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US 9,480,287 B2Granted
Athletic bra
AssigneeHBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
InventorsKaren J Black, Jewel L Brown
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Abstract
A bra having a front portion, a back portion, a torso band and a pair of shoulder straps. Areas of the front portion are selectively provided with an inner ply, an outer ply, and an intermediate fabric ply. The intermediate fabric ply is formed of a relatively supportive material and is configured to be positioned along the top and lateral sides of a wearer's breasts.
Claims19
A bra comprising:
- a. a front portion configured to cover the breasts of a wearer;
- b. a back portion connected to the front portion configured to surround a torso of the wearer;
- c. a torso band attached along a bottom edge of the front portion and the back portion;
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- d. a pair of shoulder straps connected between the front portion and the back portion,
- wherein at least a breast cover region of the front portion comprises an outer fabric ply, an inner fabric ply, and a supportive intermediate fabric ply disposed between the inner fabric ply and outer fabric ply such that the outer fabric ply and the inner fabric ply cover the intermediate fabric ply, the intermediate fabric ply comprising a first portion positioned at a top of the breast cover region and a pair of second portions positioned to correspond with lateral sides of the wearer's breasts;
- wherein the intermediate fabric ply comprises a first fabric having a first degree of stretch and the inner and outer fabric plies comprise at least a second fabric having a second degree of stretch, the first degree of stretch being less than the second degree of stretch;
- and
- wherein the fabric comprises a mesh.
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A bra comprising:
- a) a front portion configured to cover breasts of a wearer;
- b) a back portion connected to the front portion configured to, in combination with the front portion, surround a torso of the wearer;
- the back portion comprising:
- i) a body portion;
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- ii) a connector portion having a narrow width and adapted for placement between shoulder blades of the wearer, the connector portion formed separately from the body portion and then joined to the body portion;
- c) a torso band;
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- d) a pair of shoulder straps connected between the front portion and the back portion,
- wherein the body portion comprises a lower edge attached to the torso band and an upper edge spaced from the torso band, the body portion disposed along the torso band to join with each lateral side of the front portion, the front portion comprising a breast cover region having an outer fabric ply, an inner fabric ply, and a supportive intermediate fabric ply disposed between the inner fabric ply and the outer fabric ply such that the outer fabric ply and the inner fabric ply cover the intermediate fabric ply, the intermediate fabric ply comprising a first portion positioned at a top of the breast cover region and a pair of second portions positioned to correspond with lateral sides of the wearer's breasts;
- wherein the intermediate fabric ply comprises a first fabric having a first degree of stretch and the inner and outer fabric plies comprise at least a second fabric having a second degree of stretch, the first degree of stretch being less than the second degree of stretch, and wherein the first fabric comprises a mesh;
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- wherein the connector portion attaches to the torso band about the lower edge of the body portion, projects upward from the torso band and connects with the pair of shoulder straps, and attaches to the body portion at the upper edge of the body portion, wherein the connector portion overlaps a portion of the body portion between the lower edge of the body portion and the upper edge of the body portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.