Sports bra

A sports bra comprising:

• two front panel sections, each front panel section being a mirror image of the other, comprising first and second layers of a stretchable power knit material, and including a main body portion and an upwardly extending wide strap forming portion;
• a rear panel section, said rear panel section including a body portion and two upwardly extending wide strap forming portions, said body portion being attached on each side edge thereof to one of said main body portions of one of said front panel sections and the upper ends of each strap forming portion being attached to the upper end of one of said strap forming portions of one of said front panel sections, said rear panel section including two elastic strap reinforcing bands which extend from the upper end of one of said strap forming portions angularly downwardly to the opposite side edge of the rear panel section and forming cross strap members, said sports bra having arm holes and a neck hole which are defined between the areas of joining of the front and rear panel sections, securement means at opposing end edges of the mirror image front panel sections for securing the two front panel sections together when the bra is worn, and each of said front panel sections having a plurality of darts, the darts being positioned in such a manner as to form the body section with pouches that extend outwardly from the body when the bra is secured around the body of the wearer.

A sports bra comprising:

• two front panel sections, each front panel section being a mirror image of the other, and including a main body portion and an upwardly extending wide strap forming portion;
• a rear panel section made of a single layer of power knit material which stretches in the circumferential direction, said rear panel section including a body portion and two upwardly extending wide strap forming portions, said body portion being attached on each side edge thereof to one of said main body portions of one of said front panel sections and the upper ends of each strap forming portion being attached to the upper end of one of said strap forming portions of one of said front panel sections, said rear panel section including two elastic strap reinforcing bands which extend from the upper end of one of said strap forming portions angularly downwardly to the opposite side edge of the rear panel section and forming cross strap members, said sports bra having arm holes and a neck hole which are defined between the areas of joining of the front and rear panel sections, securement means at opposing end edges of the mirror image front panel sections for securing the two front panel sections together when the bra is worn, and each of said front panel sections having a plurality of darts, the darts being positioned in such a manner as to form the body section with pouches that extend outwardly from the body when the bra is secured around the body of the wearer.

A sports bra comprising:

• two front panel sections, each front panel section being a mirror image of the other, and including a main body portion and an upwardly extending wide strap forming portion;
• a rear panel section, said rear panel section including a body portion and two upwardly extending wide strap forming portions, said body portion being attached on each side edge thereof to one of said main body portions of one of said front panel sections and the upper ends of each strap forming portion being attached to the upper end of one of said strap forming portions of one of said front panel sections, said strap forming portions having a layer of non-stretch material sewn thereto, said layer of non-stretch material extending downwardly from the juncture of said front strap forming portion and said rear strap forming portion an equal distance into each strap forming portion, said rear panel section including two elastic strap reinforcing bands which extend from the upper end of one of said strap forming portions angularly downwardly to the opposite side edge of the rear panel section and forming cross strap members, said sports bra having arm holes and a neck hole which are defined between the areas of joining of the front and rear panel sections, securement means at opposing end edges of the mirror image front panel sections for securing the two front panel sections together when the bra is worn, and each of said front panel sections having a plurality of darts, the darts being positioned in such a manner as to form the body section with pouches that extend outwardly from the body when the bra is secured around the body of the wearer.

A sports bra comprising:

• two front panel sections, each front panel section being a mirror image of the other, and including a main body portion and an upwardly extending wide strap forming portion;
• a rear panel section, said rear panel section including a body portion and two upwardly extending wide strap forming portions, said body portion being attached on each side edge thereof to one of said main body portions of one of said front panel sections and the upper ends of each strap forming portion being attached to the upper end of one of said strap forming portions of one of said front panel sections, said rear panel section including two elastic strap reinforcing bands which extend from the upper end of one of said strap forming portions angularly downwardly to the opposite side edge of the rear panel section and forming cross strap members, said front and rear panel sections being lined by a soft stretchable material, said sports bra having arm holes and a neck hole which are defined between the areas of joining of the front and rear panel sections, securement means at opposing end edges of the mirror image front panel sections for securing the two front panel sections together when the bra is worn, and each of said front panel sections having a plurality of darts, the darts being positioned in such a manner as to form the body section with PG,23 pouches that extend outwardly from the body when the bra is secured around the body of the wearer.

A sports bra comprising:

• two front panel sections, each front panel section being a mirror image of the other, and including a main body portion and an upwardly extending wide strap forming portion;
• a rear panel section, said rear panel section including a body portion and two upwardly extending wide strap forming portions, said body portion being attached on each side edge thereof to one of said main body portions of one of said front panel sections and the upper ends of each strap forming portion being attached to the upper end of one of said strap forming portions of one of said front panel sections, said rear panel section including two elastic strap reinforcing bands which extend from the upper end of one of said strap forming portions angularly downwardly to the opposite side edge of the rear panel section and forming cross strap members, said cross strap members comprising strips of a power knit material, said sports bra having arm holes and a neck hole which are defined between the areas of joining of the front and rear panel sections, securement means at opposing end edges of the mirror image front panel sections for securing the two front panel sections together when the bra is worn, and each of said front panel sections having a plurality of darts, the darts being positioned in such a manner as to form the body section with pouches that extend outwardly from the body when the bra is secured around the body of the wearer.