WO2010103638A1

WO2010103638A1 - Cup material for size-adjustable brassiere

Info

Publication number: WO2010103638A1
Application number: PCT/JP2009/054727
Authority: WO
Inventors: 太田政則; 原田佳郁
Original assignee: 大祐商事株式会社
Priority date: 2009-03-12
Filing date: 2009-03-12
Publication date: 2010-09-16

Abstract

Provided is a cup material wherein the cup size can be adjusted by making the sizes of under bust and top bust alterable. A cup material (1) consists of a flexible basic material (2) which curves to inflate downward to correspond to the breast hemline, and a plurality of curve adjustment materials (3, 4, 5) fixed removably to the basic material (2) and coupled mutually. The fixing positions of the curve adjustment materials (3, 4, 5) with respect to the longitudinal direction of the basic material (2) can be altered and the cup size is adjusted by altering the fixing positions thereby adjusting the degree of curvature of the basic material.

Description

Cup base materials such as adjustable bras

The present invention relates to a cup base material such as a brassiere or a separate swimsuit that can be adjusted in size according to the size of the wearer's breast.

¡Clothes with cups such as brassieres need to be tailored to the wearer's preference for design and materials, and require a very large number of subdivided sizes. For this reason, products of various designs and sizes are manufactured and sold. Therefore, for manufacturers, it is inefficient to produce a wide variety of products, and for sellers, purchasing a wide variety of products can lead to inventory, and both manufacturers and sellers It is not preferable. On the other hand, there is a problem that the wearer also has to purchase a product of a size that fits each time when the size of the breast changes due to a change in body shape, etc., and the purchase cost increases.

Currently, a bra that can be adjusted by the wearer has been proposed in order to reduce the number of sizes (see Patent Document 1). In this proposal, a plurality of engaging members called eyes that engage with a connecting hook provided on one connecting band of a bracelet band are provided on the other connecting band in the longitudinal direction. The size is adjusted by adjusting the length of the breast band by selecting the eye to be engaged.

JP 2002-317309 A

¡Those that adjust the size by adjusting the length of the above bracelet band have the inconvenience that they can respond to changes in the size of the entire chest area but cannot respond to changes in the cup size.

An object of the present invention is to provide a cup base material such as a size-adjustable bra that eliminates such inconveniences.

To achieve this objective, a cup substrate such as a size-adjustable bra according to the present invention is flexible and is curved to bulge downward to correspond to the breast lower edge, preferably It consists of a base material that can be adjusted in length and a plurality of curvature adjusting materials that are detachably attached to the base material and that are connected to each other. It can be changed in the longitudinal direction, and preferably the mutual connection position can also be changed.

The base material is, for example, a thin rod material or a thin pipe material made of synthetic resin or metal. On the other hand, the curvature adjusting material is, for example, a flexible thin plate material made of synthetic resin, synthetic fiber, or the like, or a thin rod material or a thin pipe material made of synthetic resin, metal, or the like. As a structure for attaching the curvature adjusting material to the base material, for example, a combination of a hole provided in the base material and a pin that is detachably fitted in the hole provided in the curvature adjusting material, or, for example, a length on the surface of the base material. There is a structure in which a curvature adjusting material is attached to a base material via a locking body that can be engaged with and disengaged from a serrated locking portion provided so as to extend in a direction and is movable along the base material. The locking body and the curve adjusting member may be in a fixed state or detachable.

According to a cup base material such as a brassiere according to the present invention, change the mounting position of each bending adjustment material relative to the base material, or in addition to this change, change the connection position of each bending adjustment material, By adjusting the curvature of the base material, the size of the underbust and the depth of the cup, which is the size of the top bust, can be adjusted, and the cup size can be adjusted by these adjustments, so for the manufacturer There is no need to manufacture a variety of cup-sized products, and there is no risk of having a large stock for the seller, and it is not necessary for the wearer to purchase a product that fits the size due to changes in body shape. The effect that can be produced.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. First, the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 11 will be described.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the cup base material 1 is made of a synthetic resin, is flexible, has a thin rod-like base material 2 that is curved so as to swell downward corresponding to the lower edge of the breast, It consists of three synthetic resin-made thin plate-shaped

curvature adjusting materials

3, 4, and 5 that are detachably attached to the base material 2.

