Molded breast pad
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorGloria Falla
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Abstract
A three-dimensional molded breast pad for a brassiere is provided. The molded breast pad has a cup shape with at least one or more first layers of a first material and one or more second layers of a second material. The first and second layers/materials have different loft characteristics associated therewith. These loft characteristics influence, at least in part, the elastomeric properties of the first and second layers/materials. Thus, the molded breast pad is a moldable three-dimensional breast pad cooperative with a brassiere to support, shape and/or smooth the contours of a wearer's breast.
Claims23
A molded breast pad for a brassiere having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first portion thereof is compressed relative to a second portion thereby forming a demarcation line between said first portion and said second portion that is formed on the body-contacting surface and that is not visible on a wearer's breast during wear, said first portion being an upper portion, said second portion being a lower portion, said demarcation line running through a center portion of the pad to separate said upper portion and said lower portion.
A molded breast pad having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- a first part having a relatively full loft;
- a second part having a loft relatively reduced from said loft of said first part;
- and
- a demarcation line separating said first part from said second part, said line of demarcation formed on the body-contacting surface and not being visible on a wearer's breast during wear, said first portion being an upper portion, said second portion being a lower portion, said demarcation line running along a center portion of the pad to separate said upper portion from said lower portion,
- wherein said first part and said second part are both formed from a material block having one or more first layers of a first material and one or more second layers of a second material.
A method of forming a molded breast pad, comprising the steps of:
- providing a material block having one or more first layers of a first material and one or more second layers of a second material, said first material and said second material each having different lofts associated therewith;
- positioning said material block in a molding apparatus such that said molding apparatus can interact with the material block;
- causing said molding apparatus to interact with said material block to form one or more three-dimensional breast pads having three-dimensional cup shapes with a portion thereof being effected such that said portion has a relatively reduced loft,
- wherein said reduced loft portion forms a demarcation line with the rest of said three dimensional breast pad that is not visible on wearer's breast during wear, said demarcation line running along a center portion of the pad to separate an upper portion and a lower portion of said pad.
A molded breast pad for a brassiere having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first portion thereof is compressed relative to a second portion thereby forming a demarcation line between said first portion and said second portion, said first portion being an upper portion, said second portion being a lower portion, said demarcation line running along a center portion of the pad to separate said upper portion and said lower portion.
A molded breast pad for a brassiere having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first portion thereof is compressed relative to a second portion thereby forming a demarcation line between said first portion and said second portion that is formed on the body-contacting surface and that is not visible on a wearer's breast during wear said first portion being an upper portion, said second portion being a lower portion, said demarcation line running along a center portion of the pad to separate said first portion and said second portion.
A molded breast pad for a brassiere having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first portion thereof is compressed relative to a second portion thereby forming a three-dimensional cup shape, one of said first portion or said second portion being a first upper portion and the other of said first portion or said second portion being a lower portion of the pad, wherein a by said upper portion is separated from said lower portion.
A molded breast pad for a brassiere having a body-contacting surface, comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first part thereof is compressed relative to a second part thereby forming a demarcation line between said first part and said second part, said demarcation line running along a center portion of the pad, said first part being an first upper part and said second part being a second lower part, said demarcation line separating said upper part from said lower part.
A molded breast pad for a brassiere, said brassiere having a pair of breast-receiving cups and two side panels, one of said side panels associated with one of said pair of breast-receiving cups and the other of said two side panels associated with the other of said pair of breast-receiving cups, said pad comprising:
- one or more first layers being formed from a first material, said first material having a first loft associated therewith;
- and
- one or more second layers being formed from a second material, said second material having a second loft associated therewith different from that of said first material,
- wherein the molded breast pad is molded such that a first portion thereof is compressed relative to a second portion thereby forming a demarcation line between said first portion and said second portion that is formed on the body-contacting surface and that is not visible on a wearer's breast during wear, said first portion being an upper portion and said second portion being a lower portion, said demarcation line having two ends, one of said two ends proximate a center portion of the brassiere between said two breast-receiving cups and the other of said two ends proximate a side panel of the breast-receiving cup, said demarcation line traversing a central portion of said pad, separating said upper portion from said lower portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.