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US 6,203,399 B1Granted
Absorbent pad for torso area beneath breasts
AssigneeFrances Victoria Russell
InventorCleo A. Hackney
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Abstract
An absorbent pad for torso area beneath breasts for absorbs moisture and protects outer garments from perspiration. The absorbent pad for torso area beneath breasts includes an elongate pad member formed from an absorbent material and having a notch extending from a medial portion of a top edge of the pad member adapted for aligning between the cups of a bra.
Claims16
An absorbent pad comprising:
- an elongate pad member formed from an absorbent material;
- said pad member having a notch extending from a medial portion of a top edge of said pad member such that said notch is adapted for aligning between the pair of cups of the bra;
- said notch being generally V-shaped;
- and
- a junction between each side of an upper edge of said pad member and said notch being generally arcuate.
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An absorbent pad comprising:
- an elongate pad member formed from an absorbent material;
- said pad member having a notch extending from a medial portion of a top edge of said pad member such that said notch is adapted for aligning between the pair of cups of the bra;
- and
- opposite ends of said pad member being generally arcuate for facilitating comfortable positioning of said opposite ends against the torso of the user.
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An absorbent pad and bra system comprising:
- a bra adapted for wearing by a human, said bra having a lower front edge adapted for positioning against a torso of a wearer beneath breasts of the wearer;
- an elongate pad member formed from an absorbent material;
- an adhesive coupled to a first face of said pad member for removably coupling said first face to said lower front edge of said bra such that a second face of said pad member is positioned to abut the torso of a wearer of the bra beneath breasts of the wearer;
- a backing member removably coupled to said first face of said pad member for covering said adhesive to preserve said adhesive prior to said pad member being coupled to said bra;
- said pad member having a single notch extending inwardly from a center portion of a top edge of said pad member, said notch being for aligning between the pair of cups of the bra for facilitating fitting of said pad member to said bra and whereby opposite ends of said pad member extend substantially equal distances outwardly from said center portion of said top edge of said pad member;
- said absorbent material being a cotton fiber;
- said pad member being formed by a plurality of layers of said absorbent material;
- said notch being generally V-shaped;
- a junction between each side of an upper edge of said pad member and said notch being generally arcuate for facilitating comfortable positioning of said notch against the torso of the wearer;
- opposite end edges of said pad member being generally arcuate for facilitating comfortable positioning of said opposite end edges against the torso of the wearer;
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- said pad member having a length whereby each of said opposite end edges is positioned substantially aligned with an associated side of said bra such that said pad member covers a front hemisphere of the torso of the wearer of the bra.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.