Method for forming two-layer brassiere cup
AssigneeInternational Playtex, Inc.
InventorsRaymond Cole, Raymond Kennedy, Lincoln McCluskey
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Abstract
A cup is molded from two layers of stretchable materials by molding first the crown portion, inverting the materials and then molding the remainder of the cup. The resulting cup has a non-stretchable crown portion, a substantially non-stretchable longitudinal cup portion and a unitary multidirectional stretchable periphery portion. A pair of these cups are used to form a unique brassiere wherein the base layer forms a unitary cup, support frame and torso-encompassing portion.
Claims15
A method of making a brassiere cup from two layers of stretchable material comprising:
- attaching a first layer of stretchable material to a second layer of stretchable material;
- molding a first area of said first layer and juxtaposed portion of said second layer with one of said layers contacting a heated male mold to form the crown of the cup;
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- molding a second area of said first and second layers including said first area with the other of said layers contacting a heated male mold to form the remainder of the cup.
A method of making a brassiere cup from two layers of stretchable material comprising:
- attaching a first layer of stretchable material having an area less than the total area of the to-be-formed cup to a second layer of stretchable material;
- molding a first area including a substantial portion of said first layer and juxtaposed portion of said second layer with one of said layers contacting a heated male mold to form the crown of the cup;
- and
- molding a second area of said first and second layers including said first area with the other of said layers contacting a heated male mold to form the remainder of the cup.
A method of making a brassiere cup from two layers of stretchable material comprising:
- attaching a first layer of stretchable material having an area less than the total area of the to-be-formed cup to a second layer of stretchable material;
- molding a first area including a substantial portion of said first layer and juxtaposed portion of said second layer with one of said layers contacting a first heated male mold to form the crown of the cup;
- and
- molding a second area of said first and second layers including said first area with the other of said layers contacting a second heated male mold to form the remainder of the cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.