Garment with integral male member adjustable support

Abstract

A garment wearable by a male user on that portion of the user's body proximate the abdomen and integrally incorporating a support structure for the user's genitals. The support structure includes an elongated band secured in suspended relation at its opposite ends to a waistband of the garment and carrying, at a central region remote from its securements to the waistband, a loop defined by overlaid engagement of opposed portions of the band. In use, the user's genitals are extended through the loop and are thereby supported by the looped band in an elevated and outwardly projecting manner which, when seen by another through the user's clothing, suggests that the user's genitals are larger and more prominent than may in fact be the case. The loop-defining overlaid engagement of the opposed portions of the band may comprise, as a matter of design choice, a fixed or a releasably and adjustable coupling engagement thereof for user-controllable variation of the amount and angle of the resulting elevation and the resulting outward projection of the user's genitals.

1 . In a garment wearable by a male user and having a waistband, a genitals support for supportedly elevating the user's genitals to augment the appearance and prominence of the user's genitals, said genitals support comprising: 
 an elongated band having opposite ends each connected to the garment at least proximate the garment waistband to suspend the band from and within the garment;    said band defining a loop formed in said band by overlaid attachment of opposed parts of said band located remote from said connections of the band ends to the garment so that said loop is disposed proximate a central portion of the elongated band remote from said connections proximate the garment waistband, said loop being located and sized for receiving therethrough at least a portion of the user's genitals to thereby supportedly elevate the user's genitals within the garment and advantageously accentuate the appearance and prominence of the user's genitals contained within the garment while maintaining normal contours of the user's contained genitals as viewed from outside of the garment.    
   
   
       2 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 1 , said band comprising an elastic material.  
   
   
       3 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 1 , said band comprising an elastic material in at least the central portion of the band comprising said loop.  
   
   
       4 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 1 , wherein said overlaid attachment of the opposed parts of said band to form said loop comprises a user-detachable engagement of said opposed parts of the band.  
   
   
       5 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein said overlaid user-detachable attachment of the opposed parts of said band to form said loop comprises a slit defined in each of said opposed parts of the band and an engagement member receivable through each said slit of the opposed parts of the band to detachably attach the opposed parts in overlaid relation and thereby form said loop.  
   
   
       6 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 5 , wherein said engagement member comprises a button having a central shaft and a radially-enlarged boss carried on each end of the central shaft.  
   
   
       7 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 6 , wherein said band comprises an elastic material.  
   
   
       8 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 4 , wherein said overlaid user-detachable attachment of the opposed parts of said band to form said loop comprises a plurality of slits defined in each of said opposed parts of the band and an engagement member receivable through a selected one of the plural slits of each of the opposed parts of the band to detachably attach the opposed parts in overlaid relation and thereby form said loop of a size adjustably determined by said selection of the ones of the plural slits through which the engagement member is received.  
   
   
       9 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 8 , wherein said engagement member comprises a button having a central shaft and a radially-enlarged boss carried on each end of the central shaft.  
   
   
       10 . In a garment in accordance with  claim 9 , wherein said band comprises an elastic material.  
   
   
       11 . A support for suspending male genitalia of a user in a garment comprising a band having opposite ends, the opposite ends being coupled to the garment so as to form an apex region remote from and located between the opposite ends, the band being adjustable to vary a distance between the apex region and the opposite ends so as to elevate the male genitalia rested upon the apex region to at least one elevated position, wherein the male genitalia appears augmented in the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       12 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein the band comprises overlying parts, the overlying parts forming a loop including the apex region and configured so that the male genitalia extends through the loop and terminates anteriorly therefrom in an unobstructed manner in the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       13 . The support of  claim 11 , further comprising an adjuster mounted to the band and operative to vary the distance between the apex region and the opposite ends of the band so that the male genitalia is elevated to the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       14 . The support of  claim 13 , wherein the adjuster is operative to couple intermediate regions of the band opposing to one another and located between the apex region and the opposite ends of the band, the coupled intermediate regions defining a loop including the apex region and extending around at least a portion of or an entire circumference of the male genitalia in the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       15 . The support of  claim 14 , wherein the male genitalia comprises a scrotum and a penis, the loop supporting the male genitalia so that the scrotum and penis or the scrotum or the penis extends through the loop and terminates anteriorly therefrom without being constricted or restricted.  
   
   
       16 . The support of  claim 14 , wherein the adjuster comprises a male member and a female member mounted to the band within the intermediary regions, respectively, and detachably coupled to one another so as to form the loop encircling the male genitalia.  
   
   
       17 . The support of  claim 14 , wherein the adjuster comprises at least one male member and a plurality of the female members, the plurality of female members being spaced from one another along at least a portion of the band, the at least one male member being removably inserted into one of the plurality of female members and selectively engageable with other female members so as to define the at least one and a plurality of additional elevated positions of the male genitalia.  
   
