Lower torso athletic apparel with built in mobile device carrying panel

Abstract

The present invention provides pants/short/skirts ( 10 ) having a panel ( 12 ) attached to the front outer wall of the athletic pants/shorts/skirts waistband or waistband area for retaining a mobile device in line of sight view and allowing both visibility to and use of the touch screen functions without removing the device from the panel. The panel ( 12 ) extending around the entire or part thereof of the waistband. Apertures ( 40 ) ( 42 ) are formed in the panel providing access to the panel sections ( 28 ) for inserting and removing the mobile device. The apertures ( 40 ) ( 42 ) are the same width or narrower than the width of the panel ( 12 ). The panel is elastically deformed and sized to snugly retain mobile device(s) in the panel sections ( 28 ).The material of the upper surface of the panel is such that the buttons, functions and touch screen of a mobile device are clearly visible and fully functional.

1 . Athletic pants/short/skirts having a rectangular shaped panel of shear elastically deformed fabric attached horizontally to the outside of the waistband area, creating a space for snugly restraining a mobile device in line of site view while enabling greater than 50% visibility to the screen and use of the touch screen functions of the device through the fabric without removing the device from the panel. The panel extending around the entire waistband or part thereof including the front section of the waist band from the right side to the left side and being substantially the width of standard mobile devices such as the i-phone and the Blackberry. The panel having one or more apertures for the insertion/removal of a mobile device(s). 
     
     
         2 . A system of  claim 1 , where multiple carrying sections in the panel are defined by a vertical stretching line(s) extending fully or partially between the upper and lower periphery of the panel aperture rim, defining sections for carrying multiple items; having an aperture on one or more edges of each section. 
     
     
         3 . A system of  claim 1 , where the aperture is opened or closed shut by a fastening mechanism, such as a zipper, Velcro fastening or similar.