Brassiere with cups having reinforcing elements

A brassiere, comprising:

• a concave left cup and a concave right cup, each cup having an inside surface and an outside surface,
• each cup configured to receive a woman's breast;
• and
• one or more of (i) left and right sides, (ii) a back and (iii) at least one strap,
• wherein each cup comprises (i) two reinforcing members that intersect with one another at an angle of 70-90 degrees and (ii) other material that does not comprise a reinforcing member,
• each reinforcing member of the two reinforcing members is more rigid than the other material adjacent the reinforcing member.

A brassiere, comprising:

• a concave left cup and a concave right cup, each cup having an inside surface and an outside surface,
• each cup configured to receive a women's breast;
• and
• one or more of (i) left and right sides, (ii) a back and (iii) at least one strap, wherein each cup includes (i) at least three reinforcing members and (ii) other material that does not comprise a reinforcing member,
• each reinforcing member of the at least three reinforcing members is more rigid than the other material adjacent the reinforcing member,
• wherein the at least three reinforcing members of each cup include two reinforcing members that substantially form a first T intersection and two reinforcing members that substantially form a second T intersection,
• wherein one of the at least three reinforcing members of each cup represents a leg of the first T intersection and represents a top of the second T intersection.

A brassiere, comprising:

• a concave left cup and a concave right cup, each cup having an inside surface and an outside surface,
• each cup configured to receive a women's breast;
• and
• one or more of (i) left and right sides, (ii) a back and (iii) at least one strap, wherein each cup comprises (i) three nonparallel reinforcing members and (ii) other material that does not comprise a reinforcing member,
• each nonparallel reinforcing member of the three nonparallel reinforcing members is more rigid than the other material adjacent the nonparallel reinforcing member.