Brassiere
AssigneeKellie K Apparel LLC
InventorAnthony Roy
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Abstract
A bra that adheres to the wearer's torso, enabling the bra to stay securely in place while aesthetically lifting the wearer's breasts up and out. At least one adhesive patch that includes soft silicone affixed to the fabric of the bra, primarily in the areas adjacent to the cups, is provided. The soft silicone adheres to the wearer's skin via Van Der Waals forces, and a secondary layer of silicone or fabric may be used to secure that adhesion. The Van Der Waals adhesion mechanism can be enhanced by the inclusion of micrometer-sized setae along the soft silicone portion of the adhesive patches. The setae can be angled to provide additional support in the desired direction.
Claims39
A strapless bra comprising:
- a fabric construction including bra cups and a back strap;
- at least one adhesive patch on an interior surface of the fabric construction and configured to releasably adhere the fabric construction to the skin of a wearer of the strapless bra;
- the at least one adhesive patch including a first adhesive patch;
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- the first adhesive patch including:
- a first silicone layer of a first silicone polymer;
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- a second silicone layer of a second silicone polymer, which is harder than the first silicone polymer.
A strapless bra comprising:
- a fabric construction including bra cups and a back strap;
- a fabric layer of the fabric construction having less than 5% stretch in any direction;
- at least one adhesive patch on an interior surface of the fabric construction and configured to releasably adhere the fabric construction to the skin of a wearer of the strapless bra;
- the at least one adhesive patch including a first adhesive patch;
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- the first adhesive patch including:
- a layer of a soft silicone polymer;
- the soft silicone polymer having a hardness of less than Shore A 10;
- the layer of soft silicone polymer being attached to an area of the fabric construction where the fabric layer is permeated with hard silicone polymer;
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- the hard silicone polymer having a hardness of at least Shore A 10.
A method making an adhesive patch of a strapless bra, comprising:
- attaching a polymer layer to bra fabric which is permeated with a first polymer;
- an exposed surface of the polymer layer when in a cured state forming an adhesive surface adapted for intimate contact with the skin of the wearer of the strapless bra which includes a fabric construction including bra cups, a back strap and the fabric;
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- the first polymer being a harder polymer than a second polymer of the cured polymer layer.
A method of making an adhesive patch of a strapless bra, comprising:
- placing uncured first polymer on an inward surface of bra fabric;
- while the first polymer is curing on and permeating into the inward surface, placing a cured second polymer layer on the still-curing first polymer and thereby the second polymer layer becoming bonded to the fabric when the first polymer cures and an exposed surface of the second polymer layer forming an adhesive surface adapted for intimate contact with the skin of the wearer of the strapless bra which includes a fabric construction including bra cups, a back strap and the fabric;
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- the first polymer being a harder polymer than the polymer of the cured second polymer layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.