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U.S. Patent No. 10,070,998
November 2, 2018
By: Karen McIntyre
Editor
Brandy K. Herron, Scottsbluff, NE. Filed: 8/9/12 Issued: 9/11/18 A garment comprising: a front portion of an urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment; wherein said front portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment, includes a front groin panel and a front waist band, wherein said front waist band outwardly extends from said front groin panel and is configured to cover a front side of each of a user’s hips; a non-absorbent air circulating back portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment; wherein said non-absorbent air circulating back portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment does not have a urine absorbing barrier; wherein said non-absorbent air circulating back portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment comprises a waist band, two side bands, each of which are configured to hug each side of a user’s buttocks, and an open back cutout defined by said waist band and said two side bands and which said open back cutout creates complete bare exposure of substantially all of a user’s buttocks and intergluteal cleft when worn; wherein said non-absorbent air circulating back portion is configured to provide substantial air exposure to a user’s buttocks, user’s intergluteal cleft, and part of a user’s groin; wherein said two side bands are each fixedly attached to an opposite end of a linear bottom part of said front portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment allowing the middle of said linear bottom part of said front portion to be free from straps; a urine absorbing barrier in said front portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment; a back band fastener located on a back waist band of said non-absorbent air circulating back portion, wherein said back band fastener is configured to fasten to a front band fastener located on said front waist band of said front portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment, wherein said front waist band is separate from said back waist band; and a front cover flap on said front portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment configured to fold over substantially all of said front waist band of said front portion and is configured to fold over at least part of each end of said back waist band of said back portion of said urine absorbent, air flow permeable undergarment when said back waist band is attached to said front waist band.
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