Underwear with sweat absorbing waistband

Abstract

An underwear garment having a sweat absorbing waistband is provided. The underwear garment includes a body portion having apertures for the torso of the user, as well as apertures for the legs of the user. The underwear garment also including a waistband connected to the body portion. The waistband is formed of a sweat-absorbing material, such as an elastic terry cloth that allows stretch in one direction but limits stretch in a perpendicular direction. The body portion may comprise a boxer short, brief, boxer-brief, thong, or long pants style arrangement.

1 . An article of apparel, comprising:
 a first textile portion including a plurality of apertures to accommodate body parts of a wearer;   a waistband connected to the first textile portion and arranged at the top of the first textile portion;   wherein the waistband is formed of terry cloth material having elastic strands as a base for the terry cloth.   
   
   
       2 . The article of apparel of  claim 1 , wherein the elastic strands allow stretch of the material in a first direction but limit stretch of the material in a second direction, the second direction being perpendicular to the first direction. 
   
   
       3 . The article of apparel of  claim 2 , wherein the first textile portion is formed of an elastic material. 
   
   
       4 . The article of apparel of  claim 3 , wherein the first textile portion is formed of one of cotton, NYLON and SPANDEX. 
   
   
       5 . The article of apparel of  claim 4 , wherein the first textile element is an underwear garment. 
   
   
       6 . The article of apparel of  claim 5 , wherein the underwear garment is one of boxer-brief, brief, and boxer style underwear. 
   
   
       7 . The underwear garment of  claim 4 , wherein the first textile portion a pants style garment. 
   
   
       8 . The underwear garment of  claim 7 , wherein the pants style garment further includes two legging portions that hang below a knee of a user. 
   
   
       9 . An underwear garment, comprising:
 a waistband formed of a first textile element, the first textile element being an elastic terry cloth material and the waistband being in contact with a body of a user;   a body portion formed of a second textile element and including apertures for the legs of a user, the second textile element being a non-terry cloth elastic material;   wherein the body portion is connected to the waistband at a central point of the waistband forming a gap between the body of the user and the body portion of the underwear garment.   
   
   
       10 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the waistband is between 1.0 and 3.0 inches wide. 
   
   
       11 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the waistband is between 0.2 and 1.0 inches thick. 
   
   
       12 . The underwear garment of  claim 10 , wherein the gap between the body of the user and the body portion of the underwear garment is between 0.1 and 0.3 inches. 
   
   
       13 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the body portion is configured in a boxer short style. 
   
   
       14 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the body portion is configured in brief style. 
   
   
       15 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the body portion is configured in a boxer-brief style. 
   
   
       16 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the body portion is configured in a thong style. 
   
   
       17 . The underwear garment of  claim 9 , wherein the body portion is configured in a long pants style. 
   
   
       18 . An underwear garment, comprising:
 a waistband formed of an elastic terry cloth material and being void of an elastic band, the waistband including:
 a first side, wherein the first side is in contact with a body of a user; and 
 a second side, wherein the second side is not in contact with the body of the user and wherein the second side is visible on an exterior portion of the underwear garment; and 
   a body portion formed of an elastic non-terry cloth material and including apertures through which the legs of the user pass, wherein the body portion has a first side that faces the body of the user and a second side that faces away from the body of the user;   wherein the waistband is connected to a top region of the body portion and wherein the waistband is in contact with both the first and second sides of the body portion.   
   
   
       19 . The underwear garment of  claim 18 , wherein the body portion is a boxer-brief style garment. 
   
   
       20 . The underwear garment of  claim 18 , wherein the body portion is a thong style garment.