Male supporting garment

Claim 1

A SUPPORTING GARMENT HAVING A BODY PORTION ADAPTED TO ENCIRCLE THE BODY OF THE WEARER COMPRISING A FRONT PANEL OF ELASTIC FABRIC EXTENSIBLE BOTH LENGTHWISE AND CROSSWISE OF SAID PANEL AND A REAR PANEL OF ELASTIC FABRIC EXTENSIBLE ONLY LENGTHWISE OF SAID PANEL ATTACHED PERMANENTLY AT ONE FORWARD END THEREOF TO ONE END OF SAID FRONT PANEL, SAID REAR PANEL BEING LONGER AND NARROWER THAN SAID FRONT PANEL, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY CONNECTING THE OTHER FORWARD END OF SAID REAR PANEL WITH THE OTHER END OF SAID FRONT PANEL A SUSPENSORY HAVING A POUCH HAVING LEG STRAPS SECURED TO THE LOWER END THEREOF, MEANS FOR DETACHABLY SECURING SAID LEG STRAPS TO SAID REAR PANEL TO EXTEND IN DIVERGING RELATION FROM SAID POUCH, MEANS DETACHABLY SECURING THE UPPER MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID SUSPENSORY TO THE BOTTOM MARGINAL EDGE OF SAID FRONT PANEL, A PAIR OF STAYS EXTENDING FROM NEAR THE BOTTOM EDGE OF SAID FRONT PANEL ON EACH SIDE OF THE MIDDLE THEREOF TO NEAR THE TOP EDGE OF SAID FRONT PANEL IN DIVERGENT RELATION AND ELASTIC PULL MEMBERS SECURED AT THEIR REAR ENDS TO SAID ELASTIC REAR PANEL AT A POINT SPACED FORWARDLY FROM THE MIDDLE THEREOF AND REARWARDLY FROM SAID FORWARD ENDS THEREOF AND HAVING LEGS DIVERGING FORWARDLY FROM SAID POINT AND SECUREMENT OF SAID REAR ENDS THEREOF TOWARD THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID REAR PANEL AND MEANS FOR SECURING THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID LEGS TO THE FORWARD ENDS OF SAID REAR PANEL.