US20190125006A1 - Women's Garment - Google Patents
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
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- A41C3/14—Stiffening or bust-forming inserts
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C3/00—Brassieres
- A41C3/10—Brassieres with stiffening or bust-forming inserts
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C3/00—Brassieres
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C3/00—Brassieres
- A41C3/12—Component parts
- A41C3/14—Stiffening or bust-forming inserts
- A41C3/144—Pads
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A41—WEARING APPAREL
- A41C—CORSETS; BRASSIERES
- A41C5/00—Machines, appliances, or methods for manufacturing corsets or brassieres
- A41C5/005—Machines, appliances, or methods for manufacturing corsets or brassieres by moulding
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Abstract
Description
- The invention relates to a women's garment comprising a constructed bust part having two cups, of the kind defined in more detail in the preamble of
claim 1. The invention further relates to a method for producing a women's garment of this kind. - A women's garment of the type in question in the form of a bra is known from DE 10 2007 040 627 A1.
- To achieve a good fit of the bra and better support for the breasts, the cups are often provided at their lower edge with shaping inserts, which are additionally intended to confer a defined shape on the breasts. However, these shaping inserts are sometimes felt uncomfortable by the wearer, and they also exert a certain pressure on the lymph, system, which may not only lead to pressure sores but also, according to various medical studies, increases the risk of disease of the breasts. DE 10 2009 015 043 A1 describes a bra of this kind with shaping inserts.
- For this reason, attempts have been made in recent times to produce such cups without shaping inserts. In this connection, reference is made to DE 20 2010 012 320 U1, for example.
- However, the disadvantage of these known bras is that they provide less effective support of the breasts, which leads to reduced acceptance on the part of the wearer.
- It is therefore an object of the present invention to make available a women's garment comprising a constructed bust part which does not require a shaping insert at the lower edge of the cups but which nonetheless provides sufficient support for the breasts accommodated in the cups.
- According to the invention, this object is achieved by the features set out in
claim 1. - By virtue of the thickening or reinforcement at the lower edge of the cups, which thickening or reinforcement is produced during the thermoforming of the foam layers without use of a shaped insert and extends along the breasts, a certain shaping of the cup and therefore of the breast accommodated therein is achieved. However, by virtue of this thickening, it is advantageously possible to do without a shaping insert since a shaping effect is already achieved by the thickening or reinforcement extending along the lower edge of the cups and thus extending in the lower breast region. With a shaping insert being omitted, no health-related limitations are expected with respect to the wearer.
- The sufficient support of the breast inside the cup and the desired shaping of the breast are ensured according to the present invention by the stabilization element arranged between the foam layers, by the section thereof starting from the shoulder straps at an outer edge of the cups and extending down to the lower edge of the cups, and by the section starting from the shoulder straps and extending along a part of an upper edge of the cups, ensuring that force is introduced and transmitted via the shoulder straps over the center of the breast to the lower edge of the breast and thus to the above-described thickening. This results in an interaction of the stabilization element and of the thickening, which ensures improved shaping of the breast accommodated in the cup. Thus, by virtue of the solution according to the invention, the physical effect of a shaping insert is achieved without such a shaping insert having to be used, as a result of which the person wearing the women's garment according to the invention has the same assurance as when wearing garments with conventional cups.
- By omission of the stabilization element in the central region of the cup, excessive stiffness of the cup is avoided, and this feels very comfortable for the wearer.
- In a very advantageous development of the invention, provision can be made that the stabilization element has a shape like an inverted ypsilon. An inverted ypsilon-like shape of this kind is a very good illustration of the abovementioned configuration of the stabilization element with the two sections extending away from the shoulder straps.
- Furthermore, provision can be made that the section of the stabilization element starting from the shoulder straps and extending along a part of the upper edge of the cups runs for between a quarter and a half of the length of the upper edge. This ensures, on the one hand, that the force introduced via the shoulder straps is introduced over the center of the breast in the direction of the lower edge of the cup or of the thickening, and, on the other hand, that excessive stiffness of the cup, which is something not wanted by the wearer, is avoided in the region of the upper edge, thereby considerably enhancing the wearing comfort of the women's garment according to the invention. It is particularly preferable if the section extending along the upper edge of the cups runs along a length of approximately one third of the upper edge. This can vary, however, depending on the size of the cup.
- In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, provision can be made that the section of the stabilization element starting from the shoulder straps at an outer edge of the cups and extending down to the lower edge of the cups runs along approximately half the length of the lower edge. Similarly to the other section of the stabilization element, this ensures that the force is introduced as desired over the center of the breast in the direction of the lower edge of the cup and also ensures that excessive stiffness of the cup is avoided in the region of the lower edge of the cup facing towards the middle of the garment, and overall this results not only in the desired shaping effect but also in very good comfort for the wearer.
