Adjustable garment apparatus with supportive hammock

Abstract

An adjustable garment apparatus with supportive hammock includes two leg panels, a rear panel, a center panel, and a fly panel. A lower end of the fly panel extends to a front edge of the center panel. At least one hammock panel has a body section and a conduit section. The body section is connected to the center panel and/or the fly panel at or near a seam between the fly and center panels. The conduit section is positioned on a distal side of the body section relative to the seam between the fly and center panels. At least one conduit is positioned along a seam of at least a portion of the fly and leg panels and connects to the conduit section of the hammock panel. A cord is positioned within the conduit and is movable between tensioned and untensioned states.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An adjustable garment apparatus with a supportive hammock comprising:
 two leg panels, a rear panel, a center panel, and a fly panel, each constructed from a fabric material, wherein the rear panel, the center panel, and the fly panel are connected between the two leg panels, wherein the center panel has a front, peripheral edge defining a forward boundary of the center panel, and wherein a lower end of the fly panel extends to the front, peripheral edge of the center panel;   at least one hammock panel having a body section and a conduit section, wherein the body section is connected to at least one of the center panel or the fly panel at a location substantially proximate to a seam between the fly panel and the center panel, and wherein the conduit section is positioned on a distal side of the body section relative to the seam between the fly panel and the center panel;   at least one conduit positioned along a seam of at least a portion of the fly panel with the leg panels, wherein the seam is formed at least between the fly panel and the two leg panels, and connects to the conduit section of the at least one hammock panel; and   a cord positioned within the at least one conduit and conduit section, the cord movable between at least a tensioned state and an untensioned state.   
     
     
         2 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the body section of the at least one hammock panel has a substantially trapezoidal shape. 
     
     
         3 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a conduit path extending an entirety of a length of the conduit section, wherein the conduit section extends for an entirety of a length of each lateral side of the at least one hammock panel. 
     
     
         4 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein each lateral side of the at least one hammock panel extends to the at least one conduit. 
     
     
         5 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a conduit path formed within the conduit section by a fold-over hammock panel. 
     
     
         6 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a lower part of the body section of the at least one hammock panel is stitched to the fly panel. 
     
     
         7 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one conduit has terminating ends at two locations adjacent to a waistband, and wherein the cord has two ends, wherein the two ends of the cord exit the terminating ends of the at least one conduit and are each positioned through a respective eyelet within the waistband. 
     
     
         8 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein a first portion of the cord crosses over a second portion of the cord in a position between the terminating ends of the at least one conduit and before the cord is positioned through the at least one eyelet. 
     
     
         9 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the fly panel and the hammock panel form a genitalia pouch when the cord is positioned in the tensioned state. 
     
     
         10 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the genitalia pouch is configured to contact a posterior side of a scrotum. 
     
     
         11 . A non-suspensory, genital-supportive undergarment apparatus for supporting male genitalia in a pouch, the genital-supportive undergarment apparatus comprising:
 a plurality of fabric panels including two leg panels, a rear panel, a center panel, and a fly panel, wherein each of the plurality of fabric panels is constructed from a fabric material, wherein the rear panel, the center panel and the fly panel are connected at seamed junctions thereof, respectively;   at least one support panel having a body section and a conduit section, wherein the body section has an upper part and a lower part, wherein the lower part is connected to at least one of the center panel or the fly panel, and a conduit section having lateral sides is positioned along the upper part and extending laterally from the upper part;   at least one conduit positioned along at least a bottom and side peripheral edges of the fly panel following a path of a seam of the fly panel, wherein the seam is formed at least between the fly panel and the two leg panels and between the fly panel and the center panel, and wherein the lateral sides of the conduit section are positioned along the upper part of the at least one support panel and the conduit section extends to connect with the at least one conduit; and   a cord positioned within the at least one conduit and a conduit path of the conduit section, and movable between at least a tensioned state and an untensioned state, wherein the body section is configured to move away from the center panel and towards a posterior side of a scrotum when the cord is positioned in the tensioned state.   
     
     
         12 . The genital-supportive undergarment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the fly panel and the support panel form a genitalia pouch when the cord is positioned in the tensioned state, wherein the genitalia pouch is configured to support the scrotum by contacting an underside and backside of the scrotum. 
     
     
         13 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the body and the conduit section are formed by a fold-over support panel. 
     
     
         14 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein a folded-over body section of the at least one support panel has a substantially trapezoidal shape. 
     
     
         15 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the conduit path of the conduit section extends for an entirety of a length of each lateral side of the at least one support panel. 
     
     
         16 . An adjustable undergarment apparatus for supporting male genitalia comprising:
 a plurality of panels forming the undergarment; and   a support panel having a body section and a conduit section, wherein the body section has an upper part and a lower part, wherein the lower part is connected to at least one of a center panel or a fly panel of the plurality of panels forming the undergarment and the upper part is extended away from the fly panel and the center panel, wherein the body section is a supportive hammock panel configured to move anteriorly in an anterior direction to contact a posterior side of a scrotum, wherein the conduit section has a conduit path positioned therein, the conduit path configured to receive a cord movable between at least a tensioned state and an untensioned state.   
     
     
         17 . The adjustable undergarment apparatus for supporting male genitalia of  claim 16 , wherein the body section of the support panel has a substantially trapezoidal shape. 
     
     
         18 . The adjustable undergarment apparatus for supporting male genitalia of  claim 16 , wherein when the cord is moved to the tensioned state, the support panel is positioned to contact a bottom of the scrotum. 
     
     
         19 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein the conduit path is formed within the conduit section by a fold-over support panel. 
     
     
         20 . The adjustable garment apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a lower part of the body section of the at least one support panel is stitched to the fly panel.