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US 2015/0351465 A1Published application
Inflatable Bra
OwnerLuan Durakuinventor
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Abstract
An inflatable bra having a bladder in each cup, and a switchable valve built into the bra for allowing the bladders to be inflated one at a time, or together. A separate handheld pump can be connected to the switchable valve for inflating each bladder, or deflating each bladder. A control band is attached under each bra cup and spans the gore of the bra to maintain the bra cups from spreading apart, and a stiffening agent in each bra cup to counteract bulging of the bra at the locations of the bladders.
Claims19
An inflatable bra, comprising:
- a. a right breast cup;
- b. a left breast cup;
- c. a right inflatable bladder located in the right breast cup;
- d. a left inflatable bladder located in the left breast cup;
- e. a valve attached to said inflatable bra, the valve having:
- i. an inlet/outlet port connectable to a source of a pressurized fluid;
- ii. a right bladder port connectable to the right bladder for inflation thereof;
- iii. a left bladder port connectable to the left bladder for inflation thereof;
- and,
- the valve switchable by a user to any of four states:
- i. a first state in which the inlet/outlet port is connected to only the right bladder port to allow the pressurized fluid to flow from the inlet/outlet port to said right bladder port and the right bladder;
- ii. a second state for connecting the inlet/outlet port to only the left bladder port to allow the pressurized fluid to flow from the inlet/outlet port to the left bladder port and to said left bladder;
- iii. a third state for connecting said inlet/outlet port to both the right bladder port and to the left bladder port to allow the pressurized fluid to flow from the inlet/outlet port to both the right bladder port and the left bladder port and to the respective right bladder and left bladder;
- and
- iv. a fourth state in which said inlet/outlet port is isolated from the right bladder port and isolated from the left bladder port.
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An inflatable bra, comprising:
- a. a left breast cup;
- b. a right breast cup;
- c. a left wing attachable at an end thereof to the left breast cup;
- and,
- d. a right wing attachable at an end thereof to the right breast cup, said left and right wings connectable together at a back of a user of the inflatable bra;
- e. a control band having a first partial shaped cup attached to a cup-shaped portion of said left breast cup, and having a second partial shaped cup attached to a cup-shaped portion of said right breast cup, said control band spanning the left breast cup and said right breast cup to prevent lateral separation of said left breast cup and said right breast cup;
- f. a stiffening agent thereto;
- g. an inflatable left bladder attached to said left breast cup, said inflatable left bladder having a balloon membrane sealed to a base of said left bladder so that when inflated said balloon membrane expands inwardly into a left breast of the user;
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A method of inflating an inflatable bra, comprising:
- a. attaching an inflatable bra around a torso of a user so that a respective cup of the bra supports a corresponding left and right breast of the user;
- and after attachment of the bra around the user,
- b. inflating a bladder of a type having a balloon membrane attached to a base, in a left breast cup so that the balloon membrane balloons into breast tissue of the left breast to displace the breast tissue in a desired direction, and
- c. inflating a bladder of a type having a balloon member attached to a base in the right breast cup so that the right balloon membrane balloons into breast tissue of the right breast to displace the right breast tissue in a desired direction, and
- d. supporting the respective bases of the left and right bladders against deformation thereof with a stiffener attached to the left breast cup and the right breast cup.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.