Twin seam panel trousers

Abstract

The present invention relates to pair of trousers. The trousers include an inseam panel that is continuous across the crotch and down the inside longitudinal lines of the legs, preventing the need for an actual seam on the inseam of the trousers. The inseam panel is connected to the other fabric of the trousers with seams that are disposed away from the traditional inseam location and away from the crotch area. The inseam panel increases in width from the knees to the crotch. The inseam panel is also a stretch fabric with a primary stretch direction oriented on a bias to the longitudinal direction of the inseam panel and legs of the trousers.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pair of trousers  10  comprising:
 a torso body  100 ; 
 a right leg  200  extending from the torso body  100  and ending with a right cuff  210 ; 
 a left leg  300  extending from the torso body  100  and ending with a left cuff  310 ; 
 a crotch  400  where the right leg  200  and the left leg  300  intersect with the torso body  100 ; 
 wherein the right leg  200  has a right longitudinal interior line  220  extending from the right cuff  210  to the crotch  400  and a right knee location  230  between the right cuff  210  and the crotch  400 ; 
 wherein the left leg  300  has a left longitudinal interior line  320  extending from the left cuff  310  to the crotch area  400  and a left knee location  330  between the left cuff  310  and the crotch  400 ; 
 wherein the trousers  10  are formed with a inseam panel  500  extending from the right cuff  210  of the right leg  200  up the right longitudinal interior line  220 , across the crotch area  400 , and down the left longitudinal interior line  320  of the left leg  300  to the left cuff  310 , the inseam panel  500  being joined with the remainder of the fabric material of the trousers  10  at a opposite locations distant from the right longitudinal interior line  220  of the right leg  200 , the crotch  500 , and the left longitudinal interior line  320  of the left leg  300 ; and 
 wherein the inseam panel  500  comprises a continuous piece of fabric material from at least the right knee location  230  of the right leg  200  to at least the left knee location  330  of the left leg  300 . 
 
     
     
         2 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 1 , wherein the inseam panel  500  comprises a continuous piece of fabric material from the right cuff  210  of the right leg  200  to the left cuff  310  of the left leg  300 . 
     
     
         3 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 1 , wherein the inseam panel  500  has a width that is greater in at the crotch  400  than at the right knee location  230  of the right leg  200  or the left ft knee location  330  of the left leg  300 . 
     
     
         4 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 3 , wherein the width of the inseam panel  500  progressively increases from the right knee location  230  of the right leg  200  to the crotch  400 , and from the left knee location  330  of the left leg  300  to the crotch  400 . 
     
     
         5 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 1 , wherein the inseam panel  500  comprises an elastomeric fabric material. 
     
     
         6 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 5 , wherein the elastomeric fabric material of the inseam panel  500  has a primary stretch direction. 
     
     
         7 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 6 , wherein the elastomeric fabric material of the inseam panel  500  has a stretch in the primary stretch direction of from about twenty five percent (25%) to about thirty percent (30%). 
     
     
         8 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 6 , wherein the primary elastomeric stretch direction is located on a bias to the right longitudinal interior line  220  of the right leg  200  and the left longitudinal interior line  310  of the left leg  300 . 
     
     
         9 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 8 , wherein the primary elastomeric stretch direction of the inseam panel  500  is located on a bias of from about thirty degrees (30°) to about sixty degrees (60°) with respect to the right longitudinal interior line  220  of the right leg  200  and the left longitudinal interior line  310  of the left leg  300 . 
     
     
         10 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 8 , wherein the primary elastomeric stretch direction of the inseam panel  500  is located on a bias of from about one-hundred twenty degrees (120°) to about one-hundred fifty degrees (150°) with respect to the right longitudinal interior  220  of the right leg  200  and the left longitudinal interior  310  of the left leg  300 . 
     
     
         11 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 1 , wherein the trousers  10  are formed with a fabric material and have a front and a back, wherein the inseam panel  500  is connected to the fabric material in the front of the trousers  10  with an inseam panel front seam  610 , and wherein the inseam panel  500  overlaps the fabric material of the trousers  10  on the exterior of the trousers  10  at the inseam panel front seam  610 . 
     
     
         12 . The trousers  10  according to  claim 1 , wherein the trousers  10  are formed with a fabric material and have a front and a back, wherein the inseam panel  500  is connected to the fabric material in the back of the trousers  10  with an inseam panel rear seam  620 , and wherein the inseam panel  500  is overlapped by the fabric material of the trousers  10  on the exterior of the trousers  10  at the inseam panel rear seam  620 .