US3172408A - Keystone brassiere - Google Patents

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US3172408A
US3172408A US247606A US24760662A US3172408A US 3172408 A US3172408 A US 3172408A US 247606 A US247606 A US 247606A US 24760662 A US24760662 A US 24760662A US 3172408 A US3172408 A US 3172408A
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Charles M Sachs
Edward E Astor
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  • the desired effect is produced by the novel construction of this invention which properly molds the breasts regardless of the bodily movements of the wearer.
  • the brassiere gives firm control and support directly under the breasts and a controlled degree of freedom in the central section of the brassiere.
  • the invention contemplates a brassiere having a portion lying below the cups and covering part of the ribcage below the breasts, said portion having two overlapping bands arranged in a unique manner to give firm support coupled with controlled freedom of movement
  • a brassiere in which the breast cups are attached to overlapping bands made of non-elastic fabric, each having the general shape of a five-sided keystone.
  • Four sides of the keystone bands are secured to portions of the brassiere, the fifth side of each being completely free.
  • To theright and left of each keystone band are attached two elastic members which are stretchable in a girthwise direction. This arrangement allows free expansion of the brassiere in a girthwise direction and a limited amount of movement in the vicinity of the free side of the keystone band.
  • FIGURE 1 is a front view of a brassiere constructed in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGURE 2 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 1 taken on the line 22 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
  • FIGURE 3 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 1 taken on the line 3-3 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
  • FIGURE 4 is an enlarged sectional view of FIG. 1 taken on the line 44 and looking in the direction of the arrows.
  • FIGURE 5 is an enlarged view of a portion of the front of the brassiere showing the diagonal stretch characteristic of the side section.
  • FIGURE 6 is a fragmentary view of the brassiere of FIG. 1 showing movement of the left breast cup and its associated keystone band.
  • the brassiere comprises a body-encircling band containing right breast cup 10 and left breast cup 11. Adjacent to the cups are side sections 12 and 13 made of elastic material having a one-way stretch as indicated by the arrows, and attached thereto are back bands 14 and 15, each being of circumferentially elastic material, to support the brassiere on the body.
  • Inelastic binder strips 16 and 17 are provided with suitable fastening devices such as hooks and eyes.
  • Shoulder straps 18 and 19 are provided with short sections 20 and 21 of elastic tape and with adjustable buckles 22 and 23 connected to loops 24 and 25 above the breast cups.
  • elastic front panels 26 and 27 Disposed below the breast cups are elastic front panels 26 and 27 having a generally rectangular outline and having a one-way stretch in a circumferential direction as indicated by the stretch arrows.
  • the outer edges of these panels are secured by seams 28 and 29, which have stays therein, to the front edges of side sections 12 and 13.
  • top edges are secured to the bottom edges of the respective cups.
  • Each band has a fourth side which is attached to the bottom edge of one cup and a fifth side which is completely free but runs along the bottom edge of the other cup.
  • band 30 has a top side AB attached to the bottom edge of cup 10 from a point near the connection 35 between the two cups around to the bottom of cup 10.
  • band 31 has side FE attached to the bottom edge of cup 11, and its side which runs along the bottom edge of cup 10 is completely free. Either of the keystone-shaped bands may lie in front of the other.
  • a Waistband 36 is attached by openwork stitching 37 along the entire bottom edge of the brassiere.
  • the waistband acts to keep the brassiere firmly in position and tends to prevent riding up of the brassiere.
  • FIG. 1 shows the brassiere essentially at rest, when the two keystone bands conform quite closely.
  • tension is exerted by the left shoulder strap 19 which pulls the left cup upwardly, and in doing so keystone band 31 is caused to move upwardly and away from the free top edge of keystone band 30.
  • the fabric of the bands is cut on the square and movement occurs when the squarecut inelastic material stretches on the bias. This is more clearly visible from an inspection of FIG. 6 where the shaded lines indicate the square of the cloth and the arrows show the stretch along the bias.
  • a limitation upon this degree of movement is provided by the anchoring of the bands to seams 32, 33 and 34 and to the top of waistband 36 so that no untoward riding up of the bra occurs.
  • the limited motion of the bands aids in controlling the proper separation of the breasts during exertive movements of the body and allows a stretch action in addition to the hinge action provided by connection 35 between the two cups.
  • the elastic front panels 26 and 27 expand in response to tensions exerted by the body, and that fact that the top edge of these front panels is attached to a bottom edge of the cups provides a firm comfortable support immediately below the cups. This firm support tends to keep the breasts in position so that they do not sag, a feature which is particularly advantageous to women who are heavy-breasted.
  • the ability of the front panels to expand makes them adaptable to changes in the girth size which occurs with breathing, whether normal or deep, and the wearer thus obtains breathing comfort even though the keystone bands are made of non-stretch material.
  • the far elastic front panel 26 stretches to diffuse part of the exerted force.
  • the near elastic side section 13 also moves in response to the applied force.
  • This section having its maximum elasticity in a diagonal direction upwardly, responds readily to the upward pull and thus helps to diffuse it. Similar but laterally opposite actions occur when the right shoulder moves upwardly.
  • the Waistband 36 acts as a snug anchor to the brassiere and resists any tendency to ride up. This is augmented by the fact that the waistband is insulated from a direct pull by the openwork stitching 37 which stretches to some extent and thus also helps the waistband to resist any upward pull.
  • a brassiere having a pair of right and left, joined, breast cups, a pair of elastic side sections each having a forward edge and a rearward edge, the forward edge of each side section being connected to the outer edge of a breast cup, a back band attached to the rearward edge of each side section and adapted to releasably engage the brassiere upon the body of the wearer, a pair of right and left elastic front panels connected to the outer bottom edge of the right and left' breast cup respectively and to the front edge of the right and left side sections respectively, and a pair of substantially.
  • a brassiere having a pair of connected breast cups, a pair of elastic side sections each having a forward edge and a rearward edge, the forward edge of each side section being connected to the outer edge of each breast cup, a back band attached to the rearward edge of each side section and adapted to releasably engage the brassiere upon the body of the wearer, elastic front panels each connected to the outer bottom edge of a breast cup and to the front edge of an associated side section, and a pair of centrally located five-sided, overlapping bands each having a first top edge attached to the bottom edge of one cup, a second top edge conforming to the inner bottom edge of the other cup but unmatched thereto, the third and fourth edges of each band being attached to adjacent edges of the said front panels and their bottom fifth edges being completely secured to each other, the said bands being of square-cut inelastic fabric capable of stretching on the bias and allowing limited movement of each cup in the vicinity of the free edge of the bands.

