Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – Combined with subjacent body supporters – e.g. – foundation...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-27
2001-04-24
Hale, Gloria (Department: 3741)
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
Combined with subjacent body supporters, e.g., foundation...
C450S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06220924
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF TECHNOLOGY
The present invention relates to a brassiere, which is under wear for a woman.
BACKGROUND TECHNOLOGY
Brassieres have been used as under wear for women, and they are variously designed with functions and made of many kinds of materials. some purposes of brassieres are shaping a figure for a body and supporting breasts to easily move, Further they are used by women, whose breasts have been surgically removed due to breast cancer or mastitis, to shape their body figures.
In the case of using the brassiere to shape a body figure of the woman who lost a breast, a supplementary pad for supplementing the lost breast is attached into a cup portion corresponding to the lost breast so as to remake swelling of the breast. In most cases operation for breast cancer or mastitis, one of the breasts is surgically removed; removing both breasts is rare. Thus, in an ordinary brassiere, one of the cup portions is filled with the supplementary pad. The brassiere with the supplementary pad is capable of shaping the body figure and being used as well as the brassiere for a healthy woman.
Besides the cup portion filled with the supplementary pad, the brassiere also has a pair of cup portions, a band portion for supporting the cup portions, shoulder straps and hook members. As described above, the brassiere is capable of remaking the swelling of the lost breast, but it has the following disadvantages.
By wearing the conventional brassiere with the supplementary pad, the body figure can be shaped and the operated chest can be protected, but the functions are lost when a women takes off the brassiere. While wearing the brassiere, the chest of the user is compressed and she feels tight and hotter, so it is hard for the user to wear the brassiere for a long time. These disadvantages are not only for the woman operated but also for a healthy woman; especially, for the woman operated, when she takes off the brassiere, the operated chest is not protected she feels uneasy, and the shape of the chest is unbalance with home wear.
The conventional brassieres with the supplementary pads have been designed so as to shape body figures of users without considering said disadvantages, which will occur when the users take off the brassieres. Even a woman who has been operated on feels better when she takes off the brassiere from the normal breast. The woman operated upon does not want to show her operated chest to others, but she wants to take off the brassiere for the normal breast to relax. However, the conventional brassieres cannot meet the requirements and cannot be used easily.
The present invention has been invented to solve the disadvantages of the conventional brassieres, which includes the supplementary pads, so an object of the present invention is to provide a brassiere, which is capable of shaping a figure of a lost breast when a women wears home wear, and being easily used without discomfort.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is a right-left separation type brassiere for protecting and shaping right and left breasts separately, comprises: a cup portion for protecting and shaping one of the breasts; a band portion being connected to a lower portion of the cup portion and adapted to attach the cup portion by being passed around a chest; and a shoulder strap being attached at one end thereof to an upper portion of the cup portion and at the other end thereof to the band portion at a back being passed over a shoulder.
The brassiere is the right-left separation type, so the right and left brassieres can be selectively taken off. For the woman who has had a breast removed, only one brassiere corresponding to the normal breast can be taken off, and the other brassiere can be used, so that the normal breast can be released and the user can relax.
The brassiere may further comprise a pocket portion being provided to the cup portion, and the pocket portion may be capable of accommodating a supplementary pad; with this structure, the proper supplementary pad can be easily attached into the pocket portion.
In the brassiere, the supplementary pad may be attached in the pocket portion, which is provided to the cup portion.
In the brassiere, the cup portion, the band portion and the shoulder strap may be integrally formed as one piece; with this structure, the brassiere can be fitted to a proper position without shift.
The brassiere may further comprise connecting means being respectively provided to both ends of the band portion and being located on a chest side; with this structure the ends of the band portion can be easily connected and disconnected on the chest side.
In the brassiere, the band portion may be disconnected at a portion shifted to the other breast; with this structure, the brassiere can be fitted at a proper position without shift.
In the brassiere, the other end of the shoulder strap may be attached at a part of the band portion, which is shifted to the other breast; with this structure, the shoulder straps cross on the back side and the brassieres can be securely fitted when the user wear the right and left brassieres.
The present invention is also a set of brassieres comprising a right brassiere and a left brassier, each of which has been described above, wherein the band portions of the brassieres are piled on the chest side; with this structure, the right and left brassieres can be properly fitted at proper positions without shift.
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Kato Hitomi
Kobayashi Mitsue
Birch & Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP
Bright Eyes Co., Ltd.
Hale Gloria
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