Breast form

Details Breast form Breast form

1987-12-21

1989-05-09

Apley, Richard J.

Prosthesis (i.e., artificial body members), parts thereof, or ai

Breast prosthesis

450 57, A61F 212

Patent

active

048285595

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a breast form that is adapted to be located within a pocket formed by a cover flap connected to the cup of a brassiere. In a preferred embodiment the breast form includes a body member having an outer protruding surface that terminates in a base edge that is configured to fit against the juncture of the cup and the cover flap. The body member has a chamber that is spaced from the base edge. A weighted member, located within this chamber, is thus also spaced from the base edge to produce a moment in the brassiere cup that is resolved as a tensile force in a strap of the brassiere. The wearer experiences this tensile force as that produced by a breast form, located within the cup of the brassiere, that weighs more than the combined weight of the body member and the weighted member. As a result, a breast form in accordance with the present invention can be made much lighter than breast forms of the prior art while still giving the wearer the sensation of a weight in the brassiere strap that approximates a missing breast.

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patent: 3811133 (1974-05-01), Harris
patent: 4071914 (1978-02-01), Silverman
patent: 4701230 (1987-10-01), Loi

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