Support garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsAndrew L. DePew, Iustinia Koshkaroff, Ariana S. Levitt, Yuan Mu
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Abstract
A support garment (e.g., upper-torso support garment, such as a bra) includes a mesh textile that is integrally formed and that is lightweight and breathable with zonal properties. For example, the mesh can include elongated members, which intersect with one another at nodes to form a grid of cells, and the mesh can continuously extend throughout one or more multiple portions of the support garment. In at least some instances, the mesh construction and/or the elongated members can vary from one portion of the support garment to another portion of the support garment, and the variation of the mesh and/or the elongated members can contribute to zonal properties.
Claims26
An upper-torso support garment comprising:
- a main body and an underband;
- the underband comprising an upper portion coupled to the main body and comprising a lower portion opposite the upper portion;
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- the underband comprising a first elongated member that extends from the upper portion to the lower portion and that comprises a waveform,
- wherein the first elongated member comprises an upper segment closer to the upper portion, a lower segment closer to the lower portion, and a middle segment between the upper segment and the lower segment;
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- wherein a first amplitude of the waveform in the middle segment is smaller than a second amplitude of the waveform in the upper segment;
- or wherein the first amplitude is smaller than a third amplitude of the waveform in the lower segment;
- or wherein the first amplitude is smaller than both the second amplitude and the third amplitude.
An upper-torso support garment comprising:
- a main body and an underband;
- the underband comprising an upper portion coupled to the main body and comprising a lower portion opposite the upper portion;
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- the underband comprising:
- a first elongated member that extends from the upper portion to the lower portion and that comprises a first waveform;
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- a second elongated member that is separate from the first elongated member and is spaced apart from the first elongated member along the underband, wherein the second elongated member extends from the upper portion to the lower portion and comprises a second waveform, and wherein a first amplitude of the first elongated member is different than a second amplitude of the second elongated member.
An upper-torso support garment comprising:
- a main body and an underband;
- the underband comprising an upper portion coupled to the main body and comprising a lower portion opposite the upper portion;
- the underband comprising widthwise orientation extending from the upper portion to the lower portion and a lengthwise orientation;
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- the underband comprising a first elongated member that longitudinally extends in the lengthwise orientation and that comprises a first waveform, wherein the first elongated member comprise a first segment and a second segment;
- wherein the first segment is, as compared to the second segment, closer to a midpoint of the underband on a front of the upper-torso support garment;
- and wherein the first segment of the first elongated member comprises a first amplitude and the second segment of the first elongated member comprises a second amplitude, which is different from the first amplitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.