Spoon underwire
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
An underwire having a spoon-shaped formation and capable of swiveling with respect to the tail of the underwire is provided in a brassiere-type garment to lie with the spoon along the outer side of the breast and to conform to the junction between the breast and the thorax at the outer side.
Claims15
A cup support for a brassiere-type garment comprising a one-piece elongated underwire of a resilient synthetic resin and extending in a continuous arc from one end to an opposite end, said underwire being formed at said one end with an elongated spoon-shaped formation curved longitudinally along said arc and with a tail which is more slender than said spoon-shaped formation and runs along said arc from said spoon-shaped formation to said opposite end, said underwire having an underwire axis extending along said arc in an underwire plane in a relaxed condition of said underwire, said spoon-shaped formation having cross sections in planes perpendicular to said axis which are curved so that said spoon-shaped formation conforms generally to a junction between the outer chest of a wearer and a base of a breast of the wearer, said spoon-shaped formation swivelable relative to said tail.
A brassiere-type garment comprising a garment base adapted to lie along a thorax of a wearer and a pair of breast cups affixed to said base, each of said cups being provided with a respective cup support below the respective cup, each of said cup supports comprising a one-piece elongated underwire of a resilient synthetic resin and extending in a continuous arc from one end to an opposite end, each said underwire being formed at said one end with an elongated spoon-shaped formation curved longitudinally along said arc and with a tail which is more slender than said spoon-shaped formation and runs along said arc from said spoon-shaped formation to said opposite end, each said underwire having an underwire axis extending along said arc in an underwire plane in a relaxed condition of the respective underwire, each said spoon-shaped formation having cross sections in planes perpendicular to the respective axis which are curved so that said spoon-shaped formation conforms generally to a junction between an outer portion of the chest of the wearer and a base of a breast of the wearer, each said spoon-shaped formations being connected to the respective tail by a swivel enabling the spoon-shaped formation to swivel about relative to the respective tail.
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