Brassiere with support underwires
AssigneeTriumph International Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsSiegfried Kollmanthaler, Christa-Heidi Kunz, Adolf Woltron
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Abstract
A brassiere (1) with two bust cups (6) and two side parts (2) connected to the latter has along the lower edges (5) of the cups (6) a respective pocket for replaceably accommodating a U-shaped support underwire. These pockets have at their ends situated in the front middle zone (3) of the brassiere (1) openings for the insertion or removal of the underwires. A retaining element (11) is provided between the cups (6) in the vicinity of these openings in the front middle zone (3) of the brassiere (1), with which retaining element (11) the ends of the underwires associated therewith and projecting from the pockets can be brought into a releasable operative connection.
Claims9
A brassiere with two bust cups and two side parts connected to the bust cups, each bust cup having along a lower edge thereof a pocket for receiving a U-shaped support underwire, each pocket having adjacent an end of the underwire an opening for inserting and removing the underwire, further comprising securing means for releasably securing the underwire in an inserted position thereof, the securing means comprising at least one retaining member attached to the brassiere adjacent the opening, the at least one retaining element comprising a press-stud connection between the at least one retaining element and the end of the underwire, wherein one of the end of the underwire and the at least one retaining element has a projection and another of the end of the underwire and the at least one retaining element has a recess for receiving the projection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.