the length of the rear portion. In typical implementations, the rear waistband portion may be ten percent shorter than the rear portion, but can range anywhere from five to 25 percent depending on the specific implementation. The edges which encircle the leg openings are seamless to also reduce the amount of pressure exerted while the medicinal underwear worn. The collective features and configurations provide a medicinal pair of underwear that can be worn by women who are experiencing pain around one or more of the genital, thigh, hip, hip crease, or abdomen areas, whether due to some form of nerve or other medical condition.
This Summary is provided to introduce a selection of concepts in a simplified form that are further described below in the Detailed Description. This Summary is not intended to identify key features or essential features of the claimed subject matter, nor is it intended to be used as an aid in determining the scope of the claimed subject matter. Furthermore, the claimed subject matter is not limited to implementations that solve any or all disadvantages noted in any part of this disclosure. These and various other features will be apparent from a reading of the following Detailed Description and a review of the associated drawings.
Like reference numerals indicate like elements in the drawings. Elements are not drawn to scale unless otherwise indicated.
The left side region 150 and right side region 155 are respectively connected to a rear waistband portion 175 of the waistband 110. Characterizations of the underwear, such as the left side region 150 and right side region 155, are from an onlooker's vantage point and not the wearer herself. The rear waistband portion extends to the front of the user since the left and right side regions are adapted to wrap around to a front of the user's thighs to keep the medicinal underwear up on the user's waist while still reducing the amount of pressure exerted against at least the user's thighs.
The waistband 110 includes gaps 160 in between the stitching for the front waistband portion 170 and the rear waistband portions 175. The gap prevents the stitching for the front and rear waistband portions from overlapping, which in turn helps reduce the amount of pressure exerted by the waistband and provides greater stretch of the medicinal underwear, when worn.
The medicinal underwear 105 includes a left leg opening 120 and right leg opening 125 to receive a wearer's legs. As mentioned above, the left and right leg opening monikers are used to describe the medicinal underwear from an onlooker's perspective, but when worn the left leg would extend through the right leg opening and the right leg would extend through the left leg opening.
The edges surrounding the leg openings are seamless and non-elastic to prevent the fabric from exerting any pressure against sensitive areas around the legs and thereby reduce or remove pressure. For example, the left and right side region fabric edges 130, 145 on the respective left and right side regions 150, 155 are seamless and are a discontinuance of the fabric itself without a conventional seam that tightens around the wearer's leg. Likewise, the left and right front portion fabric edges 135, 140 of the front portion 130 are seamless and are an abrupt discontinuance of the fabric without a conventional seam.
In other implementations, an elastic waistband may be utilized which comprises a single piece of elastic fabric that is stitched to the lower half 165 of the medicinal underwear 105. The stitching and length of the waistband may be otherwise the same, but instead of having a folded over fabric as shown in
The representation in
In typical implementations, the rear waistband 175 length is 10 percent shorter than the length of the rear portion 505 of the lower half fabric. Thus, for example, the rear waistband portion may be eight inches long and the rear portion may be 7.2 inches long (i.e., ten percent shorter). In other implementations, the rear waistband length can be anywhere from five percent to 25 percent shorter than the length of the rear portion. The exact lengths may vary based on the size (e.g., small, medium large, etc.). As discussed above with respect to
The shorter length for the rear waistband portion 175 relative to the rear portion 605 enables a little stretch with minimal pressure to maintain the medicinal underwear's position while worn. For example, as shown in
Various implementations for the medicinal underwear are available. In one example, a medicinal pair of underwear is configured to reduce pressure while being worn, in which the medicinal underwear includes: an elastic front waistband portion; an elastic rear waistband portion connected to the front waistband portion; a front portion connected to and positioned laterally beneath the front waistband portion, wherein a length of the front portion is substantially the same as a length of the front waistband portion; and a rear portion connected to and positioned laterally beneath the rear waistband portion, wherein a length of the rear waistband portion is less than a length of the rear portion.
In another example, the medicinal pair of underwear of claim 1, wherein the underwear is comprised of micro-modal fabric. In another example, when the medicinal pair of underwear is worn, the rear portion includes sufficient fabric to enable respective left and right side regions on the rear portion of the underwear to wrap around a wearer's thigh and extend to respective front regions of the wearer's legs. In another example, the edges around the left and right leg openings are seamless to reduce tension exerted against any one or more of the wearer's legs, or hip crease. In another example, the front and rear waistbands are distinct components from the front and rear portions of the underwear, and in which the front and rear waistbands are stitched to the front and rear portions, respectively. As another example, the sewed stitching extends laterally across the waistband. A further example includes a gap in between the stitching that is positioned between the front waistband portion and the rear waistband portion, in which the gap reduces pressure applied against a wearer's legs and hip crease. Another example further comprises a cut-out of material on an inside fabric of the waistband to further reduce tension while worn, in which the inside fabric is that which is pressed against the wearer's body when the medicinal pair of underwear is worn. As another example, the cut-out forms a U- or V-shape. In another example, stitching around the cut-out is on the inside fabric to the front portion.
Another example includes a pair of underwear configured to reduce tension against a user's legs and hip crease while worn, comprising: a front waistband portion; a rear waistband portion connected to the front waistband portion; a front portion connected to and positioned laterally beneath the front waistband portion, wherein a length of the front portion is substantially the same as a length of the front waistband portion, and the front waistband portion is connected to the front portion with stitching; and a rear portion connected to and positioned laterally beneath the rear waistband portion, and wherein the rear waistband portion is connected to the rear portion with stitching, wherein a gap exists between the stitching for the front waistband portion and the rear waistband.
In another example, the front and rear waistband portions are elastic. As another example, a length of the rear waistband portion is less than a length of the rear portion. As another example, a portion of fabric from the rear portion extends around a side of a user to a front side of the underwear. In another example, the rear waistband portion has less length relative to the rear portion, and the extension of the rear portion to the front side of the underwear enables the underwear to secure to the wearer's body while reducing pressure on the legs. In another example, the rear waistband is anywhere from 5-25 percent shorter than the length of the rear portion. In another example, respective leg portions of the front portion and rear portion are seamless to reduce pressure when worn.
Although the subject matter has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological acts, it is to be understood that the subject matter defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or acts described above. Rather, the specific features and acts described above are disclosed as example forms of implementing the claims.