   
       18 . The support of  claim 14 , wherein the adjuster comprises at least one female member and a plurality of male members selectively engageable with one another so as to define a plurality of elevated positions of the male genitalia extending through and supported by the loop.  
   
   
       19 . The support of  claim 14 , wherein the adjuster is selected from the group consisting of a button arrangement, hook arrangement, knob arrangement and a Velcro™ arrangement and a combination thereof.  
   
   
       20 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein the band comprises a stretch material or non-stretch material.  
   
   
       21 . The support of  claim 11 , wherein the band is made from elastic material.  
   
   
       22 . The support of  claim 21 , wherein the elastic material comprises Spandex™ blended with one of fabrics selected from the group consisting of cotton, hemp, linen, nylon, polyester, rayon, silk, terry cloth, silk and stretch vinyl and a combination of these.  
   
   
       23 . The support of  claim 16 , wherein the band comprises two halves extended between the opposite ends of the band and coupled together along a centerline of the band, the male and female members being located along the centerline and opposing one another.  
   
   
       24 . The support of the  claim 11 , wherein the opposite ends of the band are selectively coupled to the garment at a plurality of spaced locations for controllably elevating the apex region to a plurality of additional elevated positions.  
   
   
       25 . A garment wearable by a male user, the garment comprising: 
 a waist band adapted to be positioned around an abdomen of the male wearer;    a front panel coupled to the waste strip and extending to a crouch area; and    a support for suspending a male genitalia in the garment and coupled to the waste strip, the support having a first configuration in a static state when the support is not being loaded with the male genitalia, and a second configuration in a dynamic state when the male genitalia being rested upon the support,    the support being adjustable to elevate the male genitalia to at least one elevated position in the dynamic state so that the male genitalia terminates at or close to an inner side of the front panel and appears augmented under the front panel.    
   
   
       26 . The garment of  claim 25 , wherein the front panel comprises an outwardly curved region juxtaposed with the support and defining an inner enlarged space, the inner enlarged space receiving the male genitalia in the at least one elevated position so that the front panel extends substantially complementary to the elevated male genitalia without pressing upon and restricting the male genitalia in the enlarge space.  
   
   
       27 . The garment of  claim 25 , wherein the front panel comprises two halves having respective uniformly configured sides, the sides each having an outwardly curved portion located between a top and bottom area of the side, the sides of the two halves being coupled together so as to define the outwardly curved region of the front panel.  
   
   
       28 . The garment of  claim 26 , wherein the support comprises a band having opposite ends, the opposite ends being coupled to the waste strip at spaced apart locations so that the band extends substantially parallel to the front panel in the static state of the support and terminates past the outwardly curved region of the front panel in the static state.  
   
   
       29 . The garment of  claim 28 , wherein the band comprises an apex region located between the opposite ends and supporting the male genitalia in the dynamic state of the support, the band being operative to vary a distance between the apex region and the waist strip so as to elevate the male genitalia to the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       30 . The garment of  claim 29 , wherein the band comprises two portions each extending between the opposite ends of the band, the two portions overlaying and coupled to one another so as to form a loop including the apex region, whereas the loop extends around a scrotum or a penis of the male genitalia and is configured to elevate the male genitalia towards the waist strip and support the elevated male genitalia in the at least one elevated position in the dynamic state of the support.  
   
   
       31 . The garment of  claim 30 , wherein the two portions of the band are fixed to one another.  
   
   
       32 . The garment of  claim 30 , wherein the two portions of the band are detachably coupled to one another.  
   
   
       33 . The garment of  claim 29 , further comprising a male engaging member and a female engaging member provided on the band and operative to detachably engage one another so as to form the loop supporting the male genitalia in the at least one elevated position.  
   
   
       34 . The garment of  claim 33 , further comprising a plurality of additional female engaging member, the male member being removably inserted into one of the female member and selectively engageable with other female members so that the apex region supporting the male genitalia is elevated to a plurality of additional elevated positions in the dynamic state of the support.  
   
   
       35 . The garment of  claim 33 , further comprising a plurality of additional male and female members selectively engageable with one another so that the apex region supporting the male genitalia is elevated to a plurality of additional elevated positions in the dynamic state of the support, the male and female members constituting an adjuster selected from the group consisting of a button arrangement, hook arrangement, and a knob arrangement and a combination of these.  
   
   
       36 . The garment of claim of  claim 29 , further comprising a plurality of fastening members spaced around and mounted to the waste strip, the opposite ends of the band being selectively coupled to the plurality of fasteners so as to adjust the distance between the apex region and the waste strip.  
   
   
       37 . The garment of  claim 28 , wherein the support further comprises an additional band having respective opposite ends attached to the waist strip and an apex region remote from the waist strip, the additional band being operative to vary a distance between the apex region and the waist strip, the band and additional band being configured to selectively support a scrotum and a penis of the male genitalia.  
   
   
       38 . The garment of  claim 28 , wherein the band comprises a stretch material or non-stretch material.