Enlarge By Jeff Swinger, The Cincinnati Enquirer Kentucky attorney Marcus Carey says specially designed underwear, here modeled by a mom and her daughter, preserves privacy during body scans. ERLANGER, Ky.  Want to maintain some modesty going through full-body machine scans at the airport? A lawyer and blogger says he thinks his new business has an answer for those wanting to protect their modesty without making a scene while going through full-body scanners at airports. Marcus Carey started an apparel line last month that sells clothing with strategically placed patriotic emblems made of special ink he claims will blur out a person's private parts in the image on the machine. His business, ScannerShirts.com, bills itself as offering "privacy wear for family travel" and offers women's shirts with stars over the nipples and children's shirts with emblems at the bottom, over the genitals. Briefs and boxers with U.S. or eagle-themed logos in front are also sold on the site. Carey says the recipe for the ink is a trade secret, but he says it blurs the X-ray image of what's underneath. He says reports of people walking into the airport in their underwear as a protest of the full-body scans and airline passengers being detained for refusing to be scanned inspired ScannerShirts.com, which he launched two weeks before Christmas. "One story that disturbed me was a mother who was put into a holding cell for hours while officials determined what to do because she refused to go through the scanner and have her breast milk irradiated," Carey says. "I thought, 'There is a better way to get people through the line, make sure they are not delaying other passengers, not doing anything that amounts to protest, but protecting your privacy.' " Other companies also are selling metallic-ink clothing on the Internet. Some have the Fourth Amendment, which is the constitutional guarantee against unreasonable search, written on them. Carey won't say whether the ink for his products is similar to others. Carey also won't say how many shirts and pairs of underwear he's sold, but says that the first two weeks of sales exceeded his expectations. Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jim Fotenos says he couldn't comment on whether this type of clothing works at blurring a person's image. But he says anything unusual detected by airport scanners could cause a traveler more hassle. "Any item that appears to be an anomaly will require additional screening," Fotenos says, which could mean a physical pat-down. Carey says all his customers who wore shirts through security checkpoints at airports over the holiday got through without any problems. Carey says he believes the full-body scanners are an invasion of privacy with no security benefits. "If we are required to do it to get on a plane, let's do it in a way that we don't give up our rights and let the line move speedily," he says. Carey says he'll advertise his shirts nationally this year. "We're hoping the campaign will be fully fleshed out by Valentine's (Day)," he says. Guidelines: You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. You share in the USA TODAY community, so please keep your comments smart and civil. Don't attack other readers personally, and keep your language decent. Use the "Report Abuse" button to make a difference. Read more