EP4486159A1 - Unterwäsche mit adaptiven beinöffnungen und grösseneinstellenden stoffregionen - Google Patents

Unterwäsche mit adaptiven beinöffnungen und grösseneinstellenden stoffregionen

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EP4486159A1
EP4486159A1 EP23763087.6A EP23763087A EP4486159A1 EP 4486159 A1 EP4486159 A1 EP 4486159A1 EP 23763087 A EP23763087 A EP 23763087A EP 4486159 A1 EP4486159 A1 EP 4486159A1
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fabric
size
adjustable
type
region
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EP4486159A4 (de
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Ayelet Yaacov
Dalit TEICHER MORAG
Diana DEL GADILLO
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Delta Galil Industries Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/02—Drawers or underpants for men, with or without inserted crotch or seat parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B9/00—Undergarments
    • A41B9/004—Undergarments characterized by the crotch
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B2300/00—Details of shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A41B2300/20—Inserts
    • A41B2300/22—Elastic inserts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B2400/00—Functions or special features of shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A41B2400/20—Air permeability; Ventilation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41B—SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS
    • A41B2500/00—Materials for shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass
    • A41B2500/10—Knitted

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  • the present invention is related to the field of clothing.
  • Clothes are worn for various purposes, for example, to keep the human body warm in a cold weather, to protect the human body from rough surfaces or insects or plants, to provide a hygienic barrier between the human body and the environment, to protect the human body from ultraviolet radiation, to cover genitals, for social reasons or as fashion, or the like.
  • Some embodiments provide underwear or underpants, or other clothing article or garment, having adaptive or adjustable or modular leg openings; as well as a method and a system for producing or manufacturing such underwear or underpants or clothing article or garment.
  • a singular fabric-region of the undergarment is structured as a saddle, located beneath a crotch or gusset area, and extends downwardly along a portion of the upper inner right hip and the upper inner left hip.
  • That fabric-region is formed of a fabric or yarns having a particular elasticity characteristic, that is different from the elasticity characteristics of other fabric -regions of that undergarment; and that provides an increased elasticity, and particularly an increased horizontal elasticity, to that saddle-structured fabric region.
  • FIGs. 1 A to ID are illustrations of an undergarment having adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or stretching or stretchable, or expanding or expandable) leg openings or adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or size-adjusting, or expanding or expandable, or stretching or stretchable) inner-upper-thigh fabric regions, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
  • the present invention includes underwear or underpants, or a garment or a clothing article, having adaptive or adjustable or modular leg openings, or self-adjusting leg openings; as well as a method and a system for producing or manufacturing such underwear or underpants or clothing articles or garments.
  • the garment is underwear for men, and may include a frontside genitalia pocket genitalia pouch or genitalia-covering fabric region.
  • the garment is an underwear for women (e.g., without the genitalia pocket or genitalia pouch, which is described herein and may be optional).
  • the garment is briefs, or boxers, or boxer briefs or panties, or unisex underwear, or a lingerie item, or a shorts or short pants, or swimwear, or short sportswear, or short sleepwear.
  • the clothing article covers less than 50 percent of the entire length of each leg of the human wearer; such as, each leg cover or each fabric “sleeve” or fabric cylinder of the garment covers less than 50 percent of a length of the leg (e.g., measured from the waist to the ankle), or covers less than 40 percent of a length of the leg, covers less than 33 percent of a length of the leg; and/or, each such leg sleeve or leg cylinder (formed of fabric) covers at least a portion of the buttocks and a portion of the upper hip and/or upper thigh of the wearer, but does not extend downwardly below the knee, and/or does not cover the knee, and/or it leaves uncovered the knee area and the below-the-knee area of the human wearer.
  • the garment is briefs underwear for men, having a torso-encircling fabric-member or fabric -region or fabric-area, which encircles and covers the torso of the human wearer.
  • the torso-encircling fabric member includes: (I) a front-side fabric region (or fabric member, or fabric pocket, or fabric pouch, or genitalia pouch, or genitalia pocket) which covers the front side (e.g., genitalia) of the wearer; and (II) a rear-side fabric region which covers the rear side (e.g., the buttocks, or an entirety of the buttocks, or a least most of the buttocks) of the wearer; and (III) a crotch-covering fabric region which covers the bottom side (e.g., crotch, anus) of the wearer.
