Patent ID: 9655386
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A41C,A41D

Claim:
1. A garment comprising: a frontal portion configured to extend across a front side of a wearer's torso and has an upper edge portion that extends horizontally across the wearer's torso adjacent to a wearer's inframammary line and curves along a wearer's inframammary crease at outer lateral sides of a wearer's breasts; a back portion comprising a first segment of elastic material that is configured to extend from a position along a left lateral side of the wearer's torso across a back side of the wearer's torso to an area above a wearer's right shoulder, and a second segment of the elastic material that is configured to extend from a position along a right lateral side of the wearer's torso across the back side of the wearer's torso to an area above a wearer's left shoulder, such that the first and second segments form an ‘X’ across said back side; a first breast pocket comprising an upper end that is configured to connect to the first segment of the back portion at the area above the wearer's right shoulder and a lower end connected to the upper edge portion of the frontal portion; and a second breast pocket comprising an upper end that is configured to connect to the second segment of the back portion at the area above the wearer's left shoulder and a lower end connected to the upper edge portion of the frontal portion, wherein at least one of the first and second breast pockets is configured to cover at least one of the wearer's breasts when said breast pocket is in a first position, and to uncover and expose the at least one of the wearer's breasts when in a second position, and wherein the frontal portion and the upper edge portion of the frontal portion are configured to remain in place to support the wearer's breasts whether one or both of the first and second breast pockets are in the first position or in the second position.