Brassiere with shirt sleeve retaining loop
OwnerJennifer Magliocchettiinventor
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Abstract
To retain gathered sleeve material of a shirt at a shoulder position of the wearer, a sleeve material retaining loop is attached to or looped around a strap of a brassiere. One end of the material-retaining loop extends out of the neck hole of the outer garment, and another end of the sleeve material retaining loop extends out of the arm hole of the sleeve at a position located above the shoulder of the wearer. The first and second ends of the sleeve material retaining loop are then attached at the shoulder of the wearer to maintain the sleeve in a bunched condition. By this mechanism, the sleeves are removed from interfering with the arm movement of the wearer and a greater amount of skin area is exposed for evaporative cooling of the wearer.
Claims10
A brassiere, comprising:
- a front panel including first and second breast retaining portions;
- a rear panel attached to said front panel at first and second side portions defining an aperture through which a torso of a wearer may be present;
- a first shoulder strap connecting said first breast retaining portions with said rear panel and defining an aperture through which an arm of a wearer may pass;
- a second shoulder strap connecting said second breast retaining portion with said rear panel and defining an aperture through which another arm of a wearer may pass, wherein said first and second shoulder straps, said front panel and said rear panel define an aperture through which a head of a wearer may pass;
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- a first elongated strap of material associated with said first shoulder strap,
- wherein an axis of said first strap is non-parallel to an axis of said first shoulder strap,
- wherein said first strap includes a first end and a second end, at least one of said first and second ends having a first garment fastener which fastens said first and second ends together, and
- wherein said first strap has a length sufficient to loop around material of a shirt existing between a neck hole and an end of a sleeve of said shirt gathered when worn by the wearer on top of said brassiere.
A shirt sleeve retaining strap comprising a first end and a second end, at least one of said first and second ends having a first garment fastener which fastens said first and second ends together, a middle section large enough to extend around gathered material of a shirt existing between a neck hole and an end of a sleeve of said shirt;
- and a second garment fastener for attaching said shirt sleeve retaining strap to a brassiere strap.
A method of retaining a shirt sleeve comprising the steps of:
- wearing a brassiere having shoulder straps;
- attaching a sleeve retaining strap to at least one of said shoulder straps;
- wearing a shirt having sleeves over said brassiere;
- gathering up sleeve material of said shirt;
- gathering up a first end of said sleeve retaining strap at the neck hole of the shirt;
- gathering up a second end of said sleeve retaining strap at a sleeve opening of said shirt;
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- attaching said first end and said second end of said sleeve retaining strap such that said sleeve retaining strap holds said gathered up sleeve material of said shirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.