The adjacent ones of the

curvature adjusting members

3, 4 and 5 are connected to each other. The central bending adjusting member 4 shown in FIG. 3 has four connecting

holes

6a, 6b, 6c and 6d are provided, and the left curve adjusting member 3 shown in FIG. 4 is provided with connecting

holes

7a and 7b on the center upper part and the right edge part side, respectively. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the right curve adjusting member 5 is provided with connecting

holes

8a and 8b on the center upper part and the left edge side, respectively. As can be understood from FIGS. 3 to 5,

engagement pins

9 a, 9 b, 10 a, 10 b, 11 a, and 11 b are provided at the lower ends of the respective

curvature adjusting members

3, 4, 5. . These

engagement pins

9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, and 11b are made of hard synthetic resin, and their tips are formed much larger than other portions. Note that

protective caps

12a and 12b are fitted to both ends of the base material 2, respectively.

Next, a mechanism for attaching the

curvature adjusting members

3, 4, and 5 to the base material 2 will be described. As can be understood from FIG. 1, the base material 2 has six

locking members

13 a, 13 b, 13 c, 13 d, 13 e, and 13 f made of synthetic resin that are movable in the longitudinal direction of the base material 2 and are in desired positions. It can be fixed with. Since the structure of each

locking body

13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f is the same, the locking body 13a will be described as an example with reference to FIG. On the upper and lower surfaces of the base material 2,

serrated locking portions

14 a and 14 b in which fine saw teeth are continuous in the longitudinal direction are provided. A frame-like main body 15 of a locking body 13 a is fitted to the base material 2 so as to be movable along the base material 2. The supporting

portions

16a and 16b projecting from the upper and lower surfaces of the main body 15 are provided with locking

arms

17a and 17b that are locked to the saw teeth at desired positions of the

locking portions

14a and 14b at the tip portions, respectively. 16b is supported so as to be swingable in the vertical direction, and is configured to return to the locked state shown in FIG. 7 by a spring (not shown) or the flexibility of the

locking arms

17a and 17b itself.

When each of the locking

arms

17a and 17b displaces each rear end portion in the approaching direction, the distal end portion is displaced in the direction away from each other, and the locking state with the

locking portions

14a and 14b is released. In this unlocked state, the locking body 13a is guided by the base material 2 and can move in the longitudinal direction. When the locking body 13a is moved to the desired position and the rear end portions of the locking

arms

17a and 17b are returned to their original positions, the tip portions are displaced in the approaching direction to engage with the

locking portions

14a and 14b. Then, the locked state is again reached, and the locked body 13a is in a fixed state where it cannot move.

A fitting hole 18 is formed in the support portion 16a of the locking body 13a. For example, an engagement pin 9a of the central curve adjusting member 4 is fitted and fixed in the fitting hole 18 to fix the locking body 13a. The curvature adjusting member 4 is attached to Since the

engaging pins

9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b are detachable from the fitting hole 18, the

engaging pins

9a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e, 13f are moved to move the engaging pins 9a, By inserting and fixing 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, and 11b, the attachment positions of the

bending adjusting members

3, 4, and 5 with respect to the base material 2 can be changed.

Next, a mechanism for connecting adjacent

curvature adjusting materials

3, 4, and 5 will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, the connecting hole 7a of the left curve adjusting material 3 is positioned correspondingly to the connecting hole 6a of the central curve adjusting material 4, and the

connection holes

6a and 7a are connected from the back side of each of the

curve adjusting materials

3 and 4. By inserting the pin 19 and fitting the retaining ring 20 from the surface side, the adjacent

