Brassiere with soft/hard underwire assembly
AssigneeFildan Accessories Corporation
InventorsGerhard Fildan, Karl Wanzenböck
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Abstract
A U-shaped hard underwire is rolled into a soft plastic body which forms a pocket for the breast when it is incorporated into a brassiere cup. The hard underwire has two arcuate portions separated by an arcuate slot so that one portion can swing relative to the plane of the underwire.
Claims25
An underwire assembly adapted to be incorporated into a brassiere, said assembly comprising:
- a generally flat U-shaped hard underwire adapted to be positioned in a brassiere below a cup thereof and along the chest of a wearer, said underwire being formed with two parallel arcuate portions joined at respective ends and separated by an arcuate slot between said ends;
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- a soft plastic body in which said hard underwire is partially embedded, ensheathing said hard underwire along a bottom of said body and having an apron along a concave side of said body lying at an angle to a plane of the hard underwire so that said body and said underwire form a pocket receiving a breast of the wearer in said cup.
The underwire assembly defined in 3 wherein said hard plastic underwire is formed in one piece.
A brassiere comprising a fabric structure formed with two brassiere cups interconnected at a front part of the brassiere and respective underwire assemblies incorporated in said structure to support each of said cups, each of said assemblies comprising:
- a generally flat U-shaped hard plastic underwire adapted to be positioned in the brassiere below the respective cup and along the chest of a wearer and formed with two parallel arcuate portions joined at respective ends and separated by an arcuate slot between said ends;
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- a soft plastic body in which said hard plastic underwire is partially embedded, ensheathing said hard plastic underwire along a bottom of said body and having an apron along a concave side of said body lying at an angle to a plane of the hard plastic underwire so that the soft plastic body and underwire of each cup forms a pocket receiving the respective breast, each of said assemblies being affixed to said structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.