US3566878A - Brassieres - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to a brassiere and, more particularly, to a brassiere having an improved cup and side panel construction.
- brassiere must provide the required shape and support and, at the same time, comfort to the wearer.
- fit and comfort within each cup and body size from one woman to another.
- variations, even though relatively small, may exist within a particular cup and body size between one breast and the other.
- the right breast may be larger than the left or vice versa. This also affects the fit and comfort of the brassiere.
- the breast size of a particular woman may vary during the monthly body cycle. This is particularly true among younger women where, during one period of the monthly cycle, the breasts may enlarge and, later, contract.
- the brassiere of the instant invention includes cups which, although of nonelastic material, accommodate variations in breast sizes, within the body and cup size range, without sacrificing the shape and support afforded by the brassiere. This is accomplished by a novel arrangement of elastic and nonelastic materials, set and sewn into the brassiere in a novel configuration so that, in the desired areas, the cups may stretch to accommodate larger size breasts without wrinkling, curling or bulging of the brassiere or cutting, binding or spilling out of the breast.
- each of the cups of the instant brassiere is provided with a margin area of elastic material fastened to the nonelastic material of the cup and fastened along its edge, away from the cup but along a line substantially in alignment with the arc of the cup, to a second elastic panel in which the elasticity of the second panel is restricted.
- the second panel is formed by superimposing one elastic material over another, with the direction of the elasticity of one material at substantially right angle to the direction of elasticity of the other material.
- an elastic band of material which can expand and contract to conform to the breast size, joined to a panel in which the elasticity is restricted.
- the restricted elasticity in such joining panel provides an area of force or stretch transition between the cup and panel.
- the back panel and marginal edge of the cup is formed from a single piece of elastic material, elastic in the body encircling direction and stretchable, but not elastic, in the opposite, vertical direction.
- a second piece of material elastic in the vertical direction and nonelastic, but stretchable, in the horizontal direction is superimposed with the back panel and cup margin elastic material to form the 2-ply panel of restricted elasticity.
- FIG. 1. is a front view of the brassiere of the instant invention with the brassiere laid open and flat;
- FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 2-2, FIG. 1.
- the brassiere has cups, generally designated 2, 4, of inelastic material and may be made of a single piece of inelastic material, moulded to the required cup contour, or of two pieces of inelastic material 6, 8, joined by seam it such as by sewing.
- the cups may be of a single ply or two or more plies laid one over the'other and laminated.
- the outer ply may, if desired, be a decorative fabric such as, for example, lace.
- Cups 2, 4 are interconnected to each other, at the centerfront of the brassiere, by seam 12 and are connected along an are at the bottom of the cups by seam l4, 16, respectively, to underbust panel, generally designated 18, which may be of elastic or inelastic material, a single piece of material extending under both cups or, as shown in the drawings, two pieces of material, 20, 22 interconnected and joined, at the center frontof the brassiere, by seam 241.
- underbust panel generally designated 18, which may be of elastic or inelastic material, a single piece of material extending under both cups or, as shown in the drawings, two pieces of material, 20, 22 interconnected and joined, at the center frontof the brassiere, by seam 241.
- the back panels 30, 32 are of elastic material, elastic in the horizontal direction and nonelastic, but stretchable in the vertical direction, all as shown by the arrows, FIG. 1.
- Adjustable fastening tape 34 having three pairs of spaced hook-eyes 36, 38, 40, is connected such as, for example, by seam 42, to the free end of back panel 32 and the free end of back panel 30 is provided with a pair of hooks, not shown.
- the books on back panel 30 are engaged in the selected pair of hook-eyes 36, 38, 40, forming a body encircling band around the wearer.
- the horizontally elastic, vertically nonelastic but stretchable panels 30, 32, of the brassiere of the instant invention extend from the back of the wearer forwardly under the wearers arms and are joined such as, for example, by seaming, to cups 2, 4, and under bust panel 18, along seams 44, 46, respectively. Seams 44, 46 extending upwardly, and arcuately inwardly toward the center-front of the brassiere, from the bottom of the underbust panel, for reasons more apparent hereinafter.
- Panels 48, 50 of material elastic in the vertical direction and nonelastic, but stretchable in the horizontal direction, are laid onto panel 30, 32, respectively, in the underarm area and are fastened to panels 30, 32, respectively, such as by seaming, around the periphery of panels 48, 50.
- panels 48, 50 are joined to the respective panels 30, 32 by substantially vertical seams 52, 54 and, adjacent the cups, by arcuate seams 56, 58, in substantial alignment with and continuation of arcuate seams 14, 16.
