Brassiere underwire with extended sewing flange
OwnerGerhard Fildaninventor
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Abstract
A brassiere underwire is formed with a sewing flange only along the outer side thereof and extending from locations spaced from the tips continuously around the outer side of the underwire bight. At a central zone flexibility can be increased by providing holes in the sewing flange and/or by making the sewing flange narrower. The underwire is stitched through the sewing flange in forming the brassiere.
Claims13
An underwire stay for a brassiere, consisting of a generally U-shaped wire of substantially uniform thickness and width having ends formed with rounded tips and a curved bight between said ends, and a single sewing flange thinner than said wire and projecting outwardly from said bight over a portion of the length of said wire spaced from said tips, extending continuously along said bight and tapering tangentially to said ends, said wire having a continuously curved inner edge, said bight having a center, said flange having a flexible zone formed by at least one hole at said center.
A brassiere comprising:
- a pair of brassiere cups interconnected at a front of said brassiere and provided with straps for supporting said brassiere cups, each of said cups being formed with a respective tubular sleeve beneath the respective cup;
- a respective underwire stay received in each of said sleeves, each of said underwire stays comprising a generally U-shaped wire of substantially uniform thickness and width having ends formed with rounded tips and a curved bight between said ends, and a sewing flange thinner than said wire and projecting outwardly from said bight over a portion of the length of said wire spaced from said tips, extending continuously along said bight and tapering tangentially to said ends, said wire having a continuously curved inner edge free from a sewing flange, said flange having a central flexible zone at a center thereof between ends of said flange, said flexible zone being a narrow portion of the respective flange, said flanges widening on opposite sides of said flexible zone;
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- stitching through each of said sewing flanges securing each sewing flange to secure each underwire stay to the respective cup.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.