Article of apparel
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsStephanie K. Muhlenfeld, Kozet Mitchell
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Abstract
A bra including a closure system, the closure system including a first layered fabric body, a second layered fabric body, a loop assembly secured to the first layered fabric body, and a hook assembly secured to the second layered fabric body. The hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to secure the first layered fabric body to the second layered fabric body, and the first layered fabric body includes a flexible supporting layer, where the flexible supporting layer is configured to provide rigidity to the second layered fabric body such that the second layered fabric body maintains a flat configuration when it is secured to the first layered fabric body.
Claims20
A bra, comprising:
- a first panel coupled to a first bra cup, the first bra cup comprising a first moldable contour shaper;
- a second panel coupled to a second bra cup, wherein the second bra cup comprises a second moldable contour shaper that is moldable independent of the first moldable contour shaper;
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- a closure system configured to join the first panel and the second panel, wherein the closure system comprises:
- a first layered fabric body;
- a second layered fabric body comprising a flexible supporting layer;
- a loop assembly coupled to the first layered fabric body;
- a hook assembly coupled to the second layered fabric body and comprising hooks coupled to the flexible supporting layer, wherein the hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to connect the first panel to the second panel.
A bra, comprising:
- a first bra cup comprising a first moldable contour shaper, wherein the first moldable contour shaper is U-shaped;
- a second bra cup comprising a second moldable contour shaper, wherein the second moldable contour shaper is U-shaped, and wherein the second moldable contour shaper is moldable independent of the first moldable contour shaper,
- wherein the first bra cup and the second bra cup do not have an underwire.
A closure system for joining panels of a bra, comprising:
- a loop assembly secured to a first layered fabric body, wherein the first layered fabric body is coupled to a first panel, and wherein the loop assembly comprises loops;
- a hook assembly secured to a second layered fabric body, wherein the second layered fabric body is coupled to a second panel, and wherein the hook assembly comprises hooks coupled to a flexible supporting layer of the second layered fabric body,
- wherein the hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to join the first panel and the second panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.