Bra with interior stretch support
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsMerida Miller, Jason Berns
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Abstract
A brassiere includes a back portion, a front portion coupled to the back portion at side areas, straps coupled to the front portion and the back portion, and cup panels included on the front portion and extending to the straps. Each of the cup panels includes a fabric layer and a polymer layer applied to the fabric layer. The polymer layer includes at least one continuous region and at least one discontinuous region. The at least one discontinuous region includes a plurality of openings in the polymer layer. The elastic modulus of the cup panel varies between the at least one continuous region and the at least one discontinuous region.
Claims20
A cup panel for a brassiere, the cup panel comprising:
- a fabric layer covering a nipple region, a central cup region, and a perimeter cup region of the cup panel, the nipple region surrounded by the central cup region, and the central cup region surrounded by the perimeter cup region;
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- a polymer layer coupled to the fabric layer and extending across substantially an entirety of the fabric layer, the polymer layer including solid polymer areas and openings, wherein the openings are dimensioned and arranged on the polymer layer such that (i) a density of the openings is greater in the central cup region than in the nipple region and the perimeter cup region, and (ii) an elastic modulus of the cup panel varies from the nipple region to the perimeter region based at least in part on the density of the openings.
A brassiere comprising:
- a back portion;
- a front portion coupled to the back portion at side areas;
- straps coupled to the front portion and the back portion;
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- cup panels included on the front portion and extending to the straps, each of the cup panels including a fabric layer and a polymer layer applied to the fabric layer, the polymer layer including at least one continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the at least one discontinuous region including a plurality of openings in the polymer layer, wherein an elastic modulus of the cup panel varies between the at least one continuous region and the at least one discontinuous region.
A brassiere comprising:
- a fabric layer;
- and
- at least one polymer layer applied to the fabric layer, the polymer layer including at least one continuous region and at least one discontinuous region, the at least one continuous region having a shape defining at least one axis, the at least one discontinuous region including a plurality of openings in the polymer layer, wherein the plurality of openings in the polymer layer are arranged along the at least one axis, and wherein an elastic modulus of the brassiere varies between the at least one continuous region and the at least one discontinuous region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.