US2446683A - Brassiere - Google Patents

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Aug. 10, 1948. P. AMYoT 2,446,683

BRASS 1ERE Filed Aug. 22, 1944 lNVENTR PIERRE'HYUT ATTORNEYS Patented ug. l0, 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRASSIRE Pierre Amyot, Quebec, Quebec. Canada Application August 22, 1944, Serial No. 550,581

1 claim. 1

This invention relates to improvements in brassires.

The problem lof providing a close-tting brassire which gives the desired bust-molding and supporting eiect without discomfort to the wearer has usually been dealt with by incorporating, in the central portion of the brassire, a tensioning strap or elastic fabric insert including rubber threads or yarns which extend in the circumferential direction of the brassire and impart stretch characteristics enabling the brassire to stretch easily to conform closely to the bust when the brassire is secured in place.

The existing scarcity of rubber, as well as certain disadvantages and inconveniences attending the use of rubber threads in brassires has led to the adoption of other expedients for providing resilient stretchability in the circumferential direction. Inserts of various types of knitted fabrics have been tried, as well as inserts of woven fabric cut and inserted on the bias but these and other expedients have not only failed to provide the requisite degree of resilient stretchability but have also made it diicult to provide a brassire that will cling closely to the bust with the desired bustmoldng and supporting tension.

The present invention has been developed to meet the needs of the existing situation and consists in providing, in the front central portion of a brassire, a specially shaped insert made of woven fabric which has no rubber threads incorporated therein but has considerable elastic stretch in one direction, the shape, construction, and method of incorporating said insert being such that it imparts to the brassire stretch and form-fitting characteristics which have heretofore been obtainable only by the use of rubber-yarn inserts with their characteristic disadvantages.

Proceeding now to a, more detailed description of the invention reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Fig. l is a front view of a brassire embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear View of said brassire.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the woven fabric insert which is incorporated in the front central portion of the brassire shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig 4 is a transverse sectional view taken substantially along the line 4 4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but showing a slightl modification.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view along the line 6-6 of Fig. 5.

In these drawings my improved brassire is generally indicated at 4. It comprisesa pair of breast-pocket sections 5 having-their `innerportions joined to alcentralt section 6 and theirouter portions `joinedto side `sections v1, the latter being equipped with complementary fastening devices 8 and 9, of the hook and eye type, for securing the brassire in place about the body of the wearer. Conventional shoulder straps I0 are shown connected between the breast-pocket sections 5 and theside sections 1.

The breast-pocket sections 5 and the side sections 'I are made of any suitable material land preferably have little or no stretch in anyvdirection.

Thecentral section 6 comprises upper and lower parts which are sewn together in overlapping: relation. The upper part of this section is indicated at I2 and comprises a panel formed with concavely curved side edges which are sewn to the breast-pocket sections 5 and a V-shaped lower end portion I2a which overlaps and is sewn to the central portion of the lower part I3 of section 6.

The part I3 of section 6 comprises a piece of woven fabric which is cut and folded upon itself to provide an insert having a straight upper edge portion I4, concavely curved upper edge portions I5, straight end edge portions I6 and a full-length concavely curved lower edge portion II. The fabric is folded so that the body of the insert is of two-ply thickness while the lower edge portion is of four-ply thickness. In the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive the four-ply thickness at the lower edge of the insert is obtained by turning the lower edges of the two body-forming plies so that said turned edges are disposed to lie one upon the other at one side of the body portion of the insert. In the modified construction shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the four-ply thickness is obtained by turning the lower edges of the fabric inwardly between the two body-forming plies.

The part I3 of section 6 is secured in place by sewing the curved upper edge portions I5 to the breast-pocket sections 5 and sewing the end edges I6 to similar end edges I9 of portions of the side sections 'I which underlie the breast-pocket sections 5.

The part I3 of `section 6 is made of woven fabric which includes no rubber yarns b-ut is woven so that the fabric is relatively non-stretchable in the direction of its length but is capable of considerable elastic stretch and contraction in the direction of its width. In making the part I3 this fabric is cut, folded and inserted in the bras- 3 sire so that its direction of stretch is in the circumferential direction of the brassire. The fourply thickness at the lower edge of part I3 prevents edge-curling and controls the stretch characteristics of this part of the brassire.

The specific contour of part I3 is an important factor which enhances the close-fitting and breast-molding characteristics of the brassire in addition to providing a degree of circumferential elasticity equal to that previously obtainable only by the use of rubber yarn. In this connection it may be explained that when the brassire is sev cured about the body of the wearer the part I3 is tensioned and the concave lower edge I'I permits part I3 to stretch until said edge I'I becomes approximately a straight line. The stretching along the curved upper edges I5 of part I3 causes the in` 4 per inner side edges of the breast-pocket sections, said upper part of said central section being formed with a lower end overlapping the central portion of the lower part of said central section, said overlapping end being sewn along its lower marginal edge to the central portion of the lower part of said central section, said lower part of said central section comprising a woven fabric folded to provide a two-ply insert having the fold line at the upper edge thereof, said edge presenting a straight central portion and concavely r -curved portions lying at opposite sides of said Y, central portion and sewn to the inner lower edge sert to exert a desirable uplifting and molding-.

effect on the adjacent portions of the breasts, thus and lower parts sewn together in overlapping relation, the upper part of said central section comprising a single ply panel formed with concavely curved side edges joined to conv-exly curved upportions of said breast-pocket sections, said insert` also presenting straight end edges sewn to corresponding end edges of portions of the side F'sections which extend beneath and underlie the breast-pocket sections and a full-length concavely curved lower edge portion, said insert consisting entirely of inelastic yarns woven so that, by virtue of its shape and weave, the insert is relatively non-stretchable in the vertical direction of the insert and is capable of considerable elastic stretch in the circumferential of the insert.

PIERRE AMYOT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,863,697 Rutledge June 21, 1932 2,130,534 Bowen Sept. 20, 1938 2,152,910` Childs Apr. 4, 1939 2,267,595 McKeefrey Dec. 23, 1941 2,337,810 Glick Dec. 28, 1943

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