  • Each one of two upper-thigh fabric regions is generally shaped as a short cylinder or short pipe or short tube; each one of them is configured to encircle or to partially cover an upper region of a thigh (or hip) of the wearer; each one of them having a leg-opening through which a leg of the wearer is inserted and passes.
  • a front-side pouch or pocket or other suitable genitalia-receiving member is located at the front region of the torso encircling member; and it receives, or holds in place, or encapsulates or maintains therein (partially or entirely) the genitalia of the wearer (e.g., the penis or part of the penis, and/or the testicles or part of the testicles).
  • the genitalia of the wearer e.g., the penis or part of the penis, and/or the testicles or part of the testicles.
  • each upper-thigh fabric region of the underwear comprises an adjustable or a self-adjusting or a size-adjusting fabric-element or fabric -portion or fabric -region.
  • Each such size-adjusting fabric-element may cover, at least partially, an inner side of the upper thigh of the wearer.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be, for example, triangle shaped; such that one of the three edges of the triangle fabric-structure is part of the bottom edge or bottom contour of the underwear; and such that this particular edge of the triangle fabric-structure is the smallest edge of that triangular fabric-structure.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be, for example, trapezoid shaped; such that one of the two bases of the trapezoid fabric-structure is part of the bottom edge or the bottom contour of the underwear; and such that this base of the trapezoid fabric-structure is the longest base of that trapezoid fabric-structure; and in some embodiments, that lower base (which is also the longest base) of the trapezoid is shorter than each one of the non-base edges (the two sides) of that trapezoid-shaped fabric-structure.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be, for example, rectangular shaped; such that one of four edges of the rectangle is part of the bottom edge or bottom contour of the underwear; and such that this edge of that rectangular fabric-structure is the smaller edge of the rectangular fabric-structure.
  • Some embodiments may utilize other suitable shapes or contours or polygons for the size-adjusting fabric-element; wherein, one of the edges of such polygon or shape of the size-adjusting fabric-element is also a part of the bottom edge or the bottom contour of the underwear itself.
  • Such bottom edge or bottom side of the size-adjusting fabric-element may be cut-free or seam-free or seam-less, and may exclude therein or thereon any seam(s) or stitch(es); and the size-adjusting fabric -element may end or may terminate, at its lower edge, without any seam-based termination or finishing, or may end with an ultrasonic-cut termination or ultrasonic cut-and-bond termination, or with a seamless ultrasonic cut termination, or with seamless bonding or seamless gluing, or with seamless bonding-material or gluing-material based termination, or with seamless printing-based termination, or with seamless coating-based termination, or other seamless or seam-free fabric edge termination mechanism.
  • the unique properties and/or size and/or dimensions and/or fabric and/or location and/or shape of the size-adjusting fabric-element, and/or the seamless or seam-free termination of its lower edge or lower contour may enhance the feeling of convenience and comfortability for the wearer, and/or may reduce friction on the body or with the inner thigh of the wearer, and/or may enable or assist the modular flexibility of the size-adjusting fabric-element, and/or may facilitate or enable expansion and/or shrinking and/or size-adjustment of the size-adjusting fabric-element in response to different sizes (or diameters, or contour shapes) of thighs or upper-thigh regions of various users, or of the same user (e.g., to adjust to the user’s thigh or upper size if the user has added weight or has lost weight, and/or to adjust to the user’s body as the user is performing a particular physical activity such as running or jumping or sitting or stretching).
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element which is located at (or internally relative to) the inner-upper-thigh of the wearer, is formed or is knitted from a first type of material and/or yarn; whereas, other regions of the underwear, and particularly the regions that are immediately adjacent to (or bordering with, or neighboring with) the sizeadjusting fabric-element, and/or particularly other portions or regions of the leg opening or of the thigh-covering region or of the upper-thigh covering region, are formed or knitted from a second, different, type of material and/or yarn.
  • the first material, or the first yarn, or a first knitting pattern or knitting scheme or knitting technique that is utilized to form the size-adjusting fabricelement enable the size-adjusting fabric-element to be stretchable by at least 25% when measured horizontally (e.g., perpendicular to the longest dimension of the leg of the human wearer; or generally parallel to the ground when the human wearer is standing); whereas, adjacent fabric -regions that are adjacent to or neighboring with the size-adjusting fabricelement, are stretchable by less than 25% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 20% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 15% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 10% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 5% when measured horizontally, or are not stretchable at all horizontally.