curve adjusting members

3 and 4 are connected (see FIGS. 1 and 8). The central curve adjusting member 4 and the right curve adjusting member 5 can be connected in the same manner with the connecting hole 8a corresponding to the connecting hole 6b (see FIGS. 1 and 8). Further, the connecting hole 7b of the left curve adjusting material 3 is made to correspond to the connecting hole 6c of the central curve adjusting material 4, and the connecting pin 19 is inserted into the connecting

holes

6c and 7b from the back side of each of the

curve adjusting materials

3 and 4. The adjacent

curve adjusting members

3 and 4 can also be connected by fitting the retaining ring 20 from the surface side (see FIG. 10). Then, the connection between the central curve adjusting material 4 and the right curve adjusting material 5 can be performed in the same manner with the connection hole 8b positioned corresponding to the connection hole 6d (see FIG. 10).

Next, a method for adjusting the size of the cup base material 1 will be described. In the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the connection hole 7 a of the left curve adjustment material 3 is positioned corresponding to the connection hole 6 a of the center curve adjustment material 4, and the right curve adjustment material 5 is inserted into the connection hole 6 b of the center curve adjustment material 4. The connecting holes 8a are made to correspond to each other and are connected by connecting pins 19 and retaining rings 20, respectively. At this time, the locking body 13a in which the engaging pin 9a of the central curve adjusting member 4 is fitted and fixed, and the locking body 13d in which the engaging pin 10b of the left curve adjusting material 3 is fixed are brought into contact with each other. The locking body 13b in which the four engagement pins 9b are inserted and fixed is in contact with the locking body 13e in which the engagement pins 11a of the right curve adjusting member 5 are inserted and fixed. In this embodiment, this state is the maximum state for both the top bust size and the underbust size, that is, the maximum cup size.

In the state shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the locking body 13c in which the engagement pin 10a of the left curve adjusting member 3 is inserted and fixed, and the locking body 13d in which the engagement pin 10b is inserted and fixed are as described above. The locking arm is operated to release the locking state with the

locking portions

14a and 14b of the base material 2 and moved toward the end portion of the base material 2 while keeping the distance between them constant. When the locking arm is returned to the original state, the

locking bodies

13 c and 13 d are fixed to the base material 2. As shown in FIG. 8, the left curve adjusting member 3 is displaced about the connecting pin 19 in accordance with the amount of movement of each of the

locking bodies

13c and 13d, and the base member 2 is bent more than in the state of FIG. Similarly, with respect to the right bending material 5, the

locking members

13e and 13f are moved and fixed to the base material 2 again at a desired position, whereby the base material 2 is bent more than the state shown in FIG. That is, as each of the

locking bodies

13c, 13d, 13e, and 13f is moved toward the end of the base material 2, the base material 2 is greatly curved, the underbust size is reduced, and the top bust is reduced. The cup depth, which is the size, becomes shallower. The magnitude of the cup depth can be understood by comparing FIG. 2 with FIG.

The above-described movement of the

respective locking bodies

13c, 13d, 13e, and 13f can be performed in a state where the

respective engagement pins

10a, 10b, 11a, and 11b of the respective

bending adjusting members

3 and 5 are detached from the fitting holes 18. In this state, a series of moving operations including the operation of the locking arm is easier.

Further, the degree of curvature of the base material 2 is further increased by changing the connection state of the adjacent

curve adjusting members

3, 4 and 5 along with the movement of the above-described

locking bodies

13c, 13d, 13e, and 13f. The size and top bust size can be further reduced. That is, in the state of FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the connection holes 19a and 7a and the connection pins 19 inserted through the connection holes 6b and 8a are released from the engagement of the retaining rings 20, and the connection holes 6a and 7a. And after detaching from the connection holes 6b and 8a, the connection hole 6c and the connection hole 7b and the connection hole 6d and the connection hole 8b are made to correspond to each other, and the connection pin 19 is again inserted into these connection holes, and the retaining ring 20 is attached. By fitting the connecting pin 19, the adjacent

curve adjusting members

3, 4, 5 are connected again in the state shown in FIGS. 10 and 11.

