Underwire assembly for brassieres and the like
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
A compound wire assembly is provided by sandwiching a plastic wire between layers of fabric and securing the wire in place by ultrasonically welding the fabric layers together through holes in the wire. The assembly forms an underwire structure for the cup of a brassiere.
Claims26
A compound underwire assembly for a brassiere or the like comprising a plastic wire formed over a length thereof with a plurality of holes and a fabric member comprising two fabric layers ultrasonically bonded together through said holes and receiving said wire between them.
A brassiere comprising a pair of fabric cups joined together at a midsection of the brassiere, each of said cups being provided with a compound underwire assembly, each of said assemblies comprising two fabric layers ultrasonically bonded together through said holes and receiving said wire between them, said wire having one end terminating at said midsection and an opposite end terminating at an outer portion of the respective cup, each wire extending beneath said cup, said assemblies being secured to the fabric of the cups.
A brassiere comprising a frame having a pair of cup receiving members joined together at a mid-section of the brassiere and a pair of cup members receivable in said cup receiving members, one of the cup and cup receiving members on each side of said midsection being formed with a groove and the other of said cup and cup receiving members having a hard edge receivable in said groove for detachably connecting the respective cup members to the respective receiving member, said hard edge being formed by an underwire.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.