ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYALTRBGCZEEHUPLSKBAHRIS..MTNORSMESM..................JDIM360 Ver 2.15 (14 Jul 2008) - 1620000/02422634EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320121212EP11006909.320110824enenen20101414320100825GB2012121220125020120229201209A41B 9/04 20060101AFI20121108BHEP A41D 1/20 20060101ALI20121108BHEP A41B 9/00 20060101ALI20121108BHEP deUnterwäscheenAn undergarmentfrSous-vêtement1Greasley, Laura Joanne101266304P72365ep46 Colby DriveThurmaston Leicester Leicestershire LE4 8LAGBGreasley, Laura Joanne46 Colby DriveThurmaston Leicester Leicestershire LE4 8LAGBLichota, Catherine Margaret Timmis101166095Franks & Co (South) Limited Carlton House 26 Billing RoadGB-Northampton NN1 5ATGBALATBEBGCHCYCZDEDKEEESFIFRGBGRHRHUIEISITLILTLULVMCMKMTNLNOPLPTRORSSESISKSMTRBAME20121212201250

An undergarment apparatus (501) for, and a method (601) of, providing an undergarment having an adjustable girth. An undergarment element (102) has a front (105) and a rear (106). First and second pairs of elastic side panels (103, 104; 401, 402) are detachably connectable between the front (105) and the rear (106) of the undergarment element (12) to provide an undergarment having an undergarment girth. The first and second pairs of elastic side panels (103, 104; 401, 402) have different ranges of predetermined selectable connected lengths. The undergarment girth is manually adjustable by adjusting the connected length of a connected side panel and is further adjustable by detaching a connected side panel and attaching an alternative side panel that provides a different connected length.

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