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US 6,439,960 B1Granted
Underwire brassiere and cup assembly
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
A swivel wing underwire for a brassiere is received in a pocket permitting the swivel action to enable the underwire to adjust to breasts of different sizes. The tail of the underwire, however, is held in place with a cup by rows of stitching.
Claims8
A brassiere comprising:
- a pair of brassiere cups;
- straps connected to said brassiere cups and enabling said brassiere to be supported on a torso of a wearer whose breasts are received in said cups, each of said cups having a pocket lying along an outer side of a respective breast and extending into a respective channel narrower than the respective pocket and extending along a lower edge of a respective cup and upwardly along an inner side of the respective breast;
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- a respective underwire received in said pocket and said channel and having a generally spoon-shaped wing received in the respective pocket and an arcuate tail extending along the respective channel, the wing being swivelably connected to the respective tail.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.