Pants

Abstract

A pants-like garment is provided. The garment comprises a left leg, a right leg, an inseam, and a torso region joining the left leg and the right leg. The torso region has a left and right outer edges and a rear seat panel. The rear seat panel comprises a bottom center edge, a left bottom edge, and a right bottom edge. The bottom center edge has left and right ends and is connected to the inseam along its length. The left bottom edge has a first end that joins the left end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the left outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end. The left bottom edge is connected to the left leg portion. The right bottom edge has a first end that joins the right end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the right outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end. The right bottom edge is connected to the right leg portion. The pants-like garment is preferably made of a non-stretchable (e.g., woven) material and does not have a rear center seam. This design provides a reduced pulling effect when the wearer steps up and forward with one leg, while leaving the other leg in a generally vertical position.

1 . In a pants-like garment made of a non-stretchable material and having a top, an inseam, left and right leg portions, and left and right outer edges, the improvement comprising a rear seat panel having: 
 a bottom center edge having left and right ends and connected to the inseam along its length;    a left bottom edge having a first end that joins the left end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the left outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the left bottom edge is connected to the left leg portion; and    a right bottom edge having a first end that joins the right end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the right outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the right bottom edge is connected to the right leg portion.    
     
     
         2 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the garment is made of a woven material.  
     
     
         3 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 1 , wherein the garment does not have a rear center rise seam.  
     
     
         4 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the left and right bottom edges has a generally-straight inner portion near its first end, an outer portion that is generally straight or that forms a slightly convex curve near its second end, and a concave curve between the inner portion and the outer portion.  
     
     
         5 . In a pants-like garment made of a non-stretchable material and having a crotch and left and right leg portions, the improvement comprising two back off-center seams that join a seat panel to the left and right leg portions and that redirect a pulling force away from the middle of the crotch when a person wearing the garment lifts one of his legs forward.  
     
     
         6 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 5 , wherein the garment is made of a woven material.  
     
     
         7 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 5 , wherein the garment does not have a rear center rise seam.  
     
     
         8 . A pants-like garment made of a non-stretchable material and comprising: 
 a left leg;    a right leg;    an inseam;    a torso regionjoining the left leg and the right leg, the torso region having left and right outer edges and a rear seat panel comprising:    a bottom center edge having left and right ends and connected to the inseam along its length,    a left bottom edge having a first end that joins the left end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the left outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the left bottom edge is connected to the left leg portion; and    a right bottom edge having a first end that joins the right end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the right outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the right bottom edge is connected to the right leg portion.    
     
     
         9 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 8 , wherein the garment does not have a rear center rise seam.  
     
     
         10 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 8 , wherein the torso region has a front center seam.  
     
     
         11 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 8 , wherein the garment is made of a woven material.  
     
     
         12 . A pants-like garment comprising: 
 a left leg;    a right leg;    an inseam;    a torso region joining the left leg and the right leg, the torso region having a front center seam, left and right outer edges, and a rear seat panel comprising: 
 a bottom center edge having left and right ends and connected to the inseam along its length,  
 a left bottom edge having a first end that joins the left end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the left outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the left bottom edge is connected to the left leg portion; and  
 a right bottom edge having a first end that joins the right end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the right outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, wherein the right bottom edge is connected to the right leg portion.  
   
     
     
         13 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 12 , wherein the garment does not have a rear center rise seam.  
     
     
         14 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 12 , wherein the garment is made of a woven material.  
     
     
         15 . A pants-like garment comprising: 
 a left leg;    a right leg;    an inseam;    a torso regionjoining the left leg and the right leg, the torso region having left and right outer edges and a rear seat panel comprising: 
 a bottom center edge having left and right ends and connected to the inseam along its length,  
 a left bottom edge having a first end that joins the left end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the left outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, a generally-straight inner portion near its first end, an outer portion that is generally straight or that forms a slightly convex curve near its second end, and a concave curve between the inner portion and the outer portion, wherein the left bottom edge is connected to the left leg portion; and  
 a right bottom edge having a first end that joins the right end of the bottom center edge and a second end that joins the right outer edge, the second end being closer to the top of the garment than the first end, a generally-straight inner portion near its first end, an outer portion that is generally straight or that forms a slightly convex curve near its second end, and a concave curve between the inner portion and the outer portion, wherein the right bottom edge is connected to the right leg portion.  
   
     
     
         16 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 15 , wherein the garment does not have a rear center rise seam.  
     
     
         17 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 15 , wherein the torso region has a front center seam.  
     
     
         18 . A pants-like garment according to  claim 15 , wherein the garment is made of a woven material.