US 7,115,015 B2Granted

Sport clothing with cups

AssigneeWacoal Corp.

InventorsKatsuko Horii, Yukiko Funahashi

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Abstract

The present invention provides a sport clothing product with cups excellent in a shaping (bust uplifting) function, in which the stability of bust does not deteriorate even upon vigorous arm movements. A cup suspending cord (5R) of a right cup portion (2R) extends in the upper left direction, and a cup suspending cord (5L) of a left cup portion (2L) extends in the upper right direction, so that they are attached to a neck hole hem part (16), whereas respective extensions of the cup suspending cords (5L, 5R) intersect each other above the neck hole hem part (16). Movements of cup portions caused by vigorous arm movements accompanying exercises are greatly alleviated, whereby actions of cup suspending members at the time of raising arms function so as to lift up the cup portions in so-called “centering” directions.

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Dependent claims

A sport clothing product with cups comprising:

a body portion having a first defining portion for defining a first armhole, a second defining portion for defining a second armhole, and a neck hole defining portion for defining a neck hole;
a first cup portion and a second cup portion disposed in a front body portion of said body portion;
a first cup suspending member having a pair of end parts, wherein one of the end parts of the first cup suspending member is attached to the first cup portion, and the other of the end parts to the first cup suspending member is attached to the front body portion of the body portion;
and
a second cup suspending member having a pair of end parts, wherein one of the end parts of the second cup suspending member is attached to the second cup portion, and the other of the end parts to the second cup suspending member is attached to the front body portion of the body portion;
wherein the other end of the first cup suspending member is disposed approximate to the neck hole defining portion toward the second defining portion, and the other end of the second cup suspending member is disposed approximate to the neck hole defining portion toward the first defining portion.

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A sport clothing product with cups comprising:

a clothing portion having a front body portion adapted to come into close contact with a human body;
first and second cup portions disposed on said human body side of said front body portion;
a first cup suspending member having a pair of end parts, wherein one end part of said first cup suspending member is attached to said first cup portion, and the other end part of said first cup suspending member is attached to the front body portion of the clothing portion;
and
a second cup suspending member having a pair of end parts, wherein one end part of said second cup suspending member is attached to said second cup portion, and the other end part of said second cup suspending member is attached to the front body portion of the clothing portion and;
wherein said first cup suspending member and said second cup suspending member intersect each other or respective extensions of said first and second cup suspending members intersect each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.