  • adjacent fabric -regions that are adjacent to or neighboring with the size-adjusting fabricelement are stretchable by less than 25% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 20% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 15% when measured horizontally, or are
  • the first material, or the first yarn, or a first knitting pattern or knitting scheme or knitting technique that is utilized to form the size-adjusting fabricelement enable the size-adjusting fabric-element to be stretchable by at least 33% when measured horizontally (e.g., perpendicular to the longest dimension of the leg of the human wearer; or generally parallel to the ground when the human wearer is standing); whereas, adjacent fabric -regions that are adjacent to or neighboring with the size-adjusting fabricelement, are stretchable by less than 25% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 20% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 15% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 10% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 5% when measured horizontally, or are not stretchable at all horizontally.
  • adjacent fabric -regions that are adjacent to or neighboring with the size-adjusting fabricelement are stretchable by less than 25% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 20% when measured horizontally, or are stretchable by less than 15% when measured horizontally, or
  • the first material, or the first yarn, or a first knitting pattern or knitting scheme or knitting technique that is utilized to form the size-adjusting fabricelement causes the size-adjusting fabric-element to be more flexible and/or more elastic and/or adjustable and/or more adjustable, relative to those other region(s) of the underwear, and relative to the regions that are immediately adjacent to (or bordering with, or neighboring with) the size-adjusting fabric -element, and/or relative to the other portions or regions of the leg opening or of the thigh-covering region or of the upper- thigh covering region; and enable the size-adjusting fabric-element to autonomously shrink and/or to autonomously expand, particularly at a horizontal direction (e.g., parallel to the ground or the floor) in response to the particular size or dimension or weight of the wearer, and/or in response to the particular activity performed by the wearer (e.g., sports activity, running, walking; or in contrast, resting or sitting).
  • a horizontal direction e.g., parallel to the ground or the floor
  • the size-adjusting fabric -element does not cover (and does not reach, and does not touch), the outer side(s) of the thigh of the wearer; such that the sizeadjusting fabric-element covers, partially or entirely, only a portion of the inner side of the upper-thigh of the wearer (e.g., a portion of the inner area of the upper-thigh, which is facing inwardly towards the genitalia of the wearer); and such that the size-adjusting fabric -element excludes and does not cover and does not touch, for example: (i) the outer side of the upperthigh of the wearer, (ii) the front side of the upper-thigh of the wearer, (iii) the rear side of the upper-thigh of the wearer.
  • the area of the size-adjusting fabric-element is in a range of 5 to 33 percent of the entirety of the surface area of the cylinder-shaped or tube-shaped fabricregion that includes that size-adjusting fabric-element. In some embodiments, the area of the size-adjusting fabric-element is in a range of 10 to 33 percent of the entirety of the surface area of the cylinder- shaped or tube-shaped fabric -region that includes that size-adjusting fabricelement. In some embodiments, the area of the size-adjusting fabric-element is in a range of 5 to 25 percent of the entirety of the surface area of the cylinder-shaped or tube-shaped fabricregion that includes that size-adjusting fabric-element.
  • the area of the size-adjusting fabric-element is in a range of 10 to 25 percent of the entirety of the surface area of the cylinder- shaped or tube-shaped fabric -region that includes that size-adjusting fabricelement.
  • the particular ranges of values mentioned above may provide the particular benefits or advantages of both (i) maintaining a generally comfortable garment that covers the body not too tightly and not too loosely, and (ii) still enabling modest yet effective and useful expansion and shrinkage of the size-adjusting fabric-element in order to modularly and autonomously adjust the size of the garment to changes in body weight or body structure of the wearer.
  • the combined area of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is less than 20 percent of the entire area of the underwear. In some embodiments, the combined area of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is less than 15 percent of the entire area of the underwear; or, is less than 10 percent of the entire area of the underwear; or, is less than 8 percent of the entire area of the underwear; or, is less than 5 percent of the entire area of the underwear.
  • the combined area of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is approximately 20% or is more-or-less 20% (or, is approximately 15%; or, is approximately 10%; or, is approximately 25%), of the entire area of the underwear.
  • the combined area of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is more than 20% (or, more than 15%; or, more than 10%; or, more than 20%), and is also less than 50%, of the entire area of the underwear.
