Underwear

Abstract

A fly for a flexible panel or closure, such as for a garment such as pants. The fly may have a generally L-shaped opening and an overlying cover panel which significantly overlaps the opening it covers. The overlying cover panel may have a pull tab. Closure may be magnetically enhanced. Pants having the fly may include front and/or rear discharge suppressing panels. Constituent material of garments may comprise nylon and polyester generally, with cotton portions and a spandex waistband, and may be sufficiently rigid in places to avoid bunching and to automatically align the overlying cover panel with the opening when released from manual grasp. Short pants such as underwear may be long enough to oppose spontaneously riding up in the course of use.

1 . A fly for flexible panels, comprising:
 an underlying fabric panel having a substantially L-shaped edge, thereby providing access from the front of the underlying fabric panel to the rear thereof;   an overlying fabric panel disposed to cover the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel when the overlying fabric panel is in flat abutment with the underlying fabric panel, and disposed to overlap the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel to promote closure of the fly by abutment of the underlying fabric panel with the overlying fabric panel.   
   
   
       2 . The fly according to  claim 1 , further comprising a magnetic closure which is disposed to hold the underlying fabric panel to the overlying fabric panel, wherein at least one magnet is fixed to one of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel, and a magnetically responsive member is fixed to the other of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       3 . The fly according to  claim 2 , wherein the magnet comprises neodymium iron boride constituent material. 
   
   
       4 . The fly according to  claim 3 , wherein the magnet has a gold colored coating. 
   
   
       5 . The fly according to  claim 1 , wherein the overlying fabric panel has sufficient rigidity to avoid spontaneous folding and bunching of the constituent fabric material. 
   
   
       6 . The fly according to  claim 1 , further comprising a pull tab attached to the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       7 . A garment comprising:
 a flexible body for surrounding part of the torso of a wearer; and   a fly comprising
 an underlying fabric panel fixed to the flexible body, having a substantially L-shaped edge, thereby providing access from the front of the underlying fabric panel to the rear thereof, and 
 an overlying fabric panel fixed to the flexible body, disposed to cover the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel when the overlying fabric panel is in flat abutment with the underlying fabric panel, and disposed to overlap the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel to promote closure of the fly by abutment of the underlying fabric panel with the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
   
       8 . The garment according to  claim 7 , further comprising a magnetic closure which is disposed to hold the underlying fabric panel to the overlying fabric panel, wherein at least one magnet is fixed to one of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel, and a magnetically responsive member is fixed to the other of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       9 . The garment according to  claim 9 , wherein the magnet comprises neodymium iron boride constituent material and has a gold colored coating, and the magnet is entrapped within one of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       10 . The garment according to  claim 7 , wherein the overlying fabric panel has sufficient rigidity to avoid spontaneous folding and bunching of the constituent fabric material. 
   
   
       11 . The garment according to  claim 7 , further comprising a pull tab attached to the overlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       12 . The garment according to  claim 7 , wherein the garment is a pants type garment, and the flexible body comprises two pants legs. 
   
   
       13 . The garment according to  claim 12 , wherein the flexible body comprises a substantially unstitched spandex waistband. 
   
   
       14 . The garment according to  claim 12 , further comprising a supplementary panel at the front of the garment, disposed to intercept and contain bodily leakage. 
   
   
       15 . The garment according to  claim 12 , further comprising a supplementary panel at the rear of the garment, disposed to intercept and contain bodily leakage. 
   
   
       16 . The garment according to  claim 12 , further comprising a substantially unstitched elastic waistband fabricated from a material which resists bunching. 
   
   
       17 . The garment according to  claim 12 , further comprising means to prevent the legs from riding up in the course of use. 
   
   
       18 . The garment according to  claim 12 , wherein the flexible body is made from a blend of artificial fibers including about eighty to ninety percent by weight of nylon and about ten to twenty percent by weight of polyester. 
   
   
       19 . The garment according to  claim 12 , further comprising means for automatically aligning the overlying fabric panel with the underlying fabric panel. 
   
   
       20 . An article of underwear, comprising:
 a flexible body for surrounding part of the torso of a wearer, wherein the flexible body is made from a blend of artificial fibers including about eighty to ninety percent by weight of nylon and about ten to twenty percent by weight of polyester, and the flexible body comprises two pant legs each of length sufficient to discourage the pant legs from riding up spontaneously on the wearer, a substantially unstitched spandex waistband which resists bunching, a supplementary panel at the front of the garment, disposed to intercept and contain bodily leakage, and a supplementary panel at the rear of the garment, disposed to intercept and contain bodily leakage; and   a fly comprising
 an underlying fabric panel fixed to the flexible body, having a substantially L-shaped edge, thereby providing access from the front of the underlying fabric panel to the rear thereof, 
 an overlying fabric panel fixed to the flexible body, disposed to cover the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel when the overlying fabric panel is in flat abutment with the underlying fabric panel, and disposed to overlap the substantially L-shaped edge of the underlying fabric panel to promote closure of the fly by abutment of the underlying fabric panel with the overlying fabric panel, wherein the overlying fabric panel has sufficient rigidity to avoid spontaneous folding and bunching of the constituent fabric material, wherein the overlying fabric has a pull tab attached thereto, 
 a magnetic closure which is disposed to hold the underlying fabric panel to the overlying fabric panel, wherein at least one magnet is fixed to one of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel, and a magnetically responsive member is fixed to the other of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel, wherein the magnet comprises neodymium iron boride constituent material and has a gold colored coating, and the magnet is entrapped within one of the underlying fabric panel and the overlying fabric panel, and 
 means for automatically aligning the overlying fabric panel with the underlying fabric panel.