Brassieres
OwnerTeri A. Huffman-Jimenezinventor
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Abstract
A brassiere for use by women having asymmetrical breasts which are not comfortably or properly received in and/or supported by the symmetrical breast cups as provided in the usual brassiere. The brassiere comprises a garment having a unitary body section which encircles the midriff of a woman with asymmetrical breasts, a closure for adjusting the body section of the brassiere to fit the midriff of the woman, and a pair of asymmetrical breast cups carried by the body section, the body section positioning the cups to comfortably and properly receive and support the woman's asymmetrical breasts. The brassiere may be turned inside-out to reverse orientation of the cups.
Claims7
A brassiere for use by a woman having asymmetrical breasts, such brassiere comprising
- a unitary body portion for encircling the chest of the woman,
- a first cup positioned on said body portion for disposition over one breast of the woman,
- a second cup differing in size from said first cup and positioned on said body portion for disposition over the other breast of the woman,
- each said cup being sized to comfortably receive and support the breast positioned therein,
- said unitary body portion defining first and second ends,
- means for releasably connecting said first and second ends to secure said body portion around the woman's chest with the breasts enclosed within and supported by said cups, said connecting means comprising
- a relatively flat center panel extending from said first end toward said second end,
- fastener material disposed on and carried by said center panel,
- a receptor unit comprising a pair of coextensive receptor panels extending from said second end toward said first end,
- the outer end of said receptor panels being flexible and manually separable to define an opening therebetween for the reception of the outer end of said center panel,
- the interior surfaces of said receptor panels having fastener material positioned thereon for releasable engagement with said fastener material carried by said center panel upon movement of the outer end of said center panel into the space between said receptor panels,
- said fastener materials releasably connecting said center panel and said receptor panels to maintain said ends against inadvertent relative movement, during wearing of the brassiere.
A brassiere for use by a woman having asymmetrical breasts, such brassiere comprising
- a back section adapted to extend across the back of the woman,
- side sections adapted to extend from said back section around the sides of the woman, and
- front sections adapted to extend from said side sections across the front of the woman,
- said back section, side sections and front sections comprising a continuous unitary body portion for encircling the chest of the woman,
- a first cup positioned on said body portion for disposition over one breast of the woman,
- a second cup differing in size from said first cup and positioned on said body portion for disposition over the other breast of the woman,
- each said cup being sized to comfortably receive and support the breast positioned therein,
- the material of said unitary body portion and said cups being elastic and adapted to stretch sufficiently to permit
- turning of the unitary body portion and said cups inside out to reverse orientation of said cups, and
- donning of the brassiere over the head and shoulders of the woman.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.