# US 12,004,575 B2 · Brassiere and manufacturing method thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,575 B2 - Document ID: US12004575B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/636,267 - Filed: 2019-08-20 - Published: 2022-09-01 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-08-20 - Assignees: Regina Miracle International (Group) Limited - Applicants: Regina Miracle International (Group) Limited - Inventors: Nathalie Martinet; Suet Hing Yip; Changming Liang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004575B2 ## CPC - A41C 3/00: Brassieres - A41C 3/128: {using specific materials} - A41C 3/0028: {with size and configuration adjustment means} - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES ## Abstract A brassiere to be worn by a wearer is disclosed. The brassiere includes a pair of bra cups. The brassiere also includes at least one side wing attached to lateral peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere around a torso of the wearer, when worn. The brassiere further includes a pair of straps attached to top peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere on shoulders of the wearer, when worn. Herein, at least one of the at least one side wing and the pair of straps comprise one or more flat-knit fabric layers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A brassiere to be worn by a wearer, the brassiere comprising: a pair of bra cups; at least one side wing attached to lateral peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere around a torso of the wearer, when worn; and a pair of straps attached to top peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere on shoulders of the wearer, when worn, wherein the at least one side wing comprises one or more flat-knit fabric layers, and a fabric sheet folded to provide a folded region and a free ends region, the one or more flat-knit fabric layers enclosed within the folded region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The brassiere as claimed in claim 1, wherein each strap of the pair of straps comprises a flat-knit fabric layer therein. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The brassiere as claimed in claim 2, wherein each strap in the pair of straps comprises a fabric sheet folded to provide a tubular structure, and wherein the one or more flat-knit fabric layers is enclosed within the tubular structure of the fabric sheet. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The brassiere as claimed in claim 3, wherein the one or more flat-knit fabric layers is attached to the fabric sheet using an adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The brassiere as claimed in claim 4, wherein the adhesive is in the form of an adhesive film arranged between the one or more flat-knit fabric layers and the fabric sheet. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The brassiere as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more flat-knit fabric layers is attached to the fabric sheet at the folded region using an adhesive. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The brassiere as claimed in claim 6, wherein the adhesive is in the form of an adhesive film arranged between the one or more flat-knit fabric layers and the fabric sheet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The brassiere as claimed in claim 1, wherein free ends of the fabric sheet at the free ends region are attached to each other using an adhesive. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The brassiere as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more flat-knit fabric layers comprises an elastic covered yarn material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The brassiere as claimed in claim 9, wherein each of the one or more flat-knit fabric layers comprises nylon or spandex covered polyester yarn material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The brassiere as claimed in claim 9, wherein an amount of yarn material utilized for forming a section of each of the one or more flat-knit fabric layers varies for different sections. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The brassiere as claimed in claim 9, wherein different types of yarn materials are utilized for forming different sections of each of the one or more flat-knit fabric layers. ### Claim 13 A method of manufacturing a brassiere to be worn by a wearer, the method comprising: forming at least one side wing comprising a flat-knit fabric layer therein, by folding a fabric sheet to provide a folded region and a free ends region, with the flat-knit fabric layer enclosed within the folded region, and attaching the flat-knit fabric layer to the fabric sheet at the folded region and the free ends of the fabric sheet at the free ends region using an adhesive; forming a pair of straps; providing a pair of bra cups; attaching the at least one side wing to lateral peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere around a torso of the wearer, when worn; and attaching the pair of straps to top peripheries of the pair of bra cups to support the brassiere on shoulders of the wearer, when worn. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein forming each strap of the pair of straps comprises: folding a fabric sheet to provide a tubular structure, with a flat-knit fabric layer enclosed within the tubular structure of the fabric sheet; and attaching the flat-knit fabric layer to the fabric sheet using an adhesive. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the flat-knit fabric layer comprises an elastic covered yarn material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the flat-knit fabric layer comprises nylon or spandex covered polyester yarn material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method as claimed in claim 15 further comprising varying an amount of yarn material in different sections of the flat-knit fabric layers. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method as claimed in claim 15 further comprising utilizing different yarn materials in different sections of the flat-knit fabric layers.