Patent ID: 9386808
Filing Date: 2016-07-12
CPC Classification: A41C

Claim Text:
1. A brassiere comprising: two cups of substantially hemispherical shape, each cup including an external textile layer, an internal textile layer, and in a lower portion of each cup between the external layer and the internal layer and apart from a bottom periphery of each cup, a non-planar insert at rest but shaped in space, the insert comprising a sheet of plastic material that is rigid in a coextensive direction and elastically flexible in a transverse direction, a front profile of the insert having a substantially circular arc shape of which a width of the insert increases from a first internal end to a second external end of the insert, the shaping of the insert shaped in space being adapted so that the insert substantially follows the hemispherical shape of the cup; wherein the two cups are connected together on their internal sides and are connected on their external sides to lateral portions forming a back of the brassiere when they are attached to one another with an attachment device; wherein the top of each cup is connected to a strap fastened to the back of the brassiere; wherein the insert of each cup is disposed between two laminated textile layers, the two laminated textile layers comprising a marginal projection that extends at least from a long convex side of the insert to the bottom periphery of the cup, the marginal projection being secured to the brassiere at the bottom periphery of the cup; and wherein the two laminated textile layers surrounding the insert are free from attachments to the brassiere other than the marginal projection being secured at the bottom periphery of the cup such that the insert is disposed in a semi-free state between the external and internal textile layers at the lower portion of the cup of the brassiere.