An outdoor sportswear garment in the form of trousers, for women, permit a woman to urinate without exposing her back. The trousers are formed with leg sections closed about the hip and buttocks and partially closed at the abdomen while defining and forming a front opening which extends generally from the crotch region and terminates at the waistband. A yoke extends between the legs and is permanently attached at the back at the waistband, and is formed with a somewhat enlarged front panel which fully closes the opening, and is attached at peripheral regions by a plurality of Velcro-type fasteners. The yoke is made of three sections of material including complimentary curved side sections and a center panel which are shown together in such a manner that the side sections fully conform to the curvature of the legs along the inseam and together with the front panel provide full protection of the wearer from exposure.

Disclosed is a method of adapting a lower body garment for use during early term pregnancy. The method includes the steps of co-linearly securing to each side of the vertical zipper area, strips of a velcro-like fabric. Thereafter, there is provided an adaptor in the nature of an inverted triangle, formed of flexible fabric. Velcro-like strips are placed along both diagonal sides of the inverted triangle. There is further provided several buttons along the horizontal base of the adaptor at a first vertex thereof. There is also provided a buttonhole at the opposite horizontal vertex from the several buttons. The velcro-like strips co-linear with the zipper are press-fitted against the velcro-like elements upon the diagonals of the inverted triangle of the adaptor means. Thereafter a selected one of the several buttons is fastened to the original buttonhole of the lower body garment. The selected button of the several buttons will depend upon the point within the early term of pregnancy of the wearer. Thereafter, the buttonhole of said adaptor is fastened to the original button of the lower body garment.

Trousers specifically designed for the wearer engaged in strenuous, albeit casual and informal, athletic activity. The trousers have padding to protect the thighs, knees, buttocks, and genital areas. The abdominal and upper back portions of the trousers are made as one whole piece tightly secured in the front by a vertical fly containing a vertical row of buttons. Beneath the front row of buttons the trousers have a pouch fly with a two-way zipper along three sides permitting the wearer to open and close the pouch fly from either side, and to open the fly outward. The abdominal, upper back and fly segments of the trousers have soft-lined padding, thereby providing comfort and protection. The hip seam arches over the wearer's hip joints thereby causing the trousers to collapse and crease where it would naturally do so when sitting or bending, forming a V-like pattern. The pouch fly top cross seam also forms a natural horizontal crease thereby forming a triangle pattern in the trouser crotch area. There are two outer leg seams on both legs. A resilient, stretchable material is sewn in the middle of seams for expandability. A resilient, stretchable material is also sewn into the back knee section for greater range of motion and a comfortable bend.

An athletic support short is made of resilient, stretchable fabric and has an interior pouch extending between a waistband and the bottom of the crotch to receive a hard, protective cup. The pouch has an opening at its top and a releasable closure for retaining the cup. The top and bottom of the pouch are secured to the rest of the short, but the pouch is free of attachment to the rest of the short between the top and the bottom of the pouch.

An athletic garment particularly suitable for hockey players protects the genital area of the wearer. The garment comprises a waistband which is supported at the wearer's waist elastically and with a drawstring. An inner pant and an outer pant are attached the waistband. The inner pant has a rise so selected that its crotch portion engages and supports the genital area of the wearer. The outer pant has a pocket adjacent its crotch portion which receives a genital protector. The pocket is positioned to overlay the genital area when the waistband is maintained at the wearer's waist thereby ensuring proper protection. The outer pant has a larger rise than the inner pant so that the pocket is normally spaced from the wearer's genital area, providing greater comfort and enhanced freedom of movement. Hook-type Velcro.TM. fasteners are positioned on the front and back of each pant leg associated with the outer pant and serve to support hockey stockings.