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US 11,696,606 B2Granted
Athletic bra
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsOfra Inselberg, Maxi Roberts, Jessica LaCava, Abby Wittstadt
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Abstract
An athletic bra includes a support panel shaped to include first and second cups. Grooves are formed into the panel to provide areas of increase flexure and/or stretch. A textile layer can be secured to the support panel.
Claims20
An athletic bra comprising:
- a molded support panel defining a first panel side, a second panel side, and a perimetral edge, the panel including:
- a first cup comprising a convex section at the first panel side and a concave section at the second panel side, and
- a second cup comprising a convex section at the first panel side and a concave section at the second panel side;
- a flexure groove formed into the second panel side and extending continuously along the second panel side from the first cup concave section to the second cup concave section, the flexure groove defining a flexure zone for the athletic bra;
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- a plurality of intersecting grooves formed into the first panel side, wherein the intersecting grooves formed into the first panel side extend continuously from the first cup convex section to the second cup convex section.
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An athletic bra comprising:
- a molded support panel defining a first panel side, a second panel side, and a perimetral edge, the panel including:
- a first cup comprising a convex section at the first panel side and a concave section at the second panel side, and
- a second cup comprising a convex section at the first panel side and a concave section at the second panel side;
- a first flexure groove formed into the second panel side and extending continuously along the second panel side from the first cup concave section to the second cup concave section, wherein the first flexure groove defines a flexure zone for the athletic bra and includes a first curved section at the first cup concave section and a second curved section at the second cup concave section;
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- a second flexure groove formed into the second panel side and extending continuously along the second panel side from the first cup concave section to the second cup concave section, the second flexure groove including a third curved section at the first cup concave section and a fourth curved section at the second cup concave section;
- wherein:
- the first and second flexure grooves are aligned in a nested configuration with each other;
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- the third curved section of the second flexure groove is nested within the first curved section of the first flexure groove at the first cup concave section, and the second curved section of the first flexure groove is nested within the fourth curved section of the second flexure groove at the second cup concave section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.