Foundation garments – Breast or chest – e.g. – brassieres – With means to separably retain breast-form-supplementing pads
Reexamination Certificate
2004-06-14
2008-08-05
Hale, Gloria (Department: 3765)
Foundation garments
Breast or chest, e.g., brassieres
With means to separably retain breast-form-supplementing pads
C450S058000, C450S081000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07407429
ABSTRACT:
A garment having an integral backless, strapless bra, and a method of using the garment. The garment includes a chest portion facing towards a user's breasts and a pair of bra cups adjoined to an inside surface of the chest portion. Each bra cup includes an interior surface facing towards a user's breast and an exterior surface facing opposite the interior surface, wherein the interior surface includes a pressure sensitive adhesive layer for adjoining the bra cups to the user's breast. The garment also includes a connector adapted to draw the bra cups together, wherein the connector is positioned between the bra cups. A method of using the garment provides for customizable positioning of the bra cups and optional degrees of breast cleavage and push-up enhancement.
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Hale Gloria
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