A body shaper can include a torso portion, first and second leg portions extending from the torso portion, a crotch portion disposed at an end of the torso portion between the first and second leg portions. The crotch portion comprises an opening, a first crotch portion extension and a second crotch
A body shaper can include a torso portion, first and second leg portions extending from the torso portion, a crotch portion disposed at an end of the torso portion between the first and second leg portions. The crotch portion comprises an opening, a first crotch portion extension and a second crotch portion extension, the first and second crotch portions being movable between a first configuration, in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined to cover the opening and a second configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are separated to expose the opening. The body shaper further includes a first gap disposed between the first leg portion and the first crotch side and a second gap disposed between the second leg portion and the second crotch side, the second gap having a length extending from the first crotch end to the second crotch end and a width extending from the second crotch side to the second leg portion.
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1. A body shaper, comprising: a torso portion comprising a rear end portion that extends at or below a lower buttock when worn;first and second leg portions extending from the torso portion;a crotch portion disposed at an end of the torso portion between the first and second leg portions, wherein:th
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A body shaper, comprising: a torso portion comprising a rear end portion that extends at or below a lower buttock when worn;first and second leg portions extending from the torso portion;a crotch portion disposed at an end of the torso portion between the first and second leg portions, wherein:the crotch portion comprises an opening, a first crotch portion extension and a second crotch portion extension, the first and second crotch portion extensions being movable between a first configuration, in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined to cover the opening and a second configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are separated to expose the opening, andwhen the first and second crotch portion extensions occupy the first configuration, the crotch portion has a first crotch end attached to the torso portion a second crotch end disposed opposite the first crotch end away from the torso portion, a first crotch side disposed proximate to and spaced from the first leg portion, and a second crotch side disposed opposite the first crotch side and spaced from the second leg portion;a first gap disposed between the first leg portion and the first crotch side, the first gap having a length extending from the first crotch end to the second crotch end and a width extending from the first crotch side to the first leg portion; anda second gap disposed between the second leg portion and the second crotch side, the second gap having a length extending from the first crotch end to the second crotch end and a width extending from the second crotch side to the second leg portion. 2. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second gaps have a length extending from the first crotch end to the second end of about 1 inch to about 10 inches. 3. The body shaper of claim 2, wherein the first and second gaps each have a length of about 3.5 inches. 4. The body shaper of claim 1 wherein the first and second gaps have the same lengths. 5. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second gaps have different lengths. 6. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein at least one edge of the first and second gaps has a curved shaped. 7. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second gaps have a maximum width of about ¼ inch to about 5 inch. 8. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second gaps are angled relative to the first and second crotch sides, respectively, about 65° to about 85°. 9. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined with a closure. 10. The body shaper of claim 9, wherein the closure is selected from the group consisting of hook and eye closures, snaps, buttons, zippers, hook and loop tape, clasps, and combinations thereof. 11. The body shaper of claim 10, wherein the closure is disposed on the crotch portion in a front region of the body shaper. 12. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first or second crotch portion extension comprises a pull tab for gripping the first or second crotch portion. 13. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first crotch portion extension is shorter than the second crotch portion extension. 14. The body shaper of claim 13, wherein: the first crotch portion extension extends from the torso portion in a front region of the body shaper, andthe second crotch portion extension extends from the torso portion in a back region of the body shaper and is adapted to be pulled over the wearer's crotch and adjoin to the first crotch portion extension in the front region of the body shaper. 15. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second gaps each comprises a substantially straight portion adjacent to the crotch portion and a curved portion adjacent to the respective first and second leg portions. 16. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein when in the second configuration the first and second crotch portion extensions separate to expose both the anus and the urethra of the wearer. 17. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second leg portions have a length of about 3 inches to about 10 inches. 18. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the torso portion is sized to extend up to the wearer's chest or extend up to the wearer's hips. 19. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the first and second leg portions have a length sized to extend to the wearer's mid-thigh or to extend to the wearer's upper-thigh. 20. A method of urinating while wearing the body shaper of claim 1, comprising moving the first and second crotch portion extensions from a first configuration to a second configuration to expose at least a portion of the crotch portion of the wearer. 21. The method of claim 20, further comprising moving the first and second crotch portion extensions from the second configuration to the first configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined once the wearer is finished urinating. 22. A method of making a body shaper, comprising: cutting first and second gaps into a tubular knit, wherein the tubular knit comprises first and second leg portions extending from a torso portion, the torso portion configured to extend at or below a lower buttock when worn, wherein the first and second gaps define a crotch portion separated from the first and second leg portions, respectively, andcutting the crotch portion to define a first crotch portion extension and a second crotch portion extension, the first and second crotch portion extensions being movable from a first configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are joined, and a second configuration in which the first and second crotch portion extensions are separated to expose a crotch of the wearer. 23. The method of claim 22, further comprising stitching a seam on edges of the first and second leg portions adjacent to the first and second gaps and/or edges of the crotch portion adjacent to the first and second gaps. 24. The method of claim 22, wherein the body shaper comprises a single piece of tubular knit fabric having the torso portion, first and second leg portions, and the crotch portions defined therein. 25. The method of claim 22, further comprising applying a lining material to a portion of the crotch portion positioned to contact the wearer's crotch. 26. The body shaper of claim 1, wherein the crotch portion does not extend into or cover the first or second gap in either the first or the second position.
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Murray,Gloria Lynn, Article of clothing with a crotch portion positionable between open and closed positions.
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