Bra with sling-like under breast support
OwnerAnnette V Azaninventor
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Abstract
A backless bra in a halter form comprises a pair of breast engaging cup panels formed of a circular, flattened elastic, preferably nylon knit material. The L-shaped cup panels can be secured to a waistband and can also be provided with rearwardly and side engaging side panel pieces. When the breasts are placed within the cup panels, the weight of the same causes the knit nylon to become rigid and support the breasts from below in a sling like manner. In the halter embodiment of the invention, a view from the rear, has only the back of the neck engaging segments of the straps and the rear of the waist band visible. Preferably, the primary component of the bra is elastic, tubular knit nylon, formed from conventional circular nylon knitting machines.
Claims21
A halter bra for a woman comprising:
- a pair of opposed L-shaped breast cup panels, each panel formed of a tubular elastic material piece circularly knitted on a circular knitting machine having a longer vertical leg and a shorter horizontal leg perpendicular thereto that is flattened from said tubular form into the L-shaped panels;
- said tubular material being an elastic material stretchable in at least two directions;
- an elastic, waist encircling band;
- the horizontal leg of said L-shaped cup panels being secured to segments of said waist band and extending from near the front of said waist band at least towards the side and the back thereof;
- a top of the vertical leg of said L-shaped cup panels narrowing to a pair of opposed front support straps configured to form a first, rear-of-the-neck engaging strap portion for a wearer;
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- a rear-located edge of each of said horizontal legs of said L-shaped cup panels extending rearwardly with respect to said front and center of said waist encircling band and narrowing to form a pair of rear support straps forming a second pair of upwardly extending support straps configured to form second rear of the neck engaging strap portions for a wearer.
A bra for a woman comprising:
- a pair of opposed breast cup panels configured to hold the wearer's breasts, formed of flattened, tubular, elastic material stretchable in at least two directions and made on a circular knitting machine and
- a bra support means for holding said breast cup panels upon the breasts of a wearer and onto the upper torso of a woman wearing the same, such that the weight of the breasts held by said breast cup panels causes the portions of said breast cup panels beneath the wearer's breasts to rigid and inelastic to provide a sling-like support beneath the wearer's breasts to support the same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.