  • the area of each one of the two size-adjusting fabricelements is less than 25 percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear (e.g., the region of the underwear which covers, or which encircles, the thigh or the upper-thigh of the wearer; rather than covering, for example, the buttocks or the genitalia or the crotch).
  • the area of each one of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is less than 20 percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear; or, is less than 15 percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear; or, is less than 10 percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear.
  • the area of each one of the two size-adjusting fabricelements is approximately 25% percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear (e.g., the region of the underwear which covers, or which encircles, the thigh or the upper-thigh of the wearer; rather than covering, for example, the buttocks or the genitalia or the crotch).
  • the area of each one of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is approximately 20%, or is approximately 15%, or is approximately 12%, or is approximately 10%, or is approximately 8%, or is approximately 5%, of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear. In some embodiments, the area of each one of the two size-adjusting fabricelements is in the range of 20 to 50 percent, or in the range of 15 to 50 percent, or in the range of 10 to 50 percent, or is in the range of 10 to 30 percent, or is in the range of 10 to 25 percent of the entire area of the leg opening region of the underwear.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element includes, or consists of, fabric or yarn(s) that are knitted using one or more knitting techniques; for example, rib knitting, mesh knitting, terry knitting, or other techniques.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be formed of, or may comprise, one or more of: cotton, nylon, polyester, anti-bacterial material(s), silver ions, graphene, X4J yarn(s), hydrophobic yarn(s), hydrophilic yarn(s), silk, natural yarn(s), synthetic yarn(s), a mixture or a blend of natural and/or synthetic yarns, 3D-printed material(s) or 3D- printed yarns, a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material or yarn (e.g., such as “Lubrizol X4zol (TM) - J”, or other elastomeric monofilament), Spandex, Lycra, Elastane, a polyetherpolyurea copolymer material or yarn or fabric, and/or a combination of two or more of the above materials.
  • TPU thermoplastic polyurethane
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be formed of, or may comprise: 88% polyester and 12% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra); or, 89% polyester and 11% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra); or, 90% polyester and 10% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra).
  • polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra
  • 89% polyester and 11% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra
  • 90% polyester and 10% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra
  • fabric of the underwear other than the size-adjusting fabricelement, or fabric of the underwear that is immediately bordering the size-adjusting fabricelement may be formed of, or may comprise: less than 9% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra); or, less than 8% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra); or, less than 7% polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra); or, 6 to 8 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric (e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra).
  • polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra
  • polyether-polyurea copolymer fabric e.g., elastane, Spandex, Lycra
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be formed of, or may comprise, one or more engineered fabrics and/or engineered cotton and/or engineered yarn(s), which may be available from Delta Galil Industries Ltd of Israel; RCC fabric or yarns (e.g., moisture management cotton for keeping the wearer cool and dry), RLC fabric or yarns (e.g., extended-life fabric which lasts longer than ordinary cotton), RLS fabric or yarns, modal fabrics (e.g., which remain soft and smooth after many washes), 720 stretch fabric (e.g., comfortable and improved fit for every body), memory fabric (e.g., having four-way flexibility), mesh fabric, net fabric or net-like fabric or net-like knitted fabric, or fabric knitted as a mesh or net, or the like.
  • RCC fabric or yarns e.g., moisture management cotton for keeping the wearer cool and dry
  • RLC fabric or yarns e.g., extended-life fabric which lasts longer than ordinary cotton
  • RLS fabric or yarns e.g.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may optionally include ventilation holes or ventilation apertures, or may be formed with ventilation-creating knitting techniques, such that the size-adjusting fabric-element may enable air to pass therethrough, at least partially, thereby contributing to cooling and/or dryness of the inner-thigh areas of the wearer, and/or thereby reducing sweat generation at the inner-thigh areas of the wearer.
  • each one of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements is a discrete element and is a separate element, which is not connected via the same material (or, via the same type of fabric) to the other one of the two size-adjusting fabric-elements.
  • the two sizeadjusting fabric-elements are interconnected via a gusset region, such that the two sizeadjusting fabric-elements and the gusset region form together a single unified fabric-element, which covers (at least partially) or that touches the following areas: (i) a portion of the inner region of the upper-thigh of the right thigh of the wearer, and (ii) a portion of the inner region of the upper-thigh of the left thigh of the wearer, and (iii) a portion of the body-region that connects the two legs of the wearer.
