MEN'S UNDERWEAR WITH A BARRIER

• US 20110154560A1
• Filed: 12/28/2009
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Cody Hoffman
• Original Assignee: Cody Hoffman
• Inventors: Hoffman, Cody
• Application Number:
  US12/647,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20110154560A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 2/405
• CPC Class Codes: A41B 9/023 with separate spaces for genitals

Abstract

A man'"'"'s underwear having a first fabric layer connecting a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion can be located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart. The first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface. The first fabric layer further having and a frontal region and a dorsal region. A barrier layer connecting a first genital receiving portion to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer. The barrier layer forming a substantial boundary between the user'"'"'s genitalia and their surrounding anatomy while the user'"'"'s genitalia remains in a substantially natural position.

Claims

1. A man'"'"'s underwear, comprising:

a first fabric layer connecting a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion is located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart;

the first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface;

the first fabric layer further having a frontal region and a dorsal region;

a barrier layer connecting a first genital receiving portion to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer; and

the barrier layer forming a substantial boundary between the user'"'"'s genitalia and their surrounding anatomy while the user'"'"'s genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position and substantially reduces chafing of at least one of the user'"'"'s genitalia and surrounding anatomy.

2. The man'"'"'s underwear of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion is shaped for receiving the primary and secondary genitalia.

3. The man'"'"'s underwear of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion shape is at least one of a round and oval shape.

4. The man'"'"'s underwear of claim 1, wherein an area of connection is created by the connection of the barrier layer to the first fabric;

the area of connection shape being at least one of substantially round, square, and rectangular.

5. The barrier layer of claim 1, wherein the barrier is a substantially three-dimensional shaped barrier having at least one of frusto-conical and frusto-pyramidal shape.

6. The barrier layer of claim 1, wherein the first genital receiving portion includes a stretch material region.

7. The stretch region of claim 6, wherein the stretch region includes a different material than that of remaining portion of the barrier layer.

8. The barrier layer of claim 1, further comprising at least a first and second material layer;

the first material layer being different from the second material layer; and

wherein at least one of the material layers is constructed of at least one of a substantially absorbent material, substantially non-absorbent material, and a material having wicking properties.

9. The barrier layer of claim 1, further comprising at least one two-dimensional barrier shape modified into a three-dimensional barrier layer.

10. The two-dimensional barrier of claim 9, wherein the barrier shape is substantially polygonal and attaching at least two polygonal shaped barriers creates a three-dimensional barrier layer.

11. A method for making man'"'"'s underwear, comprising:

connecting a first fabric layer to a first leg receiving portion, a second leg portion, and a waist receiving portion such that the waist portion is located above the first and second leg receiving portion and the first and second leg receiving portions are laterally spaced apart;

the first fabric layer having an internal facing surface and an externally facing surface and the first fabric layer further having and a frontal region and a dorsal region;

connecting at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer to produce a three-dimensional barrier layer having a first genital receiving portion;

connecting the three-dimensional barrier layer to the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer such that the first genital receiving portion is not directly contacting the internal surface of the frontal region of the first fabric layer; and

forming the barrier layer such that a substantial boundary between the user'"'"'s genitalia and their surrounding anatomy is produced while the user'"'"'s genitalia remains in a substantially unmodified natural position.

12. The at least one two-dimensional barrier material layer of claim 11, further comprising a first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional material having a polygonal shape;

the polygonal shape including a first, second, third, and forth edge;

wherein at least one of the edges of the first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials are connected to at least one of the edges another first, second, third, and forth two-dimensional materials by at least one of stitching and an adhesive.

13. The first genital receiving portion of claim 11, further comprising a stretch material region.