Abdominal belt and athletic supporter

Claim 1

A COMBINATION ABDOMINAL BELT AND ATHLETIC SUPPORTING DEVICE COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A RELATIVELY WIDE BELT ADAPTED TO ENCIRCLE THE BODY OF THE WEARER, SAID BELT BEING OF A WIDTH ADAPTED TO EXTEND OVER THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE LOWER ABDOMEN OF THE WEARER, SAID BELT DEFINING A FRONT LOWER PORTION THEREOF POSITIONABLE SO AS TO NORMALLY EXTEND HORIZONTALLY ACROSS AND SUPPORTINGLY RESTING DIRECTLY AGAINST THE INGUINAL PORTION OF THE ABDOMEN OF THE WEARER, A POUCH MEMBER DEFINING AN UPPER POUCH PORTION NORMALLY IN MUTUAL OVERLAPPING CONTIGUOUS POSITIONS RELATIVE TO SAID FRONT LOWER PORTION OF SAID BELT AND NORMALLY DISPOSED OUTSIDE OF SAID BELT WITH RESPECT TO SAID INGUINAL ABDOMINAL PORTION OF THE WEARER, SAID POUCH MEMBER AND SAID BELT TOGETHER CARRYING COOPERATING CLOSURE MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DISTINCT SPACED FASTENING SPOT LOCATIONS DISPOSED ABOVE SAID FRONT LOWER PORTION OF SAID BELT AND ARRANGED SO AS TO PERMIT LATERAL AND VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT OF SAID UPPER POUCH PORTION RELATIVE TO SAID LOWER BELT PORTION AT SAID MUTUAL OVERLAPPING POSITIONS THEREOF, SAID FRONT LOWER PORTION OF SAID BELT AND OF SAID UPPER POUCH PORTION BEING NORMALLY DISPOSED IN DIFFERENT GEOMETRIC PLANES AT A LINE CONSIDERED VERTICALLY ALONG THEIR RESPECTIVE MUTUALLY OVERLAPPING POSITIONS, WHEREBY SAID LOWER FRONT PORTION OF THE BELT PROVIDES SUPPORTING PRESSURE DIRECTLY AGAINST THE INGUINAL PORTION OF THE ABDOMEN OF THE WEARER WHILE SAID POUCH MEMBER IS FREELY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID BELT WITHOUT DEPENDING DIRECTLY THEREFROM TO PROVIDE A COMFORTABLE MOVABLE SUPPORT FOR THE GENITAL ORGANS OF THE WEARER WITHOUT EXCESSIVE UPWARD PULL THEREAGAINST FROM SAID CLOSURE MEANS.