Panty construction

Claim 1

A PANTY CONSTRUCTION COMPRISING A BODY MEMBER GENERALLY HOUR-GLASS IN SHAPE AND HAVING PARALLEL END EDGES, SAID BODY MEMBER INCLUDING A PANEL OF FABRIC MATERIAL, AN ELASTIC MEMBER ATTACHED TO THE INNER SURFACE OF THE BODY MEMBER THROUGHOUT THE LENGTH THEREOF ADJACENT EACH END EDGE THEREOF, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE ENDS OF THE RESPECTIVE ELASTIC MEMBERS TOGETHER IN WAIST ENCIRCLING RELATION, AND A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR DIAPER HAVING THE ENDS THEREOF DETACHABLY CONNECTED TO THE ELASTIC MEMBERS ADJACENT THE OUTER ENDS THEREOF AND BEING OTHERWISE FREE OF THE BODY MEMBER, SAID DIAPER BEING CONSTRUCTED OF ABSORBENT MATERIAL, SAID DIAPER HAVING SNAP FASTENER ELEMENTS AT EACH CORNER THEREOF FOR DETACHABLE ENGAGEMENT WITH SNAP FASTENER ELEMENTS ON THE ELASTIC MEMBERS, THE SNAP FASTENER ELEMENTS ON THE ELASTIC MEMBER HAVING MOUNTING MEANS EXTENDING THROUGH THE ELASTIC MEMBER AND PANEL OF FABRIC MATERIAL FOR RETAINING THE ELEMENTS OF THE PANTY IN ASSEMBLED AND PROPERLY ORIENTATED POSITION, ALL OF SAID SNAP FASTENER ELEMENTS PRESENTING ROUNDED SURFACES TO THE OUTER AND INNER SURFACES OF THE PANTY.