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US 8,615,816 · App. 12/223,973 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Shorts for male

Inventor: Yoshiharu Harimoto (Suita, JP)
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Patent No.
US 8,615,816
App. No.
12/223,973
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shorts S for a male, the shorts having a front opening portion 100 where a pair of cloth members 4, 4′ are overlapped, the front opening portion being capable of forming an opening 101 allowing insertion of a penis P for urination. Of respective edge portions 1 X, 1 Y of the two cloth members 4, 4′ forming the opening 101, an upper end of one of the edge portions is joined in an overlapped manner to the other cloth member; and lower ends 1 B, 1 D of the two edge portions 1 X, 1 Y are jointed to each other at a width-wise center 16 of the front opening portion 100.

Claims (27)

1. A shorts for a male, the shorts having a front opening portion where two cloth members, each having an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, are overlapped, the front opening portion being capable of forming an opening allowing insertion of a penis for urination; wherein

of respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members forming said opening, an upper end of each inner edge portion is joined in an overlapped manner to the other cloth member;

lower ends of the respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members connect with each other at a vertically-extending joint at a width-wise center of said front opening portion;

an engaging means is provided that comprises a mutual convex overlapping between the two cloth members when the shorts are worn; and

said each inner edge portion overlapping the other cloth member and forming said opening is formed convex relative to the vertically-extending joint when the shorts are viewed from the front.

2. The male shorts according to claim 1 , wherein

said engaging means comprises a convex portion formed by darts treatment provided in each one of the two cloth members.

3. The male shorts according to claim 2 , wherein

said front opening portion has a vertically elongate, approximately triangular shape;

a top portion of the vertically-extending joint is provided at a vertically intermediate position of the front opening portion; and

a lower end of the front opening portion is located on the back side of the base of the penis.

4. The male shorts according to claim 2 , wherein

the vertically-extending joint is a sewing line connecting the two cloth members with each other.

5. The male shorts according to claim 4 , wherein

the lower ends of the respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members connect with each other at a top portion of the vertically-extending joint such that when the opening is formed, the respective cloth members pivotably deform about the top portion such that the opening is formed immediately upwardly of the top portion of the vertically-extending joint.

6. The male shorts according to claim 2 , wherein

the lower ends of the respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members connect with each other at a top portion of the vertically-extending joint such that when the opening is formed, the respective cloth members pivotably deform about the top portion such that the opening is formed immediately upwardly of the top portion of the vertically-extending joint.

7. The male shorts according to claim 1 , wherein

said front opening portion has a vertically elongate, approximately triangular shape;

a top portion of the vertically-extending joint is provided at a vertically intermediate position of the front opening portion; and

a lower end of the front opening portion is located on the back side of the base of the penis.

8. The male shorts according to claim 1 , wherein

the vertically-extending joint is a sewing line connecting the two cloth members with each other.

9. The male shorts according to claim 8 , wherein

the lower ends of the respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members connect with each other at a top portion of the vertically-extending joint such that when the opening is formed, the respective cloth members pivotably deform about the top portion such that the opening is formed immediately upwardly of the top portion of the vertically-extending joint.

10. The male shorts according to claim 1 , wherein

the lower ends of the respective inner edge portions of the two cloth members connect with each other at a top portion of the vertically-extending joint such that when the opening is formed, the respective cloth members pivotably deform about the top portion such that the opening is formed immediately upwardly of the top portion of the vertically-extending joint.

Continuity (1)
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