Maternity brassiere
OwnerMarguerite R. Williamsinventor
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Abstract
A maternity brassiere consisting of wide stretchable bands of material enclosing the outer upper periphery of each breast which act in conjunction with detachable inner cup sections which overlay the inner portions of said wide stretchable bands, adjustable means attached to the apices of said wide stretchable bands and said inner cups in such manner as to result in variation in the total cup size when the aforementioned two elements are attached at any one of several points of the adjustable means, said total cup size being either increased or decreased to conform to variations in the breast size of the wearer during pregnancy and after birth, and detachable means which allow exposure of the breasts for infant nursing.
Claims4
In a maternity brassiere, inner breast-supporting cups joined together in the bottom center area of the brassiere and also joined in abutting relation to each of the side portions of a partially body-encircling band having lateral adjustable means in the rear,
- said inner cups overlaying the inward portion of wide stretchable bands which cover the periphery of the upper portion of each breast,
- said inner cups and said wide stretchable bands acting in concert in such manner as to expand or contract in conformance with the expansion or contraction of the breasts of the wearer during pregnancy and after birth, said wide stretchable bands being affixed to the bottom region of the brassiere at the sides and in the center thereof,
- a pair of shoulder straps connected in the rear to said partially body-encircling band and in the front to the apices of said wide stretchable bands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.