# US 2014/0154949 A1 · Bra > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0154949 A1 - Document ID: US20140154949A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/232,876 - Filed: 2012-07-18 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-18 - Inventors: Roberta Pagnon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140154949A1 ## CPC - A41C 3/10: with stiffening or bust-forming inserts - A41C 3/00: Brassieres - A41B 2400/82: with the body of the user - A41C: CORSETS; BRASSIERES - A41B: SHIRTS; UNDERWEAR; BABY LINEN; HANDKERCHIEFS ## Abstract A brassiere includes an elastic band, a pair of cups (and a pair of elongated flexible support elements configured to come at least partly into contact with the shoulders of the user. Each of the cups includes an outer surface and an inner surface made of a first textile material which includes a plurality of first inserts in a first flexible polymeric material having a coefficient of friction with the skin greater than the first textile material. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-28. (canceled) ### Claim 29 A bra comprising: an elastic band configured to encircle the thorax of a user and comprising a front zone for contacting the chest of the user and a rear zone for contacting the back of the user; a couple of cups each configured to hold a breast of the user, each cup having an upper portion and a lower portion connected to the elastic band in correspondence of the front zone thereof, a central band for mutual connection of the cups being provided, the central band having a sufficient extension to avoid a mutual lateral compression of the breasts after the bra is worn, each cup including a rigid or semirigid insert in an area below the breast, the cups being sized to cover completely a lower area and more than half of an upper area of the breast; and a couple of elongated flexible support elements each configured to come at least partly in contact with a shoulder of the user, each supporting element including a first end connected to the upper portion of the respective cup and a second end connected to the elastic band at a rear zone thereof, each of the support elements including being of adjustable length so as to adapt the bra to the body of the user, the support elements being configured to be disposed substantially parallel to each other during use, wherein each of the cups includes an outer surface and an inner surface configured to contact the skin of the breast and made of a first textile material, the inner surface of each of the cups including a plurality of first inserts spread over an entire inner surface of each of the cups, the first inserts being made of a first flexible polymer material selected among the group consisting of silicones and having a friction coefficient with the skin higher than the first textile material, the first inserts including first linear elements spaced apart from each other and disposed on the inner surface of each of the cups, the first linear elements having a first width of 1 mm to 5 mm, wherein the elastic band includes an inner surface configured to come in contact with the skin of the user and made of a second textile material, the inner surface of the elastic bands including at least one second insert made of a second flexible polymeric material and disposed at least at the rear zone of the elastic band, the second flexible polymer material having a friction coefficient with the skin higher than the second textile material so as to minimize a movement thereof relative to the back of the user, and wherein the first inserts have a maximum height relative to the inner surface of each of the cups of less than 1 mm, whereby the outer surface of each of the cups is free of bulges visible from an outside during the use of the bra, the first linear elements having a polar uniform distribution around a substantially central point of each of the cups to maximize friction on the skin while providing a good transpiration thereof. ### Claim 30 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein a surface covered by the first inserts is 10% to 70% of the total inner surface of each of the cups. ### Claim 31 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein a surface covered by the first inserts is 10% to 40% of the total inner surface of each of the cups. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein a surface covered by the first inserts is 15% to 35% of the total inner surface of each of the cups. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the first linear elements consist of first continuous strips of the first flexible polymeric material extending outward of a central axis of each of the cups. ### Claim 34 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the first linear elements consist of sequences of discontinuous first anti-friction elements made of the first polymeric material and extending outward of a central axis of each of the cups. ### Claim 35 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the elastic band has an elasticity measured according to ASTM D 2594 of less than 80%. ### Claim 36 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the elastic band has an elasticity measured according to ASTM D 2594 of less than 60%. ### Claim 37 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the rear zone of the elastic band has a minimum height greater than 40 mm. ### Claim 38 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the rear zone of the elastic band has a minimum height greater than 50 mm. ### Claim 39 (depends on 29) The bra according to claim 29, wherein the inner surface of the elastic band includes a plurality of second inserts including at least one pair of second linear elements at upper and lower edges of the elastic band, the second linear elements having a second width of 1 mm to 5 mm. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The bra according to claim 39, wherein the second linear elements consist of second continuous strips of the second flexible polymeric material lying along the upper and lower edges of the elastic band. ### Claim 41 (depends on 39) The bra according to claim 39, wherein the second linear elements consist of sequences of discontinuous second anti-friction elements made of the second polymeric material lying along the upper and lower edges of the elastic band. ### Claim 42 (depends on 41) The bra according to claim 41, wherein the second polymeric material is equal to or has a same base as the first polymeric material. ### Claim 43 (depends on 39) The bra according to claim 39, wherein the inner surface of each of the cups includes at least one third insert at a peripheral edge thereof, the at least one third insert being made of a third flexible polymeric material having a friction coefficient with the skin higher than the first textile material of the inner surface. ### Claim 44 (depends on 43) The bra according to claim 43, wherein a surface covered by the first inserts with respect to the total inner surface of each cup is less than 20% and the surface covered by the second inserts with respect to the total inner surface of the elastic band is less than 25%. ### Claim 45 (depends on 43) The bra according to claim 43, wherein the peripheral edge includes a lower portion configured to come in contact with a lower part of the breast of the user, an upper inner portion configured to come in contact with an inner upper part of the breast facing the other breast and an outer upper portion configured to come in contact with an outer upper part of the breast opposite to the inner upper part thereof, the at least one third insert extending along the lower portion and along the inner upper part of the peripheral edge of each of the cups. ### Claim 46 (depends on 45) The bra according to claim 45, wherein the at least one third insert further extends along the outer upper portion of the peripheral edge of each of the cups. ### Claim 47 (depends on 45) The bra according to claim 45, wherein the at least one third insert consists of a third linear element having a third width of 1 mm to 5 mm. ### Claim 48 (depends on 47) The bra according to claim 47, wherein the third linear element consists of a third continuous strip of the third flexible polymeric material laying along the peripheral edge of each of the cups.