- Panels 48, 50 may be seamed to the front side of panels 30, 32 or to the back but for overall appearance of the brassiere are, preferably, seamed to the back.
- the tops of the cups 2, 4, respectively, are connected to shoulder straps 60, 62, having conventional adjustment buckles 64, 66, and shoulder straps 60, 62 are connected, such as by seaming along the respective edges to back panels 30, 32, respectively.
- the horizontally stretchable and elastic and vertically stretchable and nonelastic area at the underarm side of each of the cups of the brassiere of the instant invention afford an adjustment in the volume of each cup, independent of the other cup, which adjustment accommodates for variations in bust sizes without sacrificing the shaping and supporting afforded by the remaining nonelastic portion of the cups.
- the volume of the cup increases and adjusts without loss of support or apparent change in shape.
- the increase in volume is relatively small and, because of the elastic and stretchable characteristics of the material, is distributed over the underarm side of the cup.
- the cooperating elastic forces in the under laid panels which are at substantially right angle to each other, provide a force transition area between the back panels and cups which, without reinforcing ribs, seam, bones or the like, prevent puckering, ridging, gathering and the like in the underarm area.
- a brassiere having cups, an underbust panel and back panels interconnected and joined to form a body encircling band, said cups having a portion madeup of inelastic material interconnected and joined at the center-front of the brassiere and an area of elastic material at the underarm side of the cup, said elastic material being joined to said inelastic cup material along an arcuate line extending upwardly from the bottom of said brassiere and inwardly toward the center-front of said cups, and a reinforcing panel in each of said back panels adjacent said cups, each of said back panels being elastic in a horizontal direction and nonelastic in a vertical direction and being joined to said inelastic cup material along an arcuate line extending upwardly from the bottom of said brassiere and inwardly toward the center-front of said cups, each said reinforcing panel underlying and being joined to its back panel around the periphery of said reinforcing panel, and each of said cups being joined to said underbust panel and the adjacent reinforcing panel in a continuous arcuate path.
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US3896818A (en) * | 1973-05-14 | 1975-07-29 | Rapid American Corp | Foundation garment |
US4655224A (en) * | 1985-12-06 | 1987-04-07 | International Playtex, Inc. | Brassiere |
US5045019A (en) * | 1990-10-04 | 1991-09-03 | Exquisite Form Industries, Inc. | Bra with underarm X-feature |
US5820444A (en) * | 1997-02-03 | 1998-10-13 | Mcgaughey; Eleanor F. | Post surgical brassiere |
EP0873693A1 (en) * | 1997-04-11 | 1998-10-28 | Triumph International Aktiengesellschaft | Brassiere |
US6485352B1 (en) * | 2000-05-09 | 2002-11-26 | Playtex Apparel, Inc. | Brassiere |
US6790122B2 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2004-09-14 | Sara Lee Corporation | Circular knit bra having different areas of stretchability and method of making the same |
US20070026767A1 (en) * | 2005-08-01 | 2007-02-01 | Maidenform, Inc. | Brassiere having stretchable support |
US20090053975A1 (en) * | 2007-08-24 | 2009-02-26 | Nuzzo Anthony J | Brassiere having support bands in back and/or side panels |
US20100041313A1 (en) * | 2008-08-14 | 2010-02-18 | Maidenform, Inc. | Bra Cup for Augmenting Breasts and Brassiere Having the Same |
US20100297911A1 (en) * | 2009-05-19 | 2010-11-25 | Zhen Qiang Liu | Back wing for brassiere |
US20110201253A1 (en) * | 2005-08-25 | 2011-08-18 | Michael Stude | Cleavage enhancing brassiere |
US20140235139A1 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2014-08-21 | Sagit Chayet | Garment with support back-wing |
US20140287652A1 (en) * | 2011-12-16 | 2014-09-25 | Junko Deguchi | Brassiere with excellent vibration resistance |
US20150072591A1 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2015-03-12 | Delta Galil Industries Ltd. | Garment with support back-region |
US20220256942A1 (en) * | 2021-02-15 | 2022-08-18 | Up All Nightie, LLC | Garments having bodice systems for breast lift, shape, support, and comfort |
