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US4597110:
Undergarment
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Smith, Sr., James R.; Memphis, TN
Smith, Martha J.; Memphis, TN
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| Assignee: |
Johnson; Joe W., Fulton, KY
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| Published / Filed: |
1986-07-01
/ 1984-11-19
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| Application Number: |
US1984000672997
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
A41B 9/04;
IPC-7:
A41B 9/04;
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| ECLA Code: |
A41B9/00C4; A41B9/04; K41B300/320;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
002/408;
002/406;
Original:
002/408;
002/406;
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| Field of Search: |
002/408,DIG. 6,238
128/526,400-407
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| Priority Number: |
| 1984-11-19 |
US1984000672997 |
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| Abstract: |
A panty-type undergarment comprising a waistband connected to a body segment having front and back panels which terminate at leg openings, with a crotch segment located between the leg openings and a crotch opening situated between the leg openings and separating the crotch segment and the front panel along an edge of each extending generally parallel to the waistband, wherein the front panel adjacent to the crotch opening has first fastener means and the crotch segment adjacent to the crotch opening has second fastener means releasably engageable with the first fastener means so that the wearer can selectively open and close the crotch opening of the undergarment by selectively peeling apart and pressing together the first and second fastener means.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
O'Donnell, III, Harry B. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Troutman, Doris L.;
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None
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First Claim:
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What is claimed is:
1. An undergarment comprising:
- (a) a waistband connected to a body segment having front and back panels permanently connected to one another which terminate at leg openings;
- (b) a crotch segment located between said leg openings;
- (c) a crotch opening situated between said leg openings and separating said crotch segment and front panel along an edge of each extending generally parallel to said waistband and being located some distance above the narrowest portion of said crotch segment that extends between said leg openings;
- (d) first fastener means provided on said front panel adjacent to said crotch opening;
- (e) second fastener means provided on said crotch segment adjacent to said crotch opening and being releasably engageable with said first fastener means so that said crotch opening can be selectively opened and closed by selectively peeling apart and pressing together said first and second fastener means, and
- (f) said edge of said crotch segment extending across a portion of said crotch segment that is wider than and located some distance above the narrowest portion of said crotch segment that extends between said leg portions.
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