# US 7,406,986 B2 · Woven tape for trimming of a brassiere

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- Number: US 7,406,986 B2
- Document ID: US7406986B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/885,097
- Filed: 2004-07-07
- Published: 2005-03-24
- Granted: 2008-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2003-09-22
- Assignees: Pioneer Elastic Fabric Ltd.
- Inventors: Ah Ping Lam
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7406986B2

## CPC

- D03D 3/005: {Tapes or ribbons not otherwise provided for (D03D1/0005, D03D1/0011, D03D1/06, D03D1/08, D03D1/0094 take precedence)}
- D03D 1/00: Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
- D03D 11/02: Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks or flaps (fabrics consisting of a single tube D03D3/02)
- D10B 2501/02: Underwear
- D03D: WOVEN FABRICS; METHODS OF WEAVING; LOOMS
- D10B: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBLASSES OF SECTION D, RELATING TO TEXTILES

## Abstract

A woven tape for use as a trimming of a brassiere is disclosed as including a body portion provided with a number of openings along its warpwise centerline. An advantage in the use of a woven tape according to this invention as a trimming of a brassiere is that its position relative to the bra body can be adjustable, thus allowing choices to a user, and offering both enhanced convenience and aesthetic appearance.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A woven tape for use as a trimming of a brassiere, said woven tape being a single-layer woven tape, including a body portion provided with a plurality of openings along its warp wise centerline, wherein said openings are formed integrally with said woven tape by weaving and wherein said woven tape has a weaving structure represented by a 2-dimensional 8×6 matrix and wherein each of matrix elements (1,1), (1,4), (1,5), (2,2), (2,3), (2,6), (3,1), (3,4), (3,5), (4,2), (4,3), (4,6), (5,1), (5,4), (6,2), (6,3), (7,1), (7,4), (8,2), and (8,3) of said matrix represents that a warp yarn is between two weft yarns and wherein each of matrix elements (1,2), (2,1), (2,5), (3,2), (4,1), (4,5), (5,2), (6,1), (6,5), (6,6), (7,2), (8,1), (8,5), and (8,6) of said matrix represents that a warp yarn is above two weft yarns and wherein each of matrix elements (1,3), (1,6), (2,4), (3,3), (3,6), (4,4), (5,3), (5,5), (5,6), (6,4), (7,3), (7,5), (7,6), and (8,4) represents that a warp yarn is underneath two weft yarns.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

A woven tape according to claim 1 wherein said tape is an elastic woven tape.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

A woven tape according to claim 1 wherein said tape is a non-elastic woven tape.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

A woven tape according to claim 1 wherein said tape is woven with at least a character, a pattern, a graphic design, a numeral or a letter.