Here, a brassiere using the cup base material 1 described above will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, a pair of left and right cup base materials 1 adjusted to the wearer's cup size are covered with a covering material 102 and coupled with a cup connection member 103, and band-connected to the outer portion of each cup base material 1. The

members

104a and 104b are connected, and one band connecting member 104a is attached with one end provided with an engaging / disengaging portion 106a of the breast band 105, and the other band connecting member 104b is provided with an engaged / disengaging portion 106b of the breast band 105. A bra 101 is attached.

The covering material 102 is formed by covering a core body such as urethane sponge with a flexible non-woven fabric, a single body such as a woven fabric, or a composite material. The covering material 102 has a bag shape into which the cup base material 1 can be inserted. A plurality of snaps are provided on the open edge and are bound together. The cup connection member 103 can be opened and closed in the contact and separation directions of the fitting connection portions with the left and right cup base materials 1 with the connecting portion at the upper end as a fulcrum. Further, one band connecting member 104a has a fitting hole for fitting the fitting connecting portion to be fitted to the cup base 1 and the engaged / disengaged portion 106b of the breast band 105, and the other band connecting member 104b has a cup base. A fitting connection part that fits the material 1 and a mounting hole for attaching the breast band 105 are provided.

FIG. 13 shows a cup base material 31 according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and the

curvature adjusting members

33, 34, and 35 are made of synthetic resin and made of a thin rod material having flexibility. On the other hand, the base material 32 is formed of a thin pipe material made of synthetic resin, and as shown in FIG. 14, through-

holes

36 and 37 arranged in two rows are provided on the peripheral surface of the base material 32. By selecting appropriate ones of these through

holes

36 and 37 and fitting both end portions of the respective

curvature adjusting members

33, 34 and 35 so as to be detachable, the respective

bending adjusting members

33, 34 and 35 are attached to the base material 32. Is to be attached. At this time, the left curve adjusting material 33 and the right curve adjusting material 35 may be attached to the same row of through holes, for example, the row of through holes 36, and the central curve adjusting material 34 may be attached to the other row of through holes 37. . The

curvature adjusting members

33, 34 and 35 may be thin metal rods having flexibility, and the base member 32 may be a thin metal pipe material having flexibility.

Adjacent

curvature adjusting members

33, 34, 35 are connected by a fitting pin and a fitting hole (not shown), and a fitting pin is provided on one surface side of the central bending adjusting member 34 at a predetermined interval. A fitting hole is formed through the surface of the left bending adjustment member 33 and the right bending adjustment member 35 that are in contact with the one side of the center bending adjustment member 34 that protrudes from the one side where the fitting pin protrudes. Has been. According to this configuration, the left curve adjusting material 33 and the right curve adjusting material 35 can be used as the same member. When the left curve adjusting material 33 and the right curve adjusting material 35 are configured as separate members, the left curve adjusting material 33 may be provided with a fitting hole in the right half that contacts the center curve adjusting material 34. Further, the right curve adjusting material 35 may be provided with a fitting hole in the left half that contacts the central curve adjusting material 34.

As with the cup base material 1, the cup base material 31 has a covering material 102, a cup connection member 103,

band connection members

104a and 104b, a detachable portion 106a, and a breast band 105 having a detachable portion 106b. Can be used as the brassiere 101.

Next, an embodiment in which the base material is configured to be adjustable in length will be described. FIG. 15 shows an example thereof. A cylindrical auxiliary body formed by closing one end provided with an external thread 202 provided at an end portion of the base material main body 201 and an internal thread which is engaged with the external thread 202 on the inner peripheral surface. 203. By rotating the auxiliary body 203 in a predetermined direction and changing the screwing position with respect to the male screw 202, the length of the base material can be adjusted by changing the protruding length from the base material main body 201.

