Mastectomy brassiere
OwnerJanice K. Sherwoodinventor
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Abstract
A mastectomy garment includes an underbra, a prosthetic breast pad, and an outerbra. The underbra has a supporting cup for the normal breast and a substantially flat band portion to fit to the chest of the removed breast, enabling a firm, flat-fitting garment over the remaining chest surface of the removed breast. The prosthesis or false breast pad is removably adhered to the outer surface of the flat, binding portion. The outerbra, such as a conventional off-the-shelf brassiere, that overlies and is secured to the underbra forming a composite unitary prosthetic brassiere with the prosthetic breast pad positioned therebetween and means for adjustment of the brassiere to the wearer and individual adjustment of the prosthetic breast pad.
Claims14
A singular composite prosthetic brassiere garment compensating for the loss of a woman's breast consisting of the the combination of an underbra, a breast prosthesis and an outerbra, with said breast prosthesis between and affixed to one of said underbra or outerbra one of the underbra and outerbra having a band portion to enclose the torso, said underbra having a breast supporting cup for supporting the natural breast of the wearer when the wearer has a remaining breast, and a flat portion or portions fitting against the chest wall from which one or both breasts have been removed, said outerbra comprising a substantially conventional brassiere having a pair of natural breast supporting cups overlying the natural breast supporting cup or flat portions of said underbra, first adjustment means to adjust said singular composite brassiere as a whole to the wearer and including individual adjustment means connected with said flat portion and said overlying natural breast supporting cup to adjust the same relative to each other independenly of said first adjustment means and to adjust said prosthetic breast relative to the chest wall of the wearer from which the natural breast has been removed.
A composite prosthetic brassiere for a woman having one or more breasts removed from her body comprising inner and outer brassieres, said inner brassiere having at least one or more substantially flat portions to cover and to lie in close fit with and against the torso of the wearer and the chest wall from which one or both breasts were removed and having a natural breast cup receiving and supporting a remaining breast, said outer brassiere having a pair of natural breast receiving and supporting cups and back encompassing bands to retain said natural breast cups in close fit against the wearer and with each of said natural breast cups overlying the substantially flat portion or portions and natural breast cup of said inner brassiere, a prosthetic breast pad or pads simulating the contour of the removed breast and positioned between said substantially flat band portion or portions of said inner brassiere and said natural breast cup of said outer brassiere to be held in close fit against the chest wall of the removed breast to appear as the natural breast of the wearer, and first adjustable means to adjust said composite prosthetic brassiere relative to the wearer and including second means to individually adjust said substantially flat portion or portions and respective overlying cup or cups relative to each other and said respective prosthetic pad or pads relative to the respective chests of the wearer.
A prosthetic brassiere for a woman having one or more breasts removed comprising a conventional outerbra having two breast receiving and supporting cups overlying an innerbra having a substantially flat portion conforming to the chest portion from which a breast has been removed, and a breast prosthesis to simulate the natural removed breast and received in the respective breast cup of said outerbra and against said flat portion and fastened to one of said innerbra and outerbra, one of said bras having at least a band portion to enclose the torso of the wearer and extending about the sides and back of the wearer, the other of said bras having band portions extending partially about the torso, pockets formed along said band portions along the sides of the wearer, prosthetic padding insertable in said pockets to cause the pockets to fill and hide hollow areas of the torso of the wearer to prevent the outward appearance of telltale depressions in said prosthetic brassiere when the same is fitted to tne hollow areas of the torso, and adjustable strap means for adjusting the whole of said prosthetic brassiere to the wearer and including separate means to adjust said innerbra relative to said outerbra selectively to position said breast prosthesis relative to the chest of the wearer to conform to the position of the natural breast.
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