Brassiere for practicing sports
AssigneeDecathlon
InventorCéline Puyaubreau
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Abstract
A brassiere includes two cups for the breasts, a contact strip positioned under the cups that encircles an area below the bust, two shoulder straps connected to, and extending upwardly from, the cups, and connected to a rear panel, a middle panel positioned between the two cups, and side panels extending from the cups to the rear panel. Inner layers of the cups having a vertical elasticity of at least 60% with respect to a total vertical height of the cups, and at least 15% of the total area of the inner layers configured to contact the skin. The middle panel has a horizontal elasticity of at least 20%. The adherence capacity of the inner layers of the cups can be increased by a silicone material that has a high friction coefficient.
Claims11
A brassiere, comprising:
- two cups for the breasts, the cups each having inner and outer layers;
- a contact strip positioned under the cups such that the contact strip encircles at least an area under the bust;
- two shoulder straps connected to, and extending upwardly from, the cups, and secondly connected to a rear panel, a middle panel positioned between the two cups, and side panels extending from the cups to the rear panel, wherein:
- a) the inner layers of the cups having a vertical elasticity of at least 60% with respect to a total vertical height of the cups, and at least 15% of the total area of the inner layers configured to contact the skin, and
- b) the middle panel has a horizontal elasticity of at least 20% of the entire panel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.