MALE GARMENT

VETEMENT POUR HOMME

English Abstract

A male garment and a method of fabrication thereof, the male garment comprising a front portion and a back portion extending into leg openings at a bottom edge thereof, wherein the front portion comprises, on an inner side thereof, a left flap and a right flap crossing at a bottom thereof, at the center of the front portion.

French Abstract

Il est décrit un vêtement pour homme et sa méthode de fabrication, le vêtement pour homme comprenant une partie avant et une partie arrière sétendant le long des ouvertures pour les jambes au niveau du bord inférieur, dans lequel la partie avant comprend, sur un côté intérieur, un rabat gauche et un rabat droit se croisant au bas de la partie avant, au centre de la partie avant.

Claims

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Claims
1. A male garment, comprising a waist band and a body, said body comprising
a front
portion and a back portion extending into leg openings at a bottom edge
thereof, wherein said front portion
comprises, on an inner side thereof, a left flap and a right flap;
wherein each one of the left and the right flaps is of a triangular shape,
with a first side
parallel to a top edge of the front portion and parallel to the waist band, a
second side perpendicular to the top
edge of the front porlion and perpendicular to the waist band and an oblique
side connecting a top end of said
second side and a free end of said first side, each one of the left and the
right flaps being connected to the front
portion, on the inner side of the front portion inside of the garment, with
said second side of each one of the left
and the right flaps connected to a vertical seam of the front portion and said
first side of each one of the left and
the right flaps connected along a bottom seam of the front portion; and
wherein a height of the second side of each one of the left and the right
flaps is two thirds of a
height of the vertical seam of the front portion from the bottom seam of the
front portion to the waist band, so
that the left and the right flaps cross at a bottom thereof, at a center of
the front portion, on a third of a height
thereof from said bottom seam of the front portion, and form a pouch in the
center of the front portion on the
inside of the front portion of the garment, with a wide top opening configured
for alignment with genitals of a
wearer as the wearer inserts his legs through the leg openings, said pouch
having a crossed-patterned bottom
opposite the wide top opening configured to support the genitals of the wearer
when the user wears the
garment.
2. The male garment of claim 1, wherein said left and right flaps are
formed in a single
piece of material.
3. The male garment of any one of claims 1 and 2, wherein flatlock stiches
provide a
crossed pattern at the bottom of the pouch.
4. The male garment of any one of claims 1 to 3, made in at least one of:
bamboo,
rayon, viscose, viscose elastane, acrylic, polyester, micromodal fibers, mesh,
microfibers, organza, silk, satin,
elastane fiber, cotton, polycotton, combed cotton, ringspun cotton, supima-
cotton, organic cotton, and cotton
elastane.
5. The male garment of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said left and
right flaps are
made in mesh.
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6. The male garment of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said male garment
is a base
layer.
7. A male garment, comprising a waist band and a body, said body
comprising_a front
portion and a back portion extending into leg openings at a bottom edge
thereof, wherein said front portion
comprises a pouch in a center thereof, said pouch having a top opening
configured to align with genitals of a
user as the user inserts his legs through the leg openings, and a crossed-
patterned bottom, opposite said top
opening, configured to support the genitals of the user when the user wears
the garment;
wherein said pouch is formed of a left flap and a right flap crossing at a
bottom thereof, at the
center of the front portion;
wherein each one of the left and the right flaps is of a triangular shape,
with a first side
parallel to a top edge of the front portion and parallel to the waist band, a
second side perpendicular to the top
edge of the front portion and perpendicular to the waist band, and an oblique
side connecting a top end of said
second side and a free end of said first side, each one of the left and the
right flaps being connected to the front
portion, on an inner side of the front portion inside of the garment, with
said second side of each one of the left
and the right flaps connected to a vertical seam of the front portion and said
first side of each one of the left and
the right flaps connected along a bottom seam to a bottom seam of the front
portion; and
wherein a height of the second side of each one of the left and the right
flaps is two thirds of a
height of the vertical seam of the front portion from the bottom seam of the
front portion to the waist band, so
that the left and the right flaps cross at a bottom thereof, on a third of a
height thereof from said bottom seam of
the front portion, and form the pouch in the center of the front portion on
the inside of the front portion of the
garment.
8. A method for manufacturing a male garment, comprising:
providing a garment body extending from a waist band, the body comprising a
front portion
and a back portion extending into leg openings;
connecting a left flap of a triangular shape, with a first side parallel to a
top edge of the front
portion and parallel to the waist band, a second side perpendicular to the top
edge of the front portion and
perpendicular to the waist band, and an oblique side connecting said first and
second sides to the front portion,
on an inner side of the front portion; and
connecting a right flap of a triangular shape, with a first side parallel to
the top edge of the
front portion and parallel to the waist band, a second side perpendicular to
the top edge of the front portion and
perpendicular to the waist band, and an oblique side connecting said first and
second sides to the front portion,
on the inner side of the front portion,
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with the second side of each one of the left and the right flaps connected to
a vertical seam of
the front portion and the first side of each one of the left and the right
flaps connected along a bottom seam of
the front portion, and a height of the second side of each one of the left and
the right flaps being two thirds of a
height of the vertical seam of the front portion from the bottom seam of the
front portion to the waist band, so
that the left and the right flaps cross at a bottom thereof, on a third of a
height thereof from said bottom seam of
the front portion to the waist band, and form a pouch in a center of the front
portion inside of the front portion of
the garment, with a wide top opening, said pouch having a crossed-pattemed
bottom at a bottom edge of the
front portion between the leg openings opposite the wide top opening.
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Description