US20220256941A1 (en) * | 2021-02-12 | 2022-08-18 | Chico's Brands Investments, Inc. | Bra with intermediary flexible layer and method for manufacturing same |
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US3896818A (en) * | 1973-05-14 | 1975-07-29 | Rapid American Corp | Foundation garment |
US4655224A (en) * | 1985-12-06 | 1987-04-07 | International Playtex, Inc. | Brassiere |
US5045019A (en) * | 1990-10-04 | 1991-09-03 | Exquisite Form Industries, Inc. | Bra with underarm X-feature |
US5820444A (en) * | 1997-02-03 | 1998-10-13 | Mcgaughey; Eleanor F. | Post surgical brassiere |
EP0873693A1 (en) * | 1997-04-11 | 1998-10-28 | Triumph International Aktiengesellschaft | Brassiere |
US6485352B1 (en) * | 2000-05-09 | 2002-11-26 | Playtex Apparel, Inc. | Brassiere |
US6790122B2 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2004-09-14 | Sara Lee Corporation | Circular knit bra having different areas of stretchability and method of making the same |
US20050136797A1 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2005-06-23 | Sara Lee Corporation | Circular knit bra having different areas of stretchability and method of making the same |
US7169011B2 (en) * | 2002-03-07 | 2007-01-30 | Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc | Circular knit bra having different areas of stretchability and method of making the same |
US20070026767A1 (en) * | 2005-08-01 | 2007-02-01 | Maidenform, Inc. | Brassiere having stretchable support |
US20110201253A1 (en) * | 2005-08-25 | 2011-08-18 | Michael Stude | Cleavage enhancing brassiere |
US7695344B2 (en) * | 2007-08-24 | 2010-04-13 | Hbi Branded Apparel Enterprises, Llc | Brassiere having support bands in back and/or side panels |
US20090053975A1 (en) * | 2007-08-24 | 2009-02-26 | Nuzzo Anthony J | Brassiere having support bands in back and/or side panels |
US8167678B2 (en) | 2008-08-14 | 2012-05-01 | Maidenform, Inc. | Bra cup for augmenting breasts and brassiere having the same |
US20100041313A1 (en) * | 2008-08-14 | 2010-02-18 | Maidenform, Inc. | Bra Cup for Augmenting Breasts and Brassiere Having the Same |
US20100297911A1 (en) * | 2009-05-19 | 2010-11-25 | Zhen Qiang Liu | Back wing for brassiere |
US8221188B2 (en) * | 2009-05-19 | 2012-07-17 | Regina Miracle International Limited | Back wing for brassiere |
US9149076B2 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2015-10-06 | Delta Galil Industries Ltd. | Garment with support back-region |
US20140235139A1 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2014-08-21 | Sagit Chayet | Garment with support back-wing |
US8915765B2 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2014-12-23 | Delta Galil Industries Ltd. | Garment with support back-wing |
US20150072591A1 (en) * | 2011-04-05 | 2015-03-12 | Delta Galil Industries Ltd. | Garment with support back-region |
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 |
US20220256941A1 (en) * | 2021-02-12 | 2022-08-18 | Chico's Brands Investments, Inc. | Bra with intermediary flexible layer and method for manufacturing same |
US20220256942A1 (en) * | 2021-02-15 | 2022-08-18 | Up All Nightie, LLC | Garments having bodice systems for breast lift, shape, support, and comfort |
US11553740B2 (en) * | 2021-02-15 | 2023-01-17 | Up All Nightie, LLC | Garments having bodice systems for breast lift, shape, support, and comfort |
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Owner name: MIYOSHI SHOKAI CO., LTD., 14-1, SAKURAGI-CHO 4-CHO Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:WARNACO INC., A DE. CORP.;MISAWA, KEIZOU;WATANABE, HIDEAKI;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:004690/0018;SIGNING DATES FROM 19861126 TO 19870113 Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY ( BTCO."), 280 PARK AVENUE, Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNORS:WARNACO INC., A DE. CORP.;MISAWA, KEIZOU;WATANABE, HIDEAKI;AND OTHERS;REEL/FRAME:004690/0018;SIGNING DATES FROM 19861126 TO 19870113 |
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Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK BANKING CORP.,NE Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:WARNACO INC.;REEL/FRAME:004854/0304 Effective date: 19861126 Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY, 280 PARK AVE., NEW YORK, NY Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:WARNACO INC.;REEL/FRAME:004854/0304 Effective date: 19861126 Owner name: BANKERS TRUST COMPANY (BTCO), 280 PARK AVENUE, NEW Free format text: SECURITY INTEREST;ASSIGNOR:WARNACO INC.;REEL/FRAME:004787/0609 Effective date: 19870714 |