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US 5,934,970 AGranted
Method of forming brassiere frames with cushion tips
AssigneeS & S Industries, Inc.
InventorsHarvey S. Morgan, Joseph Horta
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Abstract
A cushion tip for a brassiere frame is molded in-situ about an end of the brassiere frame that has been reduced in transverse cross-section at its end, whereby the cushion tip provides a continuation of the outer surfaces of the brassiere frame in at least the dimension of the thickness of the frame, and also, optionally, in the direction of the width of the frame.
Claims6
The method of forming a cushion tipped brassiere frame comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a metal wire of a first pre-determined cross sectional area, wherein the cross sectional area along the wire is the width multiplied by the thickness, and a portion of the wire at its free ends is of a second-cross sectional area which is less than the first cross sectional area of the remainder of the wire;
- (b) inserting each free end of the wire in an injection molding die;
- (c) flowing plastic in a fluid state into the injection molding die;
- (d) cooling the plastic to a solid state to form solid plastic cushioning tips at the free ends of the wire;
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- (e) removing the wire from the injection molding die.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.