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TITLE OF THE INVENTION
Male garment
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to male garments. More specifically, the
present invention is
concerned with a male underwear garment.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] A number of male underwear garments allowing supporting men's genitals
have been developed
over the years, with the aim of providing increased space and improved comfort
and ease of movement.
[0003] There is still a need in the art for a male underwear garment.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0004] More specifically, in accordance with the present invention, there is
provided a male garment
comprising a front portion and a back portion extending into leg openings at a
bottom edge thereof, wherein
the front portion comprises, on an inner side thereof, a left flap and a right
flap crossing at a bottom thereof,
at the center of the front portion.
[0005] There is further provided a male garment, comprising a front portion
and a back portion extending
into leg openings at a bottom edge thereof, wherein the front portion
comprises a pouch in the center thereof,
the pouch having a top opening aligned with the genitals of a user as the user
inserts his legs through the leg
openings, and a crossed-patterned bottom, opposite the top opening, supporting
the genitals of the user when
the user wears the garment.
[0006] There is further provided a method for manufacturing a male garment,
comprising providing a
garment body comprising a front portion and a back portion extending into leg
openings; connecting a left flap
to the material of the front portion, on an inner side of the front portion;
and connecting a right flap to the
material of the front portion, on the inner side of the front portion, so that
the left and right flaps cross at a
bottom thereof at a bottom edge of the front portion; thereby forming a pouch
having a top opening aligned
with the genitals of a user as the user inserts his legs through the leg
openings, and a crossed-patterned
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bottom, opposite the top opening, supporting the genitals of the user when the
user wears the garment.
[0007] Other objects, advantages and features of the present invention will
become more apparent upon
reading of the following non-restrictive description of specific embodiments
thereof, given by way of example
only with reference to the accompanying drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] In the appended drawings:
[0009] FIG. 1 is a back elevational view of a male garment according to an
embodiment of the present
invention;
[0010] FIG. 2 shows the inside of the front portion of the male garment of
FIG. 1;
[0011] FIG. 3A shows the inside of a front portion of a garment according to
another embodiment of the
present invention; and
[0012] FIG. 3B shows the inside of a front portion of a garment according to
still another embodiment of the
present invention.
DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS
[0013] The present invention is illustrated in further details by the
following non-limiting examples.
[0014] A garment 10 according to an embodiment of the invention is illustrated
for example in FIGs. 1 to 3.
[0015] The garment 10 as illustrated comprises a waist band 12 and a body 14.
The body 14 comprises a
front portion 18 and a back portion 20 and extends into leg openings 16a and
16b.
[0016] As illustrated in FIGs. 1 and 2, the front portion 18 comprises a left
flap 26a and a right flap 26b.
Each flap is of a generally triangular shape, with a generally vertical side
30a, 30b i.e. generally perpendicular
to the top edge of the front portion 18, i.e. generally perpendicular to the
waist band 12, a generally horizontal
side 34a (only one generally horizontal side 34a is seen in in FIG. 1), i.e.
to the top edge of the front portion
18, i.e. generally parallel to the waist band 12, and an oblique side 32a, 32b
connecting a top end of the
vertical side 30a, 30b and a free end of the horizontal side 34a.
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[0017] Each flap is connected to the material 24 of the front portion 18, on
the inner side of the front portion
18, i.e. inside of the garment 10, with the vertical side 30a, 30b (see A-B in
FIG. 2 showing flap 26a) connected,
by sewing for example, to a seam 28a, 28b and the horizontal side 34a, 34b
along a bottom seam 40 of the
front portion 18 (see B-C in FIG. 2).
[0018] The height of each flap, i.e. the height of the generally vertical
sides 30a, 30b is about two thirds of
the height of the seam 28a, 28b from the bottom seam 40 of the front portion
18 to the waist band 12 as
shown in FIG. 2.
[0019] Thus the two flaps 26a and 26b cross at their bottom, on about a third
(h) of their height (H) from the
bottom seam 40 of the front portion 18 as shown in FIG. 2. They thus form a
pouch (P) in the center of the
front portion on the inside of the front portion 18 of the garment 10, with a
wide top opening aligned with the
genitals of the wearer as the wearer inserts his legs through the leg openings
16a and 16b.
[0020] In the embodiments illustrated in FIGs. 3, the two flaps of the pouch
(P) on the inside of the front
portion 18 of the garment are formed in a single piece of material. In the
detail shown in FIG. 3B, flatlock
stiches 42 for example may provide a crossed pattern at the bottom of the
pouch (P).
[0021] Such a pouch comprising a crossed-patterned bottom opposite its top
opening provides a sleek
support and smooth shaping for the genitals of the wearer.
[0022] The present garment provides increased comfort as the genitals are
maintained within the pouch
without contact with the inside of the thighs, while allowing movement if
required when practicing a sport for
example.
[0023] The present garment or part thereof may be made in a range of
materials, including for example
bamboo, rayon and combination thereof, viscose, viscose elastane, acrylic,
polyester, micromodal fibers,
mesh, microfibers, TactelTm, organza, silk, satin, CoolMaxTm, elastane fiber
such as SpandexTm, cotton,
polycotton, combed cotton, ringspun cotton, Supima cotton, organic cotton,
cotton elastane etc... and
combination thereof. For example, the pouch, i. e. the two flaps 26a and 26b,
may be made in mesh, while
the remaining of the garment may be in cotton.
[0024] The present combination of flaps may be used on a range of men's
garments, such as briefs,
underwear, shorts, leggings, swimming suits, long underwear, base layers,
cycling shorts, and thermal base
layers for example.
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[0025] The scope of the claims should not be limited by the embodiments set
forth in the examples, but
should be given the broadest interpretation consistent with the description as
a whole.
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Representative Drawing