Pants with novelty crotch opening. The pants include leg encircling portions and a crotch area with two overlapping panels that bias toward a closed position. Each panel includes a free edge that is pulled laterally to place the crotch area in an open position. When the crotch area is not being held open or has no interposing object holding it open, the crotch area immediately returns to a closed position. The crotch panel does not include fasteners such as buttons or snaps and to an outside observer does not appear to have an opening.

A boxer brief includes a body portion, a waist band, a left leg portion, a right leg portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion, a means for providing support to the front pouch via the front pouch being connected to a bottom horizontal seam entirely above the first leg opening and the second leg opening, and a means for separating at least a portion of an external male genitalia of the wearer from at least a portion of an inner thigh of the wearer.

A two piece, composite men's underwear garment. In a preferred embodiment, boxer briefs, briefs are comprised of a first, outer layer and a second, inner layer. The first, outer layer covers the back area and thighs, and is as long as required or desired, while the crotch area is open, and is attachable to the inner-layer through the waistband, typically using a belt passing through the waist band, which may have one or more openings to assist in attachment. The second, inner layer is similar to a jockstrap covering a crotch area and attached to the outer-layer's waistband using a belt. In an alternative embodiment the boxers can be replaced with a brief, or other style first, outer layer. Additionally, the waist band of the first, outer layer can be comprised of one or more buttons enabling the adjusting the first, outer layer between three different sizes.

This disclosure describes lower torso coverings that are assembled to create a crotch-area access point that can be opened by the wearer, without the wearer needing to remove an article of clothing. The lower torso coverings incorporate a crotch-area opening that is created by parting counterpart portions of the lower torso covering. The crotch-area opening is typically covered while the wearer adopts a standing, walking, or running stance. In some embodiments, the wearer is required to stretch apart, counterpart portions of the lower torso covering to create the crotch-area opening. Accordingly, digital manipulation of a crotch-area fastening mechanism, such as buttons, zippers, or another suitable fastening mechanism is no longer required.

An apparatus, system and method for providing tension in garments for improving privacy control by the wearer. The apparatus incorporates materials having elastomeric properties which may be placed in proximity to a wearer's crotch during operation. The tension is directed to preventing, concealing and/or obfuscating the curvature or shape of private features of the wearer, such as a woman's labia, from visibility through the garment. The apparatus may include one or more components providing tension for privacy control. The apparatus may include angled seams to obfuscate a woman's private features.

A liquid-absorbent disposable male brief, including a brief defining an elastic waistband, a pair of elastic leg bands, and an enclosure extending there between, a fly formed through the enclosure and positioned between the leg bands and defining a first flap and a second flap, a liquid absorbent pad positioned within the enclosure and secured thereto, and at least a first and a second liquid absorbent fly flap liner, each respective fly flap liner operationally connected to a respective flap.

There is provided a garment comprising a frontward access aperture portion defining a substantially centrally located access aperture; and an interiorly located barrier panel fastened between lateral edges of the frontward access aperture portion. In use the interiorly located barrier panel is substantially taught such that the interiorly located barrier panel bears against the genitals to substantially prevent the genitals from inadvertently protruding from the access aperture; and the interiorly located barrier panel pulls inner edges of the access aperture towards each other so as to substantially close the access aperture. Furthermore, the interiorly located barrier panel defines an upper downward deflectable edge such that the wearer may insert a finger through the access aperture to deflect the deflectable edge downwards to allow access to the genitals so as to be able to pull at least a portion of the genitals through the access aperture.

Some shapewear and other similar undergarments are equipped with an open gusset, which provides an opening at the crotch region to allow the wearer to use the restroom without removing any garments. A typical double gusset construction requires two hands to pull apart both layers in order to use the restroom, which can make using the restroom more difficult for the wearer. The stretchable gusset disclosed herein addresses the limitations of existing gusset constructions. The gusset panel is fixedly or seamlessly attached to the front body panel and fixedly or seamlessly attached to the back body panel. An access space is formed by leaving at least a portion of a lateral gusset panel edge unattached to any other portion of the garment. The access space can be widened with one hand due to the highly stretchable characteristics of the gusset panel.

An undergarment to be worn by an expectant mother, throughout the second stage of labor and delivery. A cooperative interaction among a unique arc segment, waist encompassing band, abdominal segment having a perimeter section defining the abdominal opening of the garment for the wearer's pregnant belly, leg openings and posterior segment, allows for coverage by the undergarment of the perineal area of the expectant mother, between her vagina and her rectum, throughout the second stage of labor and delivery irrespective of the body positions and movements she undertakes at this stage.

An article of clothing having a zipper attached or extending to the waistband on a front portion of to a rear portion of, wherein the zipper traverses a crotch of the pants and provides an opening in the pants. Internal to the clothing is a first panel, sewn on one side, and not connected on another, that covers the zipper when it is fully zipped, and provides freedom of movement. External to the clothing, when the zipper is zipped the zipper is hidden from view via an invisible zipper configuration. An oversized zipper pull is attached therewith.