IP Library Granted Patent US 7,178,174
Granted Patent B2
US 7,178,174 · App. 11/227,261 · Granted Feb 20, 2007

Men's underwear with an adjustable support sling

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Patent No.
US 7,178,174
App. No.
11/227,261
Granted
Feb 20, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a pair of man's trousers which is adapted for use by preferably sportsmen and by other active persons, comprising a waist portion ( 2 ) connected to back and front portions ( 3, 4 ), which merged into each other or are interconnected at a crotch ( 5 ). The front portion ( 4 ) includes a pocket ( 7 ) sewn to its inner side and having an upper, inward directed, free edge portion ( 8 ), the vertical position of which can be adjusted relatively the waist portion ( 2 ), preferably by means of an adjustment member ( 9 ) extending from the waist portion ( 2 ), preferably with the aid of adjustment means ( 9 ) extending from the waist portion ( 2 ), for the purpose of adaptation to the location of the genital organs of the user and/or to the type of sport which the wearer is practicing.

Claims (17)

1. Men's garment, comprising:

a waist portion connected to a back portion and a front portion, said back and front portions being merged at a crotch, wherein the front portion has an internal side;

a pocket affixed to said internal side of said front portion and configured to house both the penis and scrotum of a male wearer of said garment, said pocket comprising a free edge portion; and

an adjustment member configured to adjust the vertical position of the free edge portion to the location behind and against the scrotum root of the male wearer and to thereby prevent all of the scrotum and the penis from contacting the skin of other body parts and wherein the front portion provides part of the structure of the pocket.

2. The garments of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment member comprises an elastic band.

3. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the pocket is open at a bottom thereof.

4. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the adjustment member comprises a band which at its free ends can be fixed in position to the waist portion.

5. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the sides of the pocket are sewn on the inner side of the front portion along the greater part of the front portion, extending vertically.

6. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the pocket is manufactured in a material which can be penetrated by air and/or moisture.

7. The garment of claim 6 , wherein the pocket is manufactured in a material also being elastic.

8. Men's garment, comprising:

a waist portion connected to a back portion and a front portion, said back and front portions being merged at a crotch, wherein the front portion has an internal side; and

a pocket affixed to said internal side of said front portion and configured to house both the penis and scrotum of a male wearer of said garment and maintain said penis and scrotum spaced from the body of said wearer, said pocket comprising a free edge portion, said free edge portion being adjustable relative to the body of the wearer by an adjustment member within said free edge portion, said adjustment member being configured to adjust the vertical position of the free edge portion to the location behind and against the scrotum root of the male wearer and to thereby prevent all of the scrotum and the penis from contacting the skin of other body parts,

wherein said pocket has an interior surface having a first friction and an exterior surface having a second friction, said first friction being greater than said second friction and wherein the front portion provides part of the structure of the pocket.

9. Men's garment, comprising:

a waist portion connected to a back portion and a front portion, said back and front portions being merged at a crotch, wherein the front portion has an internal side; and

a bag configured to house both the penis and scrotum of a male wearer of said garment and maintain said penis and scrotum spaced from the body of said wearer, said bag comprising a wall portion adjacent said front portion and a free edge portion, said free edge portion being adjustable relative to the body of the wearer by an adjustment member within said free edge portion, said adjustment member being configured to adjust the vertical position of the free edge portion to the location behind and against the scrotum root of the male wearer and to thereby prevent all of the scrotum and the penis from contacting the skin of other body parts and wherein the front portion provides part of the structure of the pocket.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2015
From: SÖDERSTRÖM, PETER
To: REVOLUTIONWEAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 034807/0028 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2014
From: REVOLUTIONWEAR, INC.
To: INGVARSSON, MATHIAS
Reel/Frame 034126/0774 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2011
From: SODERSTROM, PETER
To: REVOLUTION WEAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 026315/0011 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2011
From: INGVARSSON, MATHIAS
To: REVOLUTION WEAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 026315/0684 →
ASSIGNMENT OF PARTIAL INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2011
From: SODERSTROM, PETER
To: INGVARSSON, MATHIAS
Reel/Frame 026319/0074 →
Priority Claims (1)
SE 0004548 · Dec 8, 2000 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 1043345700 · Jun 3, 2003
Related Publication 20060096006A1 · May 11, 2006