- If, in an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the stabilization element has a thickness of 0.01 to 2 mm, the stiffening of the cup by the stabilization element is obtained in the desired regions, but excessive stiffness is avoided. In this way, the cup can adapt very well to the breast accommodated in it, even in the regions in which the stabilization element is located.
- In order to further improve the described effect of the stabilization element, provision can furthermore be made that the stabilization element has a multiplicity of openings. An excessive stiffening of the cup by the stabilization element is prevented by the openings, and the textile feel of the stabilization element is maintained.
- As regards the improvement in the introduction of the tensile force from the shoulder straps, it has proven advantageous if the stabilization element is arranged in the thickening. Simplified manufacture is achieved in this way too.
- The thickening at the lower edge of the cups can be produced very easily if the thickening formed during the thermoforming of the foam layers at the lower edge of the cups is formed by recesses of a thermoforming tool used in the thermoforming.
- A method for producing a women's garment according to the invention is set out in
claim 9. - By means of this method, the women's garment according to the invention can be produced in a very simple and efficient way.
- If the thickening at the lower edge of the cups is formed from recesses of the thermoforming tool used in the thermoforming, into which recesses the foam layers flow, then the thickening at the lower edge of the cups can be produced in a very simple way.
- An illustrative embodiment of the invention is explained below with reference to the schematic drawing, in which:
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FIG. 1 shows a women's garment according to the invention in the form of a bra; -
FIG. 2 shows a cross section along the line II-II ofFIG. 1 , in an enlarged view; -
FIG. 3 shows the stabilization element fromFIG. 2 in an enlarged view; and -
FIG. 4 shows a greatly simplified detail from a thermoforming tool used to produce the women's garment according to the invention. -
FIG. 1 shows a women'sgarment 1 comprising a constructedbust part 2. In the present case, the women'sgarment 1 is a bra. However, the same garment could also be formed as a bodysuit, as a negligee, or as another women'sgarment 1 having a constructedbust part 2. The women'sgarment 1 can also be used in the area of swimwear, for example as a bikini top or bathing suit. - In a manner known per se, the
bust part 2 has twocups 3. Furthermore, the women'sgarment 1 has twoshoulder straps 4 attached to thecups 3, and also twoback parts 5 which extend away from thecups 3 and which, in a manner known per se and not illustrated inFIG. 1 , are provided in the back region with suitable closure means so as to be able to close the women'sgarment 1. In the present case, theback parts 5 do not directly adjoin thecups 3 and instead they adjoin a section of the women'sgarment 1 which in the present case is designated as lower part 6 and which is located underneath and between the twocups 3. In the present case, the lower part 6 also forms a region between the twocups 3, which region can also be designated as central part. In principle, however, the lower part 6 can also be omitted. Bras of this kind which have no such lower part 6, and in which the twocups 3 are connected only by a web, are likewise known per se. - Each of the
cups 3 has a lower edge 7, a lateral orouter edge 8, and anupper edge 9. Of course, the illustrated shape of thecups 3 with theedges cups 3 are formed with mirror symmetry to each other, for which reason the description of one of the twocups 3 also applies to theother cup 3. - At their lower edge 7, the two
cups 3 each have a thickening 10 which runs along the breast and which, inFIG. 1 , is indicated only by a line corresponding to the lower edge 7. The thickening 10 is obtained during the thermoforming of at least twofoam layers 11, by which thecups 3 are formed in a manner known per se. -
FIG. 2 is a very schematic illustration of a cross section through one of thecups 3, from which can also be seen the twofoam layers 11 in their initial state, i.e. in the non-thermoformed state. The different thickness of thefoam layers 11, as shown in the present case, is to be understood purely by way of example. - It will also be seen from
FIG. 2 that astabilization element 12 is arranged between thefoam layers 11, whichstabilization element 12 is located between thefoam layers 11 during the thermoforming thereof and melts during the thermoforming and therefore can no longer be seen as such in the women'sgarment 1 when the latter is finished. The twofoam layers 11 connect to each other through thestabilization element 12, wherein thestabilization element 12 provides a certain barrier effect for thefoam layers 11 and therefore a stiffening thereof. - In
FIG. 1 , thestabilization element 12 is indicated by a cross-hatched area. Thestabilization element 12 has asection 13 starting from theshoulder straps 4 at theouter edge 8 of thecups 3 and extending down to the lower edge 7 of thecups 3, and asection 14 starting from theshoulder straps 4 and extending along a part of theupper edge 9 of thecups 3. To simplify matters, the first section mentioned is referred to below asouter section 13, and the second section mentioned is referred to below asupper section 14. A part of theupper edge 9 of thecups 3 and a central region of thecups 3 are free of thestabilization element 12, i.e. there is nostabilization element 12 in these regions, as can be seen very clearly inFIG. 1 from the area without cross-hatching. Thestabilization element 12 thus has a shape like an inverted ypsilon or a shape like an inverted Y, of which the straight section is generated by the region of thestabilization element 12 attached to theshoulder support 4, and of which the twosections - The
