Hidden front-closure brassiere
OwnerGerhard Fildaninventor
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Abstract
A concealed front closure brassiere in which the closure has two closure members one of which is formed with the tongue while the other is formed with an eye in which the tongue is engaged with a snap fit. The closure members having sewing flanges which are coplanar and through which the flaps are stitched to the closure member so that their edges abut in the closed state of the closure. When the tongue is locked into the eye, inner surfaces of the eye and the tongue are flush with one another on the common plane of the brassiere.
Claims20
A front closure assembly for a brassiere, comprising:
- a pair of fabric flaps extending toward one another from respective cups of a brassiere at a front thereof, said flaps having juxtaposed edges;
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- a hidden closure interconnecting said flaps and concealed from view in a connected state of said closure, said closure comprising:
- a first closure member formed with a body, a tongue projecting from said body and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said tongue, and
- a second closure member formed with a body, an eye formed on said body and dimensioned to receive said tongue, and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said eye, said sewing flanges being flush with one another and lying in a common plane at one side of said closure in a closed state thereof, said flaps being stitched to said sewing flanges so that said edges abut in said closed state of said closure, said tongue being received in said eye so that surfaces of said eye and said tongue are flush with one another in a common plane on another side of said closure opposite said one side.
A concealable front closure for a brassiere comprising:
- a first closure member formed with a body, a tongue projecting from said body and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said tongue;
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- a second closure member formed with a body, an eye formed on said body and dimensioned to receive said tongue, and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said eye, said sewing flanges being flush with one another and lying in a common plane at one side of said closure in a closed state thereof, said tongue being received in said eye so that surfaces of said eye and said tongue are flush with one another in a common plane on another side of said closure opposite said one side.
A brassiere comprising:
- a pair of cups each having a fabric flap extending toward the fabric flap of the other cup at a front of the brassiere, said flaps having juxtaposed edges;
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- a hidden closure interconnecting said flaps and concealed from view in a connected state of said closure, said closure comprising:
- a first closure member formed with a body, a tongue projecting from said body and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said tongue, and
- a second closure member formed with a body, an eye formed on said body and dimensioned to receive said tongue, and a sewing flange projecting from said body in a direction opposite said eye, said sewing flanges being flush with one another and lying in a common plane at one side of said closure in a closed state thereof, said flaps being stitched to said sewing flanges so that said edges abut in said closed state of said closure, said tongue being received in said eye so that surfaces of said eye and said tongue are flush with one another in a common plane on another side of said closure opposite said one side.
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