FIG. 16 shows another example relating to the length adjustment of the base material, which includes a base material main body 301, an auxiliary body 302, and a connection material 303. A plate-like connecting portion 301a is provided at the end of the base material main body 301, and five connecting holes 301b are provided therein. One end of the auxiliary body 302 is provided with a connection portion 302a having five connection holes 302b which are in a plate shape to be joined to the connection portion 301a and which are positioned corresponding to the connection holes 301b at the time of joining. The connection member 303 has the same length as each of the

connection portions

301a and 302a, and has five connection pins 303b that fit into the connection holes 301b and 302b located at the corresponding positions of the

connected connection portions

301a and 302a. The length of the base material can be adjusted by changing the corresponding connection holes 301b and 302b of the

connection portions

301a and 302a.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the

bending adjusting members

3, 4, and 5 are fixed to the locking

bodies

13 a, 13 b, 13 c, 13 d, 13 e, and 13 f so that they cannot be detached. It may be provided in a state. Further, the adjacent

curve adjusting materials

3, 4, 5 may be connected by a projecting pin integrally formed with the center curve adjusting material 4 and a fitting hole provided in the left curve adjusting material 3 and the right curve adjusting material 5. Good. Furthermore, the structure which makes the

base materials

2 and 32 adjustable in length is not limited to the above-mentioned thing. Furthermore, the number of

curvature adjusting members

3, 4, 5, 33, 34, 35 attached to the

base members

2, 32 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. Furthermore, the positions and number of the connecting

holes

6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b can be changed as appropriate, and are not limited to the illustrated examples.

The perspective view of a cup base material. Similarly side view. The front view of a center curvature adjustment material. The front view of a left curve adjustment material. The front view of a right curve adjustment material. The expanded sectional view which shows the connection part of curvature adjustment materials. The enlarged front view of the attachment part of the curvature adjustment material with respect to a base material. The perspective view which shows the state which changed the attachment position of the curvature adjustment material. Similarly side view. The perspective view which shows the state which also changed the connection position of curvature adjustment materials. Similarly side view. The perspective view which shows an example of the brassiere using a cup base material. The front view which shows other embodiment of a cup base material. The enlarged plan view of the basic material in the embodiment. The expansion perspective view which shows the principal part of embodiment which can adjust the length of a base material. The expansion perspective view which shows the principal part of other embodiment which can adjust the length of a base material.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF

SYMBOLS

1,31

Cup base material

2,32

Base material

3,33 Left

curve adjusting material

4,34 Center

curve adjusting material

5,35 Right

curve adjusting material

6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 7a, 7b, 8a,

8b Connecting hole

9a , 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a,

11b Protective caps

13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 13e,

13f Locking body

14a, 14b Engaging portion 15

Main body

16a,

16b Supporting portion

17a, 17b Locking Arm 18 Fitting hole 19 Connecting pin 20

Retaining ring

36, 37 Fitting hole 101 Bra 102 Cover material 103

Cup connecting member

104a, 104b Band connecting member 105 Breast band 106a Engaging / disengaging part 106b Engaging / disengaging

part

201, 301 Base material main body 202

Male screw

203, 302

Auxiliary body

301a,

302a Connection portion

301b, 302b connection hole 303 connecting member 303b connecting pin

Claims

A base material that is flexible and curves so as to swell downward to correspond to the lower edge of the breast, and a plurality of curve adjustment materials that are detachably attached to the base material and connected to each other These bend-adjusting materials are cup base materials such as size-adjustable brassieres whose attachment position to the base material can be changed in the longitudinal direction of the base material.
[Claim 2] A cup base material such as a size-adjustable brassiere according to claim 1, wherein the base material can be adjusted in length, and the respective bending adjusting materials can be connected to each other.
A locking part extending in the longitudinal direction is provided on the surface of the base material, and each bending adjustment material is attached to the base material via a plurality of locking bodies that can be engaged with and disengaged from the locking part and movable along the base material. A cup base material such as a size-adjustable brassiere according to claim 1 or 2.
The cup base material such as a size-adjustable brassiere according to claim 3, wherein the curvature adjusting material is detachably attached to the locking body.
5. A cup base material such as a size-adjustable brassiere according to claim 4, wherein the curvature adjusting material is in a thin plate shape, and an engaging pin that can be engaged and disengaged in a fitting hole provided in the engaging body is provided at the lower end.