Sports brassiere for nursing

In a brassiere including a pair of cup members, each of which includes an inner contact layer, and a pair of shoulder straps, an inertial movement reduction mechanism comprising the following:

• downward compression means, forming portions of the respective inner contact layer of the cups, for exerting a downward force on the wearer's breasts sufficient to reduce upward inertial movement of the wearer's breast, the downward compression means being fabricated from a material differing from that of the remainder of the inner contact layers of the cups;
• upward and inward compression means, adjustably attached to the shoulder straps, for exerting an upward and inward force on the wearer's breasts sufficient to reduce outward and downward inertial movement of the wearer's breasts;
• and
• nursing access means, provided on the downward compression means and the upward and inward compression means, for providing selective access to the breast of a wearer without removing the brassiere.

In a brassiere including a pair of cup members and a pair of shoulder straps, a method for reducing inertial movement of a wearer's breasts, the method comprising the following steps:

• exerting a downward force on the wearer's breasts sufficient to reduce upward inertial movement of the wearer's breast;
• simultaneously exerting an upward and inward force over the entire frontal area of the wearer's breasts sufficient to reduce outward and downward inertial movement of the wearer's breasts;
• and
• providing selective nursing access to the breast of a wearer without removing the brassiere.