Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – With stiffening strips – strands – or stays – e.g. – wired
Reexamination Certificate
2001-09-28
2002-08-20
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3765)
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
With stiffening strips, strands, or stays, e.g., wired
C450S045000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06435939
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to brassieres and, more specifically, to a brassiere underwiring.
A brassiere is a small, tight undergarment worn by women over their breasts. In order to lift the breasts, a brassiere has an underwiring structure. A regular brassiere
1
, as shown in
FIG. 1
, has two cups
11
for the breasts, an underwiring
12
arranged along the bottom side of each of the cups
11
. The underwiring
12
is a steel wire fastened a fabric piping
13
at the bottom side of each of the cups
11
, or wrapped with velvet and then stitched to the bottom side of each of the cups
11
. The presence of the steel wire at the bottom side of each of the cups
11
gives a pressure to the lower side of the breasts, causing the user to feel uncomfortable. Further, this structure of underwiring
12
tends to slip. In order to hold the underwiring
12
of each cup
11
positively in place after the user has worn the brassiere over the breasts, the shoulder straps
14
must be fastened tight. However, it is uncomfortable to fasten the shoulder straps
14
tightly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been accomplished to provide a brassiere underwiring, which eliminates the aforesaid problems. It is one object of the present invention to provide a brassiere underwiring, which makes the brassiere comfortable in use. It is another object of the present invention to provide a brassiere underwiring, which prohibits the brassiere from slipping. According to one aspect of the present invention, the brassiere underwiring comprises a smoothly arched resilient wire rod member, and an elastomeric covering layer molded from silicon rubber or latex on the outside wall of the resilient wire rod member and fixedly bonded to the inside wall of the brassiere. According to another aspect of the present invention, the elastomeric covering layer has a soft contact surface adapted to contact the skin of the user's breasts, and the thickness of the elastomeric covering layer between the resilient wire rod member and the soft contact surface is greater than the thickness of the resilient wire rod member.
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patent: 3114374 (1963-12-01), Chalfin et al.
patent: 3562802 (1971-02-01), Avis
patent: 3605753 (1971-09-01), Schwartz
patent: 5730640 (1998-03-01), Acx et al.
patent: 6053800 (2000-04-01), Lattanzi
Hale Gloria M.
Rosenberg , Klein & Lee
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