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• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
  • A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
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Definitions

• Some embodiments are related to the field of clothing.
• Some embodiments provide a leak-proof bra and a fabric-made leak-protection pad (e.g., particularly suitable and adapted for being used within a bra or in conjunction with such bra); as well as methods and systems for producing or manufacturing such bra and such fabric- made leak-protection pad.
• a fabric-made leak-protection pad e.g., particularly suitable and adapted for being used within a bra or in conjunction with such bra
• Some embodiments may provide a fabric-based protection pad for a bra, comprising: (a) a first layer, that is configured to directly touch a human breast; wherein the first layer is a moisture-wicking fabric layer that pulls wetness away from the human breast and transports the wetness towards a second layer; (b) a second fabric layer, that receives wetness from the first layer; wherein the second fabric layer is knitted from one or more fabric yarns, that include at least a fabric yarn that is augmented or infused or coated or treated with silver ions or silver molecules or other type of silver yarn(s) or silver-augmented yarn(s) or silver-containing yarn(s) or silver-infused yarn(s), which operate as anti-bacterial agent and/or anti-microbial agent and/or anti-odor agent; wherein the silver in the second fabric layer does not touch the skin of the human wearer; (c) wherein the second fabric layer further comprises a breathable membrane (or a non-breathable membrane, or both a breathable membrane and a
• Some embodiments may provide a bra, comprising: a fabric-based Passepartout framing element or pad-holding element, located within (or attached to) an internal side or internal surface of a cup of the bra, and is configured to hold in place the fabric-based protection pad.
• Some embodiments may provide other and/or additional advantages and/or benefits.
• FIGs. 1 A and IB are schematic illustration of a fabric-based leak protection pad for a bra, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
• FIGs. 3A-3C are illustrations of protection pads for a bra or for a shirt, or for collecting leakage from the breast of a human wearer, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
• FIG. 4 is a schematic illustration of a set of multiple layers or multiple components of a protection pad, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
• Fig. 9A is a schematic illustration of a fabric-made Passepartout or framing element, in accordance with some demonstrative embodiments.
• the protection pad includes multiple layers 101-104.
• the First Layer 101 is a high-wicking, liquid-pulling, fabric-made layer
• the Second Layer 102 is a high-absorbency knit structure
• the Third Layer is a Membrane 103 for holding liquid(s) therein
• the Fourth Layer is a pad-lining, typically made of (or including) polyester.
• the first layer includes a hydrophilic agent or a hydrophilic coating or hydrophilic cotton or hydrophilic polyester or hydrophilic yarn(s), or cotton or polyester or yarns that underwent hydrophilic treatment to become hydrophilic or to increase their hydrophilic properties; in order to increase the liquid absorbance properties of the first layer, which is intended to be in direct contact with the nipple and the breast, and thus is intended to be the first point-of-contact of any discharged breastmilk or liquid.
• a hydrophilic agent or a hydrophilic coating or hydrophilic cotton or hydrophilic polyester or hydrophilic yarn(s), or cotton or polyester or yarns that underwent hydrophilic treatment to become hydrophilic or to increase their hydrophilic properties in order to increase the liquid absorbance properties of the first layer, which is intended to be in direct contact with the nipple and the breast, and thus is intended to be the first point-of-contact of any discharged breastmilk or liquid.
• the three-dimensional non-planar non-flat structure and/or texture of the fabric-made protection pad and its First Layer may provide one or more benefits or advantages: for example, reduction of leakage; increased absorbance capability; faster or more rapid absorbance capability; more secure leakage protection or more hermetic leakage protection or more efficient / effective leakage protection; reduction in wetness or in wet spots, or complete prevention of wet spots, on the breast and/or the bra and/or the shirt and/or the outer garment(s); reduced odor of discharged breastmilk or liquids; reduced harshness, or avoidance of harshness (e.g., the harshness of a dried or drying disposable pad that had absorbed breastmilk); providing breathability to the breast, and preventing or reducing stickiness of the protection pad to the bra and/or to the nipple; increase convenience to the wearer; reduction or prevention of inconvenience to the wearer.
• benefits or advantages for example, reduction of leakage; increased absorbance capability; faster or more rapid absorbance capability; more secure leakage protection or more hermetic leak
• Bra 701 includes two breast cups; and each breast cup includes a pad holding mechanism 701 structured or configured to hold therein a fabric-made leak-protection pad 702 which may be inserted into (and optionally also removed from) such holding mechanism 701.
• the pad holding mechanism 701 may be, for example, a cup pocket or a central cup pocket opening, or a Passepartout member or a framing element or a border element, able to hold therein an inserted pad 702.
• Pad 800 is held in place within the bra via a framing element or a cup pocket or a Passepartout member 803, which may be formed of a water repellant and/or liquid-repellant fabric (or, from a fabric that was subject to a hydrophobic treatment or process, or that is coated with a hydrophobic agent or material or coating).
• a framing element or a cup pocket or a Passepartout member 803 which may be formed of a water repellant and/or liquid-repellant fabric (or, from a fabric that was subject to a hydrophobic treatment or process, or that is coated with a hydrophobic agent or material or coating).
