Dual-purpose pants for watching sports events

Abstract

A pair of pants is modified to mimic a pair of fashionably patched pants except that the “patches” are panels which forms pouches on the seat of the pants. Each panel is provided with a vertical box pleat which allows the pouch, formed by securing the panel to the fabric of the seat, to be expanded sufficiently to hold a cushioning means located directly beneath the lower tuberosity of each ischium of the wearer. The cushioning means is typically a pad of chosen compressibility which can be inserted and removed from its pouch by the wearer while the pants are being worn. The protective pads are effective to provide cushioning for only the area under each ischium and not for any portion of the thighs or lower back.

1 . A pair of pants having a central seam in the pants' seat, the pants being made of a non-stretchable fabric and comprising,
 left and right leg portions having an upper rear area forming the seat;   left and right panels of fabric secured to the fabric of the pants' to form pouches in the upper rear area of each leg portion forming the pants' seat, the pouches being symmetrically disposed in laterally spaced apart relationship relative to the central seam so as to be positioned directly beneath the lower tuberosity of each left and right ischium, respectively, of the wearer, without either panel extending into any portion of the wearer's thighs or lower back when the wearer is seated;   each panel having centrally disposed therein a vertical box pleat;   each panel having inner and outer edges and upper and lower edges, and only the inner and lower edges are secured along the entire lengths of each, to the fabric of the pants; each upper, lower and outer edge of the panel being generally linear and rectangularly disposed relative to each other;   each inner edge of a panel being arcuate, disposed in mirror-image relationship and in generally parallel spaced-apart relationship with the pant's center seam in the pant's seat;   each pouch being selectively openable at its upper outer corner and outer side.   
   
   
       2 . The pants of  claim 1  wherein each panel is formed of the same fabric as the pants so as to visually blend therewith. 
   
   
       3 . The pants of  claim 1  including a pair of cushioning means removably insertable, one in each pouch, so as to support the wearer when seated under the wearer's left and right ischiums without supporting the wearer's thighs and lower back when the wearer is seated. 
   
   
       4 . The pants of  claim 1  wherein the cushioning means has a thickness in the range from about 12.7 mm (0.5″) to 5.08 cm (2″) thick. 
   
   
       5 . The pants of  claim 1  wherein the cushioning means is chosen from (i) a rectangular parallelepiped pad of synthetic resinous foam having a hardness in the range from about Shore OO 15-95 (ASTM D-2240), and a resilience measured as compressive pressure required to make an indentation 25% of the pad's thickness, the pressure being in the range from 6.89-344.5 KPa (1-50 psi); (ii) a contoured pad of the synthetic resinous foam; and, (iii) an inflatable envelope of synthetic resinous film having a thickness in the range from about 12.7 μm (0.5 mils) to 50.8 μm (2 mils). 
   
   
       6 . In a pair of pants having a padded seat, a central seam in seat, and left and right leg portions, the pants being made of a non-stretchable fabric having panels secured thereto to mimick fashionably patched pants, the improvement comprising,
 left and right panels of fabric secured to the fabric of the pants' to form pouches in the upper rear portion of each leg portion forming the pants' seat, the pouches being symmetrically disposed in laterally spaced apart relationship relative to the central seam so as to be positioned directly beneath the lower tuberosity of each left and right ischium, respectively, of the wearer without either panel extending into any portion of the wearer's thighs or lower back when the wearer is seated;   each panel having centrally disposed therein a vertical box pleat providing the panel with requisite expansibility to snugly hold a cushioning means;   each panel having inner and outer edges and upper and lower edges, and only the inner and lower edges are secured along the entire lengths of each, to the fabric of the pants;   each upper, lower and outer edge of the panel being generally linear and rectangularly disposed relative to each other;   each inner edge of a panel being arcuate, disposed in mirror-image relationship and in generally parallel spaced-apart relationship with the pant's center seam in the pant's seat;   each pouch being selectively openable at its upper outer corner and outer side; and,
 a pair of cushioning means removably insertable, one in each pouch, so as to support the wearer when seated under the wearer's left and right ischiums without supporting the wearer's thighs and lower back when the wearer is seated. 
   
   
   
       7 . The pants of  claim 6  wherein the cushioning means has a thickness in the range from about 12.7 mm (0.5″) to 5.08 cm (2″) thick, and is chosen from (i) a rectangular parallelepiped pad of synthetic resinous foam having a hardness in the range from about Shore OO 15-95 (ASTM D-2240), and a resilience measured as compressive pressure required to make an indentation 25% of the pad's thickness, the pressure being in the range from 6.89-344.5 KPa (1-50 psi); (ii) a contoured pad of the synthetic resinous foam; and, (iii) an inflatable envelope of synthetic resinous film having a thickness in the range from about 12.7 μm (0.5 mils) to 50.8 μm (2 mils).