Adjustable circular knit bra with stabilizing areas and method of making the same
AssigneeSara L Corporation
InventorsJohn Mitchell, Sandra Ann Waitz
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Abstract
An adjustable circular knit bra is provided. The bra has a pair of breast cups, a central gore disposed between the breast cups, and a pair of side panels. Each side panel is adjacent to a different one of the pair of breast cups. The central gore also has a stabilizing area knitted therein. The breast cups also have a stabilizing area knitted into the bottom edge of each breast cup. The bra preferably also has a pair of adjustable shoulder straps. The bra preferably also has adjustable fasteners at the bra back.
Claims23
A circular knit bra comprising:
- a pair of breast cups, each of said pair of breast cups having a bottom edge;
- a central gore disposed between said pair of breast cups, wherein said central gore has a stabilizing area therein;
- and
- a pair of side panels, each of said pair of side panels being adjacent to a different one of said pair of breast cups.
A circular knit bra comprising:
- a pair of breast cups, each of said pair of breast cups having a bottom edge, each of said pair of breast cups having a stabilizing area on said bottom edge;
- a central gore disposed between said pair of breast cups, wherein said central gore has a stabilizing area therein;
- and
- a pair of side panels, each of said pair of side panels being adjacent to a different one of said pair of breast cups,
- wherein said stabilizing areas of said central gore and each of said stabilizing areas of said pair of breast cups are formed using positive float stitches.
A method of making a circular knit bra comprising the steps of:
- knitting a series of courses defining a tubular bra blank,
- defining in said tubular bra blank a frontal torso portion having a pair of breast cups, each of said breast cups having a bottom edge, a central gore disposed between said breast cups, and a pair of side panels, each of said pair of side panels being adjacent to a different one of said pair of breast cups;
- knitting in a stabilizing area in said central gore;
- knitting in a stabilizing area in said bottom edge of each of said pair of breast cups;
- and
- cutting a bra shape from said tubular bra blank.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.