upper section 14 of thestabilization element 12, starting from therespective shoulder strap 4, extends over a length of between a quarter and half of the length of theupper edge 9 of thecup 3. It is particularly preferable if theupper section 14 extends along ca. one third of the length of theupper edge 9. In this way, two thirds of the length of the upper edge of thecup 3 are thus free of thestabilization element 12. In principle, theupper section 14 can also be configured in two or more parts, in which case the illustratedupper section 14 is adjoined by one or more similar, further upper sections of thestabilization element 12. One suchupper section 14 could then have an undulating shape, for example. - The
outer section 13 of thestabilization element 12, starting from therespective shoulder strap 4, extends along theouter edge 8 of thecup 3 down to the lower edge 7 and there runs along approximately half the length of the lower edge 7. Theouter section 13 of thestabilization element 12 is therefore substantially longer than theupper section 14, which is why the shape of thestabilization element 12 is referred to as being “ypsilon-like”. - By means of the
stabilization element 12, force is introduced along a line 15 shown by dashes inFIG. 1 , which line 15 starts from apoint 15 a at the edge of thestabilization element 12 and extends over the center 15 b of the breast accommodated in thecup 3 to a point 15 c at the lower edge 7 of thecup 3. The point 15 c at the lower edge 7 of thecup 3 is approximately the point to which thestabilization element 12 extends. This introduction of force ensures that the tensile force introduced via theshoulder straps 4 is uniformly distributed over therespective cup 3, thereby achieving a very good balance of thecup 3. The line 15 here is of course to be understood as an example and can also have a curved profile. - In order to ensure the balance of the above-described force introduction in the very different sizes of the women's
garment 1, it is preferable that thesections stabilization element 12 are accordingly adapted in the grading such that the line 15 extends from thepoint 15 a at the edge of thestabilization element 12, through the center 15 b of the breast to the point 15 c at the lower edge 7 of thecup 3. For this purpose, for example, theouter section 13 and/or theupper section 14 can be wider and/or longer for larger cup sizes. This increase in size of theouter section 13 and/or of theupper section 14 may also, if appropriate, be disproportionate to the increase in size of the whole cup. -
FIG. 3 shows thestabilization element 12 in an enlarged view. In the illustrative embodiment shown, thisstabilization element 12 is configured as a perforated foil and has a multiplicity of openings. The openings can have very different shapes and sizes. Furthermore, a symmetrical arrangement of the openings is possible, although this is not absolutely necessary. The thickness and the density of the perforated foil are dependent on the material used for thestabilization element 12. For example, the thickness of the perforated foil can be 0.01 to 0.05 mm. - As an alternative to the use of a perforated foil, it is also possible to use perforated textiles or plastics, e.g. in mesh form, or adhesive webs as
stabilization element 12. Furthermore, thestabilization element 12 can be formed by applying silicone to the desired region. The use of viscous media as thestabilization element 12 is also conceivable. - The
stabilization element 12 can be made of polyester for example, although other materials are also conceivable for it, for example materials with which a greater stiffening effect is achieved. When using such a stiffer material, the thickness of thestabilization element 12 could possibly be reduced. Thestabilization element 12 should then be made of a material that melts upon thermoforming of the foam layers 11, such that the presence of a foreign body between the foam layers 11 is prevented. -
FIG. 4 shows a very schematic representation of athermoforming tool 16 used in the thermoforming of the foam layers 11. It can be seen that the two tool halves of thethermoforming tool 16 have tworecesses 17 lying opposite each other. During the thermoforming, quite a large proportion of the twofoam layers 11 flows into theserecesses 17, such that the thickening 10 is formed in this region. - In the present case, the
stabilization element 12 is also located in the region of thecup 3 forming the lower edge 7 and therefore the thickening 10. Furthermore, in the illustrative embodiment shown, thestabilization element 12 is also provided in the lower part 6, which simplifies the manufacture of the women'sgarment 1. If appropriate, however, thestabilization element 12 could also be omitted in the lower part 6. - In a method for producing the women's
garment 1, the twocups 3 are thus produced by thermoforming from the at least two foam layers 11. During the thermoforming, the thickening 10 is formed at the lower edge 7 of the twocups 3. In particular, the thickening 10 is formed by therecesses 17 of thethermoforming tool 16, into which recesses 17 the foam layers 11 flow. Furthermore, thestabilization element 12 is arranged between the foam layers 11 in the thermoforming, as has been described in detail above. - In a manner not illustrated, it would also be possible to provide more than two
foam layers 11 and, if appropriate, also more than the onestabilization element 12. In principle, it would also be possible for the twosections stabilization element 12.
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