  • Such unified element may have the same properties (or knitting types, or coating layers, or materials, or knitting techniques, or yarns, or other characteristics) that were detailed above with regard to the size-adjusting fabric-element.
  • the unified element may be able to flexibly expand (or shrink) in response to the particular size or dimensions or weight of the particular wearer.
  • the unified element may, similarly, include ventilation apertures, or may feature ventilation-creating knitting, to enable ventilation of the covered body-areas and/or cooling of those areas and/or to improve dryness of those area and/or to reduce sweating or swear generation in those area; thereby creating a ventilated gusset area and two ventilated inner-thigh areas of the underwear.
  • the underwear has an ergonomic crotch region or crotchcovering region, or an ergonomic gusset element or ergonomic gusset region, which may be formed of a stretchable fabric.
  • the underwear provides adjustable-size leg openings, such that the contour or the size or the shape or the diameter or the circumference of each leg opening is able to expand or to shrink in order to accommodate different sizes or shapes or legs or thighs or upper-thighs.
  • each leg opening does not have an elastic band at its edge; but rather, has a fabric-based edge, which obtains its adjusting properties from the inclusion of the size-adjusting fabric-element.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-element may be non-opaque, or may be at least partially translucent or transparent, or may allow at least some light to past through the size-adjusting fabric-element; or may include, optionally, small apertures or small holes in the size-adjusting fabric-element; for example, in order to contribute to (or to increase) the flexibility or size-adjustment properties of the size-adjusting fabric-element, and/or in order to assist the size-adjusting fabric-element to expand its size(s) in response to being worn by the wearer.
  • undergarment 100 comprises a waist-band 105 or a waistband or a waist-loop, which is an elastic band of fabric that is configured to encircle the waist of the human wearer.
  • the waist-band 105 may be, for example, an encased elastic band that is threaded through a folded casing of fabric; or an elastic band that is sewn or glued or bonded or attached inside (within, at the inner side of) the waistline region of the fabric of the undergarment; or an elastic band that is sewn or glued or bonded or attached outside (externally to, or on the external side of) the waistline region of the fabric of the undergarment.
  • Undergarment 100 further comprises: (i) a right-side tubular member 101, that is configured to cover or to encircle the upper area of the right hip of the human wearer, and also covers the upper area of the inner portion of the right thigh of the human wearer; (ii) a left-side tubular member 102, that is configured to cover or to encircle the upper area of the left hip of the human wearer, and also covers the upper area of the inner portion of the left thigh of the human wearer.
  • the right-side tubular member 101 may end with a leg opening band or a leg band 122; and the left-side tubular member 102 may end with a leg opening band or a leg band 122; and such leg opening bands may assist in maintaining the on-body position of the lower edges of the undergarment, and/or may prevent crawling-up of the edges of the underwear along the body of the human wearer as the wearer sits down or performs physical activity.
  • Undergarment 100 further comprises a front-side fabric -region 103, configured to cover the front-side of the human wearer; and optionally a front-side pouch 104 (or pocket, or cup), for holding in place the genitalia of the human wearer.
  • the front-side fabric region 103 and/or the front-side pouch 104 may have a fly or a zipper or an opening (e.g., with one or more buttons).
  • Undergarment 100 further comprises a rear-side fabric region 107, configured to cover the buttocks of the human wearer.
  • the fabric -region of undergarment 101 that is configured to cover the upper-and-inner thigh region of the right thigh wearer comprises a generally- vertical or trapezoid-shaped or triangular or rectangular size-adjusting fabric -region 155R.
  • the fabric-region of undergarment 101 that is configured to cover the upper-and-inner thigh region of the left thigh of the wearer comprises a generally-vertical or trapezoid-shaped or triangular or rectangular size-adjusting fabricregion 155L.
  • the two size-adjusting fabric regions 155L and 155R are discrete components that do not touch each other and that are not connected to each other, or that do not stretch via the same type of fabric from one of them to the other one of them; such that a small region of fabric, that is different in type and/or in characteristics from the fabric of regions 155L and 155R, separates between them.
  • the two size-adjusting fabric regions 155L and 155R are two parts of a three-part unit, denoted as size-adjusting fabric element 155, which comprises those two fabric -regions 155L and 155R and a central, interconnecting, size-adjusting fabric region 155C; such that the three components 155L and 155C and 155R are three continuous portions of a single, unified, size-adjusting fabric element 155.
