Combined clothing article

Claim 2

A combined article of clothing, comprising: an upper garment to clothe the torso of the body, having a rear portion, a neck portion, and a front portion; a lower garment to clothe the buttocks, crotch and abdomen of the body; wherein the buttock clothing portion of the lower garment is secured at its uppermost extension to the lower extremity of the rear portion of the upper garment, and the uppermost extension of its abdomen clothing portion is releasably secured to the lowermost extremity of the front portion of the upper garment, the upper garment being constructed of material suitable for outerwear and the lower garment of material suitable for underwear; the buttock portion and the rear portion of the upper garment are permanently joined along with elastic material to form a horizontal rear waist portion which elastically adjusts to the body of a wearer; the abdomen clothing portion terminates at its uppermost edge in a horizontal, elastic, front waist portion; and the elastic front waist portion is releasably secured to the lowermost part of the front portion of the upper garment in a manner permitting the front waist portion and the front portion of the upper garment to elastically adjust together to the body of the wearer; so that the body of the wearer is elastically girded substantially all around.

Claim 3

The combined article of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the elastic rear waist portion is fastened together by sewing; and the elastic front waist portion is secured to the upper garment by hook and loop swatches spaced apart so as to allow said waist portion to elastically adjust to the body unimpeded by the upper garment.

Claim 4

The combined article of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the elastic rear waist portion is fastened together by sewing; and the elastic front waist portion is secured to the upper garment by male and female snap means spaced apart to allow said waist portion to elastically adjust to the body unimpeded by the upper garment.

Claim 5

The combined article of clothing of claim 2, wherein: the hook and loop swatches are sized and located to permit selective attachment of the elastic front waist portion to correspond to differing torso lengths of wearers of the combined article of clothing.

Claim 6

The combined article of clothing of claim 3, wherein: the male and female components of the snap means are provided in locations and numbers to permit selective attachment of the elastic front waist portion to correspond to differing torso lengths of wearers of the combined article of clothing.

Claim 7

The combined article of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the front portion of the upper garment is vertically separated centrally from the neck to the bottom thereof, forming two lowermost tails; and the elastic front waist portion is secured at each of its ends to the corresponding one of the two front tails.

Claim 8

The combined article of clothing of claim 1, wherein: the lower garment is constructed of interlock woven cotton fabric or the like conventionally employed for briefs for men and boys.

Claim 9

The combined article of clothing of claim 7, wherein: the lower garment is constructed of interlock woven cotton fabric conventionally employed for briefs for men and boys.

Claim 10

The combined article of clothing of claim 3, wherein: the lower garment is constructed of interlock woven cotton fabric conventionally employed for briefs for men and boys.

Claim 11

The combined article of clothing of claim 2, wherein: the front portion of the upper garment is vertically separated centrally from the neck to the bottom thereof, forming two lowermost tails; and the elastic front waist portion is secured at each of its ends to the corresponding one of the two front tails.

Claim 12

A combined article of clothing, comprising: an upper garment to clothe the torso of the body, having a rear portion, a neck portion, and a front portion; a lower garment to clothe the buttocks, crotch and abdomen of the body; wherein the buttock clothing portion of the lower garment is secured at its uppermost extension to the lower extremity of the rear portion of the upper garment, and the uppermost extension of its abdomen clothing portion is releasably secured to the lowermost extremity of the front portion of the upper garment, the upper garment being constructed of material suitable for outerwear and the lower garment of material suitable for underwear; the buttock portion terminates at its uppermost extension in an elastic rear waist portion, said waist portion being secured to the lowermost extremity of the rear portion of the upper garment in a manner permitting it to elastically adjust to the body of a wearer unimpeded by the upper garment; the abdomen portion terminates at its uppermost edge in a horizontal, elastic, front waist portion; and the elastic front waist portion is releasably secured to the lowermost part of the front portion of the upper garment in a manner permitting the front waist portion to elastically adjust to the body of the wearer unimpeded by the upper garment; so that the body of the wearer is elastically girded substantially all around.

Claim 13

A combined article of clothing, comprising: an upper garment to clothe the torso of the body, having a rear portion, a neck portion, and a front portion; a lower garment to clothe the buttocks, crotch and abdomen of the body; wherein the buttock clothing portion of the lower garment is secured at its uppermost extension to the lower extremity of the rear portion of the upper garment, and the uppermost extension of its abdomen clothing portion is releasably secured to the lowermost extremity of the front portion of the upper garment, the upper garment being constructed of material suitable for outerwear and the lower garment of material suitable for underwear; the buttock portion terminates at its uppermost extension in an elastic rear waist portion, said waist portion being secured to the lowermost extremity of the rear portion of the upper garment in a manner permitting it to elastically adjust to the body of a wearer unimpeded by the upper garment; the abdomen portion terminates at its uppermost edge in a horizontal, elastic, front waist portion; and the elastic front waist portion is releasably secured to the lowermost part of the front portion of the upper garment in a manner permitting the front waist portion to elastically adjust to the body of the wearer unimpeded by the upper garment; so that the body of the wearer is elastically girded substantially all around.

Claim 14

The combined article of clothing of claim 11, wherein: the rear waist portion is permanently secured to the rear portion of the upper garment.

Claim 15

The combined article of clothing of claim 11, wherein: the rear waist portion is releasably secured to the rear portion of the upper garment.