Brassiere construction
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenbock
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Abstract
Wings attached to form the back panels of a brassiere are provided with the male and female fastener elements in the form of patches by ultrasonic welding of the patches to the diecut fabric wings. The male and female fastener elements are preferably of the snap type hook and eye plastic fastener elements which can be injection molded or ultrasonically bonded to the patches.
Claims25
A brassiere wing adapted to be attached to a cup structure and detachably connectable to another brassiere wing to form a back of a brassiere, said brassiere wing comprising:
- an elongated substantially elastic member having one end attachable to said cup structure and an opposite end;
- a substantially inelastic patch secured to said opposite end;
- at least one fastener element of a brassiere back fastener mounted on said patch and detachably engageable with a mating fastener element on said other brassiere wing;
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- an attachment line around a periphery of said patch for securing said patch to said brassiere wing.
A brassiere comprising:
- a cup structure;
- a pair of brassiere wings connected to opposite sides of said cup structure and detachably connectable to one another to form a back of the brassiere, each of said brassiere wings comprising:
- an elongated substantially elastic member having one end attachable to said cup structure and an opposite end,
- a substantially inelastic patch secured to said opposite end,
- at least one fastener element of a brassiere back fastener mounted on said patch and detachably engageable with a mating fastener element on said other brassiere wing, and
- an attachment line around a periphery of said patch for securing said patch to said brassiere wing;
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- respective shoulder straps connected between each of said wings and a cup of said structure.
A method of making a brassiere comprising the steps of:
- (a) die cutting or ultrasonically cutting from a piece of fabric an elongated elastic brassiere wing adapted to be attached to a cup structure and detachably connectable to another brassiere wing to form a back of a brassiere, said brassiere wing having one end attachable to said cup structure and an opposite end;
- (b) forming a substantially inelastic patch with at least one fastener element of a brassiere back fastener detachably engageable with a mating fastener element on said other brassiere wing;
- (c) securing said patch to said opposite end of said brassiere wing by an attachment line around a periphery of said patch;
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- (d) thereafter securing said wing to said cup structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.