Garment

Abstract

A garment for positioning a menstruation pad below a crotch of a user includes a hip portion, a crotch portion, and a pair of leg portions for covering hips, the crotch, and the legs respectively of the user. A panel is mounted in the hip portion and has a pair of free lateral edges which allow wings of the menstruation pad to fold around the panel to connect the menstruation pad to the panel.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A garment comprising:
 a hip portion, a top edge of the hip portion defining a waist opening, the waist opening having a size such that the top edge is configured to surround a waist of a user, an interior dimension of the hip portion having a size such that the hip portion is configured to be worn around a pair of hips of the user;   a crotch portion being coupled to and extending downwardly from the hip portion wherein the crotch portion is configured to be worn over a crotch of the user;   a pair of leg portions being coupled to and extending away from the hip portion and the crotch portion, the pair of leg portions being positioned opposite each other across the crotch portion, an interior dimension of each leg portion of the pair of leg portions having a size such that each leg portion is configured to be worn around an associated leg of a pair of legs of a user; and   a panel being mounted in the hip portion, the panel extending from a front interior surface of the hip portion along the crotch portion to a rear interior surface of the hip portion, the panel having a pair of end sections and a central section, the central section being coupled to and extending between the pair of end sections, the central section having a pair of free lateral edges, the pair of free lateral edges being positioned inwardly from the crotch portion and the pair of leg portions.   
     
     
         2 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein the central section is unattached to the crotch portion. 
     
     
         3 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein each end section of the pair of end sections tapers toward the central section. 
     
     
         4 . The garment of  claim 1 , further comprising a pair of connectors being coupled to the panel and the hip portion, each connector of the pair of connectors coupling an associated end section of the pair of end sections of the panel to the hip portion. 
     
     
         5 . The garment of  claim 1 , wherein each connector of the pair of connectors comprises stitching, the stitching having an end portion which extends along an end edge of the associated end section of the panel. 
     
     
         6 . The garment of  claim 5 , wherein the stitching has a pair of lateral portions, each lateral portion of the pair of lateral portions extending from the end edge of the associated end section of the panel toward the central section of the panel along an associated lateral edge of a pair of lateral edges of the associated end section. 
     
     
         7 . A garment comprising:
 a hip portion, a top edge of the hip portion defining a waist opening, the waist opening having a size such that the top edge is configured to surround a waist of a user, an interior dimension of the hip portion having a size such that the hip portion is configured to be worn around a pair of hips of the user;   a crotch portion being coupled to and extending downwardly from the hip portion wherein the crotch portion is configured to be worn over a crotch of the user;   a pair of leg portions being coupled to and extending away from the hip portion and the crotch portion, the pair of leg portions being positioned opposite each other across the crotch portion, an interior dimension of each leg portion of the pair of leg portions having a size such that each leg portion is configured to be worn around an associated leg of a pair of legs of a user;   a panel being mounted in the hip portion, the panel extending from a front interior surface of the hip portion along the crotch portion to a rear interior surface of the hip portion, the panel having a pair of end sections and a central section, the central section being coupled to and extending between the pair of end sections, the central section having a pair of free lateral edges, the pair of free lateral edges being positioned inwardly from the crotch portion and the pair of leg portions, the central section being unattached to the crotch portion, each end section of the pair of end sections tapering toward the central section; and   a pair of connectors being coupled to the panel and the hip portion, each connector of the pair of connectors coupling an associated end section of the pair of end sections of the panel to the hip portion, each connector of the pair of connectors comprising stitching, the stitching having an end portion which extends along an end edge of the associated end section of the panel, the stitching having a pair of lateral portions, each lateral portion of the pair of lateral portions extending from the end edge of the associated end section of the panel toward the central section of the panel along an associated lateral edge of a pair of lateral edges of the associated end section.