Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – With cup-supplementing means to add volume to breast – e.g.,...
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-28
2001-04-10
Hale, Gloria M. (Department: 3765)
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
With cup-supplementing means to add volume to breast, e.g.,...
C450S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06213841
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cup structure for a bra.
2. Description of the Related Art
A bra includes two cups each having a pad sewed therein to provide comfort wearing for the users. Typical bras include fixed silicone rubber type pad and soft pad. A soft pad includes two tough thin films containing liquid therein in a sealed manner. Each cup must be provided with a deep pocket for receiving the soft pad. It is, however, found that the soft pad cannot be properly positioned without deviation or skew.
FIG. 1
of the drawings illustrates a bra with a conventional cup
10
. A soft pad is sewn onto an inner surface of a lining fabric of each cup
10
. The soft pad
11
includes two tough thin films containing liquid therein in a sealed manner. The liquid includes water or oil. Nevertheless, sewing the soft pads
11
is time-consuming and labor-intensive. In addition, the soft pads
11
are often stabbed and thus cause leakage. Further, the soft pads are only sewn in the peripheral edges thereof and thus fail to provide reliable positioning.
The present invention is intended to provide a cup structure for a bar that mitigates and/or obviates the above problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is a primary object of the present invention to provide an improved cup structure for a bra, wherein the cup structure includes a front fabric and a rear fabric. Each fabric includes a layer of woven cloth and a layer of foam material engaged on a surface of the layer of woven cloth. The two layers of foam material face each other such that a soft pad may be adhered to a mediate portion of each of the two layers of foam material. The overall outer surface of the soft pad is directly adhered between the mediate portions of the layers of foam material. A peripheral edge of the layer of foam material of the front fabric is directly bonded with a peripheral edge of the layer of foam material of the rear fabric. Thus, the soft pad is reliably positioned between the front fabric and the rear fabric, and the assembly efficiency is improved.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2627606 (1953-02-01), DeGrandis
patent: 2902695 (1959-09-01), Werner
patent: 3304558 (1967-02-01), Mann
patent: 3356090 (1967-12-01), Plantinga et al.
patent: 4019209 (1977-04-01), Spence
patent: 5098330 (1992-03-01), Greenberg
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