• some portions of the discussion may relate a protection pad that is integrated within a bra, or that is utilized as an internal part or an internal element of a bra; however, this is only a non-limiting example, and some embodiments may similarly include or may provide a fabric-based protection pad that may be utilized as an internal part of (or, may be an internal element of; or may be worn or utilized under or within) a sports bra, an aerobics bra, a sports shirt, an aerobics shirt, a yoga bra, a yoga shirt, a fitness bra, a fitness shirt, a shirt, an upper-body undergarment, an upper-body garment, or other suitable garment or clothing article.
• a bra comprising: two fabric-based cups (namely, cups that are formed of fabric, or that are formed mainly or mostly from fabric; optionally also held by a support wire or connected to a support wire), configured to cover and/or hold breast of a human wearer; optionally, one shoulder strap, or two shoulder straps, which is or are generally vertical, and go upwardly and vertically, over the shoulder(s), from the front side of the wearer (from the breast region), go as an upside-down U shape over the shoulder(s), and then go vertically and downwardly towards a back-strap or a back-wing or a back supporting strap that is generally horizontal (although in some embodiments, the bra may be strap-less; or may have straps that intersect as an X shape on the back of the wearer).
• the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is structured as a generally triangular frame which is configured to receive and hold therein a generally triangular fabric-based leak-protection pad.
• this particular triangular-like structure that is entirely different from circular pads (e.g., one-time non-fabric pads) may be particularly suitable and efficient for both (i) staying held in place within the Passepartout framing element, and (ii) covering the relevant area of the nipple region and capturing liquids or leakage therefrom; and particularly due to the fact that the triangle’s base edge is located at the bottom, and is generally perpendicular to the ground or to the waist of the wearer, such that the top point of the triangle is above the nipple, yet the horizontal base edge of the triangle is below or beneath the nipple, thereby providing an increased coverage and absorption area located beneath the nipple (as liquids or leakage drip downward
• This unique structure ensures that the Passepartout framing element remains generally dry, or repels leakage or liquid, away from the Passepartout framing element and/or towards the fabric-based leak-protection pad; particularly because the Passepartout framing element may be non-detachably attached to the internal side of the bra, whereas the fabricbased leak-protection pad may be removable and separately washable or replaceable; thereby contributing directly to the dryness and comfort of the wearer, and providing an efficient solution in which a fixed and non-removable portion (the Passepartout framing element) remains generally dry, whereas the removable / replaceable portion (the fabric-based leakprotection pad) attracts or receives the leakage or liquid.
• At least a particular region of the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is formed of a fabric knitted from one or more yarns that are preaugmented or pre-treated with Ionized Silver molecules; wherein said one or more yarns are located at a layer of said internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element that does not directly touch the breast of the human wearer.
• This innovative structure allows the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element to have anti-bacterial / anti-viral / anti-odor properties, while also ensuring that the Ionized Silver molecules do not directly touch the skin or the body of the wearer (who may not wish to be in direct contact with metal particles).
• At least a particular region of the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is formed of a fabric knitted from one or more yarns that are preaugmented or pre-treated with an anti-bacterial agent.
• This innovative structure allows the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element to have anti-bacterial properties, while also ensuring that the anti-bacterial agent does not directly touch the skin or the body of the wearer (who may not wish to be in direct contact with that chemical agent).
• At least a particular region of the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is formed of a fabric knitted from one or more yarns that are preaugmented or pre-treated with an odor-absorbing agent.
• This innovative structure allows the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element to have odor-absorbing properties, while also ensuring that the odor-absorbing agent does not directly touch the skin or the body of the wearer (who may not wish to be in direct contact with that chemical agent).
• the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element holds in place the fabric-based leak-protection pad in a user-removable manner; wherein the fabricbased leak-protection pad is manually removable, via a partial folding or curving or bending or squeezing operation (of the pad), from within the fabric-based border element of the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element.
• At least an entirety of a breast-facing side of the internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is seam-less and is stitch-less, and does not have any seams and/or stitches that touch a body of the human wearer.
• the fabric-based leak-protection pad comprises a liquidabsorbing membrane for absorbing fluids of the human wearer. It may be a breathable membrane, and not an entirely opaque membrane or an entirely liquid-blocking membrane, in order to provide breathability to the wearer’s breast.
• the fabric-based leak-protection pad comprises a liquidabsorbing membrane for absorbing fluids of the human wearer; wherein the liquid-absorbing membrane is sandwiched between: (I) a breast-facing high-wicking fabric layer that is configured to pull liquids away from the breast towards said liquid-absorbing membrane, and (II) a polyester pad-lining element that covers the fabric-based leak-protection pad at a surface that is facing away from the breast.
• said four layers are glued or laminated to each other; wherein said four layers form together a singular gap-free element that is free of air-gaps (and/or air bubbles) therein.
• the breast-facing high-wicking fabric layer is formed of hydrophilic yarn that is pre-treated or pre-augmented with a hydrophilic agent or a hydrophilic coating.

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