  • the drawings show an embodiment in which the sizeadjusting fabric element 155 consists of three such members, namely, fabric regions 155L and 155C and 155R that are parts of a continuous singular element; however, other embodiments may be provided, in which only fabric regions 155L and 155R exist, and the undergarment has regular fabric (that has different characteristics from the characteristics of fabric regions 155L and 155R) instead of having the size-adjusting central connecting fabric-region 155C.
  • the size-adjusting fabric-region 155R may be structured as a trapezoid, hence it is denoted as 155Z in this drawing; and similarly, the sizeadjusting fabric -region 155L may also be structured as a trapezoid. In other embodiments, the size-adjusting fabric-region 155R may be structured as a generally-vertical elongated rectangle, or as an elongated generally- vertical triangle, or may have other suitable structure. [0056] Reference is made to Figs.
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B are illustrations of an undergarment 200 having adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or stretching or stretchable, or expanding or expandable) leg openings or adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or size-adjusting, or expanding or expandable, or stretching or stretchable) inner-upper-thigh fabric regions, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
  • Undergarment 200 may identical, or generally similar, to undergarment 100 discussed above.
  • Figs. 2A and 2B are presented as they may assist in observing and/or demonstrating the particular details and structure and features of the undergarment.
  • the sizeadjusting fabric region is shown in gray in Figs. 2A and 2B.
  • Reference numerals (other than numeral 200) are not used in Figs. 2A and 2B, in order to avoid hiding of the structural features of the undergarment.
  • the self-adjusting / size-adjusting fabric region 155 is structured as an hour-glass fabric-region; or as a fabric region having two elongated (or tall) triangular fabric -regions that are interconnected via a connection point; or as two elongated (or tall) trapezoids that share a common base which is the smaller base of each trapezoid fabric-region; or as two elongated (or tall) trapezoids that are inter-connected via a generally-rectangular or square fabric -portion that connects them; or as one, singular, elongated rectangular fabric -region; or as two elongated (or tall) rectangular fabric-regions that are inter-connected via a slightly-smaller rectangular or square-shaped fabric -region; or other suitable structure
  • FIG. 3A is an illustration of a set 300 of discrete fabricregions that can be connected together in order to form an undergarment, in accordance with some embodiments.
  • Set 300 comprises: a main fabric-region 301; and optional front-side pouch or pocket 303; and a size-adjusting / self-adjusting fabric -region 303, intended to be placed beneath the crotch area or gusset area and intended to cover a portion of the upper-inner- thighs of the wearer.
  • FIG. 3B is an illustration of a collection 350 demonstrating the structure of several types of size-adjusting / self-adjusting fabric -region (denoted 351 to 362), in accordance with some embodiments.
  • Each of structures 351 to 362 may be used as element 155 or 255 that was described above.
  • each such sizeadjusting / self-adjusting fabric-region is specifically structured, and is incorporated in its particular location in the undergarment (100 or 200), in order to provide the functional advantages of both (i) being generally form-fitting and not causing the undergarment to be too loose relative to the body of the human wearer, while also (ii) providing a sufficient level of elasticity or expandability that enables the inner-upper-thigh regions of the undergarment to slightly expand in response to the human wearer increase in weight or growth.
  • FIGs. 4A to 4D are illustrations of an undergarment 400 having adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or stretching or stretchable, or expanding or expandable) leg openings or adaptive (or modular, or self-adjusting, or size-adjusting, or expanding or expandable, or stretching or stretchable) inner-upper-thigh fabric regions, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
  • Undergarment 400 may identical, or generally similar, to undergarment 100 or 200 discussed above. Reference numerals (other than numeral 400) are not used in Figs. 4A to 4D, in order to avoid hiding of the structural features of the undergarment.
  • an undergarment for a wearer comprising: a right-side tubular fabric -region, configured to cover an upper portion of a right hip of the wearer; a leftside tubular fabric -region, configured to cover an upper portion of a left hip of the wearer; a front-side fabric-region, configured to cover genitalia of the wearer; a rear-side fabric-region, configured to cover at last part of buttocks of the wearer; a waistband, configured to encircle a waist of the wearer; wherein the right-side tubular fabric region comprises: an adjustable-size right-side fabric-member, that is configured to cover a part of an inner-upper region of a right thigh of the wearer; wherein the left-side tubular fabric -region comprises: an adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, that is configured to cover a part of an inner-upper region of a left thigh of the wearer; wherein the right-side tubular fabric-region and the left
  • the first type of fabric has a first elasticity characteristic; wherein the second type of fabric has a second, different, elasticity characteristic; wherein the first elasticity level is at least 1.5 times the second elasticity characteristic.
