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US 2005/0028243 A1Published application
Nursing garment
OwnerSarah Polzininventor
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Abstract
The nursing garment of the present invention includes an outer garment and an inner garment. The outer garment can be any suitable garment which has a tubular body for covering the upper body region. The inner garment is disposed within the tubular body of the outer garment and attached to the outer garment. The inner garment can be any camisole-type garment which includes two chest panels that overlap with one another in criss-cross fashion. The chest panels receive and support the wearer's breasts. A nursing mother may raise the outer garment over her chest and pull either chest panel below her breast to make her breast accessible to her baby.
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A nursing garment to be worn by a woman for breastfeeding a baby, comprising:
- an outer garment having a tubular body, the tubular body including a neck, a shoulder portion on either side of said neck, and a first under arm portion below each shoulder portion;
- an inner garment secured within said tubular body of said outer garment, said inner garment including two chest panels and a front torso panel, a back panel, and a pair of shoulder straps, each said chest panel having a lower edge secured to a top edge of said front torso panel, said back panel having opposing side edges contiguous with a side edge of each said chest panel and side edges of said torso panel for encompassing the upper body of a wearer, said shoulder straps extending between and connecting a top edge of said back panel and an upper portion of said chest panels;
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- an elastic band disposed circumferentially along an inner surface ofthe inner garment along a bustline at a bottom edge of the chest panels, said elastic band encircling the inner garment;
- whereby said tubular body of said outer garment may be raised and each said chest panel of said inner garment may be pulled downward under the woman's breast to make the breast accessible to a baby while nursing.
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A nursing garment to be worn by a woman for breastfeeding a baby, comprising:
- an outer garment having a tubular body the tubular body including a neck, a shoulder portion on either side of said neck, and a first under arm portion below each shoulder portion;
- an inner garment secured within said tubular body of said outer garment, said inner garment including two chest panels and a front torso panel, a back panel, and a pair of shoulder straps, each said chest panel having a lower edge secured to atop edge of said front torso panel, said back panel having opposing side edges contiguous with a side edge of each said chest panel and side edges of said torso panel for encompassing the upper body of a wearer, said shoulder straps extending between and connecting a top edge of said back panel and an upper portion of said chest panels;
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- a strap looped around each shoulder strap ofthe inner garment and affixed to the shoulder portion of the outer garment;
- whereby said tubular body of said outer garment may be raised and each said chest panel of said inner garment may be pulled downward under the woman's breast to make the breast accessible to a baby while nursing.
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A nursing garment for a woman nursing an infant, comprising:
- a pullover blouse made from a soft, stretchable fabric and having a tubular body including a pair of shoulders defining armholes and a torso portion;
- an undergarment made from a soft, stretchable fabric having:
- a back panel having opposing side edges, a top edge and a bottom edge;
- a left breast panel and a right breast panel, each breast panel having a bottom edge, a side edge attached to the corresponding side edges ofthe back panel, and a shoulder strap attached to the top edge of the back panel;
- a front torso panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposing side edges attached to the side edges of the back panel;
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- an elastic band, the elastic band being sewn across the back panel and along a seam joining the bottom edge ofthe breast panels and the top edge ofthe front torso tube, the elastic band forming a gather beneath a bustline ofthe undergarment and encircling the undergarment, whereby the undergarment forms a camisole with built-in nursing bra;
- a left strap and a right strap, the straps being attached to the shoulders ofthe blouse and defining a loop, the shoulder strap ofthe left and right breast panels passing through-the loops formed by the left and right straps, respectively, the undergarment further being attached to the blouse beneath the armholes;
- whereby the woman may raise the blouse, lower one ofthe breast panels to nurse the infant, and lower the blouse to cover any exposed portion of her breast for modesty, the front torso panel of the undergarment covering the woman's torso. 6
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.