Patent ID: 9277772
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: A41C,A41D

Claim Text:
1. A garment for supporting a wearers breasts comprising: a band for encircling a wearer's torso and being positioned between the wearer's breasts and torso, in use; a pair of cups for receiving at least a major part of a wearer's breasts; a pair of shoulder straps, each shoulder strap extending from a corresponding cup to a back portion of the garment; and a pair of panel portions, each panel portion extending between the band and a corresponding cup of the pair of cups, each panel portion having a folding portion that is foldable relative to the pair of cups and foldable adjacent the band so that one part of the folding portion overlaps another part of the folding portion and overlaps the band such that each folding portion lies between a wearer's breasts and a wearer's torso with at least a major part of each folding portion positioned adjacent or below the band, in use; wherein the band, the shoulder straps and the pair of panel portions are arranged such that the weight of a wearer's breasts are supported by the shoulder straps and the band.