  • the first type of fabric has a first elasticity characteristic; wherein the second type of fabric has a second, different, elasticity characteristic; wherein the first elasticity level is at least 2 times the second elasticity characteristic.
  • the first type of fabric has a first horizontal-elasticity characteristic; wherein the second type of fabric has a second, different, horizontal-elasticity characteristic; wherein the first horizontal-elasticity characteristic is at least 1.5 times the second horizontal-elasticity characteristic.
  • the first type of fabric has a first horizontal-elasticity characteristic that enables the first type of fabric to horizontally stretch by at least 25 percent in response to a particular stretching force; wherein the second type of fabric has a second horizontal-elasticity characteristic that enables the second type of fabric to horizontally stretch by not more than 12 percent in response to said particular stretching force.
  • the first type of fabric is configured to expand by M percent upon application of a particular stretching force; the second type of fabric is configured to expand by N percent upon application of said particular stretching force; wherein M is at least 50 percent greater than N.
  • the first type of fabric is mesh fabric; wherein the second type of fabric is non-mesh fabric.
  • the first type of fabric is formed of a first type of yarn; the second type of fabric is formed of a second, different, type of yarn; wherein the first type of yarn has an elasticity characteristic that is at least 1.25 times an elasticity characteristic of the second type of yarn.
  • the first type of fabric has a first particular knitting structure; the second type of fabric has a second, different, particular knitting structure.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member is connected to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member via a connection fabric -region that is formed of said first type of fabric, and that is configured to cover from beneath a crotch of the wearer.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member has a trapezoid structure; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member has a trapezoid structure.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member has a triangular structure; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member has a triangular structure.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member comprises thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member comprises TPU yarns; wherein fabric -regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size rightside fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, exclude any TPU yarn.
  • TPU thermoplastic polyurethane
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member comprises elastomeric monofilament yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member comprises elastomeric monofilament yarns; wherein fabric -regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, exclude any elastomeric monofilament yarn.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member comprises hydrophobic yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member comprises hydrophobic yarns; wherein fabric -regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size rightside fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, exclude any hydrophobic yarn.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member comprises polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member comprises polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns; wherein fabric -regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabricmember, exclude any polyether-polyurea copolymer yarn.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member is formed of a yarn blend that comprises: 10 to 15 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns, and a remainder quantity of polyester yarns and/or cotton yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member is formed of a yarn blend that comprises: 10 to 15 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns, and a remainder quantity of polyester yarns and/or cotton yarns; wherein fabric-regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, exclude any polyether-polyurea copolymer yarn.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member is formed of a yarn blend that comprises: 10 to 15 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns, and a remainder quantity of polyester yarns and/or cotton yarns; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member is formed of a yarn blend that comprises: 10 to 15 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns, and a remainder quantity of polyester yarns and/or cotton yarns; wherein fabric-regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, comprise less than 5 percent of polyether-polyurea copolymer yarns.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member has a plurality of ventilation holes; wherein the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member has a plurality of ventilation holes; wherein fabric -regions, that are neighboring to the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member or to the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, exclude any ventilation holes.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric-member and the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member are inter-connected via a central under-crotch adjustable-size fabric-member.
  • the adjustable-size right-side fabric -member, and the adjustable-size left-side fabric-member, and the central under-crotch adjustable-size fabricmember are structured as a singular adjustable-size saddle fabric-member, that has an elasticity characteristic that is different from elasticity characteristics of all other fabric -regions of said undergarment.
  • the singular adjustable-size saddle fabric-member is saddle shaped or saddle structured, or is structured as an upside-down U fabric-member.
  • the central portion of the fabric region which is beneath the crotch or the gusset, is thinner or is less-wide or less-broad relative to the right-side and left-side components of the saddle-shaped adjustable-size fabric-region; which gradually become wide and wider as they extend downwardly away from the central portion of the fabric region.

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