Underwear for males

Abstract

An undergarment includes a body having a substantially tubular shape and configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user. The body includes a pouch portion about a front surface of the body, and a gusset portion. The pouch portion connects to a body panel at lateral sides of the pouch portion, and the pouch portion has a rounded bottom periphery at a first, lower longitudinal end of the pouch portion to form a U-shaped periphery of the pouch portion. The gusset portion at least partially borders the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An undergarment, comprising:
 a body having a substantially tubular shape and configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user, the body comprising:
 a pouch portion about a front surface of the body, the pouch portion connected to a body panel at lateral sides of the pouch portion, the pouch portion having a rounded bottom periphery at a first, lower longitudinal end of the pouch portion to form a U-shaped periphery of the pouch portion; and 
 a gusset portion at least partially bordering the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion. 
   
     
     
         2 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the pouch portion comprises lateral side seams connecting the pouch portion to the body panel at the lateral sides of the pouch portion, and a curved bottom seam along the rounded bottom periphery, the curved bottom seam connecting the pouch portion to the gusset portion. 
     
     
         3 . The undergarment of  claim 2 , wherein a transition from the curved bottom seam to the lateral side seams is continuous and includes a gradual change in curvature between the curved bottom seam and the lateral side seams. 
     
     
         4 . The undergarment of  claim 2 , wherein the gusset portion comprises gusset side seams at a front portion of the gusset portion that extend from the pouch portion to a lower longitudinal end of the body, the gusset side seams connected to the pouch portion at an intersection of the lateral side seams and the curved bottom seam of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         5 . The undergarment of  claim 2 , wherein a first, longitudinally lower width of the pouch portion between upper ends of the rounded bottom periphery is greater than a second, longitudinally higher width of the pouch portion between the lateral sides of the pouch portion in an upper longitudinal half of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         6 . The undergarment of  claim 2 , wherein the curved bottom seam of the pouch portion comprises lock stitching along at least a portion of a length of the curved bottom seam. 
     
     
         7 . The undergarment of  claim 6 , wherein the curved bottom seam comprises the lock stitching along an entire length of the curved bottom seam. 
     
     
         8 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the pouch portion comprises a center seam extending longitudinally from the first, lower longitudinal end to a second, upper longitudinal end of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         9 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the pouch portion comprises a fly opening. 
     
     
         10 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the body comprises a first leg portion and a second leg portion substantially parallel to the first leg portion, the first and second leg portions extending toward a first longitudinal end of the body. 
     
     
         11 . The undergarment of  claim 10 , further comprising a waistband attached to the body at a second longitudinal end of the body opposite the first longitudinal end. 
     
     
         12 . The undergarment of  claim 10 , wherein the gusset portion is sewn at least partially along gaps in the first leg portion and second leg portion. 
     
     
         13 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the undergarment is a boxer brief. 
     
     
         14 . The undergarment of  claim 1 , wherein the pouch portion, the body panel, and the gusset portion are formed from fabric comprising at least 5% spandex. 
     
     
         15 . A method for making an undergarment, the method comprising:
 forming a pouch portion of an undergarment, the pouch portion comprising a U-shaped periphery having a rounded bottom periphery at a first, lower longitudinal end of the pouch portion;   connecting the pouch portion to a gusset portion with a curved bottom seam at least partially along the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion; and   connecting the pouch portion to a body panel of the undergarment along lateral side seams of the pouch portion, the lateral side seams extending from lateral ends of the curved bottom seam.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , comprising connecting gusset side seams of the gusset portion to the body portion, the gusset side seams disposed at a front portion of the gusset portion and extending from the pouch portion to a lower longitudinal end of the undergarment, the gusset side seams connected to the pouch portion at an intersection of the lateral side seams and the curved bottom seam of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein a transition from the curved bottom seam to the lateral side seams of the pouch portion is continuous and includes a gradual change in curvature between the curved bottom seam and the lateral side seams. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein connecting the pouch portion to the gusset portion with the curved bottom seam comprises connecting the pouch portion to the gusset portion with lock stitching at least partially along the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         19 . An undergarment, comprising:
 a body having a substantially tubular shape and configured to at least partially surround a torso of a user, the body comprising:
 a pouch portion about a front surface of the body, the pouch portion comprising a U-shaped periphery having a rounded bottom periphery at a first, lower longitudinal end of the pouch portion; and 
 a gusset portion at least partially bordering the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion, the gusset portion comprising gusset side seams at a front portion of the gusset portion extending from lateral ends of the rounded bottom periphery of the pouch portion to a lower longitudinal end of the body. 
   
     
     
         20 . The undergarment of  claim 19 , wherein the pouch portion connects to a body panel at lateral sides of the pouch portion. 
     
     
         21 . The undergarment of  claim 20 , wherein the gusset portion connects to the body panel at the gusset side seams.