US 12,161,172 B2Granted

Bra with stretch support

AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.

InventorsMerida Miller, Jason Berns

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Abstract

A brassiere includes a front portion configured to be positioned along a front of a torso, a back portion coupled to the front portion, and a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion. The front portion includes a cup for supporting a wearer's breast. The cup comprises a fabric layer and a printed layer. The fabric layer includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer and forms a discontinuous layer defining covered fabric areas and noncovered fabric areas exposing the fabric layer. An elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the noncovered fabric areas. The printed layer is deposited on the fabric layer in a pattern configured to provide the cup with an elastic modulus gradient.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A brassiere comprising:

a front body portion configured to be positioned along a front of a torso, the front portion comprising:
a body fabric layer including a first, user-facing side and second side opposite the first side, and
a discontinuous polymer layer deposited on the body fabric layer, the polymer layer defining covered fabric areas and noncovered fabric areas exposing the body fabric layer,
wherein an elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the noncovered fabric areas;
a body back portion coupled to the front portion;
and
a shoulder strap extending from the front portion to the back portion, the shoulder strap including:
a shoulder fabric layer including a first, user-facing side and second side opposite the first side, and
a discontinuous polymer layer deposited onto the second side of the shoulder fabric layer, the polymer layer forming covered fabric areas where the polymer is applied to the fabric layer and openings where the polymer is not applied to the fabric layer,
wherein an elastic modulus of the covered fabric areas is different than an elastic modulus of the openings.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/457,545Filed 29 Aug 2023 · continuation
Priority: 7 Feb 2014
Published: US 2024/0156182 A116 May 2024
Granted: 10 Dec 2024
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A41C 3/0057
Specially adapted for specific purposes: for sport activities
A41C 3/0085
Brassieres: with ventilation feature
A41B 2500/50
Materials for shirts, underwear, baby linen or handkerchiefs not provided for in other groups of this subclass: synthetic resins or rubbers
A41C
Corsets

Family

Application61/937,167Us provisional application · filed 7 Feb 2014
Application14/616,365Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Feb 2015
Application15/708,981Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Sep 2017
US 9,788,579 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Oct 2017
Application16/104,511Parent of this continuation · filed 17 Aug 2018
US 10,051,896 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Aug 2018
Application16/875,590Parent of this continuation · filed 15 May 2020
US 10,681,941 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jun 2020
Application17/894,088Parent of this continuation · filed 23 Aug 2022
US 11,464,262 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Oct 2022
US 11,737,499 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 29 Aug 2023
US 2024/0156182 A1Pre-grant publication · published 16 May 2024
US 2015/0223525 A1Published application
US 2018/0000167 A1Published application
US 2018/0352873 A1Published application
US 2020/0345081 A1Published application
US 2022/0400779 A1Published application
US 12,161,172 B2This patent

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