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FR955450A FR1375610A (fr) 1962-12-27 1963-11-29 Perfectionnements aux soutien-gorge
ES0294498A ES294498A1 (es) 1962-12-27 1963-12-14 Mejoras introducidas en la fabricaciën de sostenes que tienen un par de cazoletas unidas para los pechos

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US3411509A (en) * 1965-07-01 1968-11-19 Int Playtex Corp Anti-crease brassiere
US5171182A (en) * 1992-03-31 1992-12-15 Wacoalamerica, Inc. Camisole brassiere
US20140242876A1 (en) * 2011-09-30 2014-08-28 Wacoal Corp. Clothing end part structure, bottom clothing, clothing with cups, and structure of clothing with corrective function
US20140287652A1 (en) * 2011-12-16 2014-09-25 Junko Deguchi Brassiere with excellent vibration resistance
USD1035217S1 (en) * 2022-08-24 2024-07-16 Guangzhou Royal Wolf Supply Chain Co., Ltd. Body shaper

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US1513520A (en) * 1921-05-05 1924-10-28 Walter E Pruzan Brassiere
US2098882A (en) * 1936-05-28 1937-11-09 Poirette Corsets Inc Under-garment
US2327488A (en) * 1942-05-20 1943-08-24 Abraham S Becker Brassiere
US3093137A (en) * 1961-04-05 1963-06-11 Arthur Vale Brassiere

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US1513520A (en) * 1921-05-05 1924-10-28 Walter E Pruzan Brassiere
US2098882A (en) * 1936-05-28 1937-11-09 Poirette Corsets Inc Under-garment
US2327488A (en) * 1942-05-20 1943-08-24 Abraham S Becker Brassiere
US3093137A (en) * 1961-04-05 1963-06-11 Arthur Vale Brassiere

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3411509A (en) * 1965-07-01 1968-11-19 Int Playtex Corp Anti-crease brassiere
US5171182A (en) * 1992-03-31 1992-12-15 Wacoalamerica, Inc. Camisole brassiere
US20140242876A1 (en) * 2011-09-30 2014-08-28 Wacoal Corp. Clothing end part structure, bottom clothing, clothing with cups, and structure of clothing with corrective function
US20140287652A1 (en) * 2011-12-16 2014-09-25 Junko Deguchi Brassiere with excellent vibration resistance
US9055771B2 (en) * 2011-12-16 2015-06-16 Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation Brassiere with excellent vibration resistance
USD1035217S1 (en) * 2022-08-24 2024-07-16 Guangzhou Royal Wolf Supply Chain Co., Ltd. Body shaper

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