Brassiere strap bridging and support member

A brassiere-shoulder-strap support comprising:

• a pliant bridge plate having first and second opposite ends and an elongate curvature which conforms to a portion of a woman's shoulder between a position proximate a clavicle bone and a top-rear portion of the woman's shoulder, the bridge plate having an upper surface and a lower surface,
• a bridge-plate width greater than a width of a brassiere shoulder strap that is placeable on the bridge plate,
• a cushion receptacle having at least first and second receptacle walls and a bottom surface, the first and a second said receptacle walls are recessed, said receptacle walls extending from the lower surface of the bridge plate to the bottom surface of the bridge plate,
• a cushion pad removably placeable in the cushion receptacle,
• a brassiere-shoulder-strap-attachment means located in juxtaposition with the two opposite ends of the bridge plate,
• the first and second receptacle walls being located proximate to respective first and second opposite ends of the bridge plate,
• a receptacle side of the cushion pad placeable on the bottom surface of the cushion receptacle,
• edges of the cushion pad positioned in contact with the receptacle walls of the cushion receptacle,
• a cushion side of the cushion pad extended from the cushion receptacle past the lower surface of the bridge plate to be placeable on the woman's shoulder in cushioning relationship between the bridge plate and the woman's shoulder,
• beveled edges on opposite ends of the cushion pad that are sized and shaped to be positioned in contact with the recessed walls of the cushion receptacle in interlocking relationship to hold the cushion pad in the cushion receptacle,
• the pliancy of the bridge plate being sufficient to distribute weight selectively over a portion of the woman's shoulder to which the elongate curvature of the bridge plate conforms,
• thickness and compressive resistance of the cushion pad being of sufficient resistance to collapse of the cushion pad to prevent the cushion pad from collapsing from weight supported by the brassiere strap,
• the cushion pad being constructed of resilient material,
• material from which the cushion pad is constructed being cleanable with without loss of shape and structural integrity for replacement and reuse in the bridge plate, and
• the brassiere-shoulder-strap-attachment means having a T-shaped strap bay, the T-shaped strap bag having a strap-entrance section parallel to an elongate axis of the bridge plate and a strap-container bay perpendicular to the T-shaped strap bay.

A brassiere-shoulder-strap support comprising:

• a pliant bridge plate having an elongate curvature which conforms to a portion of women's shoulder between a position proximate a clavicle bone and a top-rear portion of the women's shoulder,
• a bridge plate having a width greater than a width of a brassiere shoulder strap that is placeable on the bridge plate, the bridge plate further having a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface being co-extensive to the elongate curvature,
• the bottom surface having a cushion receptacle, the cushion receptacle having a pair of end walls and a pair of side walls, the end walls and the side walls extending from the lower surface of the bridge plate to and intersecting with the bottom surface of the bridge plate,
• a cushion pad removably placeable in the cushion receptacle, the cushion pad comprising a stiff top surface and a resilient bottom surface,
• the cushion receptacle having means to retain the cushion pad therein, the cushion receptacle means comprising end wall gripping recesses and side wall gripping surfaces to grip the cushion pad to maintain the cushion pad within the receptacle in juxtaposition with the bottom surface of the bridge plate, the stiff top surface of the cushion pad adapted to be engaged with the recesses of the end walls and with the gripping surfaces of the side walls.