# US 11,432,596 B2 · Articles of clothing and brassieres > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,432,596 B2 - Document ID: US11432596B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/470,937 - Filed: 2018-10-29 - Published: 2020-07-09 - Granted: 2022-09-06 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-22 - Assignees: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Akemi Kobayashi; Satomi Kobayashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11432596B2 ## CPC - A41C 3/10: with stiffening or bust-forming inserts - A41C 3/142: {Stiffening inserts} - A41C 3/12: Component parts - A41C 3/144: {Pads} - A41B 2500/50: Synthetic resins or rubbers - A41C 3/0007: {with stay means (A41C3/06 takes precedence; stay means per se A41C3/122)} - A41C 3/0014: {made from one piece with one or several layers} - A41C 3/0028: {with size and configuration adjustment means} - A41C 5/005: {by moulding (shaping of textile material made from plastics fibres by thermoforming B29C51/004)} - B29L 2031/4885: {Brassieres} - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS - B29L: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASS B29C, RELATING TO PARTICULAR ARTICLES ## Abstract The present invention provides a brassiere having excellent fitting properties, allowing a greater number of wearers to obtain a sufficient fit for their breasts. The brassiere has a cup part for covering the wearer's breasts. The cup part includes an inner cup provided inside the cup part. The inner cup has an upper side portion. The upper side portion has a wave-shaped structure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An article of clothing (1) having a cup part (10) for covering breasts of a wearer who wears the article of clothing (1), wherein the cup part (10) includes an inner cup (52) provided inside the cup part (10), the inner cup (52) has an upper side portion (70), and the upper side portion (70) has a wave-shaped structure, wherein the inner cup (52) has a plurality of elongated holes (110) provided around a cup top (C), the cup top (C) corresponding to a top of the breast of the wearer, wherein the elongated holes (110) are elongated in a circumferential direction about the cup to (C), and wherein a mesh layer (56) that covers the elongated holes (110) is provided on a surface of the inner cup (52). ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the wave-shaped structure is stretchable in a direction along the upper side portion (70). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the inner cup (52) has right and left inner cup portions (60, 61) and a joining part (62) that joins the right and left inner cup portions (60, 61), and wherein the wave-shaped structure is provided continuously throughout the upper side portion (70) of the right and left inner cup portions (60, 61) and the upper side portion (90) of the joining part (62). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of elongated holes (110) is provided concentrically or spirally about the cup top (C). ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 4, wherein a circumferential dimension of each of the plurality of elongated holes (110) increases with increasing distance from the cup top (C). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the upper side portion (70) of the inner cup (52) has a region (R2) in which no elongated holes (110) are provided. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 6, wherein the inner cup (52) has a first region (R1) in which the elongated holes (110) are provided and a second region (R2) adjacent to the first region (R1), the second region (R2) being a region in the upper side portion (70) in which no elongated holes (110) are provided, wherein the first region (R1) and the second region (R2) have a waved boundary line (E) therebetween, and wherein tops and bottoms of waves of the waved boundary line (E) correspond to tops and bottoms of waves of the waved shape of the upper side portion (70). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 7, wherein the inner cup (52) has a third region (R3) located on an opposite side of the first region (R1) with respect to the second region (R2) of the upper side portion (70), with the first region (R1) being sandwiched between the third region (R3) and the second region (R2), wherein the third region (R3) partially surrounds the first region (R1) and no elongated holes (110) are provided in the third region (R3). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the inner cup (52) has a region (R4) in which no elongated holes (110) are provided around the cup top (C). ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the inner cup (52) further includes a breast support (63) that covers and supports a lower part of the breasts of the wearer, and wherein no elongated holes (110) are provided in the breast support (63). ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the cup part (10) has respective cushion layers (51, 53) on a front-surface side and a back-surface side of the inner cup (52). ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The article of clothing (1) according to claim 1, wherein the article of clothing (1) is a brassiere. ### Claim 13 An article of clothing (1) having a cup part (10) for covering breasts of a wearer who wears the article of clothing (1), wherein the cup part (10) includes an inner cup (52) provided entirely inside the cup part (10), the inner cup (52) has an upper side portion (70), the upper portion (70) has a wave shaped structure, wherein the wave shaped structure is stretchable in a direction along the upper side portion (70), and wherein the inner cup (52) has right and left inner cup portions (60, 61) and a joining part (62) that joins the right and left inner cup portions (60, 61), and wherein the wave-shaped structure is provided continuously throughout the upper side portion (70) of the right and left inner cup portions (60, 61), and the upper side portion (M90) of the joining part (62).