Women's clothing
AssigneeTriumph International (Japan), Ltd.
InventorHideki Ichiha
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Women's clothing has a slidable adjuster A provided between left and right breast cup portions (1, 1'). The adjuster A comprises an outer casing (10) and sliding portions (20). The wearer can change the positions of engagement between first engaging portions (12) provided in the outer casing (10) and second engaging portions (20) provided in the sliding portions (20) by operating the sliding portions (20), so that the distance between the breast cup portions (1, 1') can be adjusted to a desired level either when the clothing is being put on or after the clothing is put on.
Claims12
Women's clothing having a pair of left and right breast cup portions for covering the breasts, wherein an adjuster is provided between said breast cup portions for adjusting the distance between said breast cup portions, said adjuster comprising:
- an outer casing having at least one first engaging portion;
- a pair of sliding members slid into said outer casing and engageable with said outer casing, said pair of sliding members each including a second engaging portion engageable in a stepwise manner with said first engaging portion;
- at least one engagement maintaining device provided on said outer casing for maintaining engagement between said pair of sliding members and said outer casing, said engagement maintaining device being deformable between an operating position where it presses said first and second engaging portions against each other to secure the engagement therebetween and a non-operating position where it allows said first and second engaging portions to disengage from each other;
- and
- at least one disengaging device for disengaging said pair of sliding members individually from said outer casing, said disengaging device being provided on said outer casing and movable to cause said engagement maintaining device to deform between said operating position and said non-operating position.
Women's clothing having a pair of left and right breast cup portions for covering the breasts, wherein an adjuster is provided between said breast cup portions for adjusting the distance between said breast cup potions, said adjuster comprising:
- an outer casing having at least one first engaging portion;
- a pair of sliding members contained in said outer casing and each comprising a second engaging portion engageable in a stepwise manner with said first engaging portion of said outer casing, said pair of sliding members being connected respectively to said pair of left and right breast cup portions;
- at least one engagement maintaining device for maintaining engagement between said pair of sliding members and said outer casing;
- and
- at least one disengaging device for disengaging said pair of sliding members from said outer casing,
- wherein said disengaging device disengages both of said second engaging portions simultaneously from said first engaging portion.
An adjuster for adjusting the distance between a pair of left and right breast cup portions, comprising:
- an outer casing having at least one first engaging portion;
- a pair of sliding members slid into said outer casing and engageable with said outer casing, said pair of sliding members each including a second engaging portion engageable in a stepwise manner with said first engaging portion;
- at least one engagement maintaining device provided on said outer casing for maintaining engagement between said pair of sliding members and said outer casing, said engagement maintaining device being deformable between an operating position where it presses said first and second engaging portions against each other to secure the engagement therebetween and a non-operating position where it allows said first and second engaging portions to disengage from each other;
- and
- at least one disengaging device for disengaging said pair of sliding members individually from said outer casing, said disengaging device being provided on said outer casing and movable to cause said engagement maintaining device